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Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday (www.livescience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if we’ll still be here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Depends on next year’s elections results

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The comet doesn't care.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, humans are kinda like the HIV of species, so we'll be around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Depending on your definition of species, HIV is the HIV of species.