There are a lot of ways to die, sure, and dying sucks. But my visceral reaction to black holes is that they aren't just something that'll kill you, but something that'll absolutely obliterate you. It's about as close to being utterly erased as there likely exists.
And I think part of what's terrifying is that when you're falling into one, you have time to contemplate what's happening long after you have lost all chance of escaping. It's that feeling of approaching the absolutely certain ending of your life in a quiet, serene way that ends with you being, in essence
nothing.
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