TIL That the last time all living humans were on Earth simultaneously was October 31st, 2000. Since that day, there has always been astronauts in space.

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u/lord_ne 3d ago

That's a week before I was born. So in my entire life, we haven't had all humans on Earth simultaneously.

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u/ArmpitEchoLocation 3d ago

Only 90s kids will remember.

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u/Ameisen 1 3d ago

The fact that people born after 2000 are not only adults but rapidly approaching middle age... hurts my brain. And my chest. And my arm. Also, I taste copper.

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u/FrogsAlligators111 3d ago

24 is still a very young adult.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 2d ago

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u/blueavole 3d ago

IS NOT!

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u/bigboat24 2d ago

Buckle up!

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/blueavole 2d ago

Shhuuuuuasssshh

Hurtful things might be true but you don’t have to say them.

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u/shewy92 2d ago

ED: why the downvotes?

Because you're wrong, middle age is not the midpoint between young adults from the chart you linked.

People don't die at 34 so why would 26 be middle aged?

Middle aged is when you're in the middle of your life, so 40s or 50s

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u/shewy92 2d ago

Link?

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/shewy92 2d ago

Here's the actual definition from the Census:

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1981/demo/p23-111.html

This report presents data on "middle-aged" persons, defined here as aged 45 to 64.

https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2020/census-briefs/c2020br-06.pdf

The population aged 45 to 64 was made up of 84.3 million people (25.4 percent), a 3.4 percent increase from 2010. While the number of people aged 45 to 54 declined by 9.2 percent, those aged 55 to 64 (the youngest of the Baby Boom cohort) increased by 19.0 percent.

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u/shewy92 2d ago

I'm confused. The link you provided says "young adults (aged 18-34)". It doesn't say anything about "middle aged" adults

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u/Sharlinator 2d ago

Most people don’t consider 35 “middle-aged”, just an adult. Middle age these days starts around 45.

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u/DrEvil24 3d ago

You should press your life alert button

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u/craigmontHunter 3d ago

I was in a store in Ontario (drinking age 19) a few weeks ago, there was a sign about the legal age to buy alcohol being this day in 2006.

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u/creatingKing113 3d ago

Hi. Born right on the year 2000. I’m 25 now obviously. Just thought I’d say that.

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u/SquirrelNormal 2d ago

I mean this with all due respect and kindness.

From the bottom of my heart, go fuck yourself.

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u/cpufreak101 3d ago

Same

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u/GozerDGozerian 2d ago

How is 25 “rapidly approaching middle age”?

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u/2wedfgdfgfgfg 2d ago

I was born in the 70s so I’m basically dead now.

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u/lord_ne 3d ago

I did notice recently that my hairline is receding

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u/HoverButt 3d ago

Hey, I resent thst 'rapidly'

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u/Ameisen 1 2d ago

Resent as in dislike or resent as in you sent it to somebody else?

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u/HoverButt 2d ago

I resent the use of rapidly. People who are at most 25 are not rapidly approaching middle age. If 40 is middle aged then they still have a long time to go.

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u/1heart1totaleclipse 2d ago

Middle age?!? Everyone is always rapidly approaching the next year at the same rate

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u/Vinyl-addict 2d ago

Week after my first birthday haha

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u/Alpha_Centauri_5932 2d ago

November 3, 2000 here. Basically same XD

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u/g2g079 3d ago

There were no dead humans in space until 1971, and there has been none since.

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u/CaindaX 3d ago

We should launch a corpse into the void so we can make a new TIL

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u/Rebelgecko 2d ago

Scottie from Star Trek got some of his remains sent to the moon, along with other dead people

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u/1SweetChuck 3d ago

There were a bunch of people who had their ashes shot in to space including people whose remains were sent to the moon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial

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u/Timelymanner 2d ago

Cool, I have a new goal.

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u/g2g079 2d ago

Interesting. Besides the ones which likely assist reentered, there was one sent to the moon and 196 sent to deep space. So I suppose you could say there are 197 dead people in space now. I would be pretty cool with this sort of burial.

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u/3_14159td 2d ago

Well, there was that suspicious Tesla Roadster occupant...

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u/kabushko 2d ago

That we know of*

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u/LordCaptain 3d ago

Pretty sure i jumped at least once in 98.

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u/ASilver2024 2d ago

In atmosphere*

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u/WazWaz 2d ago

The atmosphere drags slightly upon the ISS.

