The “American” one is super dumb as well.

I’m this isn’t a right wing meme and it’s a more general meme poking fun at people that think these kind of memes (when done legitimately) mean anything.

Given Colbert took the absurdity of conservatism in the US and cranked it up to 11… I’m not surprised it’s becoming reality now.

I think the concept of stars literally hitting each other is rather moot. As you’ve said, the chances are incredibly tiny… However, a star doesn’t have to literally collide with the sun to cause unfathomable damage and destuction.

A star coming closer than the ort cloud will mess up gravitational interactions, orbits, and rain down rocks/ice from the ort cloud.

I don’t know how much of that is factored into the “they won’t collide so don’t worry” formula/logic though