Can we play on the last day? December 20, 2012 5:09 AM Subscribe
As Friday is the End of the World, can we please have a day of end-of-the-world/conspiracy posts being allowed on mefi?
It is all over people, those generation ships you saw in books 30 years ago never got made and we are stuck here. So I propose we take some time out and have a bit of fun on the last day. If you need any advice on these sort of posts, you should probably contact Meatbomb.
So, if anyone has a good "Philadelphia Experiment->project Rainbow->Montauk Project->HAARP" theory, bring it on!
It is all over people, those generation ships you saw in books 30 years ago never got made and we are stuck here. So I propose we take some time out and have a bit of fun on the last day. If you need any advice on these sort of posts, you should probably contact Meatbomb.
So, if anyone has a good "Philadelphia Experiment->project Rainbow->Montauk Project->HAARP" theory, bring it on!
No. For reasons that I am not allowed to talk about.
(and forget I was ever here.)
posted by iamkimiam at 5:20 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
(and forget I was ever here.)
posted by iamkimiam at 5:20 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
I don't care much for this suggestion (whatever it is), but I would like to propose that the next person who posts a MeTa on the subject gets a time out (one day, or forever, depending on how things go).
posted by Horace Rumpole at 5:26 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by Horace Rumpole at 5:26 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
On the one hand, I wanna tell everyone to stop being such an ignorant idiot and educate themselves on the actual beliefs of an ethnic group that still exists to this very day. On the other hand, I want the img tag for one hellish day.
conundrum.
posted by elizardbits at 5:42 AM on December 20, 2012 [10 favorites]
conundrum.
posted by elizardbits at 5:42 AM on December 20, 2012 [10 favorites]
"Thanks for the good thoughts, but the end of the world is not specifically a Metafilter-related problem"
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:46 AM on December 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:46 AM on December 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
How about an enormous frozen Daiquiri instead?
posted by Pudhoho at 5:47 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Pudhoho at 5:47 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Just
posted by Skorgu at 5:49 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
wget -O /var/www/styles/metafilter/default072312-min.css \ http://static.4chan.org/css/global.10.css. That'll be apocalyptic enough I expect.
posted by Skorgu at 5:49 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
Don't we already allow nutty conspiracy theory posts on the blue when done in a way that is more respectful than just "look at these nutters / people in need of professional help"?
posted by gauche at 5:52 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by gauche at 5:52 AM on December 20, 2012
I have a friend doing research at McMurdo in Antarctica and it's already tomorrow there. Has been for a few hours.
He has reported via Facebook that the world still exists down there, so I think we're all going to be ok.
posted by phunniemee at 5:56 AM on December 20, 2012 [11 favorites]
He has reported via Facebook that the world still exists down there, so I think we're all going to be ok.
posted by phunniemee at 5:56 AM on December 20, 2012 [11 favorites]
This would just mean 5000 posts linking to Educate Yourself, though.
Orgone! Reptilians! Vibrations! Rothschilds!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:57 AM on December 20, 2012
Orgone! Reptilians! Vibrations! Rothschilds!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:57 AM on December 20, 2012
I think the OP already drank an enormous frozen daiquiri.
posted by slogger at 5:58 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by slogger at 5:58 AM on December 20, 2012
I wish I had opponents. I just repurchased Illuminati!, the most excellent card game, and have spent the last couple nights wistfully playing against myself. I guess the upside is that I always win.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:09 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Meatbomb at 6:09 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
I wish I had opponents. I just repurchased Illuminati!, the most excellent card game, and have spent the last couple nights wistfully playing against myself. I guess the upside is that I always win.
Would you like me to be your nemesis? I do not have a cat but I do have a creepily stoic demeanor and a laugh straight out of a B movie.
posted by atrazine at 6:13 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
Would you like me to be your nemesis? I do not have a cat but I do have a creepily stoic demeanor and a laugh straight out of a B movie.
posted by atrazine at 6:13 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
Prediction: Friday will be the worst Internet day ever.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:16 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:16 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
I wish I had opponents. I just repurchased Illuminati!, the most excellent card game, and have spent the last couple nights wistfully playing against myself. I guess the upside is that I always win.
