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[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So no they can use sign language to talk to someone on another planet of some other star?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The light would still presumably take several years to travel.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Just how did I forget that

Well, they have the time

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm thinking about a pair of elves is the worst sort of codependent relationship, but one light year apart.

They use sign language to constantly argue and make up with each other, but because of the one light year delay, they're maybe never quite at the same place in the argument/reconciliation cycle, both of them arguing with their counterpart one year prior.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

and the phone sex? just awful.