Slog - Comments on To Love That Which Doesn't Love You

Comment by Ryan on Summit

Ryan on Summit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:44:12 -0800

Obviously rain doesn't give the Earth water. And your block quote looks pretty dumb.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:48:04 -0800

Um, no. According to Ghosts of Vesuvius, the Earth is actually ridiculously dry for a planet its size. The theory put forth in the book is that when the sun ignited, it blew off most of the water and gas collected around the rocky cores of the four inner planets; all the water we see now bubbled up through the crust after that event.

Comment by DaiBando

DaiBando — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:56:48 -0800

Restraint. I'm just not goin' there.

Comment by Cookie W. Monster

Cookie W. Monster — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:08:23 -0800

And then God said, let there be milk and cookies.

And it rained milk--directly from Natalie Merchant's legendary planets of lactation--upon The Earth, for forty days and forty nights.

And then a giant cookie slammed, with Deep Impact indeed--into The Earth, splintering into billions and billions of bite-sized chunks.

And then God said to the cosmic chunks, go forth and multiply.

And that is the story of how The Earth, as well as milk and cookies, came into BEING.

Comment by Vince

Vince — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:17:43 -0800

What we fear is our demise. The planet will "heal" itself. There is water all over the universe. It's another element made by stars. Water greases the "wheels" on Earth. It helps the continental drift and subduction. It creates volcanoes by pouring down into magma chambers and building steam pressure. It's also what circulates heat around the planet. Without it, apparently, there is no life. And the earliest life we know of lived in water.

Comment by Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist

Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:57:07 -0800

Yes!!! A link!!! Let's see where Charles is getting his... Wha....?!?!? It's to IMDB?!?!? I think I only read these posts so I can comment on how vacant they are.

Comment by morgi

morgi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:52:07 -0800

Living =/= Fearing.

Comment by high and bi

high and bi — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:34:05 -0800

aye laddies, the Aerth is a bloody grreat place, like Scotland!