Mars collides with Earth.. What would you do?

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Judgement

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Originally posted by: BatmanNate
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What is the point in killing somebody that is going to die in a few minutes anyway?

You get to live longer then they do, plus if you really hate them it might give you some enjoyment despite the fact that you know you're going to be dying soon. I'm not sure I would kill anyone if Mars was coming though... I'd be too busy with my pants around my ankles.
 

Ulfwald

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We would all die before the 2 collided anyway. The 2 gravitational fields being in that close of range would litterally rip the 2 worlds apart before the actual collision.
 

AreaCode707

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Originally posted by: jurzdevil
i would find the exact spot where the two worlds would contact first and i would stand there with my arms straight over my head. i would go down as the only person who tried to save the world and be on two planets at the same time.

That is the most innovative answer in this thread.

To whoever said something about saving the hard drives as a time capsule - - would anyone really be that interested in pr0n from the turn of the millenium?
 

Judgement

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Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: jurzdevil
i would find the exact spot where the two worlds would contact first and i would stand there with my arms straight over my head. i would go down as the only person who tried to save the world and be on two planets at the same time.

That is the most innovative answer in this thread.

To whoever said something about saving the hard drives as a time capsule - - would anyone really be that interested in pr0n from the turn of the millenium?

Of course they will... where else would they find it in the future? I don't think pron would be at the top of the list of things to do when rebuilding humanity.
 

BatmanNate

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Originally posted by: Judgement
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
:confused:

What is the point in killing somebody that is going to die in a few minutes anyway?

You get to live longer then they do, plus if you really hate them it might give you some enjoyment despite the fact that you know you're going to be dying soon. I'm not sure I would kill anyone if Mars was coming though... I'd be too busy with my pants around my ankles.



Mars looming overhead might scare the sheep though.
 

BooGiMaN

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i wonder if posting on this board would die off some right before the collision with earth...naaaa what a silly thought.
 

Vic

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With a diameter of ~4,000 miles (6800 km), an orbital velocity of ~54,000 mph (24.13 km/s), and a mass of 641,850,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg, death to all humankind (if not the complete the destruction of the Earth itself) would be imminent.
Running to the hills would not be an option.
 

Rent

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Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
i wonder if posting on this board would die off some right before the collision with earth...naaaa what a silly thought.

We'd have like 1000000 threads that would say "HEY LOOK OUT THE WINDOW LOL OMG AIEEeEHHEEEEe NOoO!!!
 

joecool

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Originally posted by: illusion88
earth would cease to be populated by humans. I would probably do all sorts of illegal things I ahve always wanted to do but feared the consequences. Like kill someone, and destroy large ammounts of public property.

dude, yer scarin me
 

joecool

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Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Originally posted by: Judgement
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
:confused:

What is the point in killing somebody that is going to die in a few minutes anyway?

You get to live longer then they do, plus if you really hate them it might give you some enjoyment despite the fact that you know you're going to be dying soon. I'm not sure I would kill anyone if Mars was coming though... I'd be too busy with my pants around my ankles.



Mars looming overhead might scare the sheep though.


now THAT is the best post of this thread!

and btw, ulfwald is correct - the two planets would be ripped apart by gravitational forces long before they actually collided.
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: jurzdevil
i would find the exact spot where the two worlds would contact first and i would stand there with my arms straight over my head. i would go down as the only person who tried to save the world and be on two planets at the same time.

That is the most innovative answer in this thread.

To whoever said something about saving the hard drives as a time capsule - - would anyone really be that interested in pr0n from the turn of the millenium?

Too bad he wouldn't ever get to actually touch mars...

I'd repent all my sins... just in case ;)
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: joecool
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Originally posted by: Judgement
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
:confused:

What is the point in killing somebody that is going to die in a few minutes anyway?

You get to live longer then they do, plus if you really hate them it might give you some enjoyment despite the fact that you know you're going to be dying soon. I'm not sure I would kill anyone if Mars was coming though... I'd be too busy with my pants around my ankles.



Mars looming overhead might scare the sheep though.


now THAT is the best post of this thread!

and btw, ulfwald is correct - the two planets would be ripped apart by gravitational forces long before they actually collided.

Depends... Seeing as how they're never actually going to collide, we can do some creative thinking. If the planets just flew together head on, then they'd be pretty much solid all the way until they hit. They'd be moving very very quickly for sure, so any breaking up won't have much time to occur, and even then, it will be confined mostly to the crusts of either planet (the oceans would be fuxored). If they did a more "realistic" collision, then they'd do loop-de-loops around each other a few times probably and yeah, the crusts would break up pretty good, but there would still be 2 rather sizable chunks.

But d00d said collide, so we'll use the first scenario. :)
 

m2kewl

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Originally posted by: Rent
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
i wonder if posting on this board would die off some right before the collision with earth...naaaa what a silly thought.
We'd have like 1000000 threads that would say "HEY LOOK OUT THE WINDOW LOL OMG AIEEeEHHEEEEe NOoO!!!

999999 threads that would say "REPOST"