Betelguese is just taking too damned long!

Vanity | 6/25/2024 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

So, I read Betelgeuse is going to explode, and its brightness will rival or even exceed the luminosity of the moon. I'm like, BET, how cool will that be???

I research it a little, and I find out it could happen any time, from today all the way out to 1000 years from now.

I'm like, DAMMIT. I won't even be alive a few decades from now!

I WANT MY BETELGUESE SUPERNOVA ***TODAY***

Everyone who wants the same thing, sign this Petition to God to have Betelgeuse supernova right away!

[Tom Tetroxide]

Hey Laz!

Could you take a star going nova instead of another one that might go supernova?

Check this out.

Brace for Impact: A Stellar Explosion Is About to Light Up Earth’s Sky
Astronomers say that an imminent nova explosion from a binary star system should be visible to the naked eye.
https://www.cnet.com/science/brace-for-impact-a-stellar-explosion-is-about-to-light-up-earths-sky/

[Tom Tetroxide]

I'm not sure I want this guy to go supernova! It could result in numerous problems. LOL!

[PIF]

its distance has been quite difficult to measure; current best estimates are of the order of 400–600 light-years from the Sun

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So it could have exploded 400-600 years ago. When the gamma ray reach us, we all will take a nice high dose of lethal radiation; the light will come a bit later ...

[Theophilus]

Some things can't be rushed: good music, good supernovas...

The Beetlejuice will sell no wine until it's time.

[wally_bert]

Some of the best dialogue by one the greatest actresses.

[Kozak]

Be careful what you wish for.

[Dr. Sivana]

“The 1986 apparition of Halley’s Comet was the least favourable on record.”

True, but in 1954 the record made by Bill Haley and His Comets was regarded by millions as a favourable apparition.

[DannyTN]

"That is demented!"

Yeah but it's Laz so I thought it might help anyway.

Actually I posted it after searching for ASMR Beetlegeuse, and I hadn't watched it. But after reading the description, I put it on at low volume and started it playing. I have no clue what she said, I went to sleep. Which is what ASMR videos are supposed to do.

Description: "In this video, Miss Argentina (one of the receptionists in Limbo) will help you, a Recently Departed, get your file ready before you're matched with a counsellor to start your therapy and match you to your new job, etc etc"

[wardaddy]

No kidding

[Paal Gulli]

"...Everyone who wants the same thing, sign this Petition to God to have Betelgeuse supernova right away!

Sorry, all my political capital is tied up in The Committee to Stop Continental Drift.

[Darksheare]

Let’s throw some coffee at it.

[logi_cal869]

I said BETELGUESE 3x in a mirror and nothing happened...