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With "The Great Pumpkin" having just passed earth and scientists only having noticed it 21 days ago, what could humanity actually do if there was a comet heading towards earth, certain to destroy it?
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Nov 1, 2015 12:41
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Giant baseball bat, OP.
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Nov 1, 2015 12:43
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the illuminati would have already destroyed it from their base on the dark side of the moon
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Nov 1, 2015 12:43
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Bruce WIllis obv
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Nov 1, 2015 12:44
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Ask Vegeta or Green Lantern for help
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Nov 1, 2015 12:46
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No stopping progress. Fine. Love? Love. Whatever.
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Nov 1, 2015 12:46
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ya cant stop it, op ya just gotta smile and run with it 
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Nov 1, 2015 12:48
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Blow a heap of cash sending a rover to Mars.
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Nov 1, 2015 12:50
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the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a comet is a good guy with a comet
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Nov 1, 2015 12:51
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We don't have comets in the UK and comet crime is really low 
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Nov 1, 2015 12:52
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if the russians, americans and chinese put their resources and manpower together we'd already be mining asteroids in space for precious space minerals instead you clowns are spening monies on bombing syrians and stuff cmon son
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Nov 1, 2015 12:52
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sout posted:We don't have comets in the UK and comet crime is really low Yeah but what about all the asteroids? Asteroid crime is huge, I mean everyone has an asteroid in their kitchen
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Nov 1, 2015 12:53
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Zzulu posted:if the russians, americans and chinese put their resources and manpower together we'd already be mining asteroids in space for precious space minerals
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Nov 1, 2015 12:53
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Starkk posted:Yeah but what about all the asteroids? Asteroid crime is huge, I mean everyone has an asteroid in their kitchen if we make asteroids illegal then people will start murdering with tektites
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Nov 1, 2015 12:56
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Nov 1, 2015 12:56
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VectorSigma posted:if we make asteroids illegal then people will start murdering with tektites We should build a wall around the earth to keep the tektites out is the answer
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Nov 1, 2015 12:58
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Wow, this is why we need feminism, christ, no slut shaming dude, wtf.
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Nov 1, 2015 12:58
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Starkk posted:Wow, this is why we need feminism, christ, no slut shaming dude, wtf. It's a mutual relationship, she just likes it when he talks dirty.
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Nov 1, 2015 13:14
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:It's a mutual relationship, she just likes it when he talks dirty. hey if its consensual than i'm ok with it, no kink shaming here
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Nov 1, 2015 13:15
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We should grab the next passing rock and pull it into orbit around the moon, mine it hollow and fill the hole full of nukes and rocket engines so that we can shoot it at the next one.
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Nov 1, 2015 13:15
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Starkk posted:We should build a wall around the earth to keep the tektites out is the answer the earth kills millions of people every year i suppose we should stop the earth too huh
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Nov 1, 2015 13:15
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VectorSigma posted:the earth kills millions of people every year i suppose we should stop the earth too huh while we are at it we should nuke the sun, i mean ever hear of a little thing called melanoma???
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Nov 1, 2015 13:18
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You get out of the way, in other words evacuate the areas where it's projected to hit. There's nothing you can do unless it's detected much earlier than this. If you do have time there's several possible ways to to deflect them (nukes, gravity tractor, etc.). None of them really seek to destroy it so much as nudge it a little bit out of the way. If it's big enough to be a threat it's big enough to survive a nuke or three. If it was one of the really big comets, not just some piddly asteroid, you probably couldn't do much anything except do your best to survive on post-comet Earth. There's a lot of extinction-event level stuff out there but stuff that could actually end life on Earth is incredibly rare because it's been bouncing around for billions of years and if it was going to hit something it typically already has.
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Nov 1, 2015 13:24
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Elukka posted:You get out of the way, in other words evacuate the areas where it's projected to hit. There's nothing you can do unless it's detected much earlier than this. If you do have time there's several possible ways to to deflect them (nukes, gravity tractor, etc.). None of them really seek to destroy it so much as nudge it a little bit out of the way. If it's big enough to be a threat it's big enough to survive a nuke or three. You sound like a sniveling canadian, just step aside and let americans handle this
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Nov 1, 2015 13:25
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Starkk posted:while we are at it we should nuke the sun, i mean ever hear of a little thing called melanoma??? I feel like there's bound to be a way to turn that black hole in the center of the galaxy up a notch or two and send the whole Milky Way spinning down a cosmic drain. Dedicating our civilization to that and also some sort of self-repairing automated rocket to deliver it would be the ultimate human achievement.
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Nov 1, 2015 13:25
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:I feel like there's bound to be a way to turn that black hole in the center of the galaxy up a notch or two and send the whole Milky Way spinning down a cosmic drain. yeah i'm with you, gently caress everyone and everything
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Nov 1, 2015 13:27
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tell him there's free healthcare on mars
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Nov 1, 2015 13:28
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:I feel like there's bound to be a way to turn that black hole in the center of the galaxy up a notch or two and send the whole Milky Way spinning down a cosmic drain. #blackholesmatter
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Nov 1, 2015 13:30
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Just just gotta send Bruce Willis towards it and things will work themselves out
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Nov 1, 2015 13:36
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In all honesty I don't think anyone's ever tried, you know... just talking to the comet. Maybe it's lonely and is looking for friends. And then while it's distracted we nuke the poo poo out of that fucker 
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Nov 1, 2015 13:39
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PEPSI for TV-GAME
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VectorSigma posted:the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a comet is a good guy with a comet
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Nov 1, 2015 14:34
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the good news is that you will probably be long dead by a few million years before it happens op
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Nov 1, 2015 14:39
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hemale in pain posted:the good news is that you will probably be long dead by a few million years before it happens op Not if it's that horrible kind of comet that raises everyone from the dead.
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Nov 1, 2015 14:41
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Tell it we don't have space for more immigrants
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Nov 1, 2015 15:06
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everyone uppercut at the same time
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Nov 1, 2015 15:11
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we need to send a team of rowdy oil drillers to drill a big ol hole in it and explode it up from the inside but at the end bruce willis dies and i marry his beautiful daighter e: poo poo beaten like a rented mule
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Nov 1, 2015 15:13
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Big Beef City posted:Gay vulcans with big space dicks that gently caress and suck constantly forever at maximum warp
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Nov 1, 2015 15:13
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You need to be more aware and accepting of astrological culture OP I bet comets are really nice and have great food if you only got to know them. You know we were "heading towards" Earth at one point to.
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Nov 1, 2015 15:15
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Tow it into the sun.
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Nov 1, 2015 15:17
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Man itt rhe op (me) learns a lot about space racism, spacism, if you will
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Nov 1, 2015 15:23
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