# Did you die when the earth lost gravity on 8-12-2026? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315 "2026-08-12T18:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/41 "2026-08-13T03:12:48Z")
I _thought_ I felt something a little earlier, but I chalked it up to indigestion. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/42 "2026-08-13T03:28:58Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I tossed one of my smokes in the air; the Earth was now a cigarette lighter. > > I’m goin. \< swats **burpo** with rolled up newspaper \> ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/43 "2026-08-13T03:29:43Z")
It’s a fair cop. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/44 "2026-08-13T13:04:06Z")
> Did you die when the earth lost gravity on 8-12-2026? Yes. Yes I did. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/45 "2026-08-13T13:26:17Z")
I would have been more concerned, but the Earth was not even destroyed: > **[International Earth-Destruction Advisory Board @ Things Of Interest](https://qntm.org/board)** > > The International Earth Destruction Advisory Board (IEDAB) is an independent scientific institution which monitors the current status of the Earth and the number of times it has been destroyed. In the event of the Earth being destroyed it will be the... ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/46 "2026-08-13T13:26:20Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I’m paid up with the gravity company for the whole month. I darned well better get my money’s worth I feel sorry for all the chumps and suckers who depended on their regular gravity service. See _I_ signed up for the _premium gravity back-up service_ (only $49.99/month). So when my gravity goes out I’m guaranteed to have a technician out to address the problem within the hour\* \* Additional service and material charges may apply. Please see your terms of service for full details. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/47 "2026-08-13T13:29:53Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > It wouldn’t be anything like “rising to the ceiling” though. At 45 degrees latitude, objects would fly off at about 700 miles per hour. Relative to the Earth’s reference frame, it wouldn’t be a speed, it would be an acceleration, and the acceleration would be a small percentage of Earth’s normal gravity, so things would rise much more slowly than they ordinarily fall. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/48 "2026-08-13T13:46:45Z")
All the loose stuff on the Earth would rise up with a centripetal acceleration of 0.35 g at the equator, and less at higher attitudes. But with nothing to oppose this movement, the entire surface of Earth rise up and become less dense, and would liquify when the gravity returned. A bit like a gigantic soil liquefaction event. > **[Soil liquefaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction#/media/File:Liquefaction_at_Niigata.JPG)** > > Soil liquefaction occurs when a cohesionless saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress such as shaking during an earthquake or other sudden change in stress condition, in which material that is ordinarily a solid behaves like a liquid, a sudden physical change termed thixotropy. In soil mechanics, the term "liquefied" was first used by Allen Hazen in reference to the 1918 failure of the Calaveras Dam in California. He desc If... ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/49 "2026-08-13T13:58:11Z")
No, but we did get a lot of rain and flooding, and I have water in my basement because the sump pump gave out. So not death, but almost as annoying. Maybe that’s why we got so much rain. Gravity gave out, and we actually went _up_ into the storm clouds. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/50 "2026-08-13T14:28:00Z")
> [@eburacum45](#): > > All the loose stuff on the Earth would rise up with a centripetal acceleration of 0.35 g at the equator, and less at higher attitudes. You missed a percent sign there. It’s 0.35% of a g, or 0.0035 g. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/51 "2026-08-13T14:30:56Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Maybe that’s why we got so much rain. Gravity gave out, and we actually went _up_ into the storm clouds. While you were up into the storm clouds, here in the Midwest we went just a bit closer to the sun with no cloud cover. It was (and still is) damn hot. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/52 "2026-08-13T14:38:32Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Maybe that’s why we got so much rain. Gravity gave out, and we actually went _up_ into the storm clouds. You were a Rider On The Storm? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/53 "2026-08-13T14:39:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Dude is a pathetic wanna-be influencer who posts stupid shit on a variety of topics hoping to get clicks. He’s failing at this. And next time he or someone like him posts something equally as stupid, people will believe it, and forget the last time. Unless they died in the Great Gravitational Hiccup of 2026. But at least I learned about soil liquefaction. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/54 "2026-08-13T15:50:18Z")
Wouldn’t International Destruction of Earth Advisory Department (IDEAD) be a better name than IEDAB? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/55 "2026-08-13T16:14:10Z")
Actually it saved my life because I had just slipped heading down the stairs. It floated me back up and I was able to get my feet under me by the time gravity returned. I thought I had superpowers but was unable to repeat the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/56 "2026-08-13T16:17:25Z")
I’m not sure you people are showing the proper amount of gravitas. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/57 "2026-08-13T16:19:13Z")
There’s no such thing as gravity — the Earth sucks. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/58 "2026-08-13T16:19:13Z")
I didn’t realize the gravity of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/59 "2026-08-13T16:19:26Z")
I do believe that what people are not showing is the proper amount of _anti_-gravitas. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/60 "2026-08-13T16:22:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You were a Rider On The Storm? I wanna do that, what Doors do I need to go thru? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315.md?page=4)