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u/ASilver2024 2d ago

Below mesosphere**

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u/WazWaz 2d ago

In which case, the title is wrong.

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u/ASilver2024 2d ago

I'm confusion.

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u/Fartyfivedegrees 3d ago

You can clarify that as "within the Earth's atmosphere", seeing as others have mentioned that flying is also not being on the ground.

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u/Ashanrath 2d ago

LEO is also still within the atmosphere (thermosphere or exosphere. Depending on attitude, it can be enough to cause orbital decay. Only the Apollo missions went outside of Earth's exosphere.

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u/Fartyfivedegrees 2d ago

Aw-roight! Thanks for that info. That's a TIL moment

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u/similar_observation 2d ago

Kinda? In 1998, NASA employed a group of oil drillers to destroy an astroid hell bent on destroying earth. In the process, they lost 7 crew, rescued a Russian cosmonaut, and left the acting mission commander on the moon.

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u/Manufactured-Aggro 3d ago

In the grand scheme of things they're essentially still on earth, just in earth's thermosphere lol it's not like they're just out there in the void

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u/klsi832 3d ago

I saw a guy in a bar wearing a big strap on for a costume that day.

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u/LanceFree 2d ago

So that was the event that caused the schism? I would have thought it was something earlier, but okay.

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u/BobBelcher2021 2d ago

That was also the last time I ever went trick-or-treating.

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u/GumboSamson 2d ago

That’s a pretty strange reason to give up trick-or-treating.

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u/roybatty1941 3d ago

Allegedly.

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u/jcapi1142 2d ago

Yea technically this is accurate. But in reality, the last time was probably way before this if you take into account air travel. Someone flying on a plane is certainly not on "Earth".

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u/GumboSamson 2d ago

Are people who are swimming “on Earth”?

What about jumping?

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u/No_Size9475 3d ago

Technically someone flying on a plane isn't on earth either.

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u/Easy_Drawer4773 3d ago

Statically, there have to be enough people doing jumping jacks that someone is always off the ground.

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u/adognameddanzig 3d ago

One of the last Halloweens of my childhood.

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u/FrungyLeague 2d ago

And you hung onions from your belt?

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u/4thofeleven 2d ago

Designated survivor.

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u/BeepBeep_Move 2d ago

Spooky 👻

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u/centuryofprogress 2d ago

*have

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u/Aramis444 2d ago

Are people in planes considered “on earth”?

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u/fanau 1h ago

Or people jumping? When I first learned that the earth was spinning as a kid - I developed an irrational fear that if I jumped the wall might slam into me. So I only jumped when I was sire the earth wasn’t paying attention. :)

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u/Glitch_on_Redd 1d ago

Yo, that's crazy actually

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u/fanau 1h ago

Someone prob said this but I LOVE that you stared it this way instead of “at least one person has been continuously on space since Oct 31 2000”. It sounds much cooler the way you put it. But wait so people in airplanes count? Heh.

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u/brainiac2482 3d ago

Assuming all the leaked texts about offworld assets are false, sure. Otherwise it's been far longer.

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u/ethyl-pentanoate 2d ago

You can't just mention something like that offhand without providing details

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u/brainiac2482 2d ago

You know, there was a time when the onus to verify claims was on the listener, and i still search for my own data points when someone makes a claim i find dubious. I'll give you a hint, but i warn you the rabbit hole goes deep. Read about Gary McKinnon hacking NASA, and most importantly, what he found on those servers.

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u/89indatone 3d ago

If you think about it, we're the aliens.

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u/OwO_Trash_OwO 2d ago

Well, easiest solution is to set off nukes just past the atmosphere.

EMP all those bitches.

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u/D_Winds 2d ago

Does that imply it's impossible to dock up there without space hands? Like, in an emergency where they all had to return to Earth, we'd never be able to get back to the station?

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u/Punbungler 2d ago

I wonder if it had anything to do with Y2K? I'm sure the brightest minds thought nothing of it... but who knows.

Man I feel old now.

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u/DevryFremont1 2d ago

Pee is flushed out to space or turned into water. Poo is dried and kept in jars. They use toilets with vacuums so waste doesn't float around. Some wear diapers upon re-entry.

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u/GumboSamson 2d ago

Cool story bro.

TIL That the last time all living humans were on Earth simultaneously was October 31st, 2000. Since that day, there has always been astronauts in space.

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