Ah, humanity…
A few of the tweets from people who read “NASA launches rocket into the moon” and react foolishly…
Dear Nasa, you are the spawns of Satan who wants to blast the Moon JUST FOR SOME DAMN WATER!! WHAT THE HELL??!!!
From @TimelessEssence
This person describes themself as:
Gorgeous, Intelligent, Silly, Random, Proclaimed Buddhist, Dreamer, Writer, Activist, Loves to laugh, Future Archaelogist, Nerdy, and the FUTURE!
OH SHI-!
They might fuck up the tides if NASA fucks the moon up. I’m not trying to see that blow up. NASA always plotting something.
From @JesseLetson
Okay. Nasa blows a hole in the moon today, to see if there is water on it. If we REALLY went there in 69, this wouldnt even be an issue.
From @Alisonsscrescendo
Before we lose faith in humanity, from @Submanic
Call me a nerd, but I kinda like finding more information about our universe. #NASA
And just for the record, I think the moon’s still up. You can check to see if it’s still there before smearing your idiocy across the Internet and making fools of humanity.
Also, this is not the first time America has crashed something into the moon. It happened in the 1960’s when we were still working on getting there and before figuring out how to land. See here.
Posted by Katherine on October 9, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Said my grandmother: “DID YOU SEE THEM BLOW UP THE MOON? THEY’RE GOING TO BLOW UP THE MOON THIS MORNING. OH, BOY. IF THE MOON’S GOING TO JUMP ON US, RUSSIA’S GONNA… THEY’RE GONNA WHACK THE WRONG END AND FOOOOOO… IT’S GONNA COME DOWN.” Oi. This is what happens when one watches too much FOX, apparently.
Also, that second to last tweet by @alisonscrescendo made me literally LOL. And then cry. Salty, salty tears of pain.
Posted by Geis on October 9, 2009 at 3:27 pm
And what no one realizes is that rocks the size of the LCROSS booster hit the moon at much higher velocities about once a week.
Their wealth of ignorance is astounding.
Posted by splendidelles on October 9, 2009 at 3:36 pm
You too? That was my exact reaction to all of them.
Posted by Katherine on October 9, 2009 at 3:41 pm
To be fair, Geis, NASA was trying to tell US that. It’s just that the local newsreaders here in Houston wouldn’t stop talking over them. Literally. I didn’t hear a word from any of the NASA representatives because the “news” folks were talking right over them. Honestly, a conversation even went like this:
Woman: “OH. Do you think that they [the viewers] can hear NASA, too? Or can we just hear them?”
Man: “I think that the viewers at home can hear them, but we’re talking over them.”
Woman: “OH. Okay. So, anyway…”
Conversation continues for five minutes.
Woman: “I DON’T SEE ANYTHING. WHY ISN’T ANYTHING HAPPENING? Has it already happened?”
Man: “I don’t know! Let’s listen and see if NASA says that it’s already happened.”
/silence, FINALLY/
Woman: “How am I supposed to know if it already happened? I can’t understand what they’re saying.”
Man: “I know! They’re using NASA-talk. We don’t understand NASA-talk.”
Woman: “I KNOW, RIGHT?!”
/feed shuts off/
Woman: “So, we don’t think anything’s happening right now, so we’ll tell you if we hear anything.”
Man: “IT JUST HAPPENED!”
Seriously.
Posted by ibyea on October 13, 2009 at 3:49 am
Huh, funny, last time I checked, the moon was a giant ball of rock incapable of bein blown up by a mere few kilograms of metal. They are like: “No! There is going to be a hole on teh moon, A HOLE!”
Posted by Imrryr on October 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm
The moon isn’t just a giant ball of rock, it’s a giant HEAVILY CRATERED ball of rock. Where do these people think those craters came from in the first place? Jesus?
Posted by RobertoSoto on October 11, 2010 at 2:36 am
Oh,,,come on,,you guys are lucky if you have chance to live in China! Then you will see something more stupid haha…