The loneliest man in the universe

Apr 28, 2021 11:34 PM

Michael Collins took this photo as the Apollo 11 lander went down to the lunar surface. With the earth in the background he is the only person alive or dead not pictured in this photo. He passed away today age 90

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Some aliens with anal probes would like to have a few words with you about the authenticity of that statement /s

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I wonder if Astronauts masterbate while in space.

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The anti-selfie

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"...the only person alive or dead not pictured in this photo" that we know of.

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So Mike Collins has living kids, half of their genetic information is not present in this image, a quarter for the grand kids.

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That one guy in Romania blinked, though, and he had to take it again.

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One can argue that the people on the side of the earth not showing are not in this picture. But I won't.

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Aaand a German bank used that as a commercial hook https://youtu.be/Alj0ShPTwMI

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*that we know of

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He had the task to bring the tree back to earth

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I knew the earth was flat. This picture proves it. Flat as a pancake on the bottom. Wake up sheeple

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Theres a man that knows how to stay out of a shot

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But... what about the people on the other side of the earth? They aren’t in this picture

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I’m confused. How did someone take this picture

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He was in the command module orbiting the moon when buzz and Neil went down in the lander in the picture.

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Are you saying there are dead people in this photo?

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their material remains, yeah

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Rage, rage against the dying of the light. A heroic pilot and astronaut. RIP

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Aaaaaand. Was the furthest away from earth than anyone else at that moment.

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That's fairly obvious given that everyone is in the photograph except him

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And the furthest away from any other human while on the other side of the moon

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And was finally able to let out that fart he was holding in all the way to the moon.

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And it was also the farthest he had ever been from the Shire.

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That sentence still gives me ptsd because of https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHzF5KnoN20

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Half the Earth is not in this photo...

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The spirit of the caption is accurate, but this is the LEM returning from the moon. The decent stage is on the surface. Yes, I'm THAT guy.

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We like that guy.

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be proud of being that guy.

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I'm in this photo and don't like it

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It's a meme reaction... Not a serious response

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I got it friend and I fuckin chuckled. Thanks I needed that

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I'm not. It was in '69. You're old...

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You absolutely are in this photo. You're we're just in more places at once then compared with now

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