It's a little unnerving....

[The Catboy]

A bunch of religious morons think the world will end Saturday. As if... But the best part? Asking them on Sunday why the world didn't end, and watching them stumble over excuses.

Fuck! I had plans on Saturday and that didn't include fighting against angles! Now I need to redo my plans and pencil in dealing the end of the world
Cutting day drinking with myself short, I hate this place

 

[Deleted User]

A bunch of religious morons think the world will end Saturday. As if... But the best part? Asking them on Sunday why the world didn't end, and watching them stumble over excuses.

so why is the end of the world saturday?

ya know, I don't think this saturday will be the end of the world, but I've felt this uneasy feeling all week.

 

[The Catboy]

so why is the end of the world saturday?

ya know, I don't think this saturday will be the end of the world, but I've felt this uneasy feeling all week.

Stop eating gas station sushi and get some rest.

 

[Deleted User]

Stop eating gas station sushi and get some rest.

i haven't bought anything but gas from a gas station this week. and I've gone to bed at reasonable hours.

 

[The Catboy]

i haven't bought anything but gas from a gas station this week. and I've gone to bed at reasonable hours.

That's a joke, boi! Went right over your head!

 

[Deleted User]

That's a joke, boi! Went right over your head!

its that uneasy feeling i'm tellin you.

 

[rileysrjay]

Jeez guys, didn't you read what that guy said? He said that the world's not ending now but that most of the world is going to change during October. So no need to party like the world's ending tomorrow anymore. Anyways nuclear holocaust in October anyone?

 

[The Catboy]

its that uneasy feeling i'm tellin you.

....I am implying your uneasy feeling is caused by gas station sushi.

 

[Deleted User]

....I am implying your uneasy feeling is caused by gas station sushi.

i must've been force fed in my sleep ;o;

 

[HamBone41801]

looking at the last few posts aged me by at least 10 years. on the bright side, i can vote now.

 

[Sliter]

Guys, south america is very safe for these stuff lol

funny enough this keep us to develop in some way

 

[dpad_5678]

So we get punished for being religious?

1. It was a joke.
2. Homophobes and anti-LGBT'ers are icky.

 

[Deleted User]

I sure hope so, I want this planet to get fucked. Mars, here I come. Elon Musk, MAKE IT SO!

I remember watching a documentary about humans colonizing Mars while Earth withered away and died. Apparently, in this hypothetical situation being presented, they hand-picked people from different locales with different skills and abilities to add diversity to the landing party's "gene pool."

I remember being really disgusted with that, letting a few select individuals go to Mars while everyone else got fucked over and died. Chances are, none of us here would have made it to that landing party. I find that a good thing, though; I'd rather die than spend the rest of my life surrounded by conceited assholes.

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Fuck! I had plans on Saturday and that didn't include fighting against angles! Now I need to redo my plans and pencil in dealing the end of the world
Cutting day drinking with myself short, I hate this place

Fighting angles isn't too tough, from what I've heard. Some of them are rather obtuse, IIRC.

 

[The Catboy]

Fighting angles isn't too tough, from what I've heard. Some of them are rather obtuse, IIRC.

I got a doctor's note and spent the day drinking instead. I can't keep canceling plans with myself

 

[Deleted User]

I got a doctor's note and spent the day drinking instead. I can't keep canceling plans with myself

Yeah, it's important to keep one's priorities in order.

 

[DeslotlCL]

Guys, south america is very safe for these stuff lol

funny enough this keep us to develop in some way

Safe? South america is almost equal as dangerous as japan on the earthquakes subject... especially peru and chile... or do i have to remind you that in chile there has been a lot of +8 magnitude earthquakes the past 30 years?

 

[Sliter]

Safe? South america is almost equal as dangerous as japan on the earthquakes subject... especially peru and chile... or do i have to remind you that in chile there has been a lot of +8 magnitude earthquakes the past 30 years?

yes I did
well I meant that the safer areas are far from the seismic lines, not like there are no where to go if you can go where are less/none earthquakes :x

 

[the_randomizer]

yes I did
well I meant that the safer areas are far from the seismic lines, not like there are no where to go if you can go where are less/none earthquakes :x

One could always live in a balloon

 

[sarkwalvein]

I think it's weird there is still no big one this month in western Argentina / Chile.

 

[kuwanger]

Earthquakes cannot be manipulated due to the simple and ez fact that this process happens underground and is beyond our reach.

While I agree that consistently manipulating earthquake is unlikely, to simply hand wave that it's not possible to manipulate at all doesn't sound plausible. Some fault lines are more near the surface than others (strike-slip especially). The actual probability of an earthquake is calculable in part from past earthquakes and the nature of the fault. The real question is how possible it would be to locate those locations along the fault that are most vulnerable to being targeted to encourage slippage and hence an earthquake. I imagine in the most extreme example, you'd do something like drill a lot of bore holes along a sizable length of the fault at regular intervals and detonate multiple explosions to cause the fault to shift.

All of the above seems pretty plausible and is consistent with my understanding of both reverse and strike-slip faults. I don't think it'd be plausible with normal faults, though. So, not all faults could be manipulated and the degree of manipulation would be heavily dependent on the potentially stored up. Of course since any attempt to prematurely cause an earthquake would almost certainly make one legally liable for all the damages, it's hard to imagine actual attempting the above in real world settings. Although I'd love to see a scale model prove me wrong. Either way, realistically any such attempt on an active fault would be noticeable.