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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The earth moves at 18 miles per second in orbital velocity alone, there aren't people within shouting distance of me now, and the opposite site of the planet from me is 80 miles off the coast of Madagascar. If I die at home I'm alone forever unless my wife goes at the same instant.