Stargazing

The act of responding to a message that was posted either way earlier in a conversation or an otherwise long time ago.

Derived from the premise of watching stars from very far away, where the light you see from them is billions years old and far from when it was originally sent in your direction.

John: "had some hella good pizza the other night" — 4 hours ago

John: "btw how did your game this evening go" — 3 minutes ago

Bella: "omg what kinda pizza was it" — a minute ago

John: "stop stargazing, Bella" — Now