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Jamastiene

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27. 2020 just made 2016 look like an amateur.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 11:10 PM

Jun 2020

Wow, what a year. I won't ask what's next because I don't want to jinx us any more than we already are.

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Stadium-sized asteroid heading to Earth this week [View all] RandySF Jun 2020 OP

Because of course it is. Squinch Jun 2020 #1

2020 baby. The gift the won't quit the fuck giving. Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #5

Lol! Squinch Jun 2020 #8

I feel like we're in that alternate timeline from Back To The Future. Initech Jun 2020 #14

11.22.63 denem Jun 2020 #49

Yeah, any other year, I wouldn't be worried. Blue_true Jun 2020 #23

2020: Written by Stephen King, directed by Quentin Tarantino. lindysalsagal Jun 2020 #30

Best reply ever. flying rabbit Jun 2020 #40

I think we are accumulating plagues past the original 10 Hekate Jun 2020 #2

who you gonna call? SPACE FORCE SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #3

Oh thank god DrToast Jun 2020 #4

I know the feeling! 😱 SaveOurDemocracy Jun 2020 #6

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.... yardwork Jun 2020 #17

Because asteroids within 2-3 million miles are "coming to earth" onenote Jun 2020 #7

THAT'S TOO DAMN CLOSE !1! dweller Jun 2020 #19

Make the Martians pay for it Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #20

Ha! scarletwoman Jun 2020 #42

My thought! Perspective is terrifying instead of reassuring. Hortensis Jun 2020 #48

The Moon is tidal locked to Earth. That is a different animal totally. Blue_true Jun 2020 #26

It's the opposite for our moon. Sympthsical Jun 2020 #34

The Earth was nothing but water at a point early in it's existence. Blue_true Jun 2020 #39

It's the physics of the ocean Sympthsical Jun 2020 #44

It's well accepted the Moon used to be a lot closer, with a shorter period, and the current increase muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #51

You explained that the moon is currently moving away. My argument is that Blue_true Jun 2020 #53

We also know that the Earth used to spin quicker; tides have transferred some of its muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #54

I agree that the Earth once spun faster. That fact isn't Blue_true Jun 2020 #55

Well, no, it's not geochemical changes that change the rotation speed. As NASA says, muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #56

Depends upon how you view the source of angular momentum. Blue_true Jun 2020 #57

Locusts, plague, economic collapse, ... meteors. Thank god for the social applegrove Jun 2020 #9

Don't forget the vampire monkeys in India that stole the Covid blood samples. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #31

I had forgotten murder hornets. Having stepped on a regular hornet nest, applegrove Jun 2020 #35

It's a sensationalistic headline lordsummerisle Jun 2020 #10

Yes but that won't stop some folks from acting like it's a big deal. onenote Jun 2020 #18

Also, It's Pretty Small ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #47

Actually, we really don't know what those asteroids will do yet. Blue_true Jun 2020 #37

Variety is the spice of life. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #12

Can we just get a sharknado and get it over with. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #13

It's coming for MFer-#45. He can hide, but it will find him. nt NCjack Jun 2020 #15

Trumpy will have to go back to the bunker. milestogo Jun 2020 #16

I've got plenty of TP Renew Deal Jun 2020 #21

Just like my luck. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #28

Just a matter of time. Mickju Jun 2020 #22

Might as well hit us budkin Jun 2020 #24

That headline reminds me of when me and a friend would 'head to Chicago' Cal Carpenter Jun 2020 #25

2020 just made 2016 look like an amateur. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #27

After the meteor hit...after the huge plume of ash and soot that covered the earth plunging it... Yavin4 Jun 2020 #29

We need a large lighted arrow pointing at Mar A Lago grantcart Jun 2020 #32

THIS Jamastiene Jun 2020 #36

A three mile high dancing baloon man at Mar a Lago would work too. applegrove Jun 2020 #38

2020. The year that can't catch a break! GulfCoast66 Jun 2020 #33

Meh. Not even close. Do you understand how far outside the orbit of the Moon that is? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #41

3+ million miles- the earth's diameter is about 8,000 miles. coti Jun 2020 #43

attention Ms./Mr. Asteroid: Merde-a-gogo is that-a-way ---- eShirl Jun 2020 #45

That would be the perfect end to a perfect week. nt leftyladyfrommo Jun 2020 #46

It's not coming TO Earth. It's flying PAST Earth. MineralMan Jun 2020 #50

Fires, viruses, floods, riots, murder hornets, blood monkeys, earthquakes, now asteroids... Initech Jun 2020 #52