we gonna' die....

[discolé monade]

“We have less than eight years to potentially deal with it, but it takes 10 years or more to plan, build, and execute an asteroid deflection mission.”

[katt_goddess]

Maybe it'll hit that flying tesla.

That thing going off might be just enough to deflect it straight at FlacidLand. 

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

Wait, only a 2.3% chance it'll hit, and even if if does not until 2032? Plus, it's not even a planet killer? Pffft. Great, now I gotta return all the end of the world party supplies I went and rushed out to buy. The way things are going, it's almost certain we'll all have done ourselves in before then anyway.

Edited February 15 by Dark_Cloud_Overhead

[tsar4]

[Seight]

Finally the long-term "Waiting for the Giant Asteroid" portfolio is paying off!

[1pooh4u]

I watched the K Drama “Goodbye Earth” I’m ready.  Idk if I’ll be around in 8 years but you never know  

[SwimOdin]

A 2% chance is actually extremely high on a solar system level, but the most likely area of impact would be near the equator between India and South America. Why? While gravity is technically weaker there, the Earth bulges equatorially and a plurality of the planet is the Pacific Ocean. So while even if there was an impact, and there could and would be catastrophically large tsunami as a result, the loss of life on a human scale would not be significant.

[Sieg67]

Lucifer's Hammer:

"1 in a million chance."
"1 in a thousand."
"1 in 100."
"....Oh no"

Paraphrasing but yeah.

[katt_goddess]

1 hour ago, SwimOdin said:

A 2% chance is actually extremely high on a solar system level, but the most likely area of impact would be near the equator between India and South America. Why? While gravity is technically weaker there, the Earth bulges equatorially and a plurality of the planet is the Pacific Ocean. So while even if there was an impact, and there could and would be catastrophically large tsunami as a result, the loss of life on a human scale would not be significant.

AKA, go ahead and land on 'Fred Trump's Home for Criminally Isane Pedos'. 

[discolé monade]

5 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

I watched the K Drama “Goodbye Earth” I’m ready.  Idk if I’ll be around in 8 years but you never know  

excellent show. 

also, may i recomment 'carol, and the end of the world'

you're welcome. 

[discolé monade]

3 hours ago, SwimOdin said:

A 2% chance is actually extremely high on a solar system level, but the most likely area of impact would be near the equator between India and South America. Why? While gravity is technically weaker there, the Earth bulges equatorially and a plurality of the planet is the Pacific Ocean. So while even if there was an impact, and there could and would be catastrophically large tsunami as a result, the loss of life on a human scale would not be significant.

shut up scoob. 

[1pooh4u]

9 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

excellent show. 

also, may i recomment 'carol, and the end of the world'

you're welcome. 

Already seen it 100 times I love it. Martha Kelly (Carol) is great. She plays a DEA agent in Common Side Effects 

 

[1pooh4u]

I love the lady that’s always trying to tell everyone to go to Tibet and every Tibetan phrase she knows and repeats is a something telling her to not be an asshole. 😆 fuckin made me laugh way way waaay a lot.  Carol Donna and Luis we should all have a group like that 

[Sieg67]

Sorry guys.  Maybe next time.

https://www.universetoday.com/171047/nasa-downgrades-the-risk-of-2024-yr4-to-below-1/

[Top Gun]

Booooo

[scoobdog]

That was my last chance to get Liv Tyler to fall in love with me.

[rpgamer]

Got to thinking a dumb thought about this. What if they knew from the start that chances were nil, but used this as a test to gauge public reaction? Cuz, there's always that wonder of whether we'll actually get any proper warning when the big one is actually on the way...

And then I thought...

Wait! We need to do this all over again. But get everyone in on it. And keep it up. At least until Musk and crew are all aboard the rocket to Mars. At which point they can finally announce "the threat has passed."

And maybe just nuke Mars for good measure.