The devaluation of these kinds of connections means that many people are also deeply confused by them, especially when they encounter queerplatonic partners in person. And I do say partner, and sometimes refer to the unit formed by a partner and myself as a couple, because we are. We function like a couple, we do things together, we are intimate with each other, though not necessarily in the way people expect. We are a couple.
| Cool Cosmos. Earth moves very fast. It spins (rotates) at a speed of about 1,000 miles (1600 kilometers) per hour and orbits around the Sun at a speed of about 67,000 miles (107,000 kilometers) per hour. We do not feel any of this motion because these speeds are constant.
Today we know that the circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles. An easy way to remember is that the tangential velocity of Earth at the equator is about 1,000 miles per hour (this is why countries launch their rockets as close to the equator as possible and they always fly towards the east - the direction of rotation). A day takes 24 hours, so the Earth must be about 24,000 miles around.