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by tstactplsignore 3320 days ago
>The planet; as-in this rocky, water-world orbiting Sol, will exist for BILLIONS of years.

This is not a productive comment. Everyone knows that "the planet" in an environmental context refers to the living things on Earth. It's an extremely common and universal metaphor. I have no idea why threads always have this one guy who feels like pointing out that the metaphorical language isn't literally true is insightful.