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I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

Us. The only thing that poses a threat to our realization of the shining future that lies before us is our own fear to embrace it. Thankfully, that is hardly ever the case.

Rampant individualism as embodied in modern capitalist society, their will be chaos when our consumerist society implodes.

Well.. get the depressing music ready..

Well.. get the depressing music ready..

Adagio for Strings sad or some other sort of sad?

Rampant individualism as embodied in modern capitalist society, their will be chaos when our consumerist society implodes.

You damn right.

ManBearPig.

ManBearPig.

I'm being cereal you guys!


I think we'd either do ourselves in, or 2012!!!!!

*squeals and runs away*

I'm being cereal you guys!


I think we'd either do ourselves in, or 2012!!!!!

*squeals and runs away*

meh- no, its going to be the Egyption God Apophis in 2029... Dont believe me? look it up....hehehehehehe.....

The last thing that will be heard before the world, nay, the universe ends is:
"What happens when I do this?"
That's my opinion anyway.

meh- no, its going to be the Egyption God Apophis in 2029... Dont believe me? look it up....hehehehehehe.....

Actually, the asteroid isn't going to hit us in 2029.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/13may_2004mn4.htm

The last thing that will be heard before the world, nay, the universe ends is:
"What happens when I do this?"
That's my opinion anyway.

You're wrong, it's going to be "Oooo what does this red button do?"

I suspect that a well meaning but mischievous person...perhaps a professional clown... will use nanites to rewrite human DNA on a large scale, transforming the entire population of the earth into slightly demented and chaotic wackos like himself. Eventually, all of mankind will either be rendered sterile by repeated kicks to the groin, or will drown in a sea of mud. *nod*

<SERIOUS>Ourselves.</SERIOUS>

Actually, the asteroid isn't going to hit us in 2029.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/13may_2004mn4.htm

Hmph! Asteroids are crap! Humanity could do with a decent kick in the meteorites. A decent worldwide disaster; an asteroid impact or nuclear war, say; would do us a host of good, and hopefully bring us down a peg or two, too.

Shame it'd probably kill cute sharks and tigers, though :(

<SERIOUS>Ourselves.</SERIOUS>



Hmph! Asteroids are crap! Humanity could do with a decent kick in the meteorites. A decent worldwide disaster; an asteroid impact or nuclear war, say; would do us a host of good, and hopefully bring us down a peg or two, too.

Shame it'd probably kill cute sharks and tigers, though :(

Supervolcano. Supervolcanoes are sexy. :)

Supervolcano. Supervolcanoes are sexy. :)

All the positive aspects of a nuclear war, without the debilitating radiation :)

pens with red ink are the greatest threat to human civilization:eek:

collapse of the web of life do to global weather pattern chainges do to the use of combustion to generate energy and propell transportation we are all being conned into remaining addicted to by the conscousless economic interests the bushwacker is the puppet of.

=^^=
.../\...

Technology. More specifically, bioweapons.

Technology. More specifically, bioweapons.

Nano tech...

A global recession that surpasses that of 1929, and then war.

I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

Mankind will.

"religion" isn't up there, so I went with the #2 answer (Dubya).

'd' will be the end of the world.

Us. The only thing that poses a threat to our realization of the shining future that lies before us is our own fear to embrace it. Thankfully, that is hardly ever the case.

More like:

Them. The only thing that poses a threat to our realization of the shining future that lies before us is some other bastards' fear to embrace it.

And unfortunately, that's the way it usually goes.

Its nice to see that NS is so positive :)

I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

Penguins.

They're up to no good, I tell you.
You can laugh, but don't come running to me when their evil plan comes to fruition...

IDF.


Or, in extreme cases, mutant penguins from under the hole in the ozone. They grow to over 8 ft in height and have flippers of adamantium.

*rolls into fetal position in corner*

WHERE'S MY TINFOIL HAT!!!

I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

The rapid reproduction rate of morons and the comparatively slow reproductive rate of the smarter folks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYnc_-ddlw

I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

Take your pick. ;) http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm

What? No peak oil in your poll? Tisk.

I think civilization will just collapse. Like with the romans.

I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

Ourselves.

*guy opens fridge* "Whoa this gunk on my sandwich is a whole universe! , but what the hell can i do with that?" *flush* :rolleyes:

Ourselves.

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A global recession that surpasses that of 1929, and then war.

So, basically, a repeat of the last century?

Cool, I missed most of it last time around.

I think civilization will just collapse. Like with the romans.

Yeah, but they didn't "just collapse"...

