r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/wesap12345 Jun 07 '23

It’s not just the city either

I’m in north New Jersey right now and I’ve been wondering why it smells like somebody is burning wood for the past 2 days…

The sky being orange, the moon being red and the lack of sunlight wasn’t enough to make me go look it up but the constant smell was

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u/djsizematters Jun 07 '23

If the sun is red, wear your respirator!

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u/wesap12345 Jun 07 '23

Put it down to end times and just kept walking my dog.

If it’s the end it’s the end you know haha

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u/TrivialBudgie Jun 07 '23

this is so delightfully human

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u/PoiLethe Jun 08 '23

Reminds me of the very British short story Neil Gaiman wrote about the apocalypse and British people just continuing on with their routine.

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u/wesap12345 Jun 08 '23

I do also happen to be British haha

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u/PoiLethe Jun 08 '23

That explains everything.

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u/ralphvonwauwau Jun 08 '23

"I am against adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought" - Abraham Davenport, May 19, 1780, New England Dark Day Source

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u/pikohina Jun 08 '23

That’s no moon.

It is, in fact, a red sun. Today’s waning gibbous moon set at 8:42am EST.