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SyncMeASong t1_iy22gze wrote

Reply to comment by BlitzFan1234 in You see more suns at night than in the daytime. by ParticleDetector

Where are all of these r/confidentlyincorrect down votes coming from. How can people be so confident about astronomy, but not know how to use Google or one of the many dictionary sites.

Nothing wrong with OP's use of "sun."

Edit: fixed link

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ParticleDetector OP t1_iy2esm5 wrote

I think I’m seeing a few things happening in the replies.

  1. People thinking I’m using ‘sun’ interchangeably for every star out there regardless if they have planet/s orbiting it.

  2. People thinking I’m using ‘Sun’ the proper noun, instead of of ‘sun’ the common noun. (But I didn’t capitalize ‘sun’ anyway.

  3. People who somehow have not come across the usage of ‘sun’ the common noun in popular media (I’m just so not sure of this one because it’s so common that it’s improbable they missed it.)

Edit : 4. People perhaps thinking that I’m referring to other stars as a sun relative to where we are, when it’s a ‘sun’ relative to the planets orbiting that star. And again common usage in popular media.

I’m as perplexed as you are.

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SyncMeASong t1_iy2fzqr wrote

  1. Someone incorrectly thought they had a "gotcha on a technicality" moment -- and even selectively listed some definitions while omitting others that nullify his statement.

  2. That comment made it to the top early after being jumped on by other people with similar "gotcha" desires.

  3. Now the top comment is simply getting the reflexive subconscious upvotes that top comments get.

Laugh it off. :)

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