It'll be destroyed to make way for an interstellar bypass.

LG's poo cannon will fall into the wrong hands. His.

OMG us liek! ¬_¬

Mongols Ftw!

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Lolz.

Only Allah knows. Maybe meteors?

You forgot the most popular NSG choice. Muslims.

I vote for the Great Old Ones, ia ia!

Obviously its going to go "planet of the apes" in a few years.

Obviously its going to go "planet of the apes" in a few years.

With a sociopathic chimpanzee in the White House as it is, we're on a head start.

Yeah, some of these things may be enough to wipe out civilisation... but not enough to wipe out humanity as a species. We are adaptable, and more importantly, paranoid. People have specialised dug-outs for almost every contingency. To really destroy all of humanity you would have to destroy the actual planet, and that is harder than you'd think (http://qntm.org/destroy). And even that would only work for as long as we are exclusively earthbound, which I don't think will be the case within the next 100 years.

My personal favourite is some kind of bad-ass motherfucker mega-plague. OR, for fun, Vampirism.

Aliens.

Not mean, empire-building aliens who want our pretty blue planet.
Really intelligent, compassionate aliens who see us for the foul cancer we are.

Bad choice of thread for my first post this session. I'll shut up now.

...harder than you'd think (http://qntm.org/destroy).

Thx 4 that. I feel better already.

Method 1 is wrong. A few kilos of antimatter, dropped from the surface of the planet, would probably see it right.

EDIT: Quoted site claims over a million million tons of antimatter, which I don't believe for a minute. Great page tho!

The greatest menace to the future of mankind is .... mankind.

Method 1 is wrong. A few kilos of antimatter, dropped from the surface of the planet, would probably see it right.

From Wiki:

"This means to produce 1 gram of antimatter, CERN would need to spend 100 quadrillion dollars and run the antimatter factory for 100 billion years"

So, if we're patient enough to wait 100 trillion years and spend 100 quintillion dollars, we can pull it off.

Bob Dole will die and his spirit will return to haunt us forever. :(

The bread I'm baking for the Medieval feast we're having in Lit class. I can see that killing a few people.

The bread I'm baking for the Medieval feast we're having in Lit class. I can see that killing a few people.

Or at the very least inspiring a peasant revolt.

The jaunty Irish fiddling and red wine is turning my thoughts to happier things now, but still ...

Even conclusively destroying our planet in the near future would not guarantee the extinction of homo crapiens. Some of us may have been kidnapped by aliens at any point in history or prehistory. :(

The bread I'm baking for the Medieval feast we're having in Lit class. I can see that killing a few people.

o,O at poster's name!

Go the ergot. And a witch-trial under the influence.
Can't get more Medieval than that! :D

Supervolcano. Supervolcanoes are sexy. :) No they're "Hot"

Wait...
Bad puns will cause everyone to commit sucide.

*insert something about Business*
*and viruses*
*And Dubya*

As I have said before, the pyscotic penquins from the south will revolt against humanity and we will be overwhelmed by their cuteness, and we will all die :(

o,O at poster's name!

Go the ergot. And a witch-trial under the influence.
Can't get more Medieval than that! :D

Except that I have to present my food as the parson in the Canterbury Tales, so I have to be very simple, modest, and pious. No fun and games for me.

The bread I'm baking for the Medieval feast we're having in Lit class. I can see that killing a few people.

You sure do like baking, don't you?

Now I see where the name comes from.

You sure do like baking, don't you?

Now I see where the name comes from.

Exactly! Only took a year or so...

Exactly! Only took a year or so...

Well I only just noticed you and your plethora of bread making skills.

And I just got an idea for a new terrorist cake.

Yes! You have to take a picture of it!

This means I have to buy a Ken doll and a GI Joe. :p

Well I only just noticed you and your plethora of bread making skills.

And I just got an idea for a new terrorist cake.

Yes! You have to take a picture of it!

This means I have to buy a Ken doll and a GI Joe. :p

ok

Except that I have to present my food as the parson in the Canterbury Tales, so I have to be very simple, modest, and pious. No fun and games for me.

You got to be the Parson? Dude, you got the clean end of the stick, and that's a stick with a lot of dirty ends, if I remember from school ;)

EDIT: I did actually read some of Canterbury Tales in HS. We read (I think) Knight's, Miller's and Parson's. We hated Chaucer's living guts for the first week, and talked funny for the next year! God bless you Mr Young.

