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by taneq 2087 days ago
I'm not saying the LHC did create a mini black hole and suck the Earth into a parallel pocket universe on a dark dystopian timeline, but... gestures vaguely at everything
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I mean, that's a good philosophical premise for a book, I think.

Would we know if we were sucked into an alternate timeline via that kind of science? Would it matter to us? Could we change it?

I'm sure there's a YA novel in there somewhere.

Every single SciFi show uses a shimmering effect when that happens, and I never saw that effect. So, it either happened when I was sleeping or otherwise wasn't looking, or it didn't happen. Or maybe it happened the night I took all of those mushrooms. Never can tell if I'm seeing something or just seeing something.
I'm pretty sure going through a micro black hole involves everything being spaghettified and... waaait a minute, now that you mention it I've been eating a LOT of spaghetti these last few months.
In the good timeline, KitKat had a dash in its name, Fruit of the Loom had a cornucopia in its logo, Pikachu had black on the end of its tail, C3PO didn't have a silver leg, and you could go up in the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
And since then we are all trapped in... the Twilight Zone! (cue spooky music)
And don’t even get me started on Project Z!