Some night soon, you will just how deep the conspiracy goes.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:31 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Some night soon, you will just how deep the conspiracy goes.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:31 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Make a good post about the end of the world and things will be fine.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:36 AM on December 20, 2012 [7 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:36 AM on December 20, 2012 [7 favorites]
phunniemae: I have a friend doing research at McMurdo in Antarctica and it's already tomorrow there. Has been for a few hours.
He has reported via Facebook that the world still exists down there, so I think we're all going to be ok.
I'd take it as a given that we would be going by Mayan time for the impending apocalypse, though, given that theirs is the prediction. As far as I know, they didn't really hang out in Antarctica.
Given that the yucatan peninsula is on EST, I'd expect us to go up in flames sometime between midnight tonight and midnight tomorrow, EST.
Good news for all you last-minute Christmas shoppers!
Apparently NASA is flooded with panicked calls about the end of the world tomorrow. What do the callers say? "Obama better be on top of this! Have you at least sent Bruce Willis up in a rocket yet?!".
And how does NASA respond to that kind of call?
I hope it's something like: "I'm going to have to swear you to secrecy, Ma'am, but we're aware of the situation and are monitoring it closely. In the event we have to evacuate essential personnel, we'll text you with the GPS coordinates for the secret bunker. In the meantime, go about your business as usual, citizen!"
posted by misha at 6:36 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
He has reported via Facebook that the world still exists down there, so I think we're all going to be ok.
I'd take it as a given that we would be going by Mayan time for the impending apocalypse, though, given that theirs is the prediction. As far as I know, they didn't really hang out in Antarctica.
Given that the yucatan peninsula is on EST, I'd expect us to go up in flames sometime between midnight tonight and midnight tomorrow, EST.
Good news for all you last-minute Christmas shoppers!
Apparently NASA is flooded with panicked calls about the end of the world tomorrow. What do the callers say? "Obama better be on top of this! Have you at least sent Bruce Willis up in a rocket yet?!".
And how does NASA respond to that kind of call?
I hope it's something like: "I'm going to have to swear you to secrecy, Ma'am, but we're aware of the situation and are monitoring it closely. In the event we have to evacuate essential personnel, we'll text you with the GPS coordinates for the secret bunker. In the meantime, go about your business as usual, citizen!"
posted by misha at 6:36 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
As the Maya had no access to ponies during their calendrical design process, I believe it is only appropriate that all Mayan Calendar Ponies be denied. Sorry, but the Invasive Species Protocols have spoken!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:46 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:46 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
I'd take it as a given that we would be going by Mayan time for the impending apocalypse, though, given that theirs is the prediction. As far as I know, they didn't really hang out in Antarctica.
It is generally agreed that since tomorrow is the winter solstice, the world will end on the solstice which is 11:12 UTC. That should be 6:12 am EST.
Don't sleep in! You might miss the end of the world!
posted by vacapinta at 6:47 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
It is generally agreed that since tomorrow is the winter solstice, the world will end on the solstice which is 11:12 UTC. That should be 6:12 am EST.
Don't sleep in! You might miss the end of the world!
posted by vacapinta at 6:47 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
Make a good post about the end of the world and things will be fine.
So all it takes is one good post on the blue to save the world? Whew. That was close.
posted by scratch at 6:49 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
So all it takes is one good post on the blue to save the world? Whew. That was close.
posted by scratch at 6:49 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
I dunno..... according to Issac Newton, the world isn't gonna end anytime "before 2060".
Guess that means I'd better get busy wrapping everyone's Christmas presents.
posted by easily confused at 6:51 AM on December 20, 2012
Guess that means I'd better get busy wrapping everyone's Christmas presents.
posted by easily confused at 6:51 AM on December 20, 2012
"Obama better be on top of this! Have you at least sent Bruce Willis up in a rocket yet?!"
I could stay awake
Just to heeeeear you breeeeathiiiiiing-ah!
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:52 AM on December 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
I could stay awake
Just to heeeeear you breeeeathiiiiiing-ah!
