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Obviously, light pollution is the best kind because it goes away within minutes of turning off the source. Who the fuck cares about this.

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Who cares about this? Anyone with an interest in astronomy, obviously.

I strongly believe (but have not much to back it up) that turning nights into days as we do has consequences on our psyche and biological cycles. It blurs the distinction between night and day.

I wish my local councilmen would try to experiment no light at nights and see what comes out.

no light at nights and see what comes out

Jack the ripper?

I think a fabulous night sky also makes people, especially kids, wonder about the universe, what our place is in it, and how it all came about. That's part of why it's such a shame that it's obscured for so many.

>Obviously, light pollution is the best kind because it goes away within minutes of turning off the source

Only we never "turn off the source".

>Who the fuck cares about this

Humans? People not absorved in their little microcosm? People not expecting everything to dazzle them with 10,000 volts in their pleasure centres to "care" about it?

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