#2809: Moon
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[Ponytail is pointing and looking up to the left, while Cueball behind her looks the same way.]
Ponytail: That thing hanging in the sky is a second nearby world. It's close enough that you can see its surface as it passes overhead.
Cueball: Wow. Isn't that ... weird?
Ponytail: I dunno, it's just always been there.
[Caption below the panel:]
If it didn't exist, the moon would sound like such an outlandish sci-fi concept.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:I mean, it's pretty, but it doesn't really affect us beyond that. Except that half the nights aren't really dark, and once or twice a day it makes the oceans flood the coasts.