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Hypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.

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[–] fsxylo 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We're... Not sure space was a thing back then.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I mean… We’re not even sure space is a thing NOW

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Space was definitely a thing, it was just closer together than it is now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was a thing, in a localized area of an infinitely small point, that also was everywhere that existed... I think. I'm not a big bang-ologist, I'm more of a small bang-ologist so my understanding may be flawed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So there was no place uncorrupted by capitalism.

[–] funkless_eck 2 points 1 year ago

easy there Tim Curry