The End is Nigh

[Pappa]

I wish the zombie apocalypse would bloody arrive.

[Rum]

Of course it is. We're only something like 1010000 years away from entropic heat death.

This planet, and all humans with it, will expire long before that. It will either be deep-fried when the sun turns supernova or snap-frozen when gravitational forces caused by the collision of our galaxy with its neighbouring one, Andromeda, pull both of them apart. We have 3.5 billion years left, tops. Mark my words!

In my diary.

[Atheist-Lite]

Of course it is. We're only something like 1010000 years away from entropic heat death.

This planet, and all humans with it, will expire long before that. It will either be deep-fried when the sun turns supernova or snap-frozen when gravitational forces caused by the collision of our galaxy with its neighbouring one, Andromeda, pull both of them apart. We have 3.5 billion years left, tops. Mark my words!

In my diary.

If the simulation hypothesis holds that diary may come in handy Rum?

[mistermack]

Of course it is. We're only something like 1010000 years away from entropic heat death.

This planet, and all humans with it, will expire long before that. It will either be deep-fried when the sun turns supernova or snap-frozen when gravitational forces caused by the collision of our galaxy with its neighbouring one, Andromeda, pull both of them apart. We have 3.5 billion years left, tops. Mark my words!

The Sun is actually too small to ever go supernova. It will expand to be a red giant, and then throw off it's outer layers and shrink to be a white dwarf. But the Earth WILL get pretty warm.
If it could go supernova, the Earth wouldn't fry, it would be blasted to bits.
I just hope that Heaven isn't in the way when it dies. I'm worried about my soul.

[Hermit]

The Sun is actually too small to ever go supernova. It will expand to be a red giant, and then throw off it's outer layers and shrink to be a white dwarf. But the Earth WILL get pretty warm.

Thanks for the correction. Hopefully, you don't think my mistake invalidates my point.

[Faithfree]

(Reuters) - - Nearly 15 percent of people worldwide believe the world will end during their lifetime and 10 percent think the Mayan calendar could signify it will happen in 2012, according to a new poll.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/ ... XH20120501

15% of the population. Ugh.

I don’t put too much stock in anything the Mayans predicted; after all, they didn’t foresee the Conquistadors coming, now did they?

[Thinking Aloud]

The Mayans didn't actually predict anything - it's just that their next Long Count calendar period ends this year.

[Ian]

The Mayans didn't actually predict anything - it's just that their next Long Count calendar period ends this year.

I think I read somewhere that when the Mayan calendar was initially calculated, they didn't account for all the leap year days that have occurred since the long count calendar was invented. And the Mayans themselves certainly didn't come up with a leap year system. So their calendar actually ended a few months ago. Somebody correct me if I heard that wrong.

[mistermack]

The Sun is actually too small to ever go supernova. It will expand to be a red giant, and then throw off it's outer layers and shrink to be a white dwarf. But the Earth WILL get pretty warm.

Thanks for the correction. Hopefully, you don't think my mistake invalidates my point.

I wish I did have 3.5 billion years left. One day last week, I thought I had 3.5 HOURS left. the way I felt.

Apparently, when the Sun goes red giant, it will swell up to well past our current orbit, which would fry the Earth. But, the Sun will have lost an awful lot of mass by then, so all of the planets will have moved farther out in their orbits. That means that the Earth will be a lot farther away. The chances are, it won't be very healthy at the time though.

[Thinking Aloud]

The Mayans didn't actually predict anything - it's just that their next Long Count calendar period ends this year.

I think I read somewhere that when the Mayan calendar was initially calculated, they didn't account for all the leap year days that have occurred since the long count calendar was invented. And the Mayans themselves certainly didn't come up with a leap year system. So their calendar actually ended a few months ago. Somebody correct me if I heard that wrong.

I read something similar. So this is what the post-Apocalypse feels like.

[Ian]

The Mayans didn't actually predict anything - it's just that their next Long Count calendar period ends this year.

I think I read somewhere that when the Mayan calendar was initially calculated, they didn't account for all the leap year days that have occurred since the long count calendar was invented. And the Mayans themselves certainly didn't come up with a leap year system. So their calendar actually ended a few months ago. Somebody correct me if I heard that wrong.

I read something similar. So this is what the post-Apocalypse feels like.

I thought it would be more like Mad Max. I was looking forward to driving around the wasteland with an assualt rifle and a trusty dog.

[Coito ergo sum]

The Mayans didn't actually predict anything - it's just that their next Long Count calendar period ends this year.

I think I read somewhere that when the Mayan calendar was initially calculated, they didn't account for all the leap year days that have occurred since the long count calendar was invented. And the Mayans themselves certainly didn't come up with a leap year system. So their calendar actually ended a few months ago. Somebody correct me if I heard that wrong.

I read something similar. So this is what the post-Apocalypse feels like.

I thought it would be more like Mad Max. I was looking forward to driving around the wasteland with an assualt rifle and a trusty dog.

I'd like a talking dog...

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