# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/61 "2026-08-13T16:46:01Z")
The Doors of Perception. ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/62 "2026-08-13T16:47:38Z")
When God closes doors, he opens windows — and it won’t boot up, dammit! ---
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/63 "2026-08-13T17:43:58Z")
A woman once told me - after something horrible happened - that “God puts these obstacles in our path for a reason”. My answer was “Then he’s an asshole, isn’t he?” ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/64 "2026-08-13T18:13:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My answer was “Then he’s an asshole, isn’t he?” That’s a legitimate theological discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/65 "2026-08-13T18:36:24Z")
Just when I thought my diet was finally working… damn gravity and its practical jokes. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/66 "2026-08-13T18:43:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I got up to feed the cats at 1300 UCT, then went back to bed for a couple hours. Slept through the whole thing. Didn’t you wonder why you woke up on the floor, and one of the cats was hanging from the ceiling fan? ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/67 "2026-08-13T19:52:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You missed a percent sign there. It’s 0.35% of a g, or 0.0035 g. I realised that later, but you caught it. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/68 "2026-08-13T20:17:33Z")
Something felt like the dog jumping up on the bed this morning. The thing is that the dog passed away a few years back. We did have an earthquake about that time, 4.1 on the Richter scale. ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/69 "2026-08-13T21:02:18Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Didn’t you wonder why you woke up on the floor, and one of the cats was hanging from the ceiling fan? Probably not, sounds like a typical morning. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/70 "2026-08-13T21:04:07Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I had already died when the world ended in 2012, so this brought me back to life It was considerate of you to continue posting here while dead. We’d have missed you. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/71 "2026-08-13T21:10:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yes, I died. I think making fun of those of us that died is in very poor taste. 😠 So were you resurrected already, or are you posting from the _après vie_? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/72 "2026-08-13T21:12:51Z")
Well, après moi, le déluge, so watch for rain ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/73 "2026-08-13T21:13:38Z")
I was jolly sceptical of the claim, but (just in case) I ate a load of baked beans and lay face-down on my bed. 🧐 The resulting volley of farts kept me securely in place. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/74 "2026-08-13T21:15:42Z")
Not even death can stop me from posting in the SDMB! though a lack of internet connection would be hard to surmount. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/75 "2026-08-13T21:18:33Z")
So the next life has internet connections? That’s a relief to know. Is Windows 11 obsolete there yet? ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/76 "2026-08-13T21:31:14Z")
Y’know, this isn’t the first time I’ve died, and the utter lack of sympathy and/or bereavement is rather unsettling. In fact, My Beloved has said that next time it happens she is just going to toss me in the Columbia River and marry the the first incredibly handsome and intelligent creature she encounters. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/77 "2026-08-13T21:33:41Z")
I dunno. Yesterday, at 8:33 AM I was working from home while YouTube videos were playing on the TV. You’d think I’d remember which video was playing during something like that, but nooo… Come to think of it, didn’t something similar happen when Joshua was fighting some Canaanites or such like, or am I slowly forgetting my JW brainwashing too? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/78 "2026-08-13T22:53:23Z")
Of course or I wouldn’t been able to post, as for Windows 11 they were in the process of moving to linux when I was suddenly revived by the gravity thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/79 "2026-08-13T23:05:55Z")
No, I didn’t die . . . but I _ **did** _ find those missing truck keys I lost six years ago. Tripler Stupid things just were floatin’ along in the hallway. 😤 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315/80 "2026-08-14T09:45:05Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > If the inhabitants of earth suddenly lost gravity, wouldn’t everything just sit where it was until acted upon? Not in the Southern Hemisphere, where everybody’s upside down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315.md?page=5)