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A comment on Billion-Ton Comet May Have Missed Earth by a Few Hundred Kilometers in 1883. Parent comment

Re:Billion-Ton Comet May Have Missed Earth by a Few Hundred ... by monochromatic on Friday November 23, 2012 @10:48AM (#4822543)
You're right, let's NOT be thankful that we're still here.
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Re:Billion-Ton Comet May Have Missed Earth by a Few Hundred ... by Geee on Friday November 23, 2012 @06:34PM (#4824034)
What do you mean? You can't be subjectively thankful of something that you wouldn't otherwise exist to be the subject of. However, I'm thankful that everyone else is here, including you.
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Re:Billion-Ton Comet May Have Missed Earth by a Few Hundred ... by monochromatic on Friday November 23, 2012 @09:34PM (#4824361)
> You can't be subjectively thankful of something that you wouldn't otherwise exist to be the subject of.

Sure you can. You couldn't be disappointed if things had gone the other way, but you can certainly be thankful to have dodged a bullet.

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