What are your plans for when the Milky Way galaxy collides with Andromeda?

Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 59 points –
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technically, they wont collide. theyll kinda pass through each other

space is very big

I’ll take a personal day. Maybe I’ll watch, maybe I’ll just slob on the sofa, we’ll see…

I'm going to enjoy making up new constellations every so many years and using them to mess with people who are into Astrology.

There's a good chance the solar system (or another star system) will be yeeted from milkdromeda, so I guess I'll move to another star. But who knows if I'll afford one with a billion-year scale inflation.

I expect I'll remain dead unless the eldritch energies unlocked by the collision results in my resurrection.

If I do return to life, I suppose I might be very angry at someone or something, and that I will make him/her/it/them regret what he/she/it/they did, in the finest tradition of cinematic heroes who return from apparent death or exile.

Once I've completed my mission of vengeance, perhaps I'll ride a vehicle or appropriate local domesticated animal towards a local star disappearing over the horizon of whatever planet I'm on, perhaps even with an appropriate romantic partner.

If all of this comes to pass, I would fully expect to be forced to return to resolve increasingly unexpected conflicts ad nauseum.

As I go, I'll likely start to repeatedly indicate that I'm getting far too old for this nonsense, but I'll continue to reluctantly proceed in my conflict resolution every time. Perhaps I'll be able to pass on the fight for justice to another, younger person eventually.

Like I said before, though, I'll likely just stay dead.

i'd just greet my new neighbours

It'll be so much fun when the Earth gets heated out of orbit by gravitational forces. Just, uh, wear a warm coat.

What is there to plan for? All the planets and stars in both galaxies are so far apart that any physical collision is highly unlikely.