# The universe peaks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 11, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155 "2012-08-11T03:24:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/1 "2012-08-11T03:24:40Z")

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The universe reaches its apex, its climax, its greatest moment right…wait for it…just few more seconds–_now!_

Hope you enjoyed it, losers. It’s all downhill from here.

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**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/2 "2012-08-11T03:57:42Z")

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It’s OK, I’m in the Pacific Time zone, so it won’t be peaking here for hours yet.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/3 "2012-08-11T04:10:26Z")

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Eh, it was a good run.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/4 "2012-08-11T04:20:46Z")

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You get lots more thrills on a downhill slope. Especially a steep one.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/5 "2012-08-11T04:34:46Z")

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Shit! I missed it.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/6 "2012-08-11T06:55:57Z")

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Universe jumps the shark.

Stay tuned for the re-boot.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/7 "2012-08-11T13:31:43Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Universe jumps the shark.
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> Stay tuned for the re-boot.

It was a lost cause once they had the baby.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/8 "2012-08-11T13:34:29Z")

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> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#):
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> It was a lost cause once they had the baby.

Nah, it was as soon as the universe shot its wad in the Big Bang. After that it just wanted to sleep.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/9 "2012-08-11T20:21:35Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> …Stay tuned for the re-boot.

So far I like this new continuity better. Less red kryptonite lying around, and no Pete Ross knowing my secret identity.

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**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-universe-peaks/631155/10 "2012-08-11T21:45:30Z")

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> [@TimeWinder](#):
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> It’s OK, I’m in the Pacific Time zone, so it won’t be peaking here for hours yet.

That was based on [Universe Time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time), which is the same everywhere.