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Planet X to collide with Earth on September 23.
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moltonasty
Member
Funny how every few years it's a new end of the world scenario. I mean, if it is the actual end, so be it. But nah, I ain't buying it.
LizardKing
Member
I swear to god the shit that gets published nowadays wouldn't even pass the most basic test for publication from my high school journalism class.
Gambling is a sin. Don't lock in your trip to hell like that.
Dark Ninja
Member
Well one of them has to be right eventually right! I mean the end of the world is gonna happen within my lifetime because im that important.
off duty ninja
Member
What the fuck is a jiff?
If Trump is going to get a chance to use the nukes somebody better make sure he knows he is on the clock.
Stump could gain superpowers that make him preside over Hell.
I'm switching over to Annunaki bucks early due to the favorable exchange rate..
Linkstrikesback
Member
If I finish my thesis only for the world to end, I will be pissed.
But no, fucking seriously, we'd know if there was an object capable of this,
A) space is fucking empty, that we couldn't see it is impossible
B) even if somehow by magic we couldn't see it, we'd still know it was there because of the orbits of everything else we can observe in the solar system. And they haven't changed.
But no, fucking seriously, we'd know if there was an object capable of this,
A) space is fucking empty, that we couldn't see it is impossible
B) even if somehow by magic we couldn't see it, we'd still know it was there because of the orbits of everything else we can observe in the solar system. And they haven't changed.
god is simply sending in his ballot by space mail and he isn't voting for trump.
GustyGardens
Banned
Add it to the list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
Not if you jump at the right time.
BobNewbert31
Member
That's fine. I'll be on the tail end of our trip to Europe on Sept 23. Thanks for waiting, Nibiru.
family_guy
Member
A warning would mean there's someway to avoid it. There would be no point.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Suck it science were gonna Nuke ourselves before then
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
I'm not sure Satan is familiar with the Neogaf moderation team.
Geno Breaker
Banned
First thing that came to mind.
The Sum of Zero
Member
I've survived everything else so far. Y2K, various "mathematically proven" scenarios, 2012 Mayan Calendar, ect.
Bring it on.
What you should really be worried about is the Year 2038 problem.
Bring it on.
What you should really be worried about is the Year 2038 problem.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
It's literally impossible to keep a secret like that when the vast majority of eyes in the sky aren't government owned.
They've managed to dupe us into believing that the earth is round and that the moon isn't a hologram for this long.
Skinny Pete
Banned
Fuck it - we had a good run.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
My uncle works at a mental hospital, and he told me that these conspiracies are a nightmare for people with mental illness.
Lots of people meme'd and joked about things like Y2K and 2012 end-of-days, but to a lot of sick people, they absorb it and live the horrors of it.
People with paranoia and anxiety with mental illness can really, really be hurt by it.
We're talking about people who have hallucinations, hear voices, see things, and who in general feel disconnected from reality and themselves. Self harm and self mutilation are things that a lot of these people resort to.
After talking about it with my uncle, I stopped making jokes and sharing it on social media. I actually had never thought about it that something as dumb and trivial as these loony conspiracies indirectly hurts other people.
End of the world prophecies seem to be built into the human psyche. In virtually all parts of the world throughout history, there has been this fascination with the end of days.
The Abraham religions telling of the end of humanity are different from the ones in the nature religions, folklore and mythology.
In those, like Hindu and Norse mythology, there is a cycle and a eventual rebirth. Things will end in fire, but the process will start again.
As simple as people lived back then, they probably made these belief systems having looked at the rebirth of life in nature. Which what makes them so compelling. There is something very relateable about it.
Everything observable in the universe expires in one form or another.
That existential angst and impeding doom preys on all of us, as people try to justify meaning in being alive in an experience which will end very shortly.
Lots of people meme'd and joked about things like Y2K and 2012 end-of-days, but to a lot of sick people, they absorb it and live the horrors of it.
People with paranoia and anxiety with mental illness can really, really be hurt by it.
We're talking about people who have hallucinations, hear voices, see things, and who in general feel disconnected from reality and themselves. Self harm and self mutilation are things that a lot of these people resort to.
After talking about it with my uncle, I stopped making jokes and sharing it on social media. I actually had never thought about it that something as dumb and trivial as these loony conspiracies indirectly hurts other people.
End of the world prophecies seem to be built into the human psyche. In virtually all parts of the world throughout history, there has been this fascination with the end of days.
The Abraham religions telling of the end of humanity are different from the ones in the nature religions, folklore and mythology.
In those, like Hindu and Norse mythology, there is a cycle and a eventual rebirth. Things will end in fire, but the process will start again.
As simple as people lived back then, they probably made these belief systems having looked at the rebirth of life in nature. Which what makes them so compelling. There is something very relateable about it.
Everything observable in the universe expires in one form or another.
That existential angst and impeding doom preys on all of us, as people try to justify meaning in being alive in an experience which will end very shortly.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I can't wait that long, Trump will kill us all long before that. Hurry up. Stupid lazy mythical planet
Hooligan69
Member
Good, let it hit us, I hope he's right. Our civilization has peaked anyway, as there is no going back after Trump's effect on the world. It's broken. Checks and balances aren't working and won't work again. Good riddens, we had a good run I guess.
I'm kidding....
mostly....
I'm kidding....
mostly....
Funyarinpa
Member
Happy birthday Mom
sixteen-bit
Member
Reading the thread title I thought this was a comic book thing.
Hockeymac18
Member
From AOL- https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/08/total-solar-eclipse-apocalypse-2017/23070430/
Will this guy finally be correct in predicting the end of the world?
I mean...we would be able to see a planet that large by now if collision was this imminent. And let's not get into the gravitational wonkiness that would be happening if a planet this large was close to us...
"Theory" proven wrong in 1 second.
It's okay, you can wait until the last day, that way you won't get tired.
This is all very true. As silly as it may seem to anyone without anxiety issues, shit articles and jokes like this really, REALLY freak some people out and can affect their day-to-day lives. Odds are at least one person skimmed this thread and/or article and got seriously spooked by it which isn't okay.