Don't Look Up... Question for Everyone
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I find it curious that the response of modern people to the question of fate is to capitulate so easily.
I find it curious that you paint modern people with such a broad brush, Mr modern Telescope.
My data reference point are the data responses to this thread... Most would simply want to be ignorant of what was going to happen and go about their lives not knowing. You don't find that interesting.I find it curious that you paint modern people with such a broad brush, Mr modern Telescope.
Yes, I'd want to know because I would want to spend whatever time was left with my family...wife, kids, grandsons. I would like to have some control of where we will be when it all ends.
If I didn't know, with my luck, I'd be in a long ass line at the DMV or the self check out at Walmart.
If I didn't know, with my luck, I'd be in a long ass line at the DMV or the self check out at Walmart.
Well, lets say we know, and ypu want to drive from California to the Briar Lee country. As soon as it’s announced, who is going to go to work? Gasoline is free, but runs out fast. No electricity. No cops. Anarchy reigns within hours. Trying to drive across country is a death march. People drunk and stoned just killing for fun, because they’ve always wanted to. Rape, because they’ve always wanted to. You wouldn’t make it anywhere. And, most humans wouldn’t make it to the apocalypse alive. Terror reigns, making the past days a living nightmare.
So….
Good movie!
I would like to know. While it would be painful, I would like to make sure that I did not yell at the kids to clean their room or give them a hard time about their grades. I would sideline all that crap and focus on what's important.
I would like to know. While it would be painful, I would like to make sure that I did not yell at the kids to clean their room or give them a hard time about their grades. I would sideline all that crap and focus on what's important.
So... I don't accept propositions as absolutes. I live exactly four miles from dead center of the part of the of San Andreas that has not ruptured for near about 400 years. It is due. My home will survive but FEMA states we will be the last to receive aid. It may take up to three months to restore power. Highway 10 and 86 will be gone. Highway 74 gone. So will 62. The nearest town is Blythe and it is 70 miles through the desert using the old stage coach gravel and dirt paths. 250,000 people will be trapped in the desert of the Coachella Valley. Chaos and anarchy are a given. And yet, I am prepared to leave and have the means to move through the desert unseen and prepared. It isn't a probability. It is a certainty. So.... while most people will accept their fate when the big one happens, I have a plan...
What if you survive and are left alone on the planet? 
That's an interesting question. If it's imminent I'm not sure I'd want to know and if it not imminent I'm not sure I'd want the majority of boneheads who populate the planet to know.
Don’t want to know. When I go, I go. No sense me being super anxious bout all the stuff I ought to have done & didn’t. The issue with that is very few of us die in bed whilst sleeping. I’ll probably be on the ? or something when an 
hits…that’ll be fine as it’s the only peaceful place, other than my garage,
to hide from the wife & kids. ?
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hits…that’ll be fine as it’s the only peaceful place, other than my garage,to hide from the wife & kids. ?
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Yes I would like to know. So I can travel quickly to the lake shore or the sea shore somewhere hot and sunny. Pull up a deck chair, a flask of tea and smoke my last smoke looking out at Gods wonders one last time.
Ok, fine, if I'm going to die, let's smoke mississippi mud. And a barbecue with a variety of bacon, a few beers, and a hot coffee without sugar. The newspaper, I will read it as usual, when I'm taking a shit.............
This answer is about Perspective. I haven’t seen the ?. However, if the world was coming to an end. It’d be so much better for the masses to be unaware as to not cause pure anarchy & destruction.
Additionally, if your not doing what you want right now, then shame on you. It shouldn’t take an act of god to propel you into living your dream. My dream is being fulfilled everyday…I’m taking care of sick folks, raising lovable ? s, and loving my best friend…how could it be better? I am where I need to be. This to me is not giving up…it’s giving in to the good life. ?
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If I were loving my best friend, he'd find it awkward and my wife would be pissed....
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Well, I’ll definitely show Mark this tonight whilst we lie in bed laughing at the forum responses. ??If I were loving my best friend, he'd find it awkward and my wife would be pissed....
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As I was driving around strip mall suburban hell this afternoon, I thought about this some more...
My own death, I think it would be best if I had no idea. Just a quick bundling off into eternity, to quote Herman Melville.
The end of the world, though, is much different. It's not just you, it's everyone. You're not leaving anyone behind or leaving business undone. It's just kablooey it's all gone. In that case, I wouldn't mind knowing.
But...I wouldn't want a countdown clock, like in the movie. I'd want a general idea, sure, but the thought of watching a countdown, like on New year's Eve just sends chills up my spine. Thats what would cause panic, I think. Here it comes!!
Either way, I'd like to spend it with the people I love, in a quiet and beautiful place. Until the sky explodes in fire and we're all vaporized in an instant, or whatever.
My own death, I think it would be best if I had no idea. Just a quick bundling off into eternity, to quote Herman Melville.
The end of the world, though, is much different. It's not just you, it's everyone. You're not leaving anyone behind or leaving business undone. It's just kablooey it's all gone. In that case, I wouldn't mind knowing.
But...I wouldn't want a countdown clock, like in the movie. I'd want a general idea, sure, but the thought of watching a countdown, like on New year's Eve just sends chills up my spine. Thats what would cause panic, I think. Here it comes!!
Either way, I'd like to spend it with the people I love, in a quiet and beautiful place. Until the sky explodes in fire and we're all vaporized in an instant, or whatever.
If it were the end, really the end, I think I might, one last time, give Latakia another try.
