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>Great American Eclipse That is rather egocentric to be honest. It is just a solar eclipse that happened to be visible in the U.S. this time. https://en.wikip

>Great American Eclipse That is rather egocentric to be honest. It is just a solar eclipse that happened to be visible in the U.S. this time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_...

crunksht 9y ago
I disagree. Calling it the 'Great American Eclipse' is fair because it crossed over the entire country coast to coast making it accessible to just about every major population center by car. It was also only visible in America. That's pretty neat.
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- rbg246 9y ago
  The title really rankles me -it was a brilliant eclipse and it was an eclipse only viewable in America, I understand this completely but it still rankles possibly irrationally. I am not opposed to calling things American when, like I am not opposed to calling the 20th Century the American Century but there is something deeply annoying in claiming an astronomical thing as one's country. It's like a form of possession and maybe its the Sun but for some reason it really really annoys me to give the event an American adjective.
  - kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
    You should ideally be more annoyed at a century being called the American century because it's insulting to all the other people and nations who also existed and were doing their shit. On the contrary, the eclipse literally did not exist for those outside America.
    - rbg246 9y ago
      But it is equally also not something you owned that is the only point I am making - noone is saying 'literally' it's the world's eclipse, it just rankles when someone takes possession of something they do not own - rational or irrational. Perhaps something more interesting to explore would be me and 10 others in the thread above think that way.
ahhhhhhhhhh 9y ago
So would you say this eclipse was specifically a great opportunity for Americans to see it?

crunksht 9y ago

I disagree. Calling it the 'Great American Eclipse' is fair because it crossed over the entire country coast to coast making it accessible to just about every major population center by car. It was also only visible in America. That's pretty neat.

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rbg246 9y ago
The title really rankles me -it was a brilliant eclipse and it was an eclipse only viewable in America, I understand this completely but it still rankles possibly irrationally. I am not opposed to calling things American when, like I am not opposed to calling the 20th Century the American Century but there is something deeply annoying in claiming an astronomical thing as one's country. It's like a form of possession and maybe its the Sun but for some reason it really really annoys me to give the event an American adjective.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
  You should ideally be more annoyed at a century being called the American century because it's insulting to all the other people and nations who also existed and were doing their shit. On the contrary, the eclipse literally did not exist for those outside America.
  - rbg246 9y ago
    But it is equally also not something you owned that is the only point I am making - noone is saying 'literally' it's the world's eclipse, it just rankles when someone takes possession of something they do not own - rational or irrational. Perhaps something more interesting to explore would be me and 10 others in the thread above think that way.

ahhhhhhhhhh 9y ago

So would you say this eclipse was specifically a great opportunity for Americans to see it?