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:52 AM on December 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
My understanding is that the ancient Mayans didn't do leap years. So the world ended years ago. Why are you all still here?
posted by Splunge at 7:02 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by Splunge at 7:02 AM on December 20, 2012
shameless stolen from tumblr
"Please limit yourself to one apocalypse joke. If we don't limit them then people will be making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow."
posted by The Whelk at 7:07 AM on December 20, 2012 [18 favorites]
"Please limit yourself to one apocalypse joke. If we don't limit them then people will be making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow."
posted by The Whelk at 7:07 AM on December 20, 2012 [18 favorites]
If the world ends I will assume it is a long festering result of the Y2K meltdown.
posted by skrozidile at 7:07 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by skrozidile at 7:07 AM on December 20, 2012
Rest assured we will do everything to keep the comments flowing right up until the end.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:07 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:07 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
jessamyn: "Make a good post about the end of the world and things will be fine."
For a few more hours, maybe.
posted by maurice at 7:09 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
For a few more hours, maybe.
posted by maurice at 7:09 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Why are you all still here?
I'm here for the generation ships. And the generation glogg.
posted by IvoShandor at 7:11 AM on December 20, 2012
I'm here for the generation ships. And the generation glogg.
posted by IvoShandor at 7:11 AM on December 20, 2012
oh man the best part of Last Night is when she takes a bottle of wine form the ruined supermarket, looks it over, and then carefully puts it back. It's so Canadian it hurts
posted by The Whelk at 7:11 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 7:11 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
What time roughly will the end of the world come tomorrow? Morning, noon, late afternoon, evening? It's just that I'm looking after a two year old, and want to know whether I should put him down for his nap or not bother. If the apocalypse doesn't come by 3pm, he's gonna start getting really cranky.
posted by Jehan at 7:23 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Jehan at 7:23 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
> "Thanks for the good thoughts, but the end of the world is not specifically a Metafilter-related problem"
Some say the world will end in fire,
And some in JRUN ERROR
posted by jfuller at 7:27 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
Some say the world will end in fire,
And some in JRUN ERROR
posted by jfuller at 7:27 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
since my goal for 2013 is to play more video games maybe I should tell my phone to wake me up to this tomorrow morning
posted by The Whelk at 7:32 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by The Whelk at 7:32 AM on December 20, 2012
So all it takes is one good post on the blue to save the world? Whew. That was close.
22 The men turned away and went toward the Blue, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the spam? 24 What if there are fifty righteous posts on the Blue? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[e] the site for the sake of the fifty righteous posts it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the spam, treating the righteous and the spam alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous posts on the Blue, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole site for lack of five posts?”
“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”
He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”
He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”
He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
33 When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned to the Green.
posted by Tomorrowful at 7:33 AM on December 20, 2012 [16 favorites]
22 The men turned away and went toward the Blue, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the spam? 24 What if there are fifty righteous posts on the Blue? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[e] the site for the sake of the fifty righteous posts it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the spam, treating the righteous and the spam alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous posts on the Blue, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole site for lack of five posts?”
“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”
He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”
He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”
He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
33 When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned to the Green.
posted by Tomorrowful at 7:33 AM on December 20, 2012 [16 favorites]
I think it is a good idea, on the condition that that post is the end of the world for that username.
posted by bonehead at 7:42 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by bonehead at 7:42 AM on December 20, 2012
If the Earth is going to be covered in lava, shouldn't we have an open thread for people to post "I am all right" or "I am smoldering" or "Any MeFite can crash at my place (until it, too, is buried in lava)" messages?
posted by wenestvedt at 7:51 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 7:51 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
MetaFilter: I don't care much for this ... (whatever it is)
posted by DU at 8:06 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by DU at 8:06 AM on December 20, 2012
I got a song on Equestria Daily, the world can go ahead and end. You can make a post about either half of that, if you like.
posted by Wolfdog at 8:16 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by Wolfdog at 8:16 AM on December 20, 2012
Metafilter: I don't care much for this suggestion (whatever it is)
posted by Chrysostom at 8:17 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by Chrysostom at 8:17 AM on December 20, 2012
Over on Twitter:
@NickKristof: Friday has just arrived here in China, and I'm delighted to live-tweet the end of the world. It's stunning! You'll neve
posted by unSane at 8:18 AM on December 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
@NickKristof: Friday has just arrived here in China, and I'm delighted to live-tweet the end of the world. It's stunning! You'll neve
posted by unSane at 8:18 AM on December 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
I just want to tell you: Good luck, we're all counting on you.
posted by entropicamericana at 8:28 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by entropicamericana at 8:28 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
I wonder what the famous local dermatologist Dr Zizmor thinks about the upcoming fauxpocalypse.
posted by elizardbits at 8:32 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by elizardbits at 8:32 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
just think of it as the whole world getting a chemical peel all at once.
posted by The Whelk at 8:33 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 8:33 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Don't sleep in! You might miss the end of the world!
posted by vacapinta at 9:47 AM on December 20 [+] [!]
