Name the things that were supposed to cause the End Of The World

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Name the things that were supposed to cause the End Of The World

Lowell

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July 2, 2012 at 11:52 am

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The news is notorious for building up a bunch of hype for the things that are going to kill us all.
Right know my mental count down is on the Mayan Calendar.
Here's a couple of things I can remember.
Y2K was supposed to be the End of the world, because time cannot continue after triple 000's occur; also, everything electronic was supposed to shut down.
The Bird Flu virus was supposed to sweep accross the world and kill us all.
What can you remember?
Lowell
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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31163 More actions · Answer 1

How about the Red Sox winning the World Series? 😀

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ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 2

Nige.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

Here is an interesting list, many I have never heard of before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 4

ChrisM@home (7/2/2012)
Nige.

ok even with my awesome Google-Fu skills, I'm not getting the reference.

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ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 5

Lowell (7/2/2012)
ChrisM@home (7/2/2012)
Nige.
ok even with my awesome Google-Fu skills, I'm not getting the reference.

"The end of the world is Nige". Don't you watch monochrome movies, Lowell?

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 6

So we've got so far:

1. Mayan calendar runs out...

2. Y2K bug

3. Bird Flu

4. Red Sox winning the World Series

Hmm, are you looking for things that would "destroy the earth" or things that would "end human civilization as we know it," or what?

One from my formative years was always a nuclear war, the US and Soviets going at it full-out with nukes...

David Webb-CDS SSCoach Points: 17398 More actions · Answer 7

Potential world enders:

Godzilla or any of his friends except Mothra

Population explosion

Nuclear winter

Zombies

The Andromeda strain (or Captain Tripps, the T-virus or any of a number of mutated viruses)

Any large space rock

Agressive E.T.s

Triffids

Mutated crops spawned from run-away genetic mutations

Plain old human stupidity in numerous forms

According to my Mother, my moving to Washington in 1982

According to my daughters, the requirement that they be home by midnight

Accoding to my Boss, the 2 day delay in the project I'm working on due to 2 days of the flu

Just my 2 cents...

And then again, I might be wrong ...
David Webb

OCTom SSChampion Points: 11785 More actions · Answer 8

In the 1970's it was global cooling. The next ice age was coming and we were supposed to prepare. In the present, it's warming. It's been so inconsistent through the years that it's now being called global climate change so it covers either depending on which one actually happens.

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 9

http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm

It's a LONG list.

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ChrisM@home (7/2/2012)
Lowell (7/2/2012)
ChrisM@home (7/2/2012)
Nige.
ok even with my awesome Google-Fu skills, I'm not getting the reference.
"The end of the world is Nige". Don't you watch monochrome movies, Lowell?

did you mean 'nigh'? The end of the world is nigh?

nigh/ni/Adverb: 1.Near: "departure time was nigh"; "they drew nigh unto the city".

2.Almost: "nigh on a thousand acres all told"; "a car weighing nigh on two tons"; "recovery will be well nigh impossible".

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 11

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July 3, 2012 at 3:45 pm

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calvo SSChampion Points: 12930 More actions · Answer 12

David Webb-200187 (7/2/2012)
Potential world enders:
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Population explosion
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Literally? Yeah, I could see that ending life on earth...

/rimshot

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 13

And Whatever ever happened to the killer bees that were supposed to kill everyone along the US border as they migrated north?

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Lynn Pettis (7/3/2012)
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