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[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Is 400 km a lot? 🤷‍♀️ I'm american....

Edit: thank yall, I was being cheeky

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's 200 km from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. The moon is 400.000 km away

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Your fancy decimal/comma swapping sure does make this seem like nothing with extra significant digits.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The moon is 4 •10^5^ km away

[–] thegoodyinthehoody@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I truly don’t mean this as an insult, but the second half of your post could apply to almost anything after a question mark it could be a new form of “that’s what she said”

You could be a trailblazer🤷‍♂️ But then I’m Irish…