So is the world going to end tomorrow?

[Fox Mulder]

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/

My apologies if this topic has been discussed ad nauseam today. I just got off a 15 1/2 hour work shift.

So what say you?

[Danger Mouse]

1. Brrrraaaaainnnnssss....I mean...no, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Must eat braaaainn...cough. Ahem.

[Fox Mulder]

2. The Large Hadron Collider will be fired off tomorrow...

and apparently people are worried that the particle collider will form tiny black holes that could potentially swallow up the world.

:shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

3. Ah, i see. COOL! I wonder what that would be like?

[Fox Mulder]

5. Heh.

We may find out...

[Danger Mouse]

10. Well, I'd rather it didn't, but hey...

[Fox Mulder]

13. That's what I was thinking.

[Danger Mouse]

16. Sort of a 'well, fuck it'?

:D

[Fox Mulder]

18. Yep.

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."

[Danger Mouse]

22. So what would happen would we all just be crushed into nothing...

or would we suddenly find ourselves in another dimension where instead we would just perish for want of the sun?

[Fox Mulder]

25. There's a number of theories...

I guess we'll find out which one is right. :P

The odds are though that nothing is going to happen.

[Mojambo]

4. I've got my fingers crossed. n/t

[Fox Mulder]

6. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqroT1FZ5Y

[elshiva]

7. The end is nigh!

We is all gonna be ruptured tommorah. :crazy:

:hi:

buffy/

[Fox Mulder]

9. Nah.

We'll just be sucked into another dimension.

Or not.

[elshiva]

21. I wouldn't mind that.

Being sucked, that is... ;) :evilgrin:

:) :hug: :hi:


buffy/

(Fox, thanks, I thought you had me on ignore) :hug:

[Fox Mulder]

27. I don't have anyone on ignore.

:)

[elshiva]

38. Thanks, Fox, honey.

:hug: :hug: :) Are we still friends?


buffy/

[Fox Mulder]

39. Of course we are.

:) :hug:

[elshiva]

43. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

:) :hug: :pals: You are so awesome and handsome. :loveya:


buffy/

[Writer]

8. God, I fucking hope so.

I want off.

[Fox Mulder]

11. You know...

if the world does end, I won't mind.

[Midlodemocrat]

84. Oh, Fox.

C'mon. You're young. You've got a whole wonderful life in front of you. Don't wish it away.

Hell's bells. I didn't even meet my husband until I was 30. Don't sell yourself short.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. Hey! Anything that gets me out of going to work tomorrow!

;)



Of course death is a bit harsh....

[Danger Mouse]

14. Strumpet! Get thee to a nunnery!

[RevolutionaryActs]

17. A what now?

:shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

20. Sigh. I figured a fellow nerd would be down with the Shakespearian put-downs.

:(

[RevolutionaryActs]

24. You mean I have to think?

No wants! x(

[Danger Mouse]

26. Don't trouble your pretty lil' head, Reviekins, nobody's gonna make you use your noodle.

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. Yay!

I use it enough at work. The person who had been with the company the longest (and who could take on the largest workload) quit yesterday. So now everyone has way more work and it's busy. Ickies.

[Danger Mouse]

34. Ouch. Rough day, huh?

Have a hug. :hug:

[Fox Mulder]

36. At least you got to use your head at work.

I didn't use mine at all. x(

[Fox Mulder]

15. I know what you mean.

I spent enough fucking time at work today. x(

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Yeah 15+ hours will do that to you!

I feel your pain. :hug:

[Fox Mulder]

23. Yeah...

and I have to go back in eleven hours. x(

God I fucking hate retail. I've been authorized to work overtime, but they don't start paying overtime until AFTER you work over 40 hours. I'm sure I'll be getting Friday off (Saturday is the start of the new work week) so they won't have to pay me overtime. :grr:

[Danger Mouse]

28. Do you work register or floor? I didn't mind retail so much back in the day.

I like interacting with people on the job, so I HATE office jobs. I hated every office job I had, enjoyed my retail jobs, love where I am now.

