Why worry about the economy/job market/war/(insert newest overlord to welcome here) when the world is just going to end anyways?

October 14, 2002 6:01 PM

Why worry about the economy/job market/war/(insert newest overlord to welcome here) when the world is just going to end anyways? A humorous take on the many, many ways the universe could cease to exist, manmade and otherwise.
posted by qDot (11 comments total)

the format of this post feels oddly familiar.
posted by jcterminal at 6:30 PM on October 14, 2002

very good FPP...

Not sure about how much commentary it will generate... but it is a wonderful link.
posted by cadastral at 6:31 PM on October 14, 2002

this is a very entertaining site, thanks qDot
posted by advil at 6:48 PM on October 14, 2002

i feel strangely calm after reading all the possible ways the world will end....(i'm hoping for the far, far future sleeping option)

thanks qdot!
posted by amberglow at 7:22 PM on October 14, 2002

It puts immediate personal problems in perspective which is strangely uplifting. I wonder if finding happiness in the worlds destruction a common experience.
posted by stbalbach at 7:48 PM on October 14, 2002

I like the 'scrunch, scrunch'. It appears that at some future date, I will be facing my immenent demise in the form of my PC, wearing a "Kiss The Cook" apron, and holding a bottle of A-1.
Hey, it is better than a plane crash, or something.
posted by oflinkey at 7:54 PM on October 14, 2002

Good read. I was surprised that they even included some of the possible effects of subatomic experiments.
posted by jeblis at 10:46 PM on October 14, 2002

My money is on Quantum Vacuum Collapse. Hundreds of children every year are dying of it already, and just the other day, it keyed my car.
posted by Hildago at 11:18 PM on October 14, 2002

One day soon, we may create a true Super Crop that is utterly resistant to disease and pollution, and is able to grow in literally every environment. A crop like that might take over the countryside in no time – and start haunting us....No deterrent will kill it, no climate will stop it...It could be soy, or maize, or rice. Or raspberries, tomatoes, cucumber or lychees -- whatever.

I, for one, welcome our new cucumber overlords.
posted by hippugeek at 11:35 PM on October 14, 2002

I'm sorry...I resisted as long as I could...
posted by hippugeek at 11:36 PM on October 14, 2002

How the world will end according to b3ta
posted by Orange Goblin at 8:17 AM on October 15, 2002