this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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I was about 30 years old when I talked to my mother about some program on TV about astronomy when she mentioned that our sun is a star. It's like all the other stars we see during the night, it's just closer to us so it appears bigger. My mind was blown. I didn't understand how I could have lived for 30 years and never thought this thought.

Yesterday me and our 10 years old were talking about the universe and things in it, and I mentioned to her that our sun is just a star like all the other ones we see during the night. I saw that her mind was as blown as mine was back when my mom told me this fact.

Actually even in the song "Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are." it encourages us to think about this fact, but it took me 30 years to do so.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (3 children)

My kids and I had a similar though more humorous and less mind blowing experience after reading the "I crave star damage!" comic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don’t crave star damage unless you want bits of you carved out or frozen off in the future.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

~~Sunscreen~~ Star damage screen