Scientists near Geneva are weeks away from switching on the Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator that promises to change our understanding of the universe forever. A Reddit user, however, has considered the far reaching implications of this device, and fears that a real-life resonance cascade, as seen in the events of Half-Life, could occur, leading to Headcrab incidents the world over.
Luckily for humanity, this reader has our welfare at the forefront of his mind and sent along a tool that will protect civilization from alien invasion, should disaster strike:
Upon learning that the Cern lab would be recreating the ill-fated Black Mesa project, Mad_Gouki thought it’d be prudent to send them a red crowbar for the pending alien invasion. Chris knows a few fellow physicists working at the lab, so we’ll do our best to get this in the right hands. Let’s hope they have someone there named Gordon Freeman who knows what to do with it…
Godspeed, little crowbar, may you find the right hands and serve as the barrier between us and total world devastation.
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4:38 PM on 08.05.2008
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...Wait a minute, how can you prepare for unforeseen consequences anyway?
I hope this thing does open a hole in the universe and allows creatures to invade. The whole Obama vs McCain thing would be old news fast.
If all their security guards look alike though, you might want to quit and get out of the country.
WHAT THE FUCK IS REDDIT??
It just makes me think that this is just another stupid stunt to get attention. Creative though.
Sweet, sweet dreams of GMod gone real...
Either we solve the mysteries of the universe, or we create a tiny black hole that consumes all matter in the solar system. Win win scenario.
*whew*
Note to self. Prepare fore unforeseen consequences.
Hell yeah I just did and it was a great story, I woulda reddit again as well.
It's a fairly well-known site in the same vein as Digg. Only with fewer idiots. Also, Google is your friend.
Prepare for Unforeseen Consequences.
I think we're cool for now.
But in all seriousness, isn't this the particle accelerator that could cause a Black hole inside earth if things go wrong? I think I saw this on TED.
Fuck portals man, Black Holes suck.
Stupid final boss :|
The Higgs Boson = Combine Portal!
What about strangelets? If one of those form in the collider, and they behave as they have been theorized to, then the whole earth gets converted to one uniform lump of shit in no time at all.
In that case I'll take a dimension splitting resonance cascade, thank you very much. Besides, the Combine Advisors aren't so scary when you realize they're only the size of a large sow.
*goes and looks at Wiki...*
Oh yes, it is. Let's pray nothing goes wrong.