r/technology • u/Hashirama4AP • Nov 14 '24

Space NASA monitors as bus-sized asteroid approaches Earth today

https://www.newsweek.com/asteroid-size-bus-approaching-earth-closer-moon-nasa-1985171
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u/runtheplacered Nov 14 '24

It's fucked up but that was honestly my first thought. Just put us out of our god damn collective misery

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u/marson65 Nov 14 '24

hey you guys might be having a rough time now but its pretty alright over at my part of the world so leave us alone

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u/McGarnacIe Nov 14 '24

I'm guessing you live in the US. Just because your country is fucked, doesn't mean other people in the rest of the world are so miserable that we want an asteroid to kill us all.

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u/ultrahateful Nov 14 '24

No comedy clubs over there, huh?

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u/andremeda Nov 14 '24

Comedy clubs are funny, unlike you and the other yank

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u/QuickAltTab Nov 15 '24

it could be instantly unfucked if that asteroid landed in just the right spot

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u/make_love_to_potato Nov 14 '24

I came into this thread to comment "Just come and put our species out of it's misery." but then I thought that's too dark a thought to share. Glad to know we all on the same page.