If there is one day that I would 100% for sure sleep in, it would be the last day. The fuck are they gonna do, put a note in my file? I'll be the well rested guy roasting in the fiery belly of whatever apostrophe'd lovecraftian horror slouches towards north Falmouth to get me, thanks very much.
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:34 AM on December 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
Hey does anyone know where I can get this Jörmungandr tattoo removed?
posted by elizardbits at 8:36 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 8:36 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Any such post should also reference Harold Camping.
posted by Karmakaze at 8:37 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by Karmakaze at 8:37 AM on December 20, 2012
Over on Twitter:
@NickKristof: Friday has just arrived here in China, and I'm delighted to live-tweet the end of the world. It's stunning! You'll neve
I am not comforted until we reach Friday at Mayan Central Standard Time.
(As a side, I was always fascinated by the fact that textbooks from different countries sometimes listed events as occurring on different dates and times locally. I wish things were still as profound as when I was that young).
posted by anya32 at 8:42 AM on December 20, 2012
@NickKristof: Friday has just arrived here in China, and I'm delighted to live-tweet the end of the world. It's stunning! You'll neve
I am not comforted until we reach Friday at Mayan Central Standard Time.
(As a side, I was always fascinated by the fact that textbooks from different countries sometimes listed events as occurring on different dates and times locally. I wish things were still as profound as when I was that young).
posted by anya32 at 8:42 AM on December 20, 2012
Meatbomb: I wish I had opponents. I just repurchased Illuminati!, the most excellent card game, and have spent the last couple nights wistfully playing against myself. I guess the upside is that I always win.
I can't think of a way to play Illuminati! by mail, but if you can I am totally up for it.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:55 AM on December 20, 2012
I can't think of a way to play Illuminati! by mail, but if you can I am totally up for it.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:55 AM on December 20, 2012
I'm personally spending the end of the world eating dinner in reverse.
It's great! It starts with a cheesecake, berry tarts and digestifs, ladyfingers on a tray.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:00 AM on December 20, 2012 [16 favorites]
It's great! It starts with a cheesecake, berry tarts and digestifs, ladyfingers on a tray.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:00 AM on December 20, 2012 [16 favorites]
Oh, thanks for reminding me, I'll probably end up sitting in traffic on I93 until the world ends. Crap.
posted by maryr at 9:02 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by maryr at 9:02 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
there was some actual Oxford/Harvard whatever school club in like the early 1900s that did days in reverse, starting with full dinner gowns and brandy and ending with toast and PJs but I can;t for the life of me remember the name.
posted by The Whelk at 9:04 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 9:04 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
Don't you go bollocksing up my dumb REM joke with actual interesting historical facts, man.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:08 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:08 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
Don't eat too much otherwise: Jellybean= boom
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:13 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:13 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
LEONERN BORNSTEEENZ!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:15 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:15 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
I don't know why all the fuss, seriously.
posted by Lynsey at 9:16 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Lynsey at 9:16 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
John Hodgman's Apocalypse Survival 101
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:35 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:35 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
And how does NASA respond to that kind of call?
They probably send them here.
posted by mykescipark at 9:45 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
They probably send them here.
posted by mykescipark at 9:45 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
Thus far Winter Slush Storm Draco® has caused cable and Internet semi-fuckupitude, scattered power outages, smallish branches down, and a possible fire (or at least a bunch of firetrucks) at the post office down the street, so we've got a pretty good start on this end of world thing.
posted by FelliniBlank at 9:47 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by FelliniBlank at 9:47 AM on December 20, 2012
...Have you at least sent Bruce Willis up in a rocket yet?!
