In case you haven't heard, we're all toast on Saturday night at 6. According to Christian radio host Harold Camping, a former civil engineer who extrapolated the biblical numbers to pinpoint the date, the Earth will suffer massive earthquakes beginning at 6 pm local time, well, everywhere. To help us to prepare, Business Insider has posted a handy doomsday clock HERE.
To get a little more specific, Camping isn't exactly predicting the end of the world, just the Rapture. The end of the world comes five months later on October 21, 2011. But according to his followers, roughly 200 million people will be heading for greener pastures on Saturday night and the rest of us will be, uhh, Left Behind. Sounds like a party to me.
Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how many bankers will make the cut? Suffice it to say that I'm planning a kick ass Sunday brunch at Chez Braverman. But I have to admit, it did get me thinking.
What would I do with my last 48 hours or so? I've had a good run, so the end of the world wouldn't exactly be, well, the end of the world to me. But I want to hear about you guys.
What would you do if you knew the world was ending in two days? Would you huddle together with family and friends and wait for the worst to be over? Go out with a bang and party like it's 1999? Would you tell your boss to get screwed when you leave work tomorrow? Now that's a show of faith.
Who thinks they won't be at work on Monday?
I guess it has been a while since the last time the last day was calculated
Unfortunately my last two weeks on earth have been rather mundane. Time to go Charlie Sheen
I would take the tin foil off my head.
Time to run up the credit cards...but save the receipts...
I've been waiting for someone on WSO to start discussing this May 21 Rapture stuff. I think my favorite quote on the matter so far has been this one from the SF Chronicle:
The -1 subtraction is what has me in stitches every fucking time!
Like God, in his "infinite wisdom," accidentally overshot the end of the world by a year and needs a CONTINUITY CORRECTION! Of course, this same exact logic would work exponentially better for May 21st of 2010, but this one fucking guy knows we're supposed to subtract by one!
I'm seriously not even gonna make it to the 21st, instead I'm gonna die laughing at all the material this shitstorm is creating.
Midas had a similar post (albeit non-apocalyptic) a couple months back:
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live
If I were crazy enough to believe those people, I'd be studying John 1 and Psalm 23.
But in reality, the fact is that while most people on this forum will live decades, some might only have a few years. It's even possible that a few people who post here won't make it to the 21st and leave all of those dreams of making MD and driving Ferraris or gambling in Monte Carlo behind. Some folks like Alex Trebeck from Colonial Penn are worried about their final affairs, but it is always good to have your eternal affairs sorted out too.
I saw some of these guys wearing their t-shirts last year right around my graduation... I'd forgotten about them until now. I remember thinking "Oh wow?! So these people really believe a year from now, we're all done!" Guess we'll have to wait and see. Ahhhh, the sky is falling!!!
I have no IDEA what I would do if I found out I had 48 hours to live. I'd probably bang the hot chick in the office next to me, head down to confession at St. Pat's, then grab a pint of beer. That's day 1.
Day 2, I'd spend with family. for real.
Funny you posted this, I pass the 'Epoch Times' people every morning, and today I started cheering "YEEEHAAAA, TWO DAYS 'TIL THE WORLD ENDS!!!". Yep: I was THAT guy, just in case anyone here walks down Vesey street in the AM. The best part about doomsday/end of the world stuff, is that every few years some group or another has their date roll around and pass with no effect. For some reason, 2012 DOES worry me a bit. 2000 was merely a bunch of Christian nuts, but the 2012 people strike me as being significantly less emotionally stable.......
I do feel kinda bad for these people:
http://www.exmormon.org/exjw3.htm
Well I guess I picked a good weekend to go to Vegas...
I saw an ad for this shit on the NYC subway, crazy.
Maybe this guy is right, the end of the world will be caused by the rapture, the ridiculous trading value of LNKD
The Zombie Apoclypse is coming
must.have.brains
Saturday is my birthday. If the rapture happens, I think that makes me Jesus. Just sayin
First Church of Happy Pants?
FYI, the ads that have been all over NYC were paid for by one guy...a retired MTA worker who spent his ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS putting the ads up.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/the_end_of_the_world_6…
[quote=TheKing]FYI, the ads that have been all over NYC were paid for by one guy...a retired MTA worker who spent his ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS putting the ads up.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/the_end_of_the_world_6…]
Well I guess his life ends on May 21st no matter what happens then...
[quote=TheKing]FYI, the ads that have been all over NYC were paid for by one guy...a retired MTA worker who spent his ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS putting the ads up.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/the_end_of_the_world_6…] "it's God's choice" ....really? If nothing I do matters, I'm calling up some girls I know and partying in his church.
Part of me wants to take part in some of the jokes, but the other part of me is COMPLETELY freaked out by all this...
Regards
Man. I almost considered BUYING credits so I could give you an SB.
I remember seeing that video the first time in SIXTH grade. don't think I've seen it in 10 years. Cheers mate.
One of the best videos ever. I love watching it every once in a while to remind me why I don't like the French. LOL.
Regards
"It is not for you to know the dates and times the Father has established." It's SUPPOSED to be unexpected! Way to ruin the surprise.
LOL. Guess I should have posted a SPOILER ALERT.
Jokes? The only joke I can think of is declaring Sunday May 22nd Sanity Day. Either that or this:
http://www.zug.com/pranks/printer/pp2.gif
Regardless, 6 PM, I plan to be in a hang glider, so will not have to worry about an earthquake. Also, what about Congressman Giffords' husband? Can't they just hang out on the ISS for a few decades? What does God do with them?
The biblical literalists didn't do all of their homework on this.
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