Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jesus, do you really have to be so fucking stupid?
In the wake of the Chelyabinsk meteor, more meteor sightings are hitting the news, leading to speculation that we're in some kind of new bad era.
I'd say it's possible that we're passing through a strong belt of space crap. Either the crap in this belt is bigger than the usual meteor belt, or it's faster. Two weeks ago there was a meteor over Spokane that emitted a sonic boom. I've never heard a meteor boom before. (Sounded metallic to me, like a car crash nearby: Bonk-bonk!)
And it's unquestionably possible that the news will bring us more meteor flashes, making it seem like something unusual is happening.
But here's one thing that ISN'T possible:
Expert quoted on NPR:
"We're likely to see more of this, because more of the earth's surface is covered with cities."
It's true that megacities are sprawling in the last 20 years, especially in China and India. But the overwhelming trend of the last CENTURY is that LESS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE is covered with HUMANS. People have been concentrating more and more in a few urban areas, leaving huge swathes of prairie land and small towns uninhabited.
Motherfucking city-ass fuckheads. Always assuming that only city-ass fuckheads are human. Rural people are incapable of seeing flashes of light and hearing big booms.
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