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Posted: 8/20/2017 9:09:36 PM EDT

Is it really that big of a deal?

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:09:52 PM EDT

[#1]

lol op

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:10:07 PM EDT

[#2]

I gotta work.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:10:07 PM EDT

[#3]

not watching it either.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:10:47 PM EDT

[#4]

I'll look at it during my lunch break.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:10:49 PM EDT

[#5]

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:10:52 PM EDT

[#6]

It was apparently important enough for you to start a thread about.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:11:30 PM EDT

[#7]

I'm gonna make a student make a pinhole thing out of a shoebox.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:11:55 PM EDT

[#8]

I gotta work and no fucks will be given, although I work outside so theres that...............

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:12:50 PM EDT

[#9]

I'm looking forward to being able to get a quick afternoon nap while its dark

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:13:54 PM EDT

[#10]

It gets dark here every day. Who cares if it gets dark twice tomorrow? Big fucking deal.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:14:03 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/20/2017 9:14:47 PM EDT

[#12]

If you don't care, why did you make a thread?

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:15:17 PM EDT

[#13]

it's a thunderstorm that happens every 38 years.

BFD

there are nerds at work who are flying to MO for it. I heard them all chattering about hotels and rental cars.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:16:42 PM EDT

[#14]

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Don't care about it. Not going to watch it.
If you've seen one eclipse, you've seen 'em all.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:17:09 PM EDT

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SHADOW is COMING TO GIT YOU...... You're all gonna DIE.
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So, yeah, a pretty big deal.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:17:14 PM EDT

[#16]

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Posted: 8/20/2017 9:17:43 PM EDT

[#17]

We will be out on the boat for it with a bunch of friends. Although I could care less

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:23:02 PM EDT

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Because the hype around this thing is compelling me to wonder what I'm missing. People are driving hundreds of miles to be in the best viewing spots, but if something doesn't remind me that it's still happening tomorrow I would probably forget about it. I'm just curious if this is media driven hype or people are actually interested themselves.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:23:27 PM EDT

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Is this another "Stop disliking what I like" thread? OR "Stop liking what I dislike" thread?

-It is neat if you like science.
-It is a novelty since, for many, it is a once in a lifetime event.
-There is more to life than GD

With that said, if the center track was not coming within an hours drive of my house, I would likely not be going to partake in the event either.

My kids are young and it is something cool to do together. The next time it happens where I am, I am likely going to be dead and my kids will be taking their grandkids.

Sit back and relax. Enjoy the craziness of it, if you can.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:23:27 PM EDT

[#20]

I just drove 7 hours to be able to see it.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:27:02 PM EDT

[#21]

seen one, seen 'em all.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:27:47 PM EDT

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Is this another "Stop disliking what I like" thread? OR "Stop liking what I dislike" thread?

-It is neat if you like science.
-It is a novelty since, for many, it is a once in a lifetime event.
-There is more to life than GD

With that said, if the center track was not coming within an hours drive of my house, I would likely not be going to partake in the event either.

My kids are young and it is something cool to do together. The next time it happens where I am, I am likely going to be dead and my kids will be taking their grandkids.

Sit back and relax. Enjoy the craziness of it, if you can.

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Valid point.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:27:56 PM EDT

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I care and will watch, but mostly because it's in my back yard. Otherwise, I would just stay in my back yard.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:28:41 PM EDT

[#24]

not only will I be watching it, I will be watching it from a Mitsubishi Eclipse, jamming total eclipse of the heart from my eclipse sound system.

Then after I am going to nap on my eclipse mattress while my eclipse curtains blocks the daylight.

Then I will wake up and eat a moon pie

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:29:48 PM EDT

[#25]

I've already seen one. I think I will just sit on the porch in the shade and drink beer in the dark.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:30:19 PM EDT

[#26]

ZFG, never really been into pagan celebrations and rituals. I remember seeing a partial eclipse a long time ago when I was a child. We didn't have special glasses. You had to smoke the bottom of a drinking glass with candle soot and look through that to watch it. Simpler times.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:31:06 PM EDT

[#27]

I'll be on the road so I'll be experiencing it whether I like it or not. I imagine it'll just be like a monsoon storm or a haboob.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:33:38 PM EDT

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ZFG, never really been into pagan celebrations and rituals. I remember seeing a partial eclipse a long time ago when I was a child. We didn't have special glasses. You had to smoke the bottom of a drinking glass with candle soot and look through that to watch it. Simpler times.

