Author Topic: 2014 - the year the world will end (Read 15386 times)

Mario · « **on:** September 02, 2003, 04:28:34 PM »

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/6674108.htm

In 2014 we're all going to be killed by Asteriods! OH NO!

*runs around the streets screaming like a pansy*

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2003, 05:02:43 PM »

It's 2012, not 2014- the Mayans' calender (which was MUCH more accurate than ours is) stops on December 23rd, 2012, which marks the end of our epoch and the beginning of the next. I believe we're supposed to die by earthquake or fire, not sure.

About asteroids- I've read up a lot on asteroids and near Earth collisions, and you would not believe how many times we've come extremely close to complete and utter obliteration. Most of the time we don't even realize we were barely missed until after it happened.

CardBoardBox · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2003, 05:14:02 PM »

I think ill just wait....and when we dont die ill be laughing at your very stupid predictions =)

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2003, 09:20:45 PM »

Yes there are too many of these to take seriously. It will more than likely be another near miss.

Shift Key · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2003, 11:02:12 PM »

They're saying there's about a one in a MILLION chance of an impact, and that's in 2014.
But it's not definite, because its in 2014, and they will get more data about it.

The Omen · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2003, 11:11:36 PM »

I thought it was 2010? Or is that when the scum of Cali drown in their filth....i mean ...when California sinks?

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2003, 12:32:36 AM »

Homer: Don't worry, I've built us a bomb shelter. *Points to cardboard box in backyard with USA #1 written on it, and an umbrella sticking out*
Lisa: THAT isn't going to protect us from anything!
Homer: Fine, don't use it then.
Lisa: I won't.
Homer: Fine.

Welp, it's 1 in a 90,000 chance it'll hit Earth. Better start lootin'!

Mario · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2003, 12:35:42 AM »

1 in 90,000? I like those odds!

PIAC · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:16:00 AM »

allright.. its 1980, saturday night, alone as usuall, i have my rush mix tape and a bottle of shasta lets rock

*gets in A and goes off to defend earth

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:36:30 AM »

I'd rather be killed by centipedes.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:18:44 AM »

It happened at the end of the Cretaceous, it will happen again...Just not for a very long time.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2003, 08:32:03 AM »

By 2014 I'll be in my thirties and likely married with a bunch of bratty kids and bills to pay. I figure I'll want to be killed by an asteroid by then anyways so it's all fine.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2003, 10:15:28 AM »

I thought I was the only one who believed that the world was going to end in 2012. No body at school believes me. In fact, they kind of look at me funny and slowly back away....strange....

PIAC · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2003, 10:17:58 AM »

hows this! i belive the world will clone its self in 2018! and then there will be two! and then a ham daemon will come... and a giant squirrel... the squirrel is my friend ^_^

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2003, 12:30:28 PM »

The world ended back in 1999 when Lavos rose up from the earth and the screen shook a lot

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #15 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:26:31 PM »

No, the world ended yesterday when I saw the school raised the soda prices by a quarter.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #16 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:39:04 PM »

How much is it now, KnowsNothing? At my school the vending machines run a dollar for bottled stuff and 60 cents for canned.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #17 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:42:24 PM »

Poor Aussies get it bad in everything...stupid importing costs. I feel sorry for you guys

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #18 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:43:25 PM »

We only get bottles, and it's now $1.25. Too rich for my blood.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #19 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:49:06 PM »

Thatis pretty steep- I don't even like buying canned stuff at my school.

Bill: KnowsNothing isn't Australian.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #20 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:53:12 PM »

Asteroid hmmm?
I find it so funny in the films when they can only see the thing coming in like a year (Deep Impact), or less than a bloody month (Armageddon).
I think the most pointless of all end-of-the-world related news was when they reported that there's the possibility that an asteroid WILL destroy Earth......

In just less than a million year's time.
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But 2010/12/14? We won't be up to the point of Back to the Future part 2 yet!

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #21 on:** September 03, 2003, 01:54:20 PM »

Asteroid hmmm?
I find it so funny in the films when they can only see the thing coming in like a year (Deep Impact), or less than a bloody month (Armageddon).
I think the most pointless of all end-of-the-world related news was when they reported that there's the possibility that an asteroid WILL destroy Earth......

In just less than a million year's time.
-_______________-

But 2010/12/14? We won't be up to the point of Back to the Future part 2 yet!

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #22 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:24:15 PM »

Termin8, are you being sarcastic about the people in the movies only knowing a year or a month in advance of an Earth killing asteroid? Like I said before, most of the time we didn't even realize we were almost hit by an Earth killer until after the fact. It's very likely that if we are ever hit by a gigantic asteroid, it will be with absolutely no prior notice.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #23 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:51:44 PM »

Except for the giant flaming ball of doom. The way I figure, from when we first see the rock thing, to when it hits, there will be enough time to get in Homer's shelter.

What would we do if an asteroid was about to hit? Just sit there and die? Sound like a plan!

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #24 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:09:23 PM »

There's very little to do. I mean, how do you stop a 10 kilometer hunk of rock on a collision course for Earth? If they recognized it early enough, they might be able to send out a nuclear charge. It wouldn't blow up the rock at all, like was portrayed in Armageddon, but it would alter it's course just enough that the asteroid would miss Earth. Other than that, though, we're pretty much helpless. Almost any form of defense requires prior notice, and like I've said, that's something you rarely get with killer asteroids.

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Author Topic: 2014 - the year the world will end (Read 15386 times)