Scientists say giant asteroid could hit earth next week, causing mass devastation

[Yonnie3]

http://yackler.ca/blog/2016/07/09/scientists-say-giant-asteroid-hit-earth-next-week-causing-mass-devastation/


I was worried until I red this.

[forest444]

1. I wouldn't worry.

The aliens won't allow it (I hope!).

[fasttense]

2. I was about to warn my spouse.....

Then I read the link.

[d_r]

3. Has me feelinv bkue

[uawchild]

4. Seems to happen here a lot too

Not clicking on an OP's link to read the entire article. Heck, sometimes I think many people just read the OP's title before responding.

[Yonnie3]

6. I am guilty of not reading a specific link from time to time, but

it's usually because of a paywall. I then google the headline and see if some other source covered the information.

I think some of the more nefarious political operations know links are posted and shared without reading and plan their posts accordingly.

[uawchild]

10. Excellent point!

Making bogus claims backed up by bogus or nonexistent links. Oooo how evil.

I think you might have nailed this. Thanks

[Night Watchman]

5. You "red" it?

Commie!

[Yonnie3]

7. Yep. Did you? nt

[Night Watchman]

9. The First Part

Just enough to ascertain that the writer was kidding about the asteroid.

[Sanity Claws]

8. I am waving a white flag of

Surrender to the little green people steering the asteroid.

[DeadLetterOffice]

11. I got my hopes all up and everything!

And then I read the story.

Alas, SMOD, your time has not yet come.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. I was askeered until I RTFA.

[Earth_First]

13. I'd be pretty blue if this were to occur... nt

[OxQQme]

14. Me sitting in the corner sucking my thumb

and hugging my blankie, shuddering in fear.



as an aside, pertaining to this thread, Neal Stephenson has a fairly new SF book, SEVENEVES, about our moon being split into 3 or 4 big chunks and millions of smaller bus and oil tanker sized pieces that fall to earth as 'White Rain".
The survivors are those astronauts in the ISS and a privileged few that bought their way up.
The story spans 5 thousand years.

Master story teller!

The first few chapters are pretty scary to contemplate as a possible (not necessarily the moon) reality.

[Laffy Kat]

15. Got my hopes up for a minute. eom