[Fox Mulder]

32. I'd kill myself if I had to work registers full time.

Those people up there cashiering don't get paid nearly enough for all the shit they have to put up with.

I'm the guy that has to unload trucks and stock shelves. x( Mindless labor.

[Danger Mouse]

I never had to do registers when I did retail. I worked the floor full time.

Stocking shelves, unloading trucks, and helping customers.
I actually enjoyed it most of the time. lol, what the hell was wrong with me??
I also worked in a cheese department for awhile, and that wasn't so bad either.

[RevolutionaryActs]

49. Mmm cheese.

:drool:

[Danger Mouse]

54. You know, I don't even like cheese much BUT I now know quite a bit about it.

I'm an official cheese snob! :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

60. You don't like cheese?

O_O



Dude. I don't think I can be friends with you anymore. :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

63. I like SOME cheeses...being a cheese snob, I am very very picky...

but I've found a few that i love. for instance, double Gloucester with chives and onions is absolutely awesome. :9

[RevolutionaryActs]

68. What about cheesecake?

How do you feel about cheesecake?

[Danger Mouse]

69. I love cheesecake but dont have it too often.

I never expected it to be something I would like, but yeah. Is good.

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. Oh that's that's bull shit.

When I worked at a cafe I worked more at that job than I do at my current job. I had 1/2 lunches, never took breaks, worked late, covered shifts for people (which would end up being a 16 hour day) and I rarely (if ever) got OT. It sucked ass.

[Fox Mulder]

33. It's really unfair.

The "little guy" always gets screwed at low paying jobs.

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. The real question is:

How will Faux Noise cover it? :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

35. Good question.

Maybe they'll blame it on the Democrats or Obama. :eyes:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

37. Somebody call Doctor Who ...

because I don't like the sound of this shit.

[Fox Mulder]

40. I don't like the sound of it either.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

42. Some things are IR-REVERSIBLE

and some things should be LEFT ALONE. There are other things we should spend 10 billion dollars on. I don't like it.

[Danger Mouse]

44. That sounds like the tagline to a bad sci-fi horror movie.

:) just sayin

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

45. Too bad this is reality...

I'm pissed because I am finally happy in love, I'm in love, and I only have 6 payments left on my car.

And now you're telling me I might get sucked into a black hole?

Hmpf.

[Ava]

46. pfft.. i haven't even had time to secure my place in hell

if i die now i'll go to heaven... what's the fun in that? :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

48. but you're a lib'rul. you're practically guaranteed one!

[Ava]

51. no.. i'm a goody two shoes

unfortunately x(

[Danger Mouse]

55. but, but, we're all godless heathens and we worship statues of Barack Obama and and...

:shrug:

[Ava]

58. you forget i'm a southern christian liberal

:P :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

59. southern and christian compute, but souther and christian and liberal does not compute.

error. error.

[Ava]

62. a lot of things about me seem to create error messages

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

64. stay away from the collider.

i think your 'walking contradiction' factor might be too much for it. :eyes:

[Ava]

66. you couldn't pay me to get near that thing!

i am not going to be the first person it sucks up :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

67. aw, but think about it...you'd be making history!

people would be talking about you nonstop for the remaining seconds of our existence :evilgrin:

[Ava]

70. thanks, but no thanks

:P

[Fox Mulder]

50. I'll be in Hell with all the cool people!

I feel sorry for you!

:rofl:

:silly:

[Ava]

53. maybe i'll get stuck in limbo

with plato and aristotle.. that wouldn't suck to much

[vard28]

73. I think my seat's already reserved

but my true punishment is that I won't get to sit next to any of my FUN friends that are going there with me (I'm counting on knowing a lot of people there :rofl: ).

I'm quite sure that I'll be sitting next to my SIL that I truly detest. The way I describe her is, "I wouldn't spit on her to help put her out if she burst into flames standing right here in front of me".

[Fox Mulder]

47. Chances are we won't be sucked in a black hole.

Actually, the chance of that happening is minute.

