With the Sarah Palimania fading, the users of Twitter have found a new meme to get clever with: the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest, baddest particle accelerator.
Not only has the new website www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com become everyone's favorite new barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com, but the LHC itself has also become the new Chuck Norris, capable of, and culpable for, everything from creating Milk Duds to causing celibacy.
The LHC might not have destroyed the world, but it does have a lot to answer for, apparently. Here is a selection of the funniest Tweets about the undisclosed features of the LHC:
- @lisardggY: LHC is the new Anthrax. LHC is the new 9/11. LHC is the new Red Scare. LHC is hiding in your closet. LHC is under your bed.
- @infogasm:
@thegirlinblue0 The LHC killed JFK and Martin Luther KIng. It also invented Milk Duds and black licorice. That's just what I heard... - @aquaphase:
The LHC can only be to blame for my very weird dreams last night. In case they weren't dreams, watch out for the gibbon-people. - @kerryb:
iPhone restore failed (corrupt backup). Now up and running again, but with no music, photos, e-mail or app data yet. I blame the LHC. - @roguepuppet:
@chattyDM I blame the LHC for lots of things.. including late dinners and less sex.. The Ogre works on some of the computer programming 4 it - @egculbertson: @knomat, @amyroo: Twitter disturbances definitely something to blame on LHC. What does that mean for the fail whale, tho?
- @Atomicow: I blame the LHC for my jaw problems. A rogue particle collided with my face.
- @wolfmank: is blaming the LHC for crashing his Mac and screwing up his Aperture Library... grrr Attempting repairs. Apple don't fail me now!!!
- @regularjen:
Did the LHC 'splode the world? No, but I think it was a punk and poured sugar in my internet connection's gas tank. I blame science. :P - @LenderFlexCEO:
So I'm walking along and suddenly everything is made of puppies. Then it's not. I blame the LHC. Someone needs to clean this up... - @BrotherMagneto: Guys, there's a black hole in my office. It's called Outlook. I blame the LHC.
- @TheDawkman: I don't know why everybody is so worried about the LHC. It's gonna help keep America safe. Remember 9-11 people!
- @darronschall: My monitor just randomly shut off.. was going to blame the LHC, then I realized my dog turned off my power strip.
So, be safe out there, and remember that if your computer shuts off randomly, it's more likely to be your dog than the end of the world.
See Also:
- Wired Science's complete Large Hadron Collider coverage
- CERN's live webcast from Geneva
- Large Hadron Collider: Best and Worst Case Scenarios
- Top 10 Amazing Physics Videos
(Hat tip to Wired.com staffers Chris Snyder and Ryan Singel!)
Images: Comp: 1. CERN 2. flickr/pvera
WiSci 2.0: Alexis Madrigal's Twitter , Google Reader feed, and webpage; Wired Science on Facebook.
