Comment by gigatexal

15 hours ago

Same. As soon as I really let myself consider how vast, empty, desolate empty space is and then imagine myself floating in it with no reference and unable to tell if I am up or down or going anywhere ... I get all sorts of dread.

That being said... I'd love to if I were terminally ill yet capable enough to understand what was happening -- to be yeeted into a super super massive blackhole that was not feeding such that I would not be torn to shreds or vaporized by the accretion disk and ultimately understand what lies at the center of my now time horizon...

Tidal forces would still shred and disfigured you horrifically well before the event horizon. The term is literally 'spagghetification'

  • Depends on the size of the black hole. Small black holes, yes you get shredded. Supermassive black holes maybe not. Of course the rotation of the black hole may have a different idea about that.

    • exactly. I am thinking hyper massive -- super duper massive ones where I could ostensibly be falling for minutes? days? towards the end of time... what bliss