My thoughts are that I've had a great life, done and seen things that most haven't had the opportunity to do and I'm ready anytime the Good Lord is ready to call me home.
Don't Look Up... Question for Everyone
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I completely agree with OP view of NOT the anting to know
I'd prefer to know. With the threat of Government retribution gone, there's some revenge I like to administer and savor.
But, alas, it's Hollywood! I can't suspend belief sufficiently to enjoy such a movie. Wife and daughter enjoyed SciFi and attended them without me.
But, alas, it's Hollywood! I can't suspend belief sufficiently to enjoy such a movie. Wife and daughter enjoyed SciFi and attended them without me.
I still think at my age I would like one last moment with my family.
I would certainly want to know. For instance it would suck to go to work and then not even get that pay check because it's after the end date. Also there are a lot of things people don't do because of the long term. well if there isn't a long term for instance there is no point in wearing a rain coat in the shower 
. Doesn't matter if the shower gives you an itch or gets "clogged" (?).
. Doesn't matter if the shower gives you an itch or gets "clogged" (?).
It would make no difference to me whether the "authorities" announced it to the public or not...because if they did, I would just assume they were lying and carry on as usual.
If it turned out to be true then it would have to be the end of the world anyway since "they" were finally being truthful with the public about something significant.
If it turned out to be true then it would have to be the end of the world anyway since "they" were finally being truthful with the public about something significant.
Yes I would and in this case, I think you mean "would you rather just get squished into the surface of the planet by surprise?" Depending on where you are standing when it hits that is. Kind of like to think I'd spend the last few minutes with my friends and family, out on a lawn chair and moments before, I'd stand up with a catchers mitt and say "Cubbies, this is how its done!"
Have you seen the movie? Cause uh...this kinda happens.
As oft is the case, Gary Larson for the win!
lol...no, haven't seen it...I may get around to it eventually if the world doesn't end first.
Wait. It's a contemporary documentary?
See the reason for the whole movie is to show how humanity and groups have reacted historically and then to show them in a different scenario. The rational, people figured out that there really was a problem when they looked up and saw the comet heading towards Earth. The people who hated science kept telling their followers "Don't Look Up" so that they could provide willfully ignorant opposition to stopping the comet. Each time one of the science haters looked up, they lost a follower.
It was funny, but they walked miles to make a 20 yard point, IMO.
Liked the movie a lot. I'm not interested in knowing. As for showing how groups have reacted historically, just turn on the news (writers didn't have to look far for this basic story).
Thanks Cosmic for a great thread.
kindly
mike
Thanks Cosmic for a great thread.
kindly
mike
Yes, I would want to know. My father has a bunker in the Ozarks with an unlimited supply of water and a decade's worth of food and medicine. He even has enough toilet paper to use as currency in the aftermath. So, yes, I would want to know. It takes a few days for me to get their from California and I'd like to have a little lead time. He has an endless supply of natural gas as well so power is not a problem. The man built his entire life predicated to surviving. It would be a disappointment to him if I didn't help him put his experiment to the test.
See, the problem with this is that no amount of bunkering down is going to do a damn thing once the atmosphere is removed. It takes thousands of years to rebuild that shit.
Maybe... But what if you are wrong.Anyway, I enjoy persisting. It's just who I am. I am always curious... what's next? The question assumes that the answer to what comes next is known and correct.
I can't help it...I am an armature astronomer...telescopes...duh, LOL,.
My poison and my bane, a Meade DS10 mounted on a German Equitorial with a motorized clock drive and old 1980s computerized setting circles.