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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSuppose I said a HUGE comet was on the way and Earth had 1 year....
Would you empty out the bank accounts and start spending "like there's no tomorrow"?
Wouldn't everyone -- who could? Who would work? Drugs?
What if it were 10 years? How about 100?
See where I'm going? See how the belief in the future is the very basis of much of morality and the very fabric of society?
What the hell are WE doing to the kids?
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)and try to figure out what to do.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)You know, for the last day.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)A lot of DUers and extremists on the right are convinced we are destroying the world. Most people are not. Thank God.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)recognize that we're damaging our ecosystem, insofar as it has been 'optimal' for our species to hedonistically pursue our technological prowess with little regard for consequences. But this planet has been here millions of years before our pathetic species put in an appearance. Doubtless, it will be here long after we exit the scene.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)don't care about environmental issues at all.
My original point stands.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)Because it's all about winning!
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)0rganism
(23,945 posts)keep going, you could win the entire thread
chervilant
(8,267 posts)(and, I'm not surprised by this outcome),
I was going for irony, hence the quotation marks around 'a lot of DUers.' Unless you've done a scientifically defensible study, you are not qualified to state unequivocally what "a lot of DUers" do or do not believe, despite your propensity to do so. Nor am I, hence my follow up in my post with what I personally believe, continuing the irony -- which you apparently missed entirely.
Since I've seen this type of exchange between you and others, I anticipated your 'get the last word' rebuttal. Obviously, you did not disappoint.
I hope you'll think about this the next time you're tempted to pontificate about what "a lot of DUers" believe.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)The world rolls on.
Could've sworn it was judgment day.
The sky was all purple,
There were people running everywhere,
Tryin' to run from the destruction,
You know I didn't even care.
'Cause they say 2,000 zero zero party over, oops! Out of time!
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999!
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)life is more than 60 character tweets and video games as the me me me me's
If the end is coming, second thing I would do is pull the plug on the internet and if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with (c)Stephen Stills.
First thing I would do is shoot up a drone on the comet and then life would go on.
Actually, Alan Jackson said it best after 9-11.
I would put on an I love Lucy or Honeymooners episode
Why would someone waste the time shopping or on the computer or facebook on drugs or drink?
No thanks.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)You'll put I Love Lucy on what?
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)or at least try.
If it were 10 years, who would go to med school? Work for that PhD in engineering?
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)LunaSea
(2,893 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Mad Mad Mad!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But it wouldn't be ready in time if cometpocalypse is only a year away.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Google comet siding spring. At this point due to make a very close flyby of mars in October 2014. Chances for an impact have recently decreased, but still a rather close call...estimated at 68,000 miles.
We should be just a few months off inferior conjunction with Mars at that time, so I certainly will be viewing if clouds don't block it.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)You'd love a red balloon.
hunter
(38,311 posts)As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307068
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Ehh...
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with the Earth.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)randome
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Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)1 yr or less: Pretty much complete social collapse
10 yrs: Very perceivable effects at first, getting worse, of course, as the years tick on.
100 yrs (longer than any 1 lifetime): Much more subtle with the effects more notable the higher up the social ladder you go, and, I'm afraid, pretty close to where we're at today: A moral rotting at the top and that horrible example trickling slowly down.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)for 2 reasons, 1) she can't get a job and does random modeling and extra work for cash. @) she is the only thing keeping them from killing each other. She is a very caring person, came and took care of me when I was ill.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Of course, practically everyone else would only be concerned about their own skin and would be willing to trample anyone to get ahead.
So yeah, no difference really.
DiverDave
(4,886 posts)Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane for a start
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I'd keep on working. Still gotta eat and have a place to sleep.
I'm not sure how anyone could afford not to work. If a comet was coming in a year, I'd rather not be starving and homeless for 11 months of that time.
Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)Fla_Democrat
(2,547 posts)Wasn't too impressed...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307068/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)Last edited Wed May 15, 2013, 07:35 AM - Edit history (1)
Now I'll keep an eye out for it when it hits the movie channels.....
Orrex
(63,208 posts)Most of the people who hear about it will deny it, assuming either that it will miss Earth entirely, or that God will intervene to save us at the last minute, many of them identifying the asteroid as God's punishment for abortion or homosexuality or food stamps or whatever.
Most of the rest of the people who hear about it will keep on as if nothing has changed, right up to the last futile minute.
A tiny fraction that understands and accepts the inevitable apocalypse will try to live better lives and spend their final year in meaningful interaction with the people who are most important to them.