r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Correct_Presence_936 • 8d ago

GIF A Solar Flare That Happened Today.

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u/jck13mad13 8d ago

There’s no way to know that unless the flare was holding today’s paper or something

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u/doryteke 8d ago

Think it subscribes to The Sun?

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/doryteke 8d ago

Deal.

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u/Snack_Daddy_Nick 8d ago

Don't forget to thank your set-up man.

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u/SlightComplaint 8d ago

Can you accept that it certainly happened at day time?

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u/Tiny-Veterinarian-49 7d ago

Flare enough.

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u/Clean_Park5859 8d ago

I could tank that

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u/JaydedXoX 8d ago

Only with a good healer. Not one adding extra DPS to the Sun.

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u/FeralAnatidae 8d ago

Leeeeeroy

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u/kungfungus 8d ago

Jenkiiins!!!

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u/Scared-Show-4511 7d ago

GOD DAMMIT LEEROY

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u/grog1942 8d ago

That happened to me today 🌬️

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u/Successful_Jump5531 8d ago

I, too, had a Taco Bell lunch.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 8d ago

I had broccoli and cheese on potato and it was delicious but my dogs may leave the room if I have much more gas

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u/realdeal64 8d ago

Damn that's a big one.

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u/Impressive_Jaguar_70 8d ago

And it's headed for Uranus

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u/Training-Flan8092 8d ago

I swear I will never be too old to laugh at a good Uranus joke.

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u/NoAdministration8340 6d ago

They changed the name from Uranus to end that stupid joke once and for all. "What'd they change it to?" "Urectum.”

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u/TheTaxman_cometh 8d ago

The solar system shouldn't have had that Taco Bell last night

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u/Deodorized 8d ago

Anus sun bleaching making a comeback?

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u/Top-Chocolate-321 8d ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) come back

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u/sev45day 8d ago

That's what she said!

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u/Fancy2GO 8d ago

Thank goodness that wasn't pointed at us

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u/PhotoBN1 8d ago

Wasn't it?

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u/TheMagicalDildo 8d ago

obviously not

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u/PhotoBN1 8d ago

Why obviously not? We have had solar flares fired at us quite a number of times, even large ones like this. Usually we just get more auroras further south and occasionally power cuts

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u/AboveAverage1988 8d ago

The space based solar observatories we have are in the lagrange point between the earth and the sun. If it was heading for us, it would look like it was.

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u/PhotoBN1 8d ago

Fair enough

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u/Oggel 8d ago

Because we don't have any solar orbiting telescopes as far as I know, so the film or pictures is from earth or earth orbit and you can clearly see it's not moving towards us.

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u/TheMagicalDildo 8d ago

i mean I'm no expert, but I would imagine we'd have noticed getting hit by a fuckin' solar flare mate. The sun's radiation only takes about 8 minutes to reach us.

That, and it's not even pointed at us in the gif, it literally visibly missed lmao

not sure why you thought I was claiming earth's never been hit by a solar flare, you just sort of pulled that out of your ass

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 8d ago

Light is not the same as radiation. "The light from a solar flare, traveling at the speed of light, reaches Earth in about 8 minutes, while the particles from a solar flare, traveling at varying speeds, can reach Earth in as little as 15 hours, or take several days, according to NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center. " Length of time varies depending on distance apogee v perigee

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u/thebearrider 8d ago

As i understand, we transmit these videos faster than the solar bursts travel. We have solar monitoring to give us advanced notice of when we're going to get hit to protect key infrastructure.

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u/JustHereSoImNotFined 8d ago

u/TheMagicalDildo i recommend magically removing that dildo from your ass and lighten up a bit

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u/Mortem_Morbus 8d ago

More like too bad...

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u/ukedontsay 8d ago

"Hey, Mercury... pull my finger.'

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u/Crazysuicide76 8d ago

“AAAHHH HOLY SHIT!”

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u/goose_gladwell 8d ago

Its hard to grasp how huge that is

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u/MentallyDivergent123 8d ago

Look at the size of that thing!

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u/MentallyDivergent123 8d ago

That’s no moon.

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u/gopher_the_gozarian 8d ago

Gesundheit!

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u/PrevekrMK2 8d ago

Is that you, Dresden?

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u/Wareve 8d ago

You could fly Voyager though that thing.

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u/puffy_boi12 7d ago

I understood that reference

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u/mkwtfman 8d ago

One of these days alice

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u/swh1386 8d ago

Star Trek Voyager

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u/YetiNotForgeti 8d ago

Damn OP. How did you get this shot?

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u/NYCHReddit 8d ago

Through brave sacrifice 🫡

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u/Croakster 8d ago

OP is safe. He took the picture at night when the sun was out.

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u/IanCogno 8d ago

That one looked wet

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u/D4U-at95382 8d ago

Stop staring at the Sun! You'll burn your eyes out!!

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u/Z168_quet1950 8d ago

Escanor is that you?

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u/MuckleRucker3 8d ago

Ctrl-F "Taco Bell"...no results.

Colour me surprised!

