No joke for real. I used to beable to see 1000s upon 1000s of stars. the last couple times I've went out on clear nights theres only around 10-15 visible stars. I checked online to see if others have noticed this (nothing found) and what fake stream science has to say which is always worth a laugh - https://www.space.com/hunt-for-universe-missing-stars-space-mysteries
regardless this is weird to me. I don't live in a city, I'm on the outskirts of a small town way up north so i don't think light pollution is a thing.
Clouds.
...and you need new glasses.
clear sky.
.. also 20/20 vision
I'm fairly certain you're still speaking shit. It's the sort of thing everyone would notice, right?
Although I am a bit freaked out that the last time I saw "stars" walking the dog was during the Jupiter/Venus conjunction a week ago and they were extremely bright, the only visible things in the sky aside from the moon on a clear night.
That being said I wasn't actively looking for other stars, so maybe it's just cloudy and they were especially bright.
...you've got me wondering and looking out the window like an idiot. Good job.
check and report back, thats sounds like what i was seeing tbh
I checked and confirmed. There are still lots of stars. We're going to be OK.