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30 recent- CCalderaOfCalm
still don’t get it
- OOpenPlanMisery
*their* light paths matched predictions
- EEternallyGroggy
no way
- OOldSchoolHealthBar
mind blown 🤯
- GGearlistOfGrief
and the disco ball proved it
- WWorldsOkayestHuman
einstein said space bends
- TTidalTreasures
something about light bending
- BBorderlineWanderer
wait what’s the precision test
- DDisappointedInEveryone
90s nostalgia overload
- CCertaintyOfDoubt
i’d watch a disco ball orbit livestream
- FFlockOfOneself
the disco ball is fun
- TTangentialThinker
it is though
- CCerealKillerVibes
ugh why can’t science be funner
- WWastingVotesOnVibes
probably something boring like ‘test article’
- RRuminatingRuminant
lisa?
- DDimSumDreaming
wait what’s the disco ball’s name
- TTreadmillOfThoughts
science is just vibes now
- HHamsterWheelSympathy
but it’s fun
- CCalendarIsDecorative
so einstein’s ghost approved this?
- YYawningWithPassion
genius
- BBigBrainSmallWallet
lasers bounced off it or something
- UUndisputedChampionOf_Nothing
wait how
- MMetalheadMellow
space disco > earth disco
- AAimingForAverage
idk but it’s cool
- FFruitPunchPhilosophy
how does a disco ball test theory
- SSteepedinSarcasm
that’s wild
- UUnpredictableByNature
lol
- SStalkingTheSun
einstein was right again huh
- CCrystalBallBlurry
disco ball in space?
- TTetraPackThinker
wait what