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u/ReasonablyConfused 8d ago

Me, about an hour ago.

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u/Mcboatface3sghost 8d ago

Reminds me of a zit I had in high school…

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u/st90ar 8d ago

Holy shit. Was that CME directed towards earth?

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u/Big_You_8936 8d ago

For this one likely away

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u/Big_You_8936 8d ago

If it were towards Earth we would have heard from the news by now that there was a cme event coming our way.

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u/Moogooloogoo 8d ago

Thats a huge sun fart

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u/UncleKeyPax 8d ago

I feel . . . attacked

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u/MetaDanTexas 8d ago

When will this impact Earth?

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u/GooglephonicStereo 8d ago

Let me guess, recorded from your backyard with your phone camera

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u/guyinsunglasses 8d ago

That’s how I feel after a Taco Bell lunch

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u/One_time_Dynamite 8d ago

The sun is so terrifying.

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u/Dizzy_Perception_866 8d ago

Voyager intro plays ominously in the background

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u/Brave-Audience1078 8d ago

FUCK!!! Well there goes HBO..

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u/brakeb 8d ago

I heard a fart noise

probably after a night of eating reaper peppers

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u/Riommar 7d ago

Taco Bell for lunch

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u/Barn-Alumni-1999 8d ago

Reminds me of the time I overslept and my cat couldn't wake me up for feeding time with her paws so she put her ass in my face and sprayed.

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u/charliegoesamblin 8d ago

Well, then I guess you could say it really was a...

*puts sunglasses on*

CAT-ASS-TROPHE

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u/fraseybaby81 8d ago

Bwow! We don’t get fooled again!

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u/bigfathairybollocks 8d ago

We are into solar maximum now more or less? Its a shooting gallery from now. I always liked the idea of a massive coronal ejection being the end of humanity, fry half the planet in one go. That or a massive asteroid. Ive had nightmares about asteroid impacts and how id wake up to it. If i lived in a earthquake zone id probably never sleep.

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u/jeweliegb 8d ago

I mean, we had one that missed us by days before, X42 or similar, the Halloween auroras.

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u/Mindless-Wrangler651 7d ago

maybe how random sand dunes were created?

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u/LargeArugula6262 8d ago

Wild speculation but what happened first the earthquake in Myanmar or the flare

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u/Ok-Hovercraft5798 8d ago

Almost as big as the flares that come out of my uncles arse after a vindaloo

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u/ikaika235 8d ago

Sun fart

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u/Informal-Swimmer-184 8d ago

Chilli night?

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u/RelationBig7368 8d ago

Know that feeling

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u/cptwinklestein 8d ago

me every morning.

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u/daryldelight 8d ago

are hyperbeams a thing?

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u/Azurfant 8d ago

Weak ejaculate

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u/Vannwinkles 8d ago

Guessing we will feel this tomorrow?

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u/Warm_Jellyfish_8002 8d ago

Coming our way or away?

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u/stufforstuff 8d ago

Somebody's star has been sneaking out to Taco Bell again.

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u/Cael_NaMaor 8d ago

Looks like dragons escaping...

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u/Moosplauze 8d ago

Man, same thing happened to me today, glad nobody filmed.

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u/Low_Technician_5034 8d ago

So it is just a when not a why situation.

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u/nekidandsceered 8d ago

It's hatching...

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u/grog1942 8d ago

Chili for lunch

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u/Code_Loco 8d ago

I knew my balls were sweaty for some reason

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u/13hockeyguy 8d ago

Solar bukkake incoming!

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u/Hefty_Call_8623 8d ago

Fuck it’s going to be hot next week

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u/ZealousidealTop6884 8d ago

Probably anxious about the solar eclipse tonight...

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u/OrangeCosmic 8d ago

When do we get our power and internet turned off?

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u/freddotu 8d ago

I have my sound turned on, but can't hear anything.

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u/MuteAppeaL 8d ago

Wish it hit me.

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u/Impossible-Pea-6160 8d ago

** Castings Cease and desist on target Sun **

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u/Shiasugar 8d ago

What a nice aurora it will produce! 💜💚❤️

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u/this-is-me-reddit 8d ago

Do we know the distance scale for this one?

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u/kj_gamer2614 8d ago

Normally that means a good amount of aurora activity if it’s aimed at earth

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u/JackDrawsStuff 8d ago

Me after a night on the sauce.

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u/thatsnotchocolatebby 8d ago

Who does the Sun Taco Bell?

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u/sixjasefive 8d ago

I believe it was the salmon.

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u/SoundEffectsRock 8d ago

“Ahh skeet skeet motherfucker! Ahhhh skeet skeet skeet!” -Solaris

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u/Varso13 8d ago

Is that why california was hot as fuck the beginning of this week

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u/Mostly_llama 8d ago

This should be on r/popping

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u/Imbackoverandover 8d ago

Is it bad that I want this to hit earth head on?

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u/Ramentootles 8d ago

Me after Taco Bell

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u/No_I_Deer 8d ago

Can I get a Roku remote for scale ?

