What will you be doing on the solar eclipse

[Dropsies]

There's going to be a total solar eclipse visible to anybody who isn't a stinky nigger living in the old world. What cool shit will you be doing during the eclipse.

 

[Wahgonga]

I'm right in the middle of the path, so we'll get totality here. I'm way out in the woods so I'll be putting on my snowshoes and hiking up to a treeless hilltop out back to watch the show.

 

[hl2_linux]

Fuck all.

 

[Aunt Carol]

It's probably going to be cloudy here, but if it isn't I'm going to the top of a hill here where the astronomy club usually hangs out.

I saw totality in 2017 and it was really neat and worth it, but I am an adult capable of forming memories so I don't need to move mountains do it twice.

Yelling at my kids to keep their solar eclipse glasses on

I have some family members traveling a bit with their kids to be able to see totality, because the kids were too small in 2017 to remember it. I remember them seeing it, because all the adults worked together to keep the glasses on the kids while they were staring at the sun.

Kids are dumb and that's a given, but I definitely remember making pinhole cameras/eclipse viewers when I was a spud. I think the reason schools are canceling for that day is because kids listen way less and parents sue way more, so they don't want to risk it.

 

[Crocodylus Acutus]

Well I just got some virgin's blood candles in the mail the other day, and if I can find my Necronomicon, then I might perform the eclipse ritual to summon Shk'hty'lygolob the Decimator, who will bring about eternal darkness and unending agony. Other than that, I don't know, I'll probably just grill and chill.

 

[Prokhor Zakharov]

I think I have a dental appointment...

 

[YellowIsACoolColor]

I think I have a dental appointment...

Be careful on your way there

 

[parsnip]

It's probably going to be cloudy here, but if it isn't I'm going to the top of a hill here where the astronomy club usually hangs out.

I saw totality in 2017 and it was really neat and worth it, but I am an adult capable of forming memories so I don't need to move mountains do it twice.

I have some family members traveling a bit with their kids to be able to see totality, because the kids were too small in 2017 to remember it. I remember them seeing it, because all the adults worked together to keep the glasses on the kids while they were staring at the sun.

Kids are dumb and that's a given, but I definitely remember making pinhole cameras/eclipse viewers when I was a spud. I think the reason schools are canceling for that day is because kids listen way less and parents sue way more, so they don't want to risk it.

I absolutely think that's why the schools are closing for the day. I don't mind it, but it must be a pain for parents who still need childcare. I took the day off so we could go hiking, but not everyone can just take the day off.

My kids are teenagers, so I won't really have to keep their glasses on them but they like to tease me that they'll take them off because my mom's cousin looked at an eclipse and went blind, but it was "only" for 3-4 months.

 

[Aunt Carol]

My kids are teenagers, so I won't really have to keep their glasses on them but they like to tease me that they'll take them off because my mom's cousin looked at an eclipse and went blind, but it was "only" for 3-4 months.

Personally, I'm waiting for some little shits on TikTok to gin up a "stare directly at the sun during the eclipse" challenge/fad/meme about half a day before it happens, and either a dozen or two kids nuking their central vision, or the media moral panic.

Kids have always been dumb; that's not new. They just have better technology now to be dumber, faster.

Overall I prefer lunar eclipses: not as rare, happen at night when people are in a chill mood, no special equipment needed. Nothing like bundling everyone up just a skosh past their bedtime and driving to the top of a hill to watch the sky for a bit.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Make a video about it.