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To worry that once the sun explodes there will be

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ArtVandeelay · 23/10/2024 20:35

no intelligent life in the universe. Just vast space. It makes me sad: the slow evolution of man over billions of years; the art; the culture; to go from living in caves to flying to the moon in a blink of an eye.

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HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:03

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"sitting is the opposite of walking"

No. I still don't get it. What does sitting have to do with hawking?

MasterBeth · 23/10/2024 22:03

Ohthatsabitshit · 23/10/2024 20:51

Nobody will be raped or tortured, children will not be killed, there will be no homeless, unloved or lost…

Yeah, because they'll ALL BE DEAD!

"I've got good news and bad news. The good news is, you're no longer homeless. The bad news is..."

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:05

Some of the stars we see are already dead aren't they. Which ones?

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:06

thebigL · 23/10/2024 21:59

It's a play on how the words sound...

But she said "opposite" not "play on words".

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 23/10/2024 22:06

Planesmistakenforstars · 23/10/2024 21:53

Stephen Buying.

🤣

thebigL · 23/10/2024 22:07

That's how jokes work. The important bit has already been explained - sitting vs. walking. Mine is just an add-on that expands the joke.

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:07

Stephen Buying is much better. I like that joke.

Reserved101 · 23/10/2024 22:08

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:03

"sitting is the opposite of walking"

No. I still don't get it. What does sitting have to do with hawking?

Because he was famously wheelchair-bound.

thebigL · 23/10/2024 22:08

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:07

Stephen Buying is much better. I like that joke.

It does work tbf. Not sure it's funny though.

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:09

That's nonsense. His name is Hawking, not Wheelchair-Bound. What a pish joke.

thebigL · 23/10/2024 22:10

I like this detour. 😁

SabreIsMyFave · 23/10/2024 22:10

There are many MANY other suns in the universe. And other solar systems.

There will not be 'no life left.' @ArtVandeelay

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HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:10

Stephen Detour.

OneLoftyFish · 23/10/2024 22:11

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Dogateahotdog · 23/10/2024 22:12

Wait..what, when is this happening?

thebigL · 23/10/2024 22:12

Yes because all the best jokes are inoffensive. 🙄

Reserved101 · 23/10/2024 22:12

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:09

That's nonsense. His name is Hawking, not Wheelchair-Bound. What a pish joke.

I don't think it's a good joke but I don't know why you're having such difficulty with it.

TheNinny · 23/10/2024 22:12

i’ll confess, i think about this alot and slightly worry for the future humans if we make it that long….like why are we not trying to fix this now? develop space travel so we can go find a new home?? Instead we seem intent on destroying each other. We may only have a billion years left to sort this shit out! 😆

InvisibleRadiator · 23/10/2024 22:13

I love the idea I heard once, that the universe is just endlessly expanding and contracting. So eventually it will stop it's current expansion, and the edges will come hurtling back together slowly crushing us and all other matter until everything is squeezed into the size of a full stop. And then BOOM, it's another big bang and everything starts all over again from scratch.
I'm not sure on the timescale for this - but most likely several versions of humanity could evolve and then die out beforehand...

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:13

Dogateahotdog · 23/10/2024 22:12

Wait..what, when is this happening?

February 4th

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:13

2000000024

Justleaveitblankthen · 23/10/2024 22:13

There's more to the universe than our teeny tiny solar system.
Even the milky way is 100,000 light years across..

OneLoftyFish · 23/10/2024 22:13

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HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:14

Reserved101 · 23/10/2024 22:12

I don't think it's a good joke but I don't know why you're having such difficulty with it.

Because it's not his sodding name.

HotTopicsWithImogen · 23/10/2024 22:14

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Kiev Starmers bumhole