Apocalypse or not, that will always be a concept with merit.
posted by y2karl at 9:50 AM on December 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
Apocalypse or not, that will always be a concept with merit.
posted by y2karl at 9:50 AM on December 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
bruce willis spends most of his time walking into things
tomorrow he walks into eternity
go bruce go
hudson hawk forgiven
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:53 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
tomorrow he walks into eternity
go bruce go
hudson hawk forgiven
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:53 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
the world ended in 1976. Here's my post about it ...
posted by philip-random at 9:59 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by philip-random at 9:59 AM on December 20, 2012
(As a side, I was always fascinated by the fact that textbooks from different countries sometimes listed events as occurring on different dates and times locally. I wish things were still as profound as when I was that young).
I had a webmail client at one point that would list emails from New Zealand as having arrived 'tomorrow' because it didn't adjust for time zones.
posted by hoyland at 10:23 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
I had a webmail client at one point that would list emails from New Zealand as having arrived 'tomorrow' because it didn't adjust for time zones.
posted by hoyland at 10:23 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm not dead yet.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:46 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:46 AM on December 20, 2012
Unfortunately.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:03 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:03 AM on December 20, 2012
I just repurchased Illuminati!, the most excellent card game
That and 'Cosmic Wimpout' were the two things I always wanted to buy out of the back of Games magazine. AND NOW IT'S TOO LATE.
posted by mintcake! at 11:06 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
That and 'Cosmic Wimpout' were the two things I always wanted to buy out of the back of Games magazine. AND NOW IT'S TOO LATE.
posted by mintcake! at 11:06 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
I can't allow the world to end until I finish watching 2012 tomorrow. I must be able to definitively state how accurate it is, darn it.
Also, there is nothing quite as satisfying as watching a "so bad it's good" film on the last day of your life.
posted by SMPA at 11:08 AM on December 20, 2012
Also, there is nothing quite as satisfying as watching a "so bad it's good" film on the last day of your life.
posted by SMPA at 11:08 AM on December 20, 2012
Heh. It's my wife's due date. End of the world...
posted by alasdair at 11:50 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by alasdair at 11:50 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
The Mayans are killing Independent George!
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:54 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:54 AM on December 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
alasdair:
This is the way the world begins
This is the way the world begins
This is the way the world begins
Not with a bang but a diaper.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:56 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
This is the way the world begins
This is the way the world begins
This is the way the world begins
Not with a bang but a diaper.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:56 AM on December 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
Heh. It's my wife's due date. End of the world...
The end of peace and quiet as you know it. And uninterrupted sleep.
Congratulations!
posted by Pudhoho at 1:52 PM on December 20, 2012
The end of peace and quiet as you know it. And uninterrupted sleep.
Congratulations!
posted by Pudhoho at 1:52 PM on December 20, 2012
The bang comes later. You'll be glad the diaper came first.
Also, there's been some shaking and general giant monster related mayhem here. It's not really end of the world, though. Just a standard Friday morning commute.
There's nothing worse than getting a seat on the train, only to have Gigan take the open seat next to you. That bastard sits there with his legs all spread apart, reading his newspaper all unfolded... Prick.
posted by Ghidorah at 2:32 PM on December 20, 2012
Also, there's been some shaking and general giant monster related mayhem here. It's not really end of the world, though. Just a standard Friday morning commute.
There's nothing worse than getting a seat on the train, only to have Gigan take the open seat next to you. That bastard sits there with his legs all spread apart, reading his newspaper all unfolded... Prick.
posted by Ghidorah at 2:32 PM on December 20, 2012
phunniemee: "I have a friend doing research at McMurdo in Antarctica and it's already tomorrow there. Has been for a few hours.
He has reported via Facebook that the world still exists down there, so I think we're all going to be ok."
To be fair, from what I hear about McMurdo, if the world actually did end, it'd be pretty difficult for anybody there to tell the difference.
posted by schmod at 2:40 PM on December 20, 2012
He has reported via Facebook that the world still exists down there, so I think we're all going to be ok."
To be fair, from what I hear about McMurdo, if the world actually did end, it'd be pretty difficult for anybody there to tell the difference.
posted by schmod at 2:40 PM on December 20, 2012
(Cosmic Wimpout is, indeed, a fantastic game. That is all.)
posted by kaibutsu at 2:59 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by kaibutsu at 2:59 PM on December 20, 2012
Will this wind
be so mighty
as to lay low
the mountains
of the
Earth?
