• @JohnDClay
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    21 year ago

    Belters in the expanse are bitter at their colonial ancestors for dictating how they measure time and space

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Aye beratna, it’s hard to feel we matter out here, the distances are so vast, it’s hard to believe that we can make a difference.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Even our sense of time comes from them. The time it takes the Earth to spin on its axis; the Earth to go once around the Sun. On Jupiter, you’d be celebrating your first birthday. It’s hard to feel we matter out here, isn’t it?