xkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site

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It's not far from the sign marking the exact latitude and longitude of the Earth's core.

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Is there a GoFundMe to get this erected somewhere? Because I've got like $5 I'm totally willing to kick in.
- If you own a long piece of wood, a flat piece of wood, and some paint, you could make this a reality rather than just paying someone at random $5
  
  I don't own any of those things. Even if I did, I'd prefer a fancy bronze plack on a nice painted metal stand, ideally next to a scenic overlook.
Uhm ackchually Earth has been moving through space all this time, so this isn't the place, it's just the atoms which did it.
- Which referential are you picking? Is it better than Earth?
- We’ve done ~20 orbits around the galaxy since then so we’re way the hell away from that spot.
  
  Relative to us, which is how universal position works, we are in pretty much the same place.
  
  Not to mention the galaxy was moving too.
- Relative to earth, it is that place.
  
  Unless you are pretty far up autist and "relative to universe" is only coordinate system you know :)
I want to put one of these in my yard.
Love it! Although, it's 4.54 billion not 4.45 billion
- How do you know? Were you there?
  
  Yes
  
  Is this a reference to the fundie arguments against dinosaurs
https://explainxkcd.com/2925/
- That's not why it's funny though, in my opinion. It's because every location on earth is where the earth formed, relative to the earth.
  
  Then you need more signs

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