Damn it! We’re not doomed! Why do they get my hopes up!?!
Its pretty cool that a thirteen year old was able to do the math, but why can’t we be doomed, dammit!
[Bender]DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!![/Bender]
[GIR]I’m gonna’ sing the ‘Doom Song’ now![/GIR]
Stupid asteroids. Can’t do anything right.
Damn. I guess that means I still have to go to work today.
If an asteroid was going to gobsmack Earth, do you think they would tell us? Why?
Because if they knew well enough ahead of time, they could maybe dump a ludicrous amount of money into trying to deflect it. Imagine what would happen if NASA, the ESA and every other effective (sorta) space program got essentially unlimited funds?
Plus, there’s enough amateur astronomers out there that they would see the dang thing anyways.
I have not met an amateur astronomer in days, weeks in fact. Probably just a coincidence of course.
But what if some [del]mad[/del] well-meaning, selfless group decided to deflect the thing towards Earth, so that we could have the invigorating and unifying experience of working together to deflect it away? Eh? Eh? Be on the lookout for unexpected course changes. They will probably be disguised as ‘improved estimates’ of the course.
Sunspace, I’d forgotten that you’re a fellow <s>perv</s> - I mean, Girl Genius fan. Preach it! 
Who, me?
<innocent look>
