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The Truth About the Sun

Tom Ball

    In the year 2071 the wise authoritarian rulers of the Earth announced that scientific data indicated that the sun would explode within the year and all life on Earth would cease. The statement was issued in all seriousness and the government urged people to be calm.
    The fact of the matter however was that the wise leaders were bored and felt in need of some action. They were not disappointed as the people of earth began to engage on what they thought was an orgiastic end of the world party. Many great works of art were done and many people had to admit that having a great party was a great idea. They even said they were having the time of their lives.
    The leaders were pleased and as time passed insisted that the sun could go out at any time. No scientist dared contradict them.
    However after a third year had passed, people began to doubt the end of the world and so slowly returned to their meaningless lives they had been living previously (no one needed to work as the world was totally automated, in fact no one needed to do anything, but they thought they did).
    The leaders were sad and disappointed that the changes had been so ephemeral. So they decided that henceforth being boring was a crime and they would punish it severely. So again the world changed, but again it was short-lived as people ran out of things to do and say, and so everyone pretty much became boring again.
    But unbeknownst to the people the government had sent a series of huge rocket bombs towards the sun. When the bombs hit there were chain reactions and resulting solar flares the likes of which had never been scene. This spooked everyone but was to no avail. The people were tired of having fun.

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