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nutbastard
06/12/09

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"Only one other human has survived a meteor strike-a 1 in a million chance. "

...wouldn't that be a 2 in 9 billion chance?
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SigmundTheSeaMonster
06/12/09

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"Ja, ich war wie zu reiben einmalige, ya wissen, dass Bild von Miley Cyrus, und es war das Licht, und ich glaube, dass meine Hand verletzt und, wie ich denke, ich sollte nicht zu tun, dass nicht mehr!"
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SigmundTheSeaMonster
06/12/09

@SigmundTheSeaMonster: probably lost in google translation but for giggles:

"Yeah, I was like trying to rub one off, ya know, to that picture of Miley Cyrus, and there was this light and I think my hand hurt and like I guess I shouldn't be doing that no more!"
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MrDecember
06/12/09

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You realize if he's gained superpowers, he's not going to tell anyone. If you want to be a superhero, you just can't do that. But in a few years, when we hear about a "Superman" flying around Germany, we'll know who it is...
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Rabid Penguin
06/12/09

@MrDecember: It's Überman!
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Geisrud
06/12/09

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Only one other human has survived a meteor strike-a 1 in a million chance.

I figure that to be about a 2 in 6.5 billion chance.
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The Lab
06/12/09

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I'm guessing that one-in-a-million is a very generous estimate of how likely this was to happen.
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itchytooth
06/12/09

@The Lab: Think of a million people you know. Hasn't at least one of them been hit by a meteorite?
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michaelwiggins
06/12/09

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I realize it was going 30,000 miles per hour but would a pee sized meteor really make a big enough noise to deafen him temporarily?
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Pope John Peeps II
06/12/09

@michaelwiggins: hits the ground - vaporizes material around it - large expansion/explosion.
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weatherman
06/12/09

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If the hot meteorite had hit him on his head it might have given him a haircut. Which would have been a good thing. Damn hippy.
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D.E.P.C.
06/12/09

@weatherman: Though, he appears to be a rich hippy. Look at the cars on his street.
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Rabid Penguin
06/12/09

@D.E.P.C. loves chocolate covered fetuses: I bet you that's a drug deal going down, and that boy is there to stop them with his new-found super powers.
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aerospaceman
06/12/09

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more like a one in a trillion chance.
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michaelwiggins
06/12/09

@aerospaceman: Even more... odds of seeing a metero < Odds of getting hit by a meteor < Odds of surviving being hit by a meteor.

One in a Million is a rubbish statistic
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/12/09

@michaelwiggins: I'm not very impressed by meteorites. I got hit by a Metroid once. Those things can seriously fuck you up.
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Jacob Marttinen
06/12/09

@aerospaceman: Perhaps the statistic they're stating is suggesting that if you get hit by a meteorite, then you have a 1 in a million chance of surviving the incident? No wait, that wouldn't make sense either, because that would be suggesting nearly two million people have died from a meteor strike to date...
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/12/09

@Jacob Marttinen: Does it count if a single huge meteor wipes out 2 million people at once?
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/12/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Oh hello? I has star? What a surprise!
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daveedo
06/12/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: No. The author stated only one other person "SURVIVED", not "DIED". Odds sound more like 1 in 3 Billion considering there are just over 6 Billion and 2 have survived.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/12/09

@daveedo: He said that in order to say that people hit by meteorites have a 1 in 1 million chance of survival and that only 2 people have survived being hit by meteorites, then this implies that around 2 million people have been hit by meteorites. I was merely building on this statement.
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combat chuck
06/12/09

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So, is it too early to tell if he has superpowers yet?
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fdisk
06/12/09

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What's his super power? Being able to look through the hole in his hand therefore making him the best "peek-a-boo" player in the World?
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ripfire
06/12/09

@fdisk: I think that's been done. Except its with both hands and feet.
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ZaxxonQ.com
06/12/09

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Dude... buy a lotto ticket. Seriously.
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e-friend cuts you
06/12/09

@ZaxxonQ.com: I know people do that when they get extremely lucky, but I think this kid has just used up every ounce of luck he had.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/12/09

@e-friend says More like L4D 1.1: Or it could be extremely unlucky that he got hit by a meteorite in the first place.
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bornonbord
06/12/09

@e-friend says More like L4D 1.1: Yeah, luck doesn't always work out.

[www.stuff.co.nz]
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ripfire
06/12/09

@bornonbord: Wow, is that news real?
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Notsewfast
06/12/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Thank You! Everyone always says to people who just had a stroke of good luck 'go buy a lottery ticket' when, statistically you are no more likely to have good things happen to you and, if anything less likely to have another lucky strike.

The comment should be: 'hide in the basement and surround yourself with bubble wrap, because you just used every ounce of good fortune you had'
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ripfire
06/12/09

@Secret Agent Man: So it's confirmed that getting hit by a meteor rock is considered "good fortune"?

oh and @bornonbord: Ha! Yeah, I suppose so..
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facepuncher
06/12/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: i tend to think of luck as a point system, similar to karma.

He inadvertently spent all his luck not getting killed by this and walking away with a story that might score him some pudding(vaj). I doubt he has any luck left at all right now. He's probably going to develop cancer or some crazy shit from that rock.
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ripfire
06/12/09

@facepuncher: Nah, it goes back to his default amount after an uninterrupted extended rest of 6 hours or more.
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Bustout
06/12/09

@ZaxxonQ.com: I never understood this saying. Obviously it is said to someone that has bested the probability of success in some unlikely scenario. Now they're supposed to go do something else that has a very low probability of success? I think it makes more sense to tell it to someone that has maintained averageness for an extended period of time. They're due for something interesting to happen, don't you think?
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ZaxxonQ.com
06/12/09

@AllOfYou 0_o OMG! I didn't expect people to dissect this and take it all literal like! Good googly moogly, go tend to your hobby... and if this IS your hobby, that is very sad and I shall weep for you all.
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facepuncher
06/12/09

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yeah right, it was probably a partial stigmata and he doesn't want to get roped into that mess by the church...
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AqueousBeef
06/12/09

@facepuncher: WIN
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