*glances at the news*

[conuly]

Oh god no.

You ever wonder if you should be rooting for a military coup or a killer asteroid? Yeah. Except the far right has been making a concerted push into the US military for the past few decades, so I guess it'll have to be the asteroid. But hey, it isn't all bad - sky-blackening clouds of dust should put the brakes on the current climate crisis!

(I really need to stop looking at the news, except that there's stuff in there I want to see! Also, not knowing about the specifics isn't as helpful as I think it ought to be.)

Comments

[dark_phoenix54]

Maybe we'll get lucky and one half the asteroid will hit wherever Putin is holed up, and the other part will hit the White House. While the VP is there along with the Asshole in Chief.

[conuly]

I've still got my heart set on Trump dying in a coke-filled orgy, while in the middle of doing something really embarrassing. Putin can be there too.

[spiralsheep]

Yeah, this, no point taking out the elderly one and leaving the younger potential.

[kengr]

need to have the speaker of the House and most of the Cabinet there too.

[conuly]

A couple of billionaires….

[topaz_eyes]

A couple dozen billionaires... along with the Republican judges of the Supreme Court.

[conuly]

Just so long as we don't forget to invite Thomas.

[brokenallbroken]

Mass overdose when Elno throws a ketamine party?

[moxie_man]

You need the Speaker of the House there too and Muskalini too.

[spiralsheep]

Sorry to disappoint but the next asteroid of DOOM isn't due until 2032 and NASA have downgraded its doominess. Could y'all manage a non-military coup? Asking for several billion friends. ;-)

[conuly]

A non-military coup? How is that supposed to work?

[spiralsheep]

Same way it has done everywhere a non-military coup has been successful: see also fall of the Berlin Wall and Eastern Europe for the successful ones you're probably most familiar with. I personally wouldn't choose to describe them that way but it was a playful reference to your choice of "military coup".

[redbird]

"Non-military coup" sounds like what Musk has been doing.

[spiralsheep]

"Non-military coup" sounds like what the US has been doing to left of centre states for decades.

[conuly]

Sensible to practice abroad before trying it at home.

[spiralsheep]

Yes, and history shows that, as they retreat, collapsing empires often bring the machinery of repression they've developed abroad and turn it on their own people at home (beginning with those groups easy to scapegoat for the empire's collapse). So overcome, and save the scapegoats, or wait until the empire completes its collapse (not recommended for internal use) then rebuild from the rubble.

[adafrog]

well, there is a comet that has over a3% chance of hitting earth...in 10years.

[sabotabby]

Looks like the killer asteroid would hit the Global South if it's going to hit, and it's not their fault. What we need is a perfectly timed meteorite headed for Mar-A-Lago.

[silveradept]

Perhaps someone should put the word in his ear that all Republicans must drive cybertrucks. It's possible the situation could resolve itself with no further intervention needed.

[siliconshaman]

The feeling over this side of the pond is that perhaps the time is ripe to retake the Colonies... after all, our Parliamentary system is looking a lot better in comparison and King Charles is generally regarded as mostly harmless. If we promised to get rid of the Tanga Turd and his little cult we could probably walk in with a minimum of fuss. (and hey, we've still got the old chopping block at the bloody Tower.)

Make Politics Boring Again, wot!

[conuly]

I don’t like your government much either just now.

[siliconshaman]

Well, they're not great right now no.. but at least they're not Nazis and we can still have democratic elections so we can put another better lot in power.

Which is somewhat better than F* Elon and Felon and their project third term.

[historicalmuse]

Lmao🤣

[thewayne]

Killer asteroid has my vote.

[lightbird]

As bad as things are, we do not want a military coup. I agree with everyone else on the asteroid.

[conuly]

Maybe a cute alligator coup?

[lightbird]

Now that I can get behind!

[shadowkat]

Ah, apparently I was wrong - this is the referenced post. Now, I get it. LOL!

See this is why I've been on a news blackout for the most part.

I admittedly am rooting for the killer asteroid, but alas, as numerous people before me have commented already, it's not happening. They've been predicting that since the 1960s, if not before. It and nuclear war.

[conuly]

Yes, this is the correct post!

And sooner or later there has to be an asteroid. The coin has to land on its edge one of these days!

[shadowkat]

If we go by Nostradumos - it'll be about 2000 years from now. But it's not clear from his prophecies exactly when 2000 years was exactly from?

All kidding aside? I do agree - sooner or later an asteroid or meteorite will take us out. We've all been afraid of it - since they figured out that's what did in the Dinosaurs and brought about the age of humans (assuming of course we didn't exist with the Dinosaurs).