that was Trump chances in 2016…
Am I supposed to panic because it’s unlikely to hit? Meanwhile I’m out here wishing for death by meteor.
Just in case this comment is not a joke, here’s the WHO page on suicide prevention.
Either way, there are a few billion other people on this planet who would rather not die by meteor, thank you very much.
I mean, if I was going to go out, then getting my shit mixed by a meteor is pretty awesome. I’m sure I’ll make it on to a few Buzzfeed articles over the next ten or twenty years.
All things considered though, it would indeed be nice if it landed somewhere inconsequential like the ocean; the desert; or Florida.
Hell yeah this would be my choice too on preferred way to die. There’s something beautifully deterministic about it, a random space rock flying around for millions of years and all my lifes choices and circumstances ending up in standing on the exact spot the meteorite ends its journey. Right in my head. Lovely.
Florida
You jest, but the Kennedy Space Center is in Florida. Putting the world’s busiest spaceport out of commission might put a damper on future asteroid deflection missions…
Eh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it’s that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)
Assuming any foreign space agency will work with NASA now…
What about hitting the Republican National Convention?
Not to be a doomer but most of us will be dead by then I just hope the meteor takes out any lucky oligarchs still alive in a bunker.
You think “most of us” will be dead in … 7 years? That’s pretty doomer if you ask me.
Very doomer. Does lemmy have a “remind me in 7 years” bot? 😅
I just read the ipcc reports and if you read those and don’t start a bucket list for the time we have left. I don’t know what to tell you. Trust me I don’t want to be this way I will fight where I can but I’m going to live my life the same time way a terminal patient lives. Cherish the days we got and if I’m wrong I will eat crow happily with a big smile on my face.
Yeah I’ll take one for the team. I go to the point of impact and when it finaly hits, I’m gonna try to punch it back into orbit.
You don’t have to thank me.
But I’m on team meteor
Honestly, at this point, there might be enough of us volunteering to bounce that fucker back to Jupiter. A lot of us will be turned into jam but I think it’s worth the sacrifice.
Jesus is coming back and he’s pissed…
Eh, Paradise and Silo got me ready for the future.
Those are better odds than the lottery. Has anyone set up a betting pool yet?
is there any way to hurry it along?
Sigh. Why can’t it be 109%
This place sucks.
It’s not big enough to fix anything. If it hits, it won’t hit America or Europe
It’s in the big nuke scale of energy, enough to do a lot of damage to a small area. Were it to hit a city, the city would need a lot of rebuilding. Were it to hit, few people would be in danger as we will have years of warning. The only people in the impact area would be “storm chasers” travelling to see the impact
Panic?!
You mean throw a welcome party?
To people having panic attacks, it is not large enough to destroy the earth, and we would have plenty of time to evacuate the impact location. Though let’s hope it isn’t anywhere with permafrost.
You mean populate the impact zone because I’m going to watch
Yeah, my dogs will be gone by then so I would absolutely set up a tent close enough to catch it. I’d even bring a baseball glove for shits and giggles.
Aw, you think we’ll still have permafrost by then.
Well that’s disappointing
Better late than never I guess.
I’m not even joking. I want this asteroid to hit our planet and make us all go the way of the dinos.
Yes, please!
Unexpected Waterworld dipstick guy
He’s my go-to for posts like these
Underutilized meme format, honestly. It can apply to almost anything in daily life circa 2025.
Okay so how big is this meteor then
It’s around 1000 millimeteors
Were it to hit it would hit like a large nuke
130 - 400 meters
Listed in the article:
Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide
How many giraffes is it tho
Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.
Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?
Is it meteoric?
I’ll only panic if it misses
should I mention “don’t look up” ?
