The neat thing is the collapse travels at the speed of light, so nobody will ever know what hit them.

Garfield, did you move a small region of the universe to a true vacuum state?

Garfield don’t disrupt the Gellar Field!

B̷̡̮̪̃̂̓͑l̶̼̖͓̄ȯ̴̺̘͕͂̚͠o̸̰̩͑͑̈́͠d̸͓̟̯̥̑ ̵̻̈̽̄f̶̥̩̗̪͑̆͐ő̶̱̲̙͑r̴̰̠̤͒́͆͝ ̷͔̯̠͈̇t̶̤̥͊̒̐h̶̳̘̀̓̔e̶̢̺͖̋́͑ ̶̖̈́̎b̵̠̌l̵̞̇̏͠͠ó̸̯̪̹͒o̷̩̤̔̉̅̓d̸̝́̋ ̴͔̲͖̼͌̔̋̏g̵͖̩̀̈́̏͠ỏ̵̮̊d̷̹̲̣̲́̋̀͑ ̵̩̞̓̈s̶̱̮̽k̷̘̈́̊u̴̢̮̳̕͠l̵̢̮̭̎́l̶͙̝̲͐͛̓͝s̵̰̩̗̾͜ ̸̨̮̿̚f̷͚̹͊ơ̵̻͒̓r̷͔͋̎̈́̌ ̸͚͝t̷̖̫͈̃͋̆ḩ̶̙̠̅̃e̴͎̬̪̐́́͝ ̵͙̦̙̂͑̋̈ś̴͉k̷͓̪̆̚͝u̵̯͑̅l̸̪̖̫̇̓͘l̷̞̠͉͒̈̕͜͠ ̸̟͌̿t̸̼̺̽̆̿h̷̡̙̆̓͂̌ṙ̴̡̠͚̿͂̕o̶̧̜͑̇͋n̷̹͆ẽ̵̛̙̪̻̱

Since the collapse would happen only at the speed of light, and the universe is so vast, it could have been happening for millions of years by now and the human race could still die by natural extinction before it gets anywhere near us. If the collapse originates from beyond the observable universe, it’d never reach us.

I’m sorry but I insist you call it by its full Christian name Englert–Brout–Higgs–Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble field

Scranton reality anchors be like

There is an entire sub-genre in Comics of cartoons riffing on Garfield like this one. Nearly every cartoonist has done it and, oh my lord, it fills me with joy & reminds me why I actually love people.

Akira kinda moment