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Dude, bad.
As an astrophysicist myself, just tell them about any random astrophysical concept.
Why the interstellar black hole looks like two donuts.
How you get frozen in time near an event horizon.
Why Jupiter has avoided us becoming extinct already.
(And in the possible case she asks about how the zodiac and astrology dictate our lives, just say two constellations in 90 degrees declination, do whatever you wanna do with her and run away) -
@CoreFusionX Yoo be careful with the Jupiter stuff, I think it's been disproved.
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@c3r38r170
Unless somehow I missed the memo that Jupiter no longer has more mass than basically all other planets combined, no, it can't be disproved.
Without its presence, *many* more sun-bound objects would dart right through the inner solar system.
Of course, it can happen that it also alters some object's orbit towards us, but that's statistically way less likely.
It has kept 3 different asteroid fields in place after all.
If anything with mass comparable to say, the dinosaurs meteor, comes in too slowly, Jupiter will likely capture it or obliterate it.
If by any chance it does alter the trajectory inwards, it will most likely provide it an enormous speed boost that, combined with the sun's gravity, will result in an hyperbolic trajectory, being slingshot away from the solar system never to be seen again. -
@CoreFusionX Here they simulated Jupiter in different sizes to see if it increased or decreased impact risk.
https://spaceaustralia.com/feature/...
I'm not making conclusions, as it's an interesting topic to explore. -
@CoreFusionX Jupiter ate some stuff that left craters bigger than Earth not that long ago. It was seen by Shoemaker and Levi (not sure on spelling).
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@CoreFusionX astro rizz
>Be me, humble physicist turned quantitative developer
>Big physics nerd, but code for the cash
>Working on some quantitative finance software, all about risk measures
>Girl comes over one day, cute as a quark
>Think to myself, "This is it, time to make a move"
>Instead, brain decides it's time to explain my work
>Start rambling about refactoring, polymorphism, and data encapsulation
>She's looking at me like I've started speaking in binary
>She tries to steer the conversation back to normal stuff, but I'm stuck in a recursion loop
>Keep going on about my project, can't seem to stop myself
>She tries to stay longer, even tries to show interest in my work
>But the more I talk about algorithms and time complexity, the more her eyes glaze over
>Eventually, she gives up, says she has to leave
>She leaves, probably thinks I'm more interested in my code than her
>mfw I realize I've chosen code over companionship
>Why am I like this?
joke/meme