That's just not cricket

[smeddley]

All I have to say is that if they accidentally create a black hole and suck the earth out of existence right before Lego Batman is released I will be mightily ticked off.

(Disclaimer: all of the science I know of this comes from Blasphemy by Douglas Preston, which I was listening to and thus prompted my intern to tell me about the real-life project. Thanks a bundle, intern! Now I have the worry of impending doom coupled with my mounting excitement for the game release...)

Also, death by black hole was the subject of discussion between Mr. Smeddley and myself on our daily walk last night. After going back and forth on the pros and cons (Cons: the whole 'relative time' aspect is really, really, really creepy, because while you would die instantly in your reality, you'd go on for a long, long time in the 'real world' as your time slows as you approach the event horizon, and that's just freaky. Pros: to you it should be relatively quick and probably painless, and we don't know enough about black holes and there just might be something on the other side? Of course, you'd have been stretched out into space spaghetti to get through the black hole, so...) and it finally landed on the 'top ten ways to die' list because, come on, it's certainly interesting and it'd be uncharted territory.

I'm sure our neighbors think we're insane, yes.

Comments

[aeamek.livejournal.com]

The LHC program is 99.99% safe. It's that 0.01% that freaks me the fuck out.

But srsly, they could've waited.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Especially since 0.01% is full of unimaginably horrible possibilities.

I know! How inconsiderate can they be?! SOMEBODY doesn't have their priorities in order. Lego Batman > 40 trillian dollar science experiment. Seriously.

[revoked-soul.livejournal.com]

Oh God, I JUST got Colum to stop talking about black holes. I was living in blissful ignorance until he heard about that project or program or whatever.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! But if I have to fret about impending doom, dammit, everyone has to! ;)

[revoked-soul.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was his stance as well. :P

[dynastic-queen.livejournal.com]

LOL! Just wrote a short story about that, a couple faced with the decision to use suicide meds like everyone else they knew, or see what was on the other side of the Hole. Quick and painless, or a big taffy pull. Seems they were channeling you and Mr. Smeddley big time.

Insanity's not all bad, right? :-)

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

There are black holes everywhere! No, seriously, it seems I'm noticing them in everything recently. I hope it's not foreshadowing... O.o

I think I'd go for the hole. Why not? It's not like you have anything to lose...

[leaper.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... If one is stretched into Space Spaghetti by going into or through a black hole... Perhaps that is part of the origin of Flying Spaghetti Monsters?

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

*GASP!*

His noodliness came to us from another reality through a black hole? That must be it!

RAmen!

[cazrolime.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was reading a magazine article about that black hole thing. It sounds pretty--

LEGO BATMAN? 8D

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

*bounce bounce bounce bounce*

No concrete release date yet (I've heard anywhere from Sept 2 - Sept 23) but I CAN'T WAIT! I'm not even a huge Batman fan, but the Lego games are the best out there. I so want a Lego Harry Potter!