Okay, first of all, I apologize. But this is one of those things that riles me up almost as much as someone using “irregardless” (which, btw, spell check has no problem with, so fuck you apple) or using the wrong “your” or something. But it reflects a basic lack of understanding about the physical world that I find intolerable, and it can’t really be explained as a brain fart or typo.
What set off my ire? A Sunday comic:
See the problem? I’ll give you a hint. Not once, in the entirety of your life, have you seen a sunset and full moon at the same time. Unless you’re a horse and can look in opposite directions at once. The reason? It’s fucking impossible.
You’ve seen the moon and the sunset together, but since the moon reflects sunlight, when that happens the moon is NEW, barely a sliver of a crescent (since the sun is mostly behind it) and so faint you’ve probably barely noticed it. A FULL moon is QUITE LITERALLY on the other side of the world, rising at almost the exact moment the sun is setting. That’s how the sun is able to TOTALLY ILLUMINATE the side we see.
And I know it’s just Family Circus, which somehow has gotten by on sap for decades, but Bill Keane’s been on this planet at least as long as I have and if he’d just looked up a few times when he was actually outside he might have noticed. This isn’t rocket science. This is the stuff neolithic communities understood.
/end rant
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