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Randall Munroe

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Google Solar Cycle xkcd.com/2930

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Puffin's avatar Puffin @johnhpage.bsky.social
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The existence of this chart will temporarily stimulate interest in solar flares.

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Ben kindle's avatar Ben kindle @literalpie.bsky.social
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I’m going to name my kid “solar flare” and train them to be a star from a young age so that when they die, it will ruin this chart

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Sandstorm 🐈‍⬛🇵🇸⚾️'s avatar Sandstorm 🐈‍⬛🇵🇸⚾️ @sandyp.bsky.social
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Whenever Zoom glitches I just type in the Chat “solar flares” and nobody questions it

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Your Pal in Ypsi's avatar Your Pal in Ypsi @ypsidoodle.bsky.social
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Yeah, but any day now it's going to start inventing them.

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RodianRomanovichWasRight's avatar RodianRomanovichWasRight @rodyawasright.bsky.social
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I thought these were just the times in the economy when the largest number of people are hoping for a natural em pulse to destroy civilization

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The Red Terra's avatar The Red Terra @theredterra.bsky.social
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Yeah, now Google “carrington event” and gasp in horror at how overdue we are for one.

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Paul Drinnon's avatar Paul Drinnon @allbassnotweter.bsky.social
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You sound like my stockbroker.

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Obi-Wan Gaming's avatar Obi-Wan Gaming @emmetthorrell.bsky.social
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I think there’s another reason for this trend

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Warty Wall Gecko 's avatar Warty Wall Gecko @priddy.bsky.social
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Has anybody worked out why the periodicity is a prime number? Maybe ChatGPT knows better than Google?

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In 2117 you could make a similar chart regarding the transit of Venus.

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Kellen Hoxworth's avatar Kellen Hoxworth @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social
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Make sure to wear appropriate eyewear when looking at Google Trends.

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Excellent observation

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