After a landslide victory as
write-in third party candidate Grummz, without even as much as nomination, is forced to into oval office by popular pressure. After a long and sleepless night and a lot of liquid courage he comes up with his presidential platform that in short allocates most of the discretional spending on research and development of FTL drives, nano machinery and exosuit technology. After a successful first term in which injectable nanites revolutionize healthcare and effectively cure all that may ail a human, he is re-elected for the second term again without even running. Having been emotionally distraught by his own inability to lose ratings and be voted out of office, he attempts to make an ultimate fool of himself by pretending to be a captain of the experimental FTL spacecraft during its maiden voyage, inadvertently punching a hole in the space-time continuum, breaking the time and simultaneously unleashing celestial purple fog of doom onto the earth.
Writing that made me wish for working FTL drives, practical exo-suit tech, and medical nanites.
P.S. Damn it... should have posted sooner... Alright...
Transfer of kinetic energy seemed like a good idea until you realised too late that objects must be identical in weight and composition. Much smaller object from which kinetic energy was transferred would inevitably lose ALL of its kinetic energy, including movements of its atoms and begin to absorb kinetic energy from its immediate vicinity. As object you tried to use quickly approached state of zero entropy, you realise that your hand is flash frozen onto it, rest of your arm and now your shoulder are having all of the heat sucked out. As you look on in horror you barely have enough time to utter OH SHI... before turning into a human popsicle.
Still long for a time when I can haves some FTL drives, practical exo-suits and medical nanites.