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:14 PM on December 20, 2012
be so mighty
as to lay low
the mountains
of the
Earth?
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:14 PM on December 20, 2012
Is it over? Are we dead? I'm hungry. If this is heaven why don't I see Lemmy from Motörhead. Lemmy was supposed to be here. Guys, what's happening.
Whatever, cheapass bootleg apocalypse... Not even drizzling blood.
posted by Divine_Wino at 6:42 PM on December 20, 2012
Whatever, cheapass bootleg apocalypse... Not even drizzling blood.
posted by Divine_Wino at 6:42 PM on December 20, 2012
If animal behavior is any guide, we'll be fine, because it's business as usual this evening. The cat remains oblivious to the dogs' supervisory efforts, and the parrot pretends to sleep while planning murder.
posted by Short Attention Sp at 6:49 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by Short Attention Sp at 6:49 PM on December 20, 2012
Oh my God! There's a giant fireball in th
posted by double block and bleed at 6:56 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by double block and bleed at 6:56 PM on December 20, 2012
Is it over? Are we dead? I'm hungry.
Yeah, if this the afterlife, color me unimpressed. My back even still aches ... but that Tom Waits song on the radio is pretty cool.
posted by philip-random at 6:57 PM on December 20, 2012
I think tomorrow should be Oreo cookie day.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:15 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:15 PM on December 20, 2012
I wonder how all of those rapture enthusiasts from a while back are handling this. Are they wagging their fingers and saying, "I told you so..."?
posted by Pudhoho at 7:25 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by Pudhoho at 7:25 PM on December 20, 2012
You mean I'm wasting a flex day tomorrow? At least I'll get a lie in.
posted by arcticseal at 7:54 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 7:54 PM on December 20, 2012
In the event of the apocalypse, I request the following things so that we can best enjoy the remainder of our short time on the planet:
- Re-enable the IMG tag in comments
- Re-open the 9622 thread
- Re-activate the quonsar account
Oh wait, I might be getting confused, I think those are the things that taken together will *cause* the apocalypse. Never mind!
posted by A dead Quaker at 9:17 PM on December 20, 2012
- Re-enable the IMG tag in comments
- Re-open the 9622 thread
- Re-activate the quonsar account
Oh wait, I might be getting confused, I think those are the things that taken together will *cause* the apocalypse. Never mind!
posted by A dead Quaker at 9:17 PM on December 20, 2012
Shortly after 11pm Chicago time (midnight Mayan time) my car battery died and now my car is stranded 8.5 miles away from my house on the other side of the city. I was going to spend my day off tomorrow finishing my Xmas shopping. Now I will be hanging out with AAA.
THE APOCALYPSE.
posted by phunniemee at 10:08 PM on December 20, 2012
THE APOCALYPSE.
posted by phunniemee at 10:08 PM on December 20, 2012
Breaking: Mayan Word For 'Apocalypse' Actually Translates More Accurately As 'Time Of Pale Obese Gun Monsters'
posted by schmod at 10:50 PM on December 20, 2012
posted by schmod at 10:50 PM on December 20, 2012
2 hours left. See you on the other side. It's been real.
I'm out of butter.
posted by spitbull at 1:16 AM on December 21, 2012
I'm out of butter.
posted by spitbull at 1:16 AM on December 21, 2012
I'm still holding out for a Shadowrun-style urban fantasy awakening. I'd be able to take a bus to MIT&T! Guess we'll find out in 2 hours.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 1:52 AM on December 21, 2012
posted by Elementary Penguin at 1:52 AM on December 21, 2012
Everything is fine here in the future (i.e. East coast Australia, where it's just gone 10:30pm). Well apart from the hole in the sky and the barely audible chanting in some kind of guttural language, but it's often like that around this neighbourhood on a Friday evening.
posted by Hello, I'm David McGahan at 3:31 AM on December 21, 2012
posted by Hello, I'm David McGahan at 3:31 AM on December 21, 2012
So, ladies and gentlemen, take your places at table. The candles are lit, the band is playing, and as the force-shielded dome above us slides apart, revealing a dark and sullen sky, hung with the ancient light of livid, swollen stars, I can see that we are in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse!
