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[+] 67 points 10 months ago* (20 children)
  • [–] 45 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    so bananas do not exist there

    This guy honestly doesn't believe in panbanania.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    The theory that the universe was seeded with banana life by an intergalactic precursor race of bananas?

    This was covered in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called The Chase:

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They do. Just not the versions we eat. Those are genetic clones and are propagated seedlessly. If you look closely sometimes you can see undeveloped seeds in bananas. They're the little black dots near the center that you see sometimes.

    Here is a picture of a land race banana with seeds:

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Oh man, I had eaten bananas with seeds but they were tiny like they are in kiwis. I thought the image would be similar to those but instead the seeds are as big as like lentils.

    Took me by surprise

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I like how you put it where (you thought) nobody would look.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    I never fully grasped the true scale of a single galaxy (and then expanded that understanding to the observable universe) until I hopped in my ship in Elite Dangerous and actually set off to cross one. Holy fucking shit, does it really help put it into perspective when you're traveling between vast galactic arms, hopping individual stars 50-70 Ly at a time and trying your damndest not to stretch yourself too thin in fear of running out of scoopable fuel/stars.

    If I were an Astronomy teacher, Elite would be my most profound and precious tool.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    You really should eat that banana before it goes bad. I see spots on it and one area looks soft and bruised.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    This would be funnier if there were a gigantic banana floating in space

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    You got me. I leaned in to find the banana.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    That's peanuts to the Universe!

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    I can't seem to find the banana all that easily.

    ....your mom though. she's clearly visible at this scale. 😎

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I saw one but don't know if its the one you added.

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  • Hey! Why's that koala smiling?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    I need a red circle to show me where the banana is.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    This reminds me of an Italo Calvino short story about a guy doing backyard telescope observatory space viewing (whew) and he spots someone holding a sign on a distant star stating "I know what you did". The viewer now starts calculating exactly where he would have been at the time including light speed and distance light travels to reach him and all sorts of other calcs until he determines the time in the past and finally realizes "Whoa! He saw that!?".

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