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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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Well, come December 22, 2012 the Mayan Calendar folks will have a good laugh and will have to invent something else.

Looks like Lardmeister left the Mayan Calendar off his list, unless that is implied in the ubiquitous "all of the above".
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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Okay, this is what we have so far for the reasons the world, as we know it, will end:
Meteor
Black Hole
Gamma Rays
Nuclear War
Regular War
Religious War
Superbug
TV
Antichrist
Catastrophic release of Carbondioxide
Massive Vulcano Eruption
Massive Earthquake
Abortion
Gay Rights
High Taxes
The Poor Get Poorer
Excess Liberals
Hillary Healthcare
Social Conservatives
Fascism
Demagoguery
Surveillance Society
"Nation Building"
Chemical Contamination of Food and Toys
Overpopulation
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and all of the above at once!

Might have missed a few major ones.
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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Originally Posted by Lardmeister View Post
Okay, this is what we have so far for the reasons the world, as we know it, will end:
Meteor
Black Hole
Gamma Rays
Nuclear War
Regular War
Religious War
Superbug
TV
Antichrist
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The Poor Get Poorer
Excess Liberals
Hillary Healthcare
Social Conservatives
Fascism
Demagoguery
Surveillance Society
"Nation Building"
Chemical Contamination of Food and Toys
Overpopulation
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and all of the above at once!

Might have missed a few major ones.

Actually, as you read this, the world as you know it just ended.
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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Actually, as you read this, the world as you know it just ended.
I think you are correct! My dad tells me that not too long ago people only worried about "Nuclear War" and "Communism". Those were the good old times!
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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>>Those were the good old times!
I disagree because those "good old times" had more disease than we have today, AIDS was 100% fatal, less fuel-efficient automobiles, so-called educational films taught children to hide under their desks in case of nuclear attack, and many many more disadvantages.

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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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I agree with you! Should have put "Those were the good old times!" into the rumination of the day thread!
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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so-called educational films taught children to hide under their desks in case of nuclear attack

Its actually not bad practice. Falling debris are he main cause of death within the first 10 minutes of a blast , provided you are not vaporised. Therefore, earthquake style techniques like hiding under funriture should apply
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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You forgot total collapse of time and space into a quantum singularity.
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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Its actually not bad practice. Falling debris are he main cause of death within the first 10 minutes of a blast , provided you are not vaporised. Therefore, earthquake style techniques like hiding under funriture should apply

haha.. wont help much if you get nuked.. The desk aint gonna help if you're vaporized or the building collapses on your head

also.. the radiation will kill ya too.. provided you aren't wearing a lead (?) suit. I forget what the radiation wont penetrate.
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Re: 2012, the End of the World?

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You forgot total collapse of time and space into a quantum singularity.
what? There is no gravitational collapse of time and space wtf.. what, did you just combine a lot of words so it sounded cool?
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