Opinion: Do You Want to Know the Exact Day the World is Going to End?

Hellooo lovely peoples, here I am again with another opinioniatish topic open for discussion. Well, do you want to know when the world is going to end, so you can tell everyone goodbye and stuff gems down your shirt? Or do you not want to know, because you prefer to live in happy oblivion?

*note: this discussion is assuming that the world is going to definitely end at some point. Whether or not the world is going to end is not open for discussion in this thread, rather, the question is do you want to know when the world will end, and why or why not?

Having recently realised i'm not immortal like i always thought i was, i'd rather not know when the world was ending.

If it was let out that the world would end in 3 weeks, it cause chaos. Everyone would panic and well our last days on earth would be rather sad.

Saying goodbye to loved ones, well you're always saying goodbye to them. If you're so concerned about not getting the chance to make peace then you'd do something about it now wouldn't you?

I always make sure my friends and family know i love them and i have made my peace with those who i needed to.

So, again, if you're so concerned about the world ending and not doing everything you wanted to do, start doing something about it now.

If you were going to jump out of a plane you would have accepted that there was a risk ending up paralysed.

*yawns*

Anyways, who knows how the world would end. Would it be naturally or self inflicted by mankind? Because its possible, and if it was mankind who did it with their bombbombs i really wouldn't want to know that some lunitic had his nuc pointed at me

Ah but surely if your book was published it would prove that your not a bad writer? And wouldn't love to live to see it hit the shelves of a book shop?

Oh look a polar bear on an ice road *is watching Ice Road Truckers out of boredom*

I kind of have this wierd logic working in my head where I really really want to be here when the world does end, but I don't actually want to know the exact date that it will happen on. I just think it would be the coolest thing to get to experience the entire world just...ending. XD

But I wouldn't want to know the date. Because knowing the date would just make me think about everything that I didn't yet get to do and all of the things that I'll never be able to do. and then I'll just start walking around talking to the trees about how much I'll miss them and then I'll be put in an insane asylum and then the world would end while I was in an insane asylum. and that would kind of suck. No, I'd much rather the world just end one day without anybody knowing it.

Soo, no exact dates, though I would like the end of the world to come sometime in my lifetime. Is that morbid?

Exactly my point.

If the entire population could be saved, by loading all humans and animals into a space ship and sending up to the moon or somewhere livable, i think no-one should say the world is ending even then.

It would be like *knock knock* "Hello Miss Ettie, please gather your family and pack quickly, you have 30 minutes, you will then come with us. Do not ask any questions, just do it." that kind of thing.

Know what i mean?

Now, going off topic, anyone want to tell me what's happened to Baby Aaron in Lost?

Nah he's still a baby, well toddler lol.

It would suck if the world ended before we got to see the final Potter films and Twilight films. But, not much we can do about it can we, if the world is going to end, then its going to end and i'll die wearing a pink fluffy blindfold.

*gets on knees and prays to mother earth*

I beg you oh kind mother earth, mother of all things and people sky and sea, do not end until after we've seen all Harry Potter films and Twilight films ... and only when Supernatural is finished for good .... And after i've been to Germany ... But before World War 3 ..... thanks.



You know .... we've gone off topic lmao

Isn't Kate's son-who-isn't-really-her-son Aaron? That's what I assumed...although I haven't watched Lost for more than a month so possibly I don't know what I'm talking about. xD

Also, on topic, I don't think EVERYONE should know when the world is going to end, because of the good points people brought up about crazy people killing and robbing and having no conscience and being desperate.

However, I DO want to know the date. Because I believe I can handle it.

I don't think I'd do anything especially different, though. I always tell my loved ones I love them. I have pretty much a sufficient amount of ambition without being threatened with the end of the world. So I think I'd just keep living my life, and have a grand party the last day of the world.

Nobody would know why we're having the party of course. But I'd convince all my friends and family to take a day off work and school so we can wave goodbye in style!

And possibly spike everything with painkillers so that the end, whatever it is, shouldn't be too painful...now there's an idea...would have to be careful not to overdose, though...

Yeah Aaron is Claire's son but Kate took him off the island and now Kates back on the island after telling Jack not to ask where Aaron was! *rolls eyes* i feel so lost at times.

Back on Topic ...... A party would be good, i'd drink the bar dry and not have to worry about a hangover. I'd force myself to have fun ..... And ... Stephy, i know you'd cry but i think after about ten minutes you'd realise that being sad would ruin it for everyone else so you'd cheer up.

I wouldn't want to be the one who kills everyone! So I wouldn't overdose the drinks. If we die of a disaster so be it, but there's always hope till the last second, that's just the way most humans are, so I doubt I'd be able to do something like that. But maybe just enough to make us all happy, so that even those of us that do know that it's the end won't be crying in the corner...

Aww you wouldn't be overlooked, because it would be a a HE Party, everyone form HE would be there, and none of us would let you sit crying in the corner, and if you even tried, we'd set the Owl on you and you know you can't be sad with the Owl about.

Nah if you started crying i'd grab you by the arm, drag you all the way up to the Astromony tower, push you down, grab you ankles, and the swing you over the side ...... Then i'd try and throw you at the Womping Willow and hope for a home run. It's a game we play called "Noobie Bashing" its been so long since i've got to throw someone into Wompa, he needs bodies!

*looks around for a victim*

You are very, very welcome. Now come with me and you can join in as well! Wait while i grab a vicitim.

*grabs Streamies and throws her in a bag*

Right hold this *hands over the bag*

i need another one. *grabs Gemma and throws her in a bag*

okay lets go!

