Behold! It has happened again

[manker]

So I walk outside, yeah? Look up for the stars. Can't see them cos the sun is out.

I'm like, wtf, the conditions are otherwise perfect; in Snowdonia, clear sky, no air pollution, moon is haway. Must be the light pollution coming from the sun.

The sun is a star.

Light pollution comes from stars too. Fact.

[Barbarossa]

Light pollution comes from stars too

Don't you pull a busy-edit on me, you cad!

[manker]

Anyway, the seven sisters are a cliff formation on the south coast between Brighton and Eastbourne. You must have been looking at teh Pleiades

I was just making stuff up

[manker]

Light pollution comes from stars too

Don't you pull a busy-edit on me, you cad!

[Barbarossa]

So I walk outside, yeah? Look up for the stars. Can't see them cos the sun is out.

Not on a clear night, like wot I said

yeah?

[manker]

So I walk outside, yeah? Look up for the stars. Can't see them cos the sun is out.

Not on a clear night, like wot I said

yeah?

Just making the very valid point that stars can be thought of as light pollution - therefore if there was no light pollution, you'd be able to see no stars.

For example, if there was a planet near to a distant star, you'd prolly no see it even with a powerful telescope cos of the light pollution caused by the star.

[Barbarossa]

OK, but even thought you're right, you're still wrong.

[manker]

You see, mank. 'Pollution' itself infers that it shouldn't be there, that the pollutant is interfering with something in its pure state - how can starlight be thought of as a pollutant when the whole point of looking for stars is to see their light.

It can't and that's why you're wrong.

Maybe if you were looking for a planet amongst the stars, I could see your point - but as it is, you're just talking pish

Fixed.

[Barbarossa]

I did originally write something very similar to that, but less eloquent.

[manker]

I did originally write something very similar to that, but less eloquent.

Yeah, initially I did compose a flawless argument but then decided to open a pwnage window to give mere mortals a chance to pwn me.