xkcd #3135: Sea Level

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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
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[–] 109 points 1 year ago (19 children)

There are places in the solar system where the tide rips new mountains up every go around.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

    ... some metal band (Dethklok?) recording their song/filming their vid/having the concert on such a moon - the guitar solo intensifies as the band is lifted upwards by a soaring mountain, epicly, with lava flows.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I think it's funny that Dethklok is both a parody metal band and one of the best metal bands around. I don't even really like metal and I love Dethklok.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I would love to see them live. Brendon Smalls seems awesome.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I found out the day of the concert that Dethklok and Baby Metal were playing in my city but I couldn't make it. I've like Brendon Smalls since Home Movies.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    True!

    Going further - "tides" actually rip planets & stars fully apart (binary star systems, around black holes, yo mamma casually strolling through a galaxy).

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