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SyncMeASong t1_iy21mfz wrote

Reply to comment by felixrocket7835 in You see more suns at night than in the daytime. by ParticleDetector

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sun b: a celestial body like the sun : STAR

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ParticleDetector OP t1_iy271pr wrote

It’s like that as well on the Oxford Dictionary and the Collin’s dictionary but I’m still getting downvoted for mentioning that it’s also like that in popular fiction :(

Apparently the sun as a common noun is not…accepted by everyone?

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Criticalhit_jk t1_iy2vjcn wrote

It probably wouldn't take me very long to find someone who unironically doesn't believe in the sun in this day and age, so don't take it too hard if someone disagrees with your verbiage regarding it

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ParticleDetector OP t1_iy2y8w0 wrote

Omg you made me go google ‘the sun is fake’ and ‘flat earthers don’t believe in sun’ and other stuff lol.

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