i remember reading an article about a blackout in some big US city (can't remember which), and people called 911 because the sky looked scary. they could see the milky way for the first time.
Government tried to reduce the amount of light pollution. People walking their dogs at night complained and many folks just didn't feel safe anymore without light everywhere.
Oh, look at that pretty twinkling shooting sta- oh shit, that's another one of elon musk's pointless billionaire space toys. I can't even relax by just looking at the stars anymore.
i want to make an automated starlink laserer, i know it's not legal but psh. i also lack the knowledge to do so so it ain't happening here any time soon. i gotta laser all my elon satellites by hand, artisanal like.
A tumblr comment may be the source. I don't see it anywhere else. So allow me to add a quote from 29-days-of-fog that summed up why I lay down and look up for a couple hours on dark trips, why I look up when I walk outside at night
you've heard of existential dread and existential horror, now get ready for existential peace, which is that feeling when you stare up at the nightsky and think, "huh. i exist. that's pretty neat."
I remember an inspirational poster from my childhood that said something about how the government would get a lot more done if everyone was required to take an afternoon nap.
Too bad we got stuck in a world where most people work 2-3 jobs
This is just false. Yes, jobs are underpaid and massive unionization efforts need to take place to fight back against employers. But, 2-3 jobs working people are a small, but growing, minority at this point.
Thanks to light pollution and pollution pollution just seeing the stars can be hard enough for many
That doesn’t change the message.
True, just makes it harder to send
Feels like that would strengthen the message.
i remember reading an article about a blackout in some big US city (can't remember which), and people called 911 because the sky looked scary. they could see the milky way for the first time.
I think it was LA? If I remember right people were calling and observatory and some people thought they were UFOs
This made me think of Asimov's Nightfall...
We can see a planet ot two, sometimes.
we get venus a lot. she's bright.
Government tried to reduce the amount of light pollution. People walking their dogs at night complained and many folks just didn't feel safe anymore without light everywhere.