EPTThis is the way the fucking world ends. Look at this fucking shit we're in man. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, I'm fucking splitting, Jack.
From Apocalypse Now ^^
How will the world end! - Page 4
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Zholistic
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Xenixx
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saritenite
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kidd
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sith
United States2474 Posts
On July 08 2009 02:48 Xenixx wrote: There was something about a galactic light burst (excuse me its been a while) when stars explode or galaxies collapse blah blah blah i don't know the specifics but these things happen often and it would only take 1 of these to hit earth and were fucked, i like to think that would be the coolest way to go. it would just be instantaneous, boom, world gone, no chance, no idea it was even coming I'm pretty sure you're thinking of a gamma ray burst, which if it happened and somehow was pointed at Earth (extremely unlikely occurrence), then basically everything on the planet would get nuked with high energy radiation. From wikipedia on Gamma-ray bursts A gamma-ray burst in the Milky Way, if close enough to Earth and beamed towards it, could have significant effects on the biosphere. The absorption of radiation in the atmosphere would cause photodissociation of nitrogen, generating nitric oxide that would act as a catalyst to destroy ozone.[73] According to a 2004 study, a GRB at a distance of about a kiloparsec could destroy up to half of Earth's ozone layer; the direct UV irradiation from the burst combined with additional solar UV radiation passing through the diminished ozone layer could then have potentially significant impacts on the food chain and potentially trigger a mass extinction.[2][74] The authors estimate that one such burst is expected per billion years, and hypothesize that the Ordovician-Silurian extinction event could have been the result of such a burst. | ||
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DrainX
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
On July 07 2009 16:32 konadora wrote: I've seen this like 6 times now on tl.net !_! We need new videos. | ||
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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
imo these things are going to hatch before then & give us hell... lets hope they're not ultras. | ||
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Kuja900
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zazen
Brazil695 Posts
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CoL_DarkstaR
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Xenixx
United States538 Posts
On July 08 2009 03:49 Kuja900 wrote: Xenixx I think your thinking of a gamma ray burst. On July 08 2009 03:08 sith wrote: I'm pretty sure you're thinking of a gamma ray burst, which if it happened and somehow was pointed at Earth (extremely unlikely occurrence), then basically everything on the planet would get nuked with high energy radiation. From wikipedia on Gamma-ray bursts yessirs! that is exactly what i was thinking about, extremely unlikely indeed since theyve apparently been rolling thru the galaxy since its inseption? is it a nuke like effect or does the planet implode or something cool? my impression off some models were that the planet might be torn asunder? been a while but thx :D | ||
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Failsafe
United States1298 Posts
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OreoBoi
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 08 2009 00:31 Zholistic wrote: + Show Spoiler + This is the way the fucking world ends. Look at this fucking shit we're in man. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, I'm fucking splitting, Jack. From Apocalypse Now ^^ the quote from apocalypse now is a paraphrase of the final stanza ts eliot's "the hollow men": This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. | ||
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matamata
United States133 Posts
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FuN-LighT
Sweden35 Posts
NEO! | ||
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Mah Buckit!
Finland474 Posts
On July 08 2009 04:20 matamata wrote: collapsing magnetic field of a nearby magnetar. Happens every 100million years or so, and we are overdue O_O But Milky Way has loads of metal so the probability is much smaller? Or are you speaking of gamma-ray bursts at all ? Well I don´t know if the world will end anytime soon or how and I certainly don´t care to know :S | ||
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