• davidgro@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, technically “the impact of a meteorite” would indeed be an extraterrestrial impact, but the implications of using that word are obvious, making this click bait.

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      1 year ago

      I was just about to start typing a comment along the lines of “come on now, you’re really stretching it thin here”. Then I took a second and realized that it really only means “not from earth” which yes, I guess any space rock is that.

    • Baby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      i’m not comfortable with your nonchalance and complicit behavior with respect to the ancient yet ongoing and soon to become overwhelming alien bombardment we are currently facing as a planet