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[xsarien]

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The current time is 5 minutes to midnight.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live international news conference at 11 a.m. EST/1600 GMT on January 22, 2015 to announce the recent decision of its Science and Security Board as to whether or not the minute hand of the historic “Doomsday Clock” will be adjusted.

The last time the Doomsday Clock minute hand moved was in January 2012, when the Clock’s minute hand was pushed ahead one minute from six to five minutes before midnight. Climate change and increasing concerns about nuclear weapons are the main factors influencing the decision about any additional adjustment that may be made to the Doomsday Clock.

http://thebulletin.org/press-release/%E2%80%9Cdoomsday-clock%E2%80%9D-minute-hand-move-again7943

You may now proceed with your Watchmen GIFs.

 

[Divvy]

Well there's a chance they might move it back



right guys?

 

[cdyhybrid]

Mandatory:

 

[adj_noun]

I blame Dr. Manhattan.

 

[Bigboss242]

Well there's a chance they might move it back



right guys?

NO

 

[The Llama]

4 minutes to midnight then. Gulp.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

 

[Meffer]

How about Daylight Savings?

 

[Stet]

scientists cant even agree on what time it is anymore

this is why i only go to a naturopath

 

[Meffer]

scientists cant even agree on what time it is anymore

this is why i only go to a naturopath

Believe it.

 

[Wyndstryker]

How about Daylight Savings?

Then we're doomed.

 

[TheSeks]

Believe it.

He said Naturo not "Naruto!"

 

[Escape Goat]

How about Daylight Savings?

Daylight saving

 

[Meffer]

Then we're doomed.

How many times have we been doomed?

 

[reckless]

Well there's a chance they might move it back



right guys?

 

[BertramCooper]

Ebola, obviously.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Thankfully the doomsday clock means absolutely nothing

 

[Rembrandt]

I forgot all about this. Curious to see why they push it forward/backwards.

 

[xsarien]

How many times have we been doomed?

Slightly more times than Nintendo.

Slightly.

 

[Meffer]

Slightly more times than Nintendo.

Slightly.

Oh then we'll be fine then.

 

[Volimar]

The clock used to be a good illustration of how close humanity could be to a point of no return, etc. But I don't think there's any evidence to suggest that we're really any closer to doomsday than we were five years ago. The possibility of moving ahead a minute seems like catering to the people that feel less safe instead of relying on hard data.

*shrug*

That's just the way it looks to me.

 

[Valhelm]

The clock used to be a good illustration of how close humanity could be to a point of no return, etc. But I don't think there's any evidence to suggest that we're really any closer to doomsday than we were five years ago. The possibility of moving ahead a minute seems like catering to the people that feel less safe instead of relying on hard data.

*shrug*

That's just the way it looks to me.

It's all sensationalist fearmongering anyway. I really doubt that a group of physicists are foremost experts on geopolitical stability.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Slightly more times than Nintendo.

Slightly.

Does the human species have an Amiibo up its sleeve?

 

[Meffer]

The clock used to be a good illustration of how close humanity could be to a point of no return, etc. But I don't think there's any evidence to suggest that we're really any closer to doomsday than we were five years ago. The possibility of moving ahead a minute seems like catering to the people that feel less safe instead of relying on hard data.

*shrug*

That's just the way it looks to me.

I believe that's why we're joking around in this thread. But yeah, you're right. Enjoy life and be chill.

 

[Futureman]

people who work at this group probably think they are so important. EVERYONE LISTEN UP, WE ARE MOVING THE HANDS ON OUR FAKE, FEAR INDUCING CLOCK!!1

 

[Doc Az]

Apparently the last time it was at 4 minutes to midnight was in 1981, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and the US pulled out of the Olympics. Not really seeing much of the massive cause of alarm to move it forward, honestly. I think the current 5 minutes till we fry is still an OK estimate.

Mandatory:

Also yes, yes indeed

 

[xsarien]

I enjoy the pure symbolism of the clock, but yeah, I don't look at it as anything really more than an interesting, anachronistic...thing.

It's a cool way to illustrate your group's particular opinion of the state of the world, basically. Accuracy. though? Eh.

 

[Siegcram]

Nobody gives a shit about your meaningless clock "scientists".

 

[Volimar]

Nobody gives a shit about your meaningless clock "scientists".

It's not even a digital display.

 

[Zhengi]

This seems so stupid.

 

[Randam]

There is a doomsday clock!?

What the?

 

[Valhelm]

people who work at this group probably think they are so important. EVERYONE LISTEN UP, WE ARE MOVING THE HANDS ON OUR FAKE, FEAR INDUCING CLOCK!!1

bretty much

 

[cajunator]

This is a real thing?

 

[CaptainSlow]

Meh. Call me when we're at DEFCON 1 or 2.

 

[DietRob]

I... I... didn't know there was a doomsday clock. We are all going to die.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I thought this was an Alan Moore invention.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

This seems like a cool thing they could reference in some apocalypse game like Fallout. Go through a lab and find this clock, stick ticking, with a year and day way off from when doomsday actually happened to sort of poke fun at how arbitrary it is.

 

[Nudull]

So, is everyone afraid, or maybe ashamed?

 

[Vyroxis]

Mandatory:

This song popped into my head almost immediately.

 

[BadHand]

So the clock was moved ahead by two minutes. It now read 11:57 (3 minutes to midnight).

The closest it has been since 1984.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

what a shitty clock if people have to adjust it manually

 

[Clydefrog]

So the clock was moved ahead by two minutes. It now read 11:57 (3 minutes to midnight).

The closest it has been since 1984.

are you fucking serious? now I have to wake up earlier for work?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

So the clock was moved ahead by two minutes. It now read 11:57 (3 minutes to midnight).

The closest it has been since 1984.

Lol

 

[Drazgul]

are you fucking serious? now I have to wake up earlier for work?

Naw man, just sleep for 3 minutes longer and then it won't even matter anymore.

 

[SteveWinwood]

what were there actual reasons cited for a 2 minute change

 

[Flappy]

 

[xsarien]

what were there actual reasons cited for a 2 minute change

Hard to tell, the clock that measures their server's stability has clearly gone past midnight.

 

[quesalupa]

Superman, save us.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

So the clock was moved ahead by two minutes. It now read 11:57 (3 minutes to midnight).

The closest it has been since 1984.

You know I can't say it feels like we're 3 minutes to midnight, I think 4 would have been fine but 3 feels a bit excessive.

 

[John Kowalski]

all aboard the midnight train choo choo