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So, uh, an eclipse is not a pagan ritual. That's like saying rainfall is a Native American dance ... oh fuck it never mind. Enjoy your smugness and watch Oprah tomorrow afternoon.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:34:43 PM EDT

[#29]

I work nights so I'll be sleeping. Maybe I'll sleep better.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:35:33 PM EDT

[#30]

I'm going to the gym.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:36:53 PM EDT

[#31]

92% here. Not driving for it (3 hours from the umbra), but I am taking the day with the kids. Son is really into space.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:37:04 PM EDT

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Holy sleeper account!!

4 posts in 16 years and this is the thread you post in to post what you did!!???

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:37:19 PM EDT

[#33]

I have been saying for weeks IDGAF

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:37:49 PM EDT

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We will be out on the boat for it with a bunch of friends. Although I could care less

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How much less could you care?

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:38:06 PM EDT

[#35]

Supposed to be 87% here. No shit, really it is. I'll be working. Will pop outside to check it out. Not all wound up about it.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:39:21 PM EDT

[#36]

Yeah I don't really care, seen enough of them as a kid.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:41:22 PM EDT

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So, uh, an eclipse is not a pagan ritual. That's like saying rainfall is a Native American dance ... oh fuck it never mind. Enjoy your smugness and watch Oprah tomorrow afternoon.

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"watch Oprah tomorrow afternoon."

FOA. I'm not asking for a condemnation of my personal beliefs.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:41:34 PM EDT

[#38]

I am an ignorant Philistine who has no care about a rare astronomical event, so no I won't be watching.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:42:10 PM EDT

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it's a thunderstorm that happens every 38 years.

BFD

there are nerds at work who are flying to MO for it. I heard them all chattering about hotels and rental cars.

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You should see my AO (Boise, ID). Local LE agencies and regional hospital estimate 300-500k coming into the state, specifically, to go to a small town called Weiser that is approximately 45 minutes west of Boise (almost to OR). It's supposed to be a location where there will be 99-100% coverage or some such shit. I don't keep up with it. I will go outside to check it out, but I really don't fucking care much, either. The people spending big bucks to travel around is just nuts.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:42:20 PM EDT

[#40]

I'm just pissed off that I have to work overtime because of it..

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:42:24 PM EDT

[#41]

I'll be at work...will try to check it out, but frankly it's not my priority tomorrow.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:44:56 PM EDT

[#42]

I have already seen one, so I'm not all that excited about it. It is just like a really fast sunset and sunrise. The most interesting parts were the color of the sky before and immediately after the eclipse, and the way animals reacted...especially birds.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:45:44 PM EDT

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I just finished mine.

I've seen solar ellipses before. Although this one may be the darkest since l live so close to it.

I've never been in the path of totality though. My sister lives right under it but expenses don't allow me to make a trip to the middle of Nebraska this summer.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:48:19 PM EDT

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"watch Oprah tomorrow afternoon."

FOA. I'm not asking for a condemnation of my personal beliefs.

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Hey maybe you shouldn't post your personal beliefs publicly if you're so sensitive...

Also, I just checked and the eclipse is STILL not a pagan ritual.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:51:11 PM EDT

[#45]

I care that it will most likely delay my trip home tomorrow.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:51:59 PM EDT

[#46]

I saw one in the early or mid 90's. It was ok, not as big as this will be.

I'll be working outside all day, but I'm not too interested in it.

We were down by st louis today. On the way back north on 55, the southbound traffic was crazy in spots. It looks like an ass load of people are heading to see it.I hope it's worth their while, once in a lifetime and all of that.

Personally, I wouldn't skip an hour of work to see it.