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It's been 20 to 40 years for about 60 years, now we're down to 10 to 20 we might get down to 5 to 10 in only 30 more years!

thanatos519 on April 5, 2022 | [–]

It's a full-on Xeno's paradox. Soon enough we will be 10 to 20 seconds away but will still never reach it.

lta on April 5, 2022 | [–]

You, Sir/Madan, are looking me. It's both pretty funny and despairing

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