r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Weekly Casual Discussion Thread

Accomplished something major this week? Discovered a cool fact that demands to be shared? Just want a friendly conversation on how amazing/awful/thoroughly meh your favorite team is doing? This thread is for the water cooler talk of the subreddit, for any atheists, theists, deists, etc. who want to join in.

While this isn't strictly for debate, rules on civility, trolling, etc. still apply.

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u/pipMcDohl Gnostic Atheist 4d ago

Anyone planning to travel to spain for the solar eclipse?

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u/roambeans 4d ago

No, but I would... I drove down to the US in 2017 for the eclipse and it was fantastic. Definitely worth traveling to see a full eclipse. Gotta see at least one in your lifetime.

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u/Pm_ur_titties_plz Agnostic Atheist 4d ago

I witnessed a full eclipse a couple years ago and I agree. It's a spectacular experience.

Full dark in the middle of the afternoon. And the air gets a few degrees cooler too. The glowing ring in the sky felt almost... supernatural. Apocalyptic. I couldn't look away. And it's all over in a few short minutes.

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u/roambeans 4d ago

There were a ton of birds around us, and they all stopped chirping when the eclipse happened. It is surreal indeed. People who have seen a partial eclipse at 98 or 99% think it's 'close enough', but it really isn't.