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u/mindfuxed 8d ago

Looks me in the bathroom

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u/thirtyone-charlie 8d ago

Is that big?

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u/Azurre79 8d ago

Is that a coronal mass ejection?

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u/Donut-Strong 8d ago

Guess we know who had Taco Bell

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u/tall-glassof-falooda 8d ago

🎶Find the Dragon Balls! Look out for them all!🎶

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u/pyro_pugilist 8d ago

I wish my farts were that majestic.

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u/shnoop87 8d ago

“Skyooze meh!”

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u/bluflare808 8d ago

You stole krillins move!

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u/77DETHSTROKE77 8d ago

What is the measurement in courics?

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u/Beebonh 8d ago

6-1\2 Katies

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u/Ok-Goat-1738 8d ago

Sai da frente que o pum foi ardente

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u/burrbro235 8d ago

Solar flatulence

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u/farestp 8d ago

Man we need astro/science guys to give us more info abt this 😕

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u/whatdafu 8d ago

Check your shorts sun

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u/BungeeGump 8d ago

Where Dr. Pimple Popper when you need her?

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u/WatzoneTv 8d ago

We’re doomed

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u/cal_nevari 8d ago

Was that around noon? Because I felt a blast of hot air around noon and I was outside! True story.

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u/R12Labs 8d ago

Thank you God for putting that millions of miles away

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u/DonJuanMateus 8d ago

Glad that wasn’t pointed at us !!!!!

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u/Due-Row-8696 8d ago

I should call her.

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u/PheaglesFan 7d ago

There's no way!! That had to have happened next week!

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u/Rossomak 7d ago

Can anyone else hear this clip?

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u/Go_Gators_4Ever 7d ago

Why does this remind me of Chipotle?

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u/MitsosVry 7d ago

Missed me... bi@tch

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u/Lone-Hermit-Kermit 7d ago

Popping that zit!

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u/whtciv2k 7d ago

So that’s how sun’s are born????

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u/orostitute 7d ago

We even have CCTV in space?

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u/Sure-Astronomer4364 7d ago

Taco Bell after drinking

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u/That-Bluejay3533 7d ago

That means everyone will be crazy today ,right? 🤦‍♀️

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u/king_style 7d ago

Sun fart

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u/Williamsjt316 7d ago

Too much cabbage on St Patty's day

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u/SignificantRaccoon25 7d ago

Sweet sweet eruption, let's check the mirror.

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u/PapaRyRy 7d ago

Ah so that's why it was hot in Australia today

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u/Numerous-Ad-1167 7d ago

How much of that escapes sun’s gravity and keeps heading out, versus falling back?

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u/jusjudge 7d ago

Me as soon as she touches my shoulder.

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u/eljne 7d ago

Ez with sunscreen 50

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u/DavidM47 7d ago

Yeah, it’s definitely not exploding from the inside…

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u/SlipMeA20 7d ago

I can relate after having TexMex last night.

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u/gayboysnuf 7d ago

Idk, could have been yesterday's solar flare...

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u/GooberRonny 7d ago

What's the plan when it burns out

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u/Fonzkopp 7d ago

Bless you

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u/ConstantCampaign2984 7d ago

I wonder the scale of that. It’s ridiculously massive, and to throw ejecta so far so quickly is mind boggling.

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u/crzychristopher 7d ago

My solar flares are usually coffee induced

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u/dimmsimm 7d ago

Can a solar smart redditor explain how this impacts earth?

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u/aDUCKonQU4CK 7d ago

There really is no privacy. Surveillance cameras are everywhere! Sun can't even take a load off in peace.

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u/underlineGLS 7d ago

Where is USS Voyager?

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u/SkedaddleMode 7d ago

The Carrington event

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u/Additional_Sun_4931 7d ago

I think the Sun just farted

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u/Imaginary_Most_7778 7d ago

Sol has the shits again.

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u/lucalla 7d ago

Me after a dodgy vindaloo

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u/Fun-Chipmunk-2745 7d ago

Im finnaaa bustttt

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u/pozoleNjuan 7d ago

Sun fart

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u/Independent-Deal7502 6d ago

Sun needs to cut back on Chipotle

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u/ERRORLL 6d ago

The crazy part is that it would be MASSIVE

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u/Stravinskysdog 6d ago

No wonder that day sucked for me 😂

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u/A_Dragon 6d ago

What class was this?

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u/Dizzy-Community5091 6d ago

I’m trying to do that on my wife’s ass in about half hour..

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u/dixon__g 6d ago

Seems like a model...

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u/Background_Music_748 5d ago

Like my fart...
oops

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u/floodums 5d ago

That must feel so good for the sun

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u/FuzzeWuzze 5d ago

I wonder where SG1 ended up in the timeline this time.

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u/DAFreundschaft 5d ago

That happened to me this morning too.

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u/Historical-Bend6079 5d ago

According to

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u/usNdem 4d ago

That’s the gme move from big papa cohen not a solar flare 🦍🦧💎🙌🚀🌕💥🍻