Microblog post: "NASA has released a photo of the lunar eclipse." Picture of the moon with the shadow of a group of robots riding a giant turtle

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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I find it amusing that more than once I've seen this picture of A'tuin, the space turtle from Discworld, used to represent Maturin, the space turtle from Stephen King's books. I don't remember Maturin having elephants or a disc-shaped world on his back!

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    All these people worried about the flat earth and not a single one worried about the real issue here: Our turtle here, is it a male or a female? Because the outcome when it finds another wandering turtle can be extremely different depending on this.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Good ol' A'tuin

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    GNU Sir Terry

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    "See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth"

    "On his shell he holds the Earth."

    "His thought is slow, but always kind."

    "He holds us all within his mind."

    "On his back all vows are made;"

    "He sees the truth but mayn't aid."

    "He loves the land and loves the sea,"

    "And even loves a child like me."

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Wait, the turtles don’t go all the way down?!?

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Every time I've seen this, it's been on my phone and I've always thought it was the shadow of a drone.

    Now I'm seeing it on a bigger screen and can finally tell what it is.

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    So moon turtles are a thing now?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I knew the world was flat! F U Round Earthers! Now the 4 elephants on the back of a turtle did surprise me.

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