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  • 237 points Anathema320

    Ok this one actually got me 9/10

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  • 160 points PeterGivenbless

    Phew, that was close!

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    114 points DiamondCoatedGlass

    Why would they put a visitor's center in the middle of nowhere? Don't they realize the danger of getting hit by a meteor way out there??

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    17 points Horrison2

    They built it specifically in the middle of nowhere expecting meteors to want to visit somewhere with a better night life, and they still almost got hit. Proves none of us are really safe from these assteroids

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    31 points Anathema320

    Are they idiots? Build it in a better spot!

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    8 points johnnybiggles

    Best place to watch meteor showers. They have the monopoly on IMAX 4D ScreenX shows, apparently. Tickets are expensive, but incredibly worth it!

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  • 77 points Safeword-is-banana

    That can’t be a coincidence. I bet the crater was made to attract attention to the visitor center.

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    7 points johnnybiggles

    Marketing genius!

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    3 points PureRepresentative9

    The genius used to exist at the center of that crater.

    The mad lad did what needed to be done!

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    2 points Visible-Attorney-805

    Yep, that checks out!

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  • 48 points DinosaurAlive

    Been through something similar. They say you never forget your first meteor. I did, though. That’s how I survived.

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  • 22 points Stishovite

    DeRanGed SciENtiST CaCKLeS WhiLe DeCanTiNg EarTh-ShaTteRing NeW UsE oF MeMe FoRmAT

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  • 18 points MiloHorsey

    Again?!

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  • 9 points jadorky

    🤣

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  • 10 points wafflesareforever

    Everything reminds me of her

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  • 14 points WorkerDangerous9723

    I've been there! It's wild

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  • 4 points Dragons8mydad3

    /ul I nearly fell off one of the walk ways just over the crater when I went here 10 years ago

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  • 5 points BetaNights

    I have been there before and they make the same joke themselves XD

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  • 3 points Coretron

    Fun fact: A man bought the crater around 1900 because he believed it was from an asteroid and thought he could mine it for great profit. Many scientists at the time thought it was volcanic. While he was right about the meteor, he underestimated the energy from the impact which vaporized the meteor. He mined and mined but never found it. His family still owns the site to this day.

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  • 2 points Melkor57

    lol! Love it

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  • 2 points tiredoldtechie

    Are people simply rediscovering this from the fact it was specifically used in the 1984 movie, "Starman"? Both, the meteor crater and the visitor center. Tsk-tsk.

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    24 points TheRealBaboo

    1984 is a book, not a movie

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    1 points tiredoldtechie

    The year 1984 is when the movie Starman was released. Every damned body knows about the book (and movie) 1984 - which is NOT what was being referenced when talking about the movie "Starman".

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    24 points TheRealBaboo

    That's not in the book. The main character's name is "Winston", not "Starman"

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    6 points BreadstickNICK

    Bro 🤣

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    3 points Upper-Principle4526

    Are u guys trolling or something?

    This guy is talking about the movie "Starman" from 1984, nothing to do with the book ofnthe same name.

    Idk how people supposedly redd the whole book but lack the simple literacy to gasp what the guy who started writing about Starman was tslking about, yet insist on being right

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    19 points cancercannibal

    Yes, they're trolling. This is still a shitpost subreddit.

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    6 points Upper-Principle4526

    Thank the gods, i got weak for a moment

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    7 points RodSantaBruise

    Lmao thanks for the good laugh 😂 your response made this thread so much funnier lol

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    3 points Upper-Principle4526

    At least i fullfilled a purpose then 😂

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    3 points RodSantaBruise

    Even better when the redditor can take the joke 😂 Life’s can be too drab to take things to heart!

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  • 1 points CalpisMelonCremeSoda

    That was a close one!

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  • 1 points TechnicalMiddle8205

    I dont get it 😭 isnt it literally that?

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  • 1 points Current-Section-3429

    Doesn't get any closer than that!

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  • 1 points BrilliantPositive184

    They’ll get it the second time now.

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  • 1 points SAS_Britain

    I was in that visitor center once, thing is built like a brick shithouse!

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  • 1 points ThisWomanFromCanada

    lol.

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  • 0 points CrazyTimesAgain

    Another idiot spreads more lies

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  • -2 points dastriderman

    Whats with the title font?

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    2 points melody5697

    Required by the sub rules.

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