I don't think this leaves anything else for anyone to come up with. I tip my hat to you, sir.Zenode said:
Mind fucks
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Well you'd be looking into the past, even normal mirrors technically reflect the past, but as Gooble pointed out it wouldn't be before the mirror was launched because we wouldn't be able to get the mirror out there fast enough. As more and more distance was put between us and the mirror the more into the past we'd be looking, but the more time would progress in the mean time to counteract this.The-King-Of-Spades said:
TheMatt said:
The mirror is big, thats about all the info I got XD It's big enough to see, so use your imaginatiiiooooon.
Not a bad effort, a few questions I felt could use some additional answering. I got fed up part of the way through, because most of them are really stupid and have obvious answers.WolfMage said:
Q. If you try to fail and succeed, what have you done?
A. Succeeded at failing, and failed at whatever it was you were trying to fail at!
Q. Why is the time when the traffic is slowest called rush-hour?
A. Because for traffic to get that dense, there have to be a lot of people wanting to go in the same direction at the same time. If people didn't all rush to leave at the same time, there wouldn't be a traffic problem.
Q. What happens when you get scared half-to-death twice?
Q. Can a blind person feel blue?
Q. How can a house burn up when it burns down?
A. They're figures of speech, not to be taken literally.
Q. Are you telling the truth when you lie in bed?
A. Two different meanings of lie.
Q. What's the speed of dark?
A. The speed of light. When you remove a light source, the light escapes at the same speed it entered.
Q. Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?
A. Since when do needles come unsterilized? And who says they do? Some research didn't verify this as fact.
I did, and I did it in godspeed.Zenode said:How big is this massively massive mirror???
i think we would see us looking into it, good way to see whats is on the other side of earth in space lol
here are a few wierd arse questions
If you try to fail and succeed, what have
you done?
You have succeeded to fail
How is it one careless match can start a
forest fire, but it takes a whole box to
start a campfire?
You are an imbecile?
Why is the time when the traffic is slowest
called rush-hour?
Because you want to be going faster
What's the speed of dark?
The speed of light = speed of dark as it would be the time it takes for light to leave the room.
What happens when you get scared
half-to-death twice?
You run out of stupid idioms to say
Can a blind person feel blue?
If by blue you mean sad then yes.
If by blue you mean the color then how many paint chips have you been eating?
How can a house burn up when it burns
down?
Because you have a profound misunderstanding of the English idioms in play here.
Are you telling the truth when you lie in
bed?
Yes, unless I'm lying.
I just made my own mindfuck out of your mindfuck. ._.
If your vacuum cleaner really sucks, is it a
bad thing?
No, and you should stop using figures of speech in these, it gets tiresome
How do you know when a Smurf
suffocates?
It turns yellow.
Despite the cost of living, why does it
remain so popular?
Because emos to not reproduce
If a word in a dictionary is misspelled, how
would you know?
You'd find it suspicious and look it up on Wikipedia.
In Chinese why are the words for crisis
and opportunity the same?
Because they technically mean the same thing?
In an abstract sense, at least.
Why does X stand for a kiss?
Like, the shape of your lips
Why does O stand for a hug?
shape of your arms
Why is the alphabet in that order?
It is derived from the Greek alphabet which had to do with numerical order.
How does skating on thin ice get you into
hot water?
It doesn't, you never said the ice broke.
Why are they called stands when there
made for sitting?
... excuse me?
News stands would beg to differ.
Doesn't expecting the unexpected make
the unexpected expected?
Yes, but you can never truly expect the unexpected because you haven't expected it yet.
I did it again.
Why are a wise-man and a wise-guy
opposites?
they aren't. I know wise-men who are wise-guys.
If work is so terrific how come they have
to pay you to do it?
since when has work been terrific
Should crematoriums give discounts for
those who died in fires?
no, assuming bone is the most heat resistant part of your body, they'd still have to raise the oven to the same temperature and it would cost the same amount of energy.
If the #2 pencil the most popular, why is it
still #2?
That's the lead size, imbecile.
Do tea makers have coffee breaks?
no, they have tea time, supposing I take the assumption they don't drink coffee.
Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
No, they chunky dunk.
Why do they announce power shortages
on TV?
Becuase some people have hand held wind up teevees that are digital.
Why do you press harder on the
remote-control when you know the
battery is dead?
Because connecting the circuit longer allows more electricity to go through allowing for a bigger signal.
If its zero degrees tonight, and tomorrow
its meant to be twice as cold, how cold
will it be?
zero degrees. But no one uses "twice as cold"
Why are buildings called buildings when
there finished? Shouldn't they be called
builts?
You really need a dictionary.
Why is abbreviated such a long word?
Because... aw hell... you got me...
Scientists made it?
Why is it that when you tell a man there
are 400 billion stars he will believe you, but
when you tell him there's wet paint he has
to touch it?
Because A. Man is an idiot.
Do you see what I did there?
