The futility of mankind

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  1. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    Did you know that if two collapsed stars meet, they create a gamma burst.

    Imagine our sun.
    Now imagine ten suns in our sky.
    Now twenty.

    Amazing, yes?

    Now imagine one Billion, Billion stars.
    This is a quintillion.

    Yes, 1 billion billions.

    When two collapsed stars meet, we get the energy
    of one quintillion stars.

    Exploding. All at once.

    The force is so great that even if it were 1000 light years away,
    it would destroy the earth.

    That's right. Even if the damn thing explodes
    5,865,696,000,000,000 miles away.

    We're dead. Dead meat.

    How far is this? If you left in the space shuttle, it would take you THIRTY SEVEN
    MILLION YEARS to travel to the site.

    So think about it.

    No matter what man has done in the mere 10,000 years we've been writing
    shit down, we're probably already dead and we don't know it.

    There's one gamma burst exposion EACH DAY in the universe.

    So enjoy life to the most, for we are but a brief twinkle in the
    sky.
     
  2. Yakumo

    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    Man, you really know how to put a damper on things :lol:

    Yakumo
     
  3. Importaku

    Importaku Import Maniac

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    LOL no shit, now where are my razor blades.
     
  4. oli_lar

    oli_lar Resolute Member

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    I think it puts a positive twist on things: it justifies smoking, drinking heavily, eating crap and getting high. Live for now! :thumbsup:
     
  5. drx

    drx BLAST PROCESSING. SITE SUPPORTER 2015

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    That's why the tendency of mankind to think of itself as 'THE center of universe' and all things related always made me laugh.
     
  6. Unorthodox

    Unorthodox Barc0de's Pimp

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    If we all die tomorrow and there is something beyond this world I say we form some sort of ASSEMblergames-AfterLife group where we can dedicate our time to recreating classic games and collections :p.
     
  7. drx

    drx BLAST PROCESSING. SITE SUPPORTER 2015

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    Yeah, let's start now by memorizing ROMs. We can start with simple things, like Bomb Jack or Space Invaders and then progress to things like Sonic and Mario.

    (think of it, you could get a mention in the guiness book of records: "the man who memorized SMB1")
     
  8. Taemos

    Taemos Officer at Arms

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    :lol::lol::lol:

    There is fuck-all I can do about it, so why worry?
     
  9. karsten

    karsten Member of The Cult Of Kefka

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    this might be a good reason for me to keep not shaving :D
     
  10. Taucias

    Taucias Site Supporter 2014,2015

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    http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1932&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

    Bit reactionary. It would have to be a very close (in universe terms) blast for it to wipe out mankind and the chance of that happening in our galaxy (i.e. close enough for it to affect us) is 0.15%. Then add in the fact that Gamma Ray Bursts are focused on one plane (non-radial) and we'd have to be directly in the path of the focused blast for it to hit us and the odds become ridiculously low.

     
  11. Mr. Casual

    Mr. Casual Champion of the Forum

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    What year was it when that Mayan calendar thing would end?
     
  12. Taemos

    Taemos Officer at Arms

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    EvilWays Gutsy Member

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  14. Borman

    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    Doesnt bother me at all. Cant change whats not in my (or anyones) control.
     
  15. Taemos

    Taemos Officer at Arms

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    What about God? Is it in His control?
     
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  16. mairsil

    mairsil Officer at Arms

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    Let's see... going through the motions... the futility of mankind... we need to get you a vacation :nod:
     
  17. Borman

    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    If you really want to get into religion..lol

    No, I dont think it is. Im not of the mindset that God has control over everything.
     
  18. Importaku

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    Even if the world did go out, why worry. It's unstoppable, i find it comforting that if i go everything stops, no thinking, no worrying, no pain, time stops forever. Eventually you reduce to atoms, floating round in space forever.

    Some people can't bear the thought of not existing so they use religon as a tool to help make sense of the unknown, if theres a second life then it's not as scary if you die, at some point everyone didn't exist so what's so scary about not existing again :)

    Just enjoy life while you have it.
     
  19. babu

    babu Mamihlapinatapai

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    omg! I better fix me a better insurance. :eek:h: $_$
     
  20. GodofHardcore

    GodofHardcore Paragon of the Forum *

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    Yes yes it is.

    For all you Godless Heathens (And use the term in a playful and friendly manor)

    Think about this. Why is it that more Christians are put to death over what they belive in in other countries than any other on Earth?

    Why is it when ever we want to post something Chrsitian in public it's seperation of Church and state yet if somebody who is Muslim, Pagan, or something else wants to post something of theirs in public it's ok?

    Why are people getting so worked up over a Jewish guy that died for our sins?

    Chew on that for a bit.
     
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