Now, this isn't being off topic, because we can use our volunteers to do a scientific experiment on the weather to see when the world will end.

*trudges off up to the tower*

What we'll be doing is launching our volenteers into space, with the help of Wompa. That way, they can find out first hand whats happening with the earth cos all they need to do is ask him whats wrong and how can we make him feel better and everything.

Yeah and make sure you mention that the North East of England likes sunshine so if we could have a little bit more that would be great also. Have fun!

*dangles Gemma over the tower*

As they say here in Newcastle Gemma, Aufedersein pet.

*throws Gemma at Wompa and waves*

Hmm, now i think i'll go watch some more Aufedersein pet.

Noooooooooooooo lets not prepare for it! Lets just party each and everyday and be thankful for the time we have.

EDIT: and Aufedersein pet is a tv show, VERY old tv show, i grew up watching it, its based on a group of builders, most of whom are from Newcastle *big up the geordies!* oh and Wormtail is in it! And anyways they go abroad to do building work and well, whilst in Germany they had a few scrapes shall we say lol, my favorite line from that series was from a character called Oz played by the great Jimmy Nail, and he's a proper "i don't like Germans because of the War" and at the end of one episode all you hear from Oz is "They bombed my Granny!" which makes me giggle like mad. Oz is the idiot out of them all. They did a revival a few years ago and had two series, but it was strange because one of the actors had died and he was "replaced" by his son aka Mickey the Idiot from Dr Who hehe. So yeah, the title, Aufedersein pet, is basically goodbye in German and pet is Geordie for um, its an affectionate name kind of thing like if you call someone honey or love, we call them pet. So its really called Goodbye Love. right Tv Lesson over, back to throwing people at Wompa ... for science of course.... do you think streamers will kill us for going off topic a bit? hehehehe

*looks around*

Hmm i don't know, but i do need my Little Pumpkin, so we can't throw him ... and my girl Skie just returned, so not her .... hmm .... how about if we drug Rai, then tie him up (after having snapped his wand) and throw him at Wompa?

Ah but Wompa is my friend so he wouldn'y hurt you.

Here's what we do, we do a spell, turn you into Britney Spears and then while Rai is bowing down to you, you can inject him with this *hands over a needle filled with blue liquid* and THEN shout of me and then we throw him to Wompa who apparently is rather looking forward to hitting him.

...

I'm in a freaking BAG!

I need a quill. And a flashlight. And chocolate!

What if the world has already ended and we're all dead and in some kind of hellish limbo already? Maybe the world ended 8 days ago and we just don't know it yet, like some of the spirits in The Sixth Sense? What if I am thinking that I'm at home typing up this pithy little comment on my laptop but really my body is laying up the rubble of my building?

As for the actual question, yes, I would like to know the exact day the world is going to end, because I really think the parties would be awesome.

*sends a quill, a flashlight, extra batteries and a life time supply of chocolate to Streamers*

Ah but would they be awesome? I mean what if all anyone could think about is what they never had the chance to do before they all died? Would anyone go to a party when they could spend their last days alive with loved ones and completing all that they ever wanted to do?

I think you might right about already being dead though. I'm in hell already, i've got four pesky kittens climbing all over me because i'm sat on the floor and they want fed ... and they've just watched Bolt so now they think they've all got super kitty powers.

It would fit in with the whole Hell on Earth saying.

Hmm, the more i think about the more i like it, and it does seem possible, we all have our own personal hells, and this tis just our common room. Or is it? Maybe i'm imaging a site called H.E, and every single one of you, mebers and staff and house mascots and Bobina ... maybe you're all just really the Devil at work ... it would explain away the DevilKittens.... they look like Kittens but are devils who enjoy to watch *coughsDogTheBountyHuntercoughs*

OMG WE MUST BE DEAD! THERE'S 3 FRIDAY 13ths THIS MONTH! ARGH!

Now growing up for me, my stepdad was catholic and he was very opinionated on the subject. HE even tried to get my mum to have us re-christened but by that time myself and my brother we able to form an opinion on the whole thing. Whilst my brother choose not to believe, i believed in many. For example, i believe in Karma, i believe in reincarnation, i believe that whilst everyone argues with each other over who is right about religion, i will worship the only one that matters, Mother Earth. I birth father is a pagan and he gave me lots of stuff to read whilst i was growing up and well, whilst i flicked through most of it, some of it stood it. Then, just to annoy my Stepdad, i started bringing home Spelbooks because he always said Pagans were evil.....you would have totally done the same!

But, even if the world had already ended, and we were all dead, who would tell us?

have you been reading my ficition Entwined on the pensieve? Cos that sounds like what my guy Death would do. He's so cool.

um have you noticed we've gone from IT the world ends to IT HAS ended? I think streamies need to make this into an article before we turn it into a If the world ended, It Has ended, Doesn't Death have real nice hair? thing

How can I make this into an article?

According to you all, I am dead and in hell. In my hell I wouldn't be able to write. Ergo...

*kicks streamies out of hell*

Done, now work your magic

And by the way, i think i'm going to break out of hell and well, go haunt someone.

yeah good look streamies.

*wanders off to find Death*

Eh I can just ignore all that stuff about Death's favorite hairstyle and focus on the topic...what was it again? xD

Ah, the joys of editing...

Um i think the topic was "Does Death have real good hair?"

Uh huh real good hair ..... Wow he looks like Jenson Ackles when he flexes his muscles ... how cool.

*grabs Stephy and leaves the thread so Streamers can get on with her article*