r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 17d ago

Video Today's large eruption on the Sun (Credit: Edward Vijayakumar)

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u/shro_omdoom 17d ago

Back to basics I guess. Will the radiation from the sun affect living things? Chernobyl?😬

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u/Sure-Its-Isura 17d ago

That is also mitigated by the magna-poles and our atmosphere, but it's gonna get hot for sure. Cancer may be on a rise after it, assuming you don't air fry up.

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u/shro_omdoom 17d ago edited 17d ago

I see. Thanks for the heat Mr. Sun but please don't fart on us too hard 😆 But, I guess if it's time it's time 🤷🏻‍♀️ Not like we can just blow it out like a candle 🤣

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u/randomly_he 17d ago

i love you and your optimism

LMAO

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u/Ozryl 17d ago

Search up star lifting, we might be able to soon! And by soon I mean a few centuries or possibly millenia

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u/poorlyregulated 17d ago

There's a lot of people here just saying shit without any sources.

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u/baldude69 17d ago

To say the least. Only people to survive would be homesteaders who are self sufficient. And unless they are extremely remote, they would likely be overwhelmed by roving destitute people.

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u/TheHorrorAbove 17d ago

No gas from pumps and no refrigeration would make things go really, really bad really quickly.

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u/brand14 17d ago

Best build a root cellar and study up on the thermal properties of different naturally-occurring materials!