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11/07/09
[www.youtube.com] #science
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We are being split of into less and less likely universe's. #science
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Yes, we have been trying to keep you
from starting up the LHC. It's not
what happens back then that's the
problem. It's what happens in the year
2733. Every time you guys try to turn
on that thing all our garage doors start
going up and down. Please stop!! And
sorry about the baguette. #science
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P.S. To prove you are really from the future what year does the Cubs win the World Series? #science
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They were just about to win in 2012 and then the world ended. It was pretty crazy. Bottom of the ninth, Tyler Colvin is running for home base, the fans are going crazy and then a giant meteorite hits the stadium and knocks the Earth off its orbit.
Didn't I mention the giant meteorite killing everyone in 2012? #science
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Although, the "earth gets hit by a meteorite" timeline DID boffo box office in my timeline some felt it was too Deus ex machine. Personally I prefer it to the grey goo timeline which was kinda boring. "Ooo watch everything melt from the nano machines!" Snooze. #science
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Yes, it was a great ending. And people still argue about whether or not Colvin actually made it to home plate before the atmosphere of the planet caught on fire and everyone was incinerated instantly. So there are some people who say the Cubs did win, but that's mostly the Braxxelias.
Did I mention we all live on the planet Braxxeli now? #science
11/06/09
Anyway, how about that Braxxelian fall? The uglhot trees with their diamond-sharp leave falling onto people we don't really like's heads, the majestic panplarts delving to the planet core for the winter, the d-bags that are still walking around trying to convince people about the relevance of Jack Johnson. #science
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Did I mention the Braxxelias ate everyone else?
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Humans: the other talking meat. It's what for dinner! #science
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Oh crap. That's you? Small world. Sorry I sent my glornbot to kill you. Why don't you come on in? I'm watching Braxxeli Idol. I can't wait to see if CrobCrobCrobbyCrob wins. #science
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Because if that's the case, it's going swimmingly. #science
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Well, err, it was either a Small Gods or an Aeschylus reference, but sure. CSI? #science
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Let's say we build a warp drive. Sure - on paper it will warp space and permit FTL travel. But in real life, some chucklehead engineer will stick his chewing gum on the anti-matter array, causing a breach at that point.
Sorry, but we live in Universe 219, the universe filled with all of life's little screw-ups. #science
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No matter what they tell you, ask for Form Square Root of Negative One, fill it out in triplicate, and return it to the fourth window from the right next to the fifth window.
Then go to Subcellar 4, turn right at the boiler room, walk past the lockers that smell like old cheese, and go into the fourth men's lavatory on your left. Go into the last stall and jiggle the handle. #science
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I'm trying to get home, but we don't have bureaucracy or politics or economics where I come from, so I'm a bit confused as to who I need to talk to.
I was so lost, I wound up talking to a portal dealer in a subway station, and that's how I almost got lost in the dimension of perpetual Wednesday. Man, I'm glad I made it out of there. #science
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So Anekanta. Let me help you find your embassy. Its just inside this cage. #science
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You're all a bunch of amateurs. All the universes you're talking about are boring.
Try spending a day in an irrational universe, like square root of 2. Or, more adventurous still, try a transcendental universe like e or pi.
But the real treat, the really really awesome ones are the complex universes, where you can be in more than one at the same time. Take universe cubic root of -1, for instance. Your three selves are analytically connected in 3 different universes at once. #science
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Neat. #science
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Stick that in your oscillation overthruster and smoke it. #science
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