Who's cruel idea was it to put a 'S' in 'lisp'?
The person who invented the lisp.
Do you find it unnerving that what doctors
do is called 'practice'?
No.
If a turtle doesn't have a shell is it
homeless or naked?
No, it's shell contains it's internal organs, so it'd be dead.
It was always naked.
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal
injections?
Because they don't want to get AIDS from the body they need to dispose later.
Feel free to answer ^.^
Slow godspeed.
I don't want a godspeeding ticket.
This... scares me. In a good way. It reminds me of the animation style Monty Python used.SecretTacoNinja said:
'Aight, let me try. Gotta put on my srs faic >:I
Zenode said:How big is this massively massive mirror???
A: OVER 9000!!!!!
here are a few wierd arse questions
If you try to fail and succeed, what have
you done?
A: Succeced at failing. Which, technicly, is still a success.
How is it one careless match can start a
forest fire, but it takes a whole box to
start a campfire?
A:I can start a campfire with one match.
Why is the time when the traffic is slowest
called rush-hour?
A:The people are in a rush, not the cars they are driving.
What's the speed of dark?
A:Exactly the same as the speed of light.
What happens when you get scared
half-to-death twice?
A:Nothin', you get over getting scared.
Can a blind person feel blue?
A:Yeah, I suppose so...?
How can a house burn up when it burns
down?
A:"House burn up"? Dunno if I've ever heard that one >_o
Are you telling the truth when you lie in
bed?
A:No. No you're not.
If your vacuum cleaner really sucks, is it a
bad thing?
A:No, it isn't. You want a vacuum cleaner to suck, but you want it to be good at sucking i.e. you want it not to suck at sucking.
How do you know when a Smurf
suffocates?
A:They fall over and stop breathing.
Despite the cost of living, why does it
remain so popular?
Aunno, living is kind of important to some people.
If a word in a dictionary is misspelled, how
would you know?
A:Compare it to another dictionary, if it bothers you.
In Chinese why are the words for crisis
and opportunity the same?
A:The Chinese aren't good at inventing more words.
Why does X stand for a kiss?
A:Shape of your lips when you kiss.
Why does O stand for a hug?
A:Come on, now.
Why is the alphabet in that order?
A:This one, I dunno. I guess it just sounded nice.
How does skating on thin ice get you into
hot water?
A:Only metaphoricly.
Why are they called stands when they're
made for sitting?
A:What are? What are we talking about?
Doesn't expecting the unexpected make
the unexpected expected?
A: Yeah I guess so.
Why are a wise-man and a wise-guy
opposites?
A: Sarcasm is the only thing I can think of here.
If work is so terrific how come they have
to pay you to do it?
A: Work blows amirite??
Should crematoriums give discounts for
those who died in fires?
A:Who would cremate someone that died in a fire?
If the #2 pencil the most popular, why is it
still #2?
A: Type of pencil, but I really think they should make #2 pencils #1 pencils.
Do tea makers have coffee breaks?
A: I imagine they also take tea breaks, or have tea time or something.
Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
A: Nonononono ewwww.
Why do they announce power shortages
on TV?
A: If they announce it beforehand, it's helpful. If they announce it during, but to a different area, then it's unhelpful but informative.
Why do you press harder on the
remote-control when you know the
battery is dead?
A: Batteries are weird I guess.
If its zero degrees tonight, and tomorrow
its meant to be twice as cold, how cold
will it be?
A: Zero Celsius or zero Fahrenheit? It's important, you know.
Why are buildings called buildings when
there finished? Shouldn't they be called
builts?
A: The naming commitee is lazy.
Why is abbreviated such a long word?
A: Yup, irony.
Why is it that when you tell a man there
are 400 billion stars he will believe you, but
when you tell him there's wet paint he has
to touch it?
A: He lurrvs some wet paint.
Who's cruel idea was it to put a 'S' in 'lisp'?
A: Yeah we did this one...
Do you find it unnerving that what doctors
do is called 'practice'?
A: Noone is perfect, and anyways, everyone practices everything at all times. It's just how humans work.
If a turtle doesn't have a shell is it
homeless or naked?
A: Homeless. Turtles don't wear clothes anyways :/
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal
injections?
A: Needles come sterile. -_-
Feel free to answer ^.^
Well, unfortunately a physics nerd like me has to think pretty hard about this.The-King-Of-Spades said:
Assuming that it is light years away, there will be massive celestial bodies somewhere between us and it at some points. This would mean that, as Einstein's theory of general relativity states, spacetime will be all warped and ugly at those points, so we will see the effects of lensing on the mirror and vice-versa when our lensed reflection reaches it. Therefore, we would see a highly distorted, relatively past reflection (due to the delay caused by the speed of light and redshift) which may or may not be of the earth (since the mirror is fixed, while the rest of the universe goes about its epic expanding and rotating business around it).
I think that answer, by itself, counts as a mindfuck.