posted by Rock Steady at 3:43 AM on December 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Rock Steady at 3:43 AM on December 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
half the lights on the christmas tree have broken
for the two year old this is the first seal
he howls
he waves a foam cutlass
hunhau reborn
handy manny is called
fire man sam is summoned
they ride to the terrible two year old on a blue engine
they are too late
manny sobs at his failure
turner takes his left eye
phillipe his left
sam curses the ancient gods
he dons a coat of flame
his pain is fleeting
ours will be forever
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:50 AM on December 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
for the two year old this is the first seal
he howls
he waves a foam cutlass
hunhau reborn
handy manny is called
fire man sam is summoned
they ride to the terrible two year old on a blue engine
they are too late
manny sobs at his failure
turner takes his left eye
phillipe his left
sam curses the ancient gods
he dons a coat of flame
his pain is fleeting
ours will be forever
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:50 AM on December 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
where is my apocalypse
i bought this apocalypse dress and everything
posted by subbes at 3:59 AM on December 21, 2012
i bought this apocalypse dress and everything
posted by subbes at 3:59 AM on December 21, 2012
I'm still looking to trade for some butter. I figured I'd save money by using everything up before The End. And now it's Over and I can't make fucking toast.
Thanks ancient Mayans!
By the way, a good percentage of NYCs restaurant delivery dudes are Mayan. I don't notice them panicking!
posted by spitbull at 5:41 AM on December 21, 2012
Thanks ancient Mayans!
By the way, a good percentage of NYCs restaurant delivery dudes are Mayan. I don't notice them panicking!
posted by spitbull at 5:41 AM on December 21, 2012
I can't allow the world to end until I finish watching 2012 tomorrow.
Man, I just realized - I hope for John Cusack's sake he's chosen to stay at home chillin' out all day, because otherwise everyone in the damn world is going to be cracking stupid jokes at the poor guy all day.
(Fan confession - I do follow his twitter sometimes, and he did crack one joke about forgetting whether the world was supposed to end yesterday or today. Someone else tweeted back "I KNEW you didn't read your script!")
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:02 AM on December 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
Man, I just realized - I hope for John Cusack's sake he's chosen to stay at home chillin' out all day, because otherwise everyone in the damn world is going to be cracking stupid jokes at the poor guy all day.
(Fan confession - I do follow his twitter sometimes, and he did crack one joke about forgetting whether the world was supposed to end yesterday or today. Someone else tweeted back "I KNEW you didn't read your script!")
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:02 AM on December 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
I am very disappointed.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:29 AM on December 21, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:29 AM on December 21, 2012
The world actually did end today but it was immediately replaced with an identical backup copy. The Mayans didn't see that one coming. They didn't know that Jesus saves.
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:19 PM on December 21, 2012
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:19 PM on December 21, 2012
I was hoping for better weather. The world appears to be ending in fog and sleet.
posted by arcticseal at 3:25 PM on December 21, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 3:25 PM on December 21, 2012
No post made it to the Blue. The potential for the End of World, widely reported and discussed, was never recognized by Metafilter. No hilarity ensued.
I count on Metafilter to keep me updated about (potential) events such as these. I enjoy posts about tiny things, but if it's a really significant thing, like the End of the World, I don't think it's wrong to discuss it here.
The Mayan calendar is a mystery to me, but someone told me that the same scenario will return in 5000 years. So I will drop a message here to future moderators. Please let us enjoy the End of the World!
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:55 PM on December 21, 2012
I count on Metafilter to keep me updated about (potential) events such as these. I enjoy posts about tiny things, but if it's a really significant thing, like the End of the World, I don't think it's wrong to discuss it here.
The Mayan calendar is a mystery to me, but someone told me that the same scenario will return in 5000 years. So I will drop a message here to future moderators. Please let us enjoy the End of the World!
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:55 PM on December 21, 2012
The end of the world was heralded by butts.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:02 PM on December 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:02 PM on December 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
the world did end today -- we're into a new age where everything is otherwise
posted by philip-random at 7:37 PM on December 21, 2012
posted by philip-random at 7:37 PM on December 21, 2012
They laughed one last time at the superstitious Mayans and returned to preparing for the anniversary of the birth of the magical God-child.
posted by gwint at 6:23 AM on December 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by gwint at 6:23 AM on December 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
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