TommyK Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Nuclear holocaust - Ground Zero. Quick and painless and I don't have to hear all the whining, "Why doesn't the government DO something... my Blackberry won't work! " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Maybe this is the start; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33605604/ns/technology_and_science-science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Nuclear holocaust - Ground Zero. Quick and painless and I don't have to hear all the whining' date=' "Why doesn't the government DO something... my Blackberry won't work! "[/quote'] LMFAO, seeing the current state of society and the common denominator that's probably what people will ask when the world comes to an end, regardless of what end it is "my blackberry won't work" Priceless[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 LMFAO' date=' seeing the current state of society and the common denominator that's probably what people will ask when the world comes to an end, regardless of what end it is "my blackberry won't work" Priceless[biggrin'] See the mushroom cloud - Do you know what that means? NO MORE FISHING LIMITS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshole Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 One country will build it's military up to unprecedented heights to wage war on all other nations. Nations will join alliance with one another against this one country. This has happened before, The past will only repeat itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 All kidding aside... Anything that even creates major damage to "the environment" such as a blast of the caldera at Yellowstone in the US, likely will at best put the world back into a variation of the stone age. There are too many people to live for two or three years without food and electronic/electric infrastructure. Those accustomed to others providing their food, clothing and shelter will discover life is tenuous at best. War is not at all necessary for such to happen. I think we're in a situation not unlike that of Europe in the era of the Black Death: Comfort, good weather and high population densities that are not sustainable with current technology given an "outside" factor. Think I'm nuts? Start listening to what emergency managers are thinking about in case of a pandemic that puts even a third of the people away from work either to survive or to care for family members illness. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Just some things to ponder when thinking about the future... The earth is an incredibly ancient planet. There are civilizations that predate certain books by centuries. Is it possible that we only know a fraction of our planets history? Could that history be cyclic? Mankind, as a species, is supremely arrogant in our assumptions. We take a comparatively small piece of evidence and extrapolate volumes of "absolutes" based on no more than those assumptions. (I thought of it, ergo it MUST be true) What's worse... anything we discover that disproves our preconceived notions, we discount entirely. How cool we are that we can ignore that which does not fit our preconceived definitions? image credit to Phenomenica, www.phenomenica.com/2008_10_01_archive.html Free your mind, those that can, and explore the endless possibilities that exist outside the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I believe that I know how it will end, but since the question is how I prefer it to end...my answer is on a big, fat, power chord....with all the amps on 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I think all this crap about the world ending is just people overreacting. Did you know that the Nowhere in Mayan text is there a reference to the world ending. Their calendar just stops. Maybe they died out before they finished it, maybe they figured they wouldnt last that long, or <rolls eyes> it could mean the world will end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I think all this crap about the world ending is just people overreacting. Yep. - When my time comes (which it will, just like for everyone else), it won't make much difference to me what happens to the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshole Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Some say the magnetic north and south poles changing sides will be catastrophic on the earth as we know it... Oh no! Are toilets will be flushing opposite way's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 ...I'm told they like to eat 'wood'...;) Much like Linda Lovelace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I think all this crap about the world ending is just people overreacting. I hate to rain reality down on ya' date=' sir, but our sun [i']is[/i] a star, and as such, will burn out in a series of phases that are absolutely certain to end life on this planet as we know it. photo courtesy of seasky.org: http://www.seasky.org I don't think this is scheduled to occur on 12/21/12, but I am fairly certain it will happen. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I hate to rain reality down on ya' date=' sir, but our sun [i']is[/i] a star, and as such, will burn out in a series of phases that are absolutely certain to end life on this planet as we know it. photo courtesy of seasky.org: http://www.seasky.org I don't think this is scheduled to occur on 12/21/12, but I am fairly certain it will happen. yes in a few billion years. that map is missing red dwarfs and a lot of other stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Maybe the end of the world would come if this happened (thread title) http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=23858&p=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 yes in a few billion years. that map is missing red dwarfs and a lot of other stuff Yeah... I couldn't find any really good pics showing all of them, but it was good enough to show our demise. (And not at all... but perhaps two sparrows, if they gripped it by the husk....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I hate to rain reality down on ya' date=' sir, but our sun [i']is[/i] a star, and as such, will burn out in a series of phases that are absolutely certain to end life on this planet as we know it. photo courtesy of seasky.org: http://www.seasky.org I don't think this is scheduled to occur on 12/21/12, but I am fairly certain it will happen. Shouldn't that chart read "What many scientists Believe is the cycle of a Star". Many of those celestial phenomenon may have little to do with each other. And, anyway, I bet we have a few Ice Ages before our sun Novas, and even then it may never Super Nova, and the chances that a Black Whole is the result of a Supernova is little better than guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 There are theories about "mini-black holes" smaller than atoms, that are everywhere in front of you right now. They would be so small that they'd dissapate in milliseconds. kinda interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 There are theories about "mini-black holes" smaller than atoms' date=' that are everywhere in front of you right now. They would be so small that they'd dissapate in milliseconds. kinda interesting.[/quote'] New stuff is discovered everyday... you just never know. We learn as we go. So how did you take the original question... the end of "the world" meaning planet earth, or the end of mankind as we know it, as in- the end of this civilization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 There are theories about "mini-black holes" smaller than atoms' date=' that are everywhere in front of you right now. They would be so small that they'd dissapate in milliseconds. kinda interesting.[/quote'] New stuff is discovered everyday... you just never know. We learn as we go. So how did you take the original question... the end of "the world" meaning planet earth, or the end of mankind as we know it, as in- the end of this civilization? Are they the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 So how did you take the original question... the end of "the world" meaning planet earth' date=' or the end of mankind as we know it, as in- the end of this civilization?[/quote'] I think all this crap about the world ending is just people overreacting. Did you know that the Nowhere in Mayan text is there a reference to the world ending. Their calendar just stops. Maybe they died out before they finished it' date=' maybe they figured they wouldnt last that long, or <rolls eyes> it could mean the world will end.[/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 So you think it's the same thing then? The planet and all the life on it? I think that is interesting. So how do you think this will happen? Not being an asshat... I'm interested in your perspective. For what it's worth, I agree 100% with your Mayan calendar assessment. I have this mental picture of Moses with "these 15 <crash> no... 10 commandments", only the calendar broke at 12/21/12.... [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAtRCJIqnk[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 So how do you think this will happen? what will happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 I'm really hoping for zombies... wouldn't put any money on it tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I'm really hoping for zombies... wouldn't put any money on it tho Slow moving, stupid kind or fast running crazy kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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