Daily Dose of Doom Thread

[mu_hilltopper]

That's the spirit!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Maybe not Doom but still....

The World Just Moved Even Closer to a Real, Working Warp Drive
Scientists have a new model for faster-than-light travel that actually uses conventional physics.

MAR 12, 2021

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/amp35820869/warp-drive-possible-with-conventional-physics/

[mu_hilltopper]

https://www.gq.com/story/shanna-swan-interview

An Alarming Decline in Sperm Quality Could Threaten the Future of the Human Race, and the Chemicals Likely Responsible Are Everywhere

[Hards Alumni]

https://www.gq.com/story/shanna-swan-interview

An Alarming Decline in Sperm Quality Could Threaten the Future of the Human Race, and the Chemicals Likely Responsible Are Everywhere

Now go find out how much plastic we accidentally eat every year, and what it does to the human body.

Then think about how many animals eat plastic because it looks yummy and what it does to them.

Single use plastic bans needed to happen decades ago.  I think we're too far gone at this point short of a ravenous plastic eating bacteria evolving and solving the problem for us.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Now go find out how much plastic we accidentally eat every year, and what it does to the human body.

Then think about how many animals eat plastic because it looks yummy and what it does to them.

Single use plastic bans needed to happen decades ago.  I think we're too far gone at this point short of a ravenous plastic eating bacteria evolving and solving the problem for us.

Like George Carlon said, "Earth plus plastic."

[rocket surgeon]

Now go find out how much plastic we accidentally eat every year, and what it does to the human body.

Then think about how many animals eat plastic because it looks yummy and what it does to them.

Single use plastic bans needed to happen decades ago.  I think we're too far gone at this point short of a ravenous plastic eating bacteria evolving and solving the problem for us.

Pound of plastic, ey?  The new dirt. Rub a little plastic on er just doesn't seem right though.

[Hards Alumni]

Pound of plastic, ey?  The new dirt. Rub a little plastic on er just doesn't seem right though.

Trick is you gotta mix it with some BBQ sauce before you suck it down.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Single use plastic bans needed to happen decades ago.  I think we're too far gone at this point short of a ravenous plastic eating bacteria evolving and solving the problem for us.

I have the solution, along with bonus poop:

'Mysterious' Worms Eat Plastic And Poop Alcohol
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/03/09/mysterious-worms-eat-plastic-and-poop-alcohol/?sh=3e0ea0e379e0

[Pakuni]

Invisible galactic lump of dark matter is tearing apart stars.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9409493/Invisible-galactic-lump-dark-matter-making-nearby-stars-disappear-scientists-say.html

[warriorchick]

Uh, oh...

[Pakuni]

Uh, oh...

I mean, who exactly tracks this data?

[rocky_warrior]

It's all about the source... https://www.cracked.com/

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Uh, oh...

Livin my best pollution free life over here.

[rocket surgeon]

Livin my best pollution free life over here.

you must be wearing a mask

[ZiggysFryBoy]

you must be wearing a mask

3 of em.

[🏀]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/europe/russia-arctic-nato-military-intl-cmd/index.html

Just a torpedo designed to deliver radioactive tsunamis to the American coastal cities rendering them inhabitable for decades.

Crazy what the Ruskies can do in four years .

[Skatastrophy]

Daily Dose of Dew-m

>One of the greatest rumors in middle school was that the yellow dye in Mountain Dew killed off your sperm. Naturally, it became a much beloved contraceptive choice for countless teens. Was there any truth to the rumor?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/43ggk3/mountain-dew-sperm-count-rumor

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Daily Dose of Dew-m

>One of the greatest rumors in middle school was that the yellow dye in Mountain Dew killed off your sperm. Naturally, it became a much beloved contraceptive choice for countless teens. Was there any truth to the rumor?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/43ggk3/mountain-dew-sperm-count-rumor

Interesting. The rumor I remember about Mountain Dew was not about sperm count but that it stunted penis growth. So it had the opposite effect of scaring boys from drinking it rather than leading them to binge-drink

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Interesting. The rumor I remember about Mountain Dew was not about sperm count but that it stunted penis growth. So it had the opposite effect of scaring boys from drinking it rather than leading them to binge-drink

Way back when, we used to refer to Mountain Dew as "Shrinker" as a result.

[mu_hilltopper]

US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII

https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-fac0863b8c252d21d6f6a22a2e3eab86

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Here in Connecticut, seeing the dust strangely color the sunshine from western forest fires the last few days feels pretty dose of doom.

[mu_hilltopper]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story?id=81466453

Rough year.

[mu_hilltopper]

New data shows Americans more miserable than we've been in half a century

https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/new-data-shows-americans-more-miserable

[mu_hilltopper]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/millions-of-palm-sized-flying-spiders-could-invade-the-east-coast/

Man, imagine having to squish a spider the size of your hand.  Millions of them.

[ATL MU Warrior]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/millions-of-palm-sized-flying-spiders-could-invade-the-east-coast/

Man, imagine having to squish a spider the size of your hand.  Millions of them.

Those spiders are ALL OVER down here. This past summer you could see web after web in power lines while driving.  We had multiple in our yard in trees and shrubs.

I am not a fan of any kind of bug/spider/creepy crawly thing so I spray them with something as soon as I find one. Haven't seen any yet this year...I'm hoping they've moved on.