But the possibility is there.

[elshiva]

65. Sucking things into a black hole....

Sounds fun. :evilgrin: ;) :hug: :pals:


buffy/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. Did they finally invent Ice Nine?

:scared:

[Danger Mouse]

56. So it goes.

Heh. Cross-reference.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

57. Well played.

[elshiva]

41. Here you go:

Daleks, quake in fear!


buffy/

[BadgerKid]

75. "Not even the sonic screwdriver

is going to get me out of this one."

[elshiva]

80. Yes, it can Doctor.

Your screwdriver gets me off everytime. ;)



buffy/

[ghostsofgiants]

61. It damn well better not.

There are two seasons of Lost left to go and if I die before that happens, someone's ass is getting a fierce haunting.

[Connonym]

71. I wish it would

Because I can barely hang on any longer.

[Danger Mouse]

72. this post makes me sad.

and being said, i want to give you this. :hug:

[Rhythm]

74. If it's all ending tomorrow, that means i don't have to study for my Biology exam, right?!

:hide:

[1]

76. yay! if the world would end tomorrow? do you know how many scheduling conflicts that would resolve?

yay!

end of the world tomorrow!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

77. I just spend some minutes reading up on this thing...

and although I am against it, I think that its minor.

They are just shooting the particles tomorrow but on October 21 that's when the particles will collide.

So I have up until October 21 to get laid as many times as I can. :hide:

[Iggo]

81. So if they're shhoting them tomorrow....

...and they're accelerating them to near the speed of light, and they only have to travel 13 miles...

...howcome it's gonna take a month-and-a-half?

Goddam physics!:mad:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

78. It already is tomorrow on the other side of the world...

I am confused :crazy:

[Critters2]

79. No. Nothing good ever happens to me. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

82. Lucky escape for Arsenal if it does (nt)

[Midlodemocrat]

83. I hope not. I haven't bought my rapture outfit.

[SOteric]

86. They've no idea

how hard it can be to find the right pair of shoes for an outfit one wears to a 'planetary swallowing by black holes.' It's not like Dior puts out a line of Higgs boson-wear.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

85. Apparently, some scientists received death threats

Something like: "Yo, Egghead!!! If the earth gets sucked into one of your home-made black holes, I'll f*** you up!!!"

Yes, there's a lot of rational thought on the topic.

:hi:

Anyway, just in case, so long everyone, it's been great!

IBTTDOE (In before the total destruction of everything)

[muriel_volestrangler]

87. Obituary for the world:

As we at As A Dodo board the speedy interstellar craft we knocked up in the potting shed this morning and prepare to launch ourselves towards a new life on a new planet, we wish to mourn The World As We Know It, which is expected to end at 7.30 GMT this morning, not with a whimper but with a mini-Big Bang, following the official start-up of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN(1))'s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.

The World As We Know It was born when a large rotating cloud of dust, rocks and gas coalesced in the frozen wastes of space(2). It was just one of a family of nine planets, though sadly its smallest sibling Pluto, passed away in 2006 after a run in with a gang of astronomers hopped up on research grants and expense accounts.

A precocious child, it was not long before The World As We Know It was outshining its fellow planets, taking only half a billion years or so to develop life(3). Soon The World As We Know It was filled with more life than the six-month-old yoghurt in a student's fridge, while its brothers and sisters were either hanging around being gassy, dropping their magnetospheres at the first sight of the solar wind or, in the case of Venus, experimenting with lethal cocktails of sulphuric acid clouds, a greenhouse effect that would melt lead and the kind of crushing pressures normally only felt by teenage boys about to *gulp* go out on their first proper date.
...
(2) By weird coincidence, if you omit the words "of space" from the previous sentence and add in "fundamentalist Christian beliefs, danger red lipstick and a sassy attitude" to the dust, rocks and gas, you pretty much have the origin of 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

http://asadodo.blogspot.com/2008/09/world-as-we-know-it-c-4567000000bc.html