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[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess you could be stationary relative to the CMB?

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You could, but that frame of reference is not special in any way.

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That's why I define all movement based on a reference frame centered on me.
I wasn't speeding, officer. The road was.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

- "Do you know why I stopped you?"
- "You didn't. I was at rest the whole time."