To think it was supposed to be decommissioned in 2010 but it is still going strong. That's one of the few government programs we've got our money's worth out of.
Every time someone asks me about vaccines and anti-vaxxers, I tell them this joke: A man was absolutely convinced that he is dead, despite that he's still walking and breathing. Exasperated, his family brought him to a scientist who explained in great lengths that there's an irrefutable evidence to determine whether someone's dead or alive. The scientist took the man to the morgue to examine a dead man's corpse. He explained that since a dead man's heart was no longer beating, the corpse should not bleed when pricked with a needle. So, the scientist did just that and demonstrated that the corpse indeed did not bleed. Then the scientist turned to the man, and told him to go ahead and prick his finger with a needle. The man did that, and started to bleed. Looking at his finger, he said, "hey, look at that! Dead men do bleed!"
The way the zodiac "works" always bothered me... draw a line from the Earth through the Sun and see what is on the other side? Shouldn't that be the constellation that is least able to influence us? With the Sun being in the way and all? It's not like the Sun is some magical lens .. oh wait, it's all magical thinking from a time before properly applied science anyhow. Nvm
In times of crisis, always hoard perishables. Makes perfect sense.Why does e'rybody need so much TP? Because now when anybody coughs or sneezes, everybody shits themselves.
The only interesting aspect of this - is how much attention this event is getting in the press, and on this site. This asteroid was discovered in 2002, the close approach was predicted for 18 years, it has long been understood that it will not hit Earth, and a dozen objects have come closer to the Earth in recent months. This story is like a toddler looking in the sky, seeing an airplane, and yelling to the room that the plane might 'hit us!'. Please please don't spread these bullshit stories.
A man was absolutely convinced that he is dead, despite that he's still walking and breathing. Exasperated, his family brought him to a scientist who explained in great lengths that there's an irrefutable evidence to determine whether someone's dead or alive.
The scientist took the man to the morgue to examine a dead man's corpse. He explained that since a dead man's heart was no longer beating, the corpse should not bleed when pricked with a needle. So, the scientist did just that and demonstrated that the corpse indeed did not bleed.
Then the scientist turned to the man, and told him to go ahead and prick his finger with a needle. The man did that, and started to bleed. Looking at his finger, he said, "hey, look at that! Dead men do bleed!"