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minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoGot some photos. Still unsure and don’t know why the word mirage is used.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoA mirage is an optical illusion, very commonly seen in the desert, and often portrayed as a wonderful water oasis when a person is dehydrated and lost. Of course, the band Oasis isn’t standing in the desert either, so it must be a mirage too.
minus-squareMaven (famous)@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoIn the desert being starved and dehydrated, it’s not uncommon to hallucinate things like water and trees. They are called “Mirages”
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoYour explanation was helpful. I still don’t know how googling then was clue.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-221 days agoWe thought you didn’t know the band members, not the definition of mirage and oasis.
Got some photos. Still unsure and don’t know why the word mirage is used.
A mirage is an optical illusion, very commonly seen in the desert, and often portrayed as a wonderful water oasis when a person is dehydrated and lost. Of course, the band Oasis isn’t standing in the desert either, so it must be a mirage too.
In the desert being starved and dehydrated, it’s not uncommon to hallucinate things like water and trees. They are called “Mirages”
Your explanation was helpful. I still don’t know how googling then was clue.
We thought you didn’t know the band members, not the definition of mirage and oasis.