Oh god..

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@TidalFlats @stux the good news is, vampires are only invisible in silvered mirrors. Aluminized mirrors ftw!

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@glasspusher @stux
Always check with the pros.

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@stux The first sixty years of telescopes had no mirrors. Mirrors weren't used in telescopes until Newton.

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@stux

Batman emblems on their spacesuits?

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@stux
space has plenty of sun. how vampires protect themselves from sunlight !?

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@darth_hideout They're bats after all!

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@zetabeta @stux spacesuits obv

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@stux I love the Fedverse. Someone posts an amusing cartoon that involves, telescopes, mirrors, and vampires.

The thread almost immediately pivots into a discussion about vampires, sunlight, qualities of the mirror material, the history of telescopes ...

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@stux haha ohhh god is a dad joke right ? haha

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@zetabeta @stux
It was in the 1922 Nosferatu silent movie that added the sunlight thing. Not a big issue in 19th C vampire stories, which predate Dracula.
The not visible in a mirror thing may be vampires messing with your head. Also originally no telescopes had mirrors. Newton in 1688 was first, though Western Telescopes only date from about 1607 (patent in 1608).

It's a joke.

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@stux I took me six hours, but I think I finally get the joke!