EDIT(2): That's "Dude" in the sense of "slap you on the bum whether you're male of female and duck the slap." AKA ;)

Bugger me, I can't believe anyone, let alone a plurality, believes global warming will end humanity. Just how stupid are we? We're going to keep doing that bad shit for centuries more??

Unknown factors (aliens, Lovecraftian non-fiction, the Mongol space program) understandably score well. If you don't fear the unknown, you know too much ...

Myself, I don't take the question seriously. The human race can go take a flying fuck, and as Vonnegut observed, it already has.

Perhaps we need to focus on the things we can actually do, rather than getting carried away with messianic crap about the future. Every generation holds the future in it's hands, quite possibly there was a campfire meeting where the Jonestown option would have ended humanity. Let's just try not to fuck it up too bad, huh? Suffice unto the day and that.

I am curious to see what NSG thinks is going to end the world as we know it.

Seriously ? Humanities willingness to believe what we prefer to be true and the current culture of embracing - nay, even glorifying - lies and deliberate deceit.

Famous last words: "no, of course this will not kill us all"

no our last words as a species will be

"spare me your space age techno-babble attila the hun"

Seriously ? Humanities willingness to believe what we prefer to be true and the current culture of embracing - nay, even glorifying - lies and deliberate deceit.
That's either:

A classic rant gone begging, or
A petty peeve dressed as the Apocalypse.

Let's hear it! Please :)

Famous last words: "no, of course this will not kill us all"
That would be "Last Famous Last Words."

No, but really. For the gallery. I'm aboujt to start typing with my forehead.
Give.

no our last words as a species will be

"spare me your space age techno-babble attila the hun"

You know how the grey and affectless old fogies quibble about your punctuation ?

Here's where it matters. You rather clever (I think) quip could mean either:

"Spare me your space-age techno-babble" - Attila the Hun. (Mildly funny.)
"Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun!" (Incomprehensible.)


Hope this helps you get lols in the future. :)

LG's poo cannon will fall into the wrong hands. His.

:)

You know how the grey and affectless old fogies quibble about your punctuation ?

Here's where it matters. You rather clever (I think) quip could mean either:

"Spare me your space-age techno-babble" - Attila the Hun. (Mildly funny.)
"Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun!" (Incomprehensible.)


Hope this helps you get lols in the future. :)

its a quote from futurama in which General Major Webelo Zapp Brannigan is confronted by a rampaging hologram of attila the hun, who calmly points out that firing "boom-boom stick" in zaps "space canoe" would cause explosive decompression at which point the zapper replies
"spare me you space age techno-babble attila the hun"

Ninja Lesbian Penguins...

With Super-AIDS.

That's either:

A classic rant gone begging, or
A petty peeve dressed as the Apocalypse.

Let's hear it! Please :)

Both :p It is the whole "a man in the pub told me, so it must be true" mentality.

I traveled into the future to see what causes the end of the world, folks.



Apparently it actually was gay marriage.

People consider Global Warming more of a threat than Space Mongols or George Bush's reptillian ancestors?
You people need to get your priorities straight

I traveled into the future to see what causes the end of the world, folks.



Apparently it actually was gay marriage.

Lolz.

As "mankind" was not an option, I voted for Lovecraftian Horrors.

I welcome our cephalopod overlords.

Dude, that's freaky.

Oh, and time warp.

As "mankind" was not an option, I voted for Lovecraftian Horrors.

I welcome our cephalopod overlords.

Dude, that's freaky.

You'll be one of the first to go.

You'll be one of the first to go.

Only if I can close my eyes, have a last steak and cheese, and tell a girl I sorta like about how I feel first.

You're Indian and you eat Steak? Damn Bengalis...:D

I don't practice, remember? Without religion screwing with me, I can eat whatever I feel like. :p

Oh, and time warp.

Only if I can close my eyes, have a last steak and cheese, and tell a girl I sorta like about how I feel first.

You're Indian and you eat Steak? Damn Bengalis...:D

Super AIDS won't destroy the world unless patient zero found his/her way into some kind of super orge.

There are always survivors of wars.

Videogames are a fun distraction.

There is no actual big red button for Furious George to push and he doesn't have space lizard ancestors.

I have not seen any evidence proving aliens exist so I won't believe they're a real threat until little Mexican men beam themselves into my living room.

Same thing goes for the meteors containing alien life.

Global warming hasn't and won't kill anyone, if you can survive 88F summer days you'll probably survive 89F days just as easily.

The only one on there that actually could do it is the space rock but the asteroid would have to be really friggin huge and moving at a fair clip.