Hubble Shift
A partner deflects relationship worries by citing the expansion of the universe.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-05-11-hubble-shift/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I feel like we're growing apart."
B: "Honey, it's just the Hubble Shift. ALL objects are growing further apart."
A: "That only applies to objects already separated by thousands of light years."
B: "Baby, baby, you're suffocating me here."