Cosmic horror in a nutshell
No matter where you are on the planet, you’re never much more than 100 km away from the Kármán line. Death is (generally speaking) always just overhead.
Going by that logic, just a meter deep is a crushing death. And right where you are you could smash your head against something… which is at least also something that happens all the time, no need to look at theoretical far-away things when the boring truth is far worse.
That’s just the cat
Just a few days ago, someone I know had to be hospitalized because of somehow slipping and smashing badly into their desk while doing normal, boring office work. From how it was described to me, I cannot help thinking sex was somehow involved, like receiving or giving oral sex from under the table maybe.
EDIT: Typing this, I was reminded of a guy who got smacked in the back of his head. Got X-rayed, everything looked normal. They kept him in the hospital for observation, though. X-ray again after an hour, a huge hematoma had evolved under his skin, pressing on the upper spine. They immediately drained it. Otherwise, it would have killed him very quickly.
You don’t have to get to the karman line to asphyxiate, the karman line is only relevant if you are trying to move faster to generate lift. The Death Zone starts at only 8 km altitude.
For your body to stay alive, a lot of things have to go right for the “engines” to keep running.
On the other hand, just a few things going wrong is all it takes to take down the overly complex Rube Goldberg machine that is your body; all being inevitable due to how entropy and randomness work in our universe.
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That’s such a mean thing to say.
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Because that love was lost. It’s not those who perish that suffer longest, but those who endure after.
You just wished that something, in addition to this bygone creature, also experienced loss— and, very likely, had no idea what event precipitated the disappearance of their beloved. That something would have been left wondering, to the end of its days, if its would ever return.
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That hits
Wow, I’m officially at the “Abyss staring back” part of my life now. Serves me right I guess.
Is that a Douglas Adams quote? That feels like Douglas Adams to me.
Oh interesting, it does feel like one of his.
For your crimes against rodentkind, Rat Court sentences you to a handstand in the Chamber of Death.
Some say it still smells like roasted hot dogs
“Honey, did you leave the stove on?”
“I don’t think so. It’s probably the pans in the sink.”
F
What animal was this?
Mouse
A mouse or rat I think
MouseRat?
I’d say mouse, rats are way bigger and too smart to be electrocuted! 😏
Related: Pandora’s Box
Rat gyang
RIP in peace, Electrovole
I’ve read this in EmpLemon’s voice
Mmmm… Crispy
