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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

article from last september and I can't find a followup.

So it's either very boring, or all people involved got killed by an eldritch curse

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

They pondered until they reached a conclusion

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought we were just memeing orb-pondering? Apparently the scientists are at it, too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Honestly the meme communities are going nuts over the orb.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Brother, I've seen some orbs in my time, and that ain't one of em. That there is a blob.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"We don't know what it is, so let's kill it and see what happens."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

For science!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Cool face huggers in 2025.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I didn't know we were in for an IRL sequel to The Thing. Good luck out there everyone...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Evolutionary masterpiece lives in peace for millions of years until these assholes bring it to the surface

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That's a pile of poop. That's what you get when you're one of my overconfident models

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

They couldn't leave it there and point a camera at it?