Now there is definitely money to be made here. A little mercenary of me, perhaps, but if my recent hits are anything to go by there seems to be a genuine fear/concern that the Large Hadron Collider really could mark the beginning of the end for us all.
In the past twenty-four hours or so alone, my last post on LHC has had in the region of 200 hits — nearly 500 since it was written on August 17.
Therefore, in the spirit of one who would wish to soothe and reassure these worried souls, I’m wondering if there are any T-shirt designers out there looking to make a quick profit with me. I’m envisaging nice, gaudy colours — “LHC” on the front and on the back, in blood-red letters, “We’re All Going to Die!”
Hell, we could even go for a full range of merchandise! Action dolls of the leading scientists involved? That say, “Jesus Christ! Run like hell, everyone, it’s just sucked up my clipboard!” when you pull a little cord at the backs of their necks? A scale model of the LHC — the MLHC (Mini Large Hadron Collider) — which produces mini-mini-black-holes? The possibilities are endless!
Christ, I didn’t realise this whole end of the world thing could be so dammed exciting!
Anyone fancy an end of the world mouse mat?
Better still, read your free sample of The Realm of the Hungry Ghosts here. And then pre-order/buy The Realm of the Hungry Ghosts before we all become ghosts ourselves !
You can make these yourself at any one of a number of Print on Demand sites. Zazzle or Spreadshirt may be the easiest as they offer online design programs, but if you’re proficient with Photoshop you can also consider Cafepress. Here are some current LHC tshirts on CP.
Why make money if the world will end in 9 days?
And, if you have a good answer to that, can I get it shipped to me before the world ends?
You’re funny. I love how you’ve made fun of the melodrama of people these days. I’ve no doubt you could make a pile of money if you go about it in the right way (full throttle for a month or six weeks.)
p.s. long time no talk. your new blog is foreign to me and I read at times but I never comment because I don’t even know if I’ll be able to. Here’s the first test. I bet I failed.
Eden: ah, it seems some enterprising souls have beaten me to it. I applaud their entrepreneurial foresight ;)
Ian: simple answer, because it ain’t gonna end :) In answer to your second question, yes — that should be easily achievable ;)
Sheila: see, it didn’t fail! Easy, wasn’t it?… Really good to see you over here. I’ve missed your comments.
LOL Gary. It seems like there are many people who have opted for the more rational view that the LHC won’t kill us after all. At least judging by the sales of our defiant’I survived’ t-shirt :P
http://www.madscistuff.com/I-survived-the-large-hadron-collider-LHC-experiment-t-shirt.html
Well, when the LHC fails to devour the world, the doomsayers can at least save face by getting one and being able to say, ‘I told you so. hehe!
Shameless promotion! I approve — especially when it’s in the name of the rational view!
Do I get a freebie for letting you promote your wares here? :)
Hehe Gary, you were touting end of the world t-shirts and I just couldn’t resist ;)
A complete freebie is tricky considering how many sites have linked to me, but I’d be happy to waive my commission on any shirts you buy as a token of appreciation. On top of that, Spreadshirt also have a 15% discount running until Friday if you spend $25+, so send me an e-mail if you’re interested and we’ll sort it out.
LOL. No, that’s okay, thanks, Andrew — I was only pulling your leg.
Keep dropping by… and don’t forget, December 21, 2012 isn’t too far away, so get working on those “The Mayans Were Wrong” T-shirts!
Lol my roomate is like omg 12/21/2012 and im like what? Then hes like dude end of the world!!
And im like…..yeah…k
And I’m like, right with you ;)