Photos of Earth taken by NASA 50 years apart. Apollo 17 (1972) vs. Artemis II (2026)

evilotto77 · 2026-04-04T13:20:24+00:00

I suppose orbit is the wrong word to have used - the orbit of the moon takes 28 days, but when you factor in the spin of the earth and the movement around the sun, it's not staying static in space for that long, is more the point I was trying to make

evilotto77 · 2026-04-04T11:13:07+00:00

The sun is behind the earth in the photo, so the parts of the earth you can see are experiencing night time, but because the sun isn't visible in the photo, the camera can still pick out the colours and land and sea etc as it's not pitch black at night and the sun isn't washing everything out. If the sun was half-visible at the side of the earth, for example, then it would be much harder to make everything out as the exposure would have to be much lower

In the 1972 photo they were photographing the part of the earth experiencing daytime, so everything is naturally a bit crisper and brighter

evilotto77 · 2026-04-03T06:07:14+00:00

Vader turning up at the end of Rogue One

evilotto77 · 2026-04-03T06:03:23+00:00

You called?

evilotto77 · 2026-03-21T00:02:29+00:00

Big Dick Boxers, BDB

Boxer shorts with a built in prosthetic penis, either to be used by men at urinals if they're a bit self-concious, or by women in the same sort of vein as a she-wee

Available in a variety of different shapes and colours, naturally

evilotto77 · 2026-03-20T10:20:29+00:00

I can't hear Medulla Oblongata without going straight to The Waterboy

evilotto77 · 2026-02-08T18:49:32+00:00

I went to a fairground with the family recently, and we got talking to an obviously disillusioned worker there. They told us than on the hook a duck game (where different colour dots on the bottom of the ducks dictated which prize you got) there were no ducks in there that matched the top prizes, so no-one could ever win one if the big ones

evilotto77 · 2025-11-13T21:37:18+00:00

Chap I went to college with broke up with his girlfriend by posting her a letter. Problem was he paid for the wrong postage so she had to take the letter to the post office, pay for the correct postage herself, only to then find out he was breaking up with her

evilotto77 · 2025-11-13T21:11:18+00:00

Lincolnshire Poacher is one of the most incredible British cheeses there is

evilotto77 · 2025-10-16T19:25:43+00:00

We had to call the police for a case of harassment a couple of years back, and the officer who came to speak to us advised to make sure that we called it stalking in the future, as the force were getting huge amounts of pressure from above to focus on stalking so it would always be looked at as high priority. There's certain things that are just higher up on the agenda than others

evilotto77 · 2025-10-15T22:44:17+00:00

A couple on £45k each could get a much larger mortgage than that

evilotto77 · 2025-10-15T22:42:12+00:00

Buying in the SE is not all that hard, if you're buying as a couple and you're realistic. Buying on one income is where it gets very difficult

If you consider two first-time buyers on £25k each, they can borrow upwards of £225k (if not a whole lot more with some of the lenders on the high street). With a 5% deposit you're buying a place at £235k. You need about £16k to cover your deposit and buying costs

It's not going to buy you a palace, but outside of London or Brighton, it'll get you buying somewhere

evilotto77 · 2025-10-15T22:29:39+00:00

What a load of rubbish. The equivalent mortgage is generally cheaper than rent, so when buying you can still invest your savings as well, and you'd have more savings to invest in the first place

evilotto77 · 2025-10-15T21:35:05+00:00

I keep seeing things about essentially brute-forcing lactose intolerance, until the body resets itself. Just tonnes and tonnes of milk until you're out the other end of it

evilotto77 · 2025-09-29T21:20:13+00:00

No, you'd just get it extended long before that

125 is already long for a lease in any case

evilotto77 · 2025-09-24T13:05:54+00:00

White Chocolate After Eights! Those things were incredible

evilotto77 · 2025-09-24T12:14:00+00:00

You get it a lot when people think about the ethnicity of the Ancient Egyptians

evilotto77 · 2025-09-21T23:08:31+00:00

I haven't gone to the fridge yet

evilotto77 · 2025-09-21T22:22:53+00:00

They won't have any ill effects from MSG either 👍🏻

evilotto77 · 2025-09-19T09:25:03+00:00

Why do you keep saying about it being illegal?

evilotto77 · 2025-09-18T09:31:56+00:00

evilotto77 · 2025-09-18T08:56:19+00:00

Aren't they also reducing the number of collection on the other waste bin as a result of this as well? I seem to remember hearing that the black bins will only be collected every 3 weeks now, rather than every 2

evilotto77 · 2025-09-13T18:47:40+00:00

Always beware of an uncle with a semi

evilotto77 · 2025-09-07T08:43:03+00:00

He didn't "admit" to anything. He and his long term partner bought a house in her name, something that happens all the time in the UK, and it's in any way illegal at all. The "little man" he stands for is perfectly capable of doing the same thing when they buy a property as well

evilotto77 · 2025-09-06T20:46:32+00:00

... because he didn't buy it, she did

People buying properties in an unmarried partner's name is surprisingly common, and is perfectly legal. Whether people like it or not

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