Personally I think it will be the Beardpocalypse... Beards will become sentient, detach from the faces of those with beards and march! We're doomed I tells ya! DOOMED!
Poll: Most Likely End Of World Scenario
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I don't think nuclear war is all that likely, unless the world governments all decide that fucking SUICIDE it the best way to resolve any disagreements.
Alien apocalypse is least likely of all, the likeliness of a world other than ours that can sustain life is very slim, this scenario is made even more slim with the odds of life actually existing on this world long enough to develop society, space travel and all in the same timespan as our existence (these civilizations could already have existed or still need to exist at some point) and of course without going extinct themselves in the process before learning of us (also a slim chance of that), deciding to kill us (come on, why bother?) and finally reaching us from the lolwtfbbq long distances they'd have to travel.
The zombie apocalypse...oh please it is the easiest apocalypse to deal with of all. As long as it isn't the airborne-virus animalistic zombie apocalypse where they WON'T all be walking braindead fleshbags getting picked off by predators or walking off bridges.
From what I have seen of modern technology I have little fear of an AI demanding our destruction, anyone read the story of google's AI that was set loose on the internet? and within microseconds immediately began to look for one thing...adorable cat videos.
A virus apocalypse I can see killing allot of people but I am sure we would get infected areas quarantined fast enough to prevent spread.
From what I have read of all the ways space seems to be deliberately trying to kill us on a daily basis I'd say an asteroid is most likely to kill us, or the sun dying, or any other space-related incident (that isn't aliens).
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I bet NO ONE would see an apocalypse caused by that coming.
Wait, it could work like in The day after tomorrow...shit
Alien apocalypse is least likely of all, the likeliness of a world other than ours that can sustain life is very slim, this scenario is made even more slim with the odds of life actually existing on this world long enough to develop society, space travel and all in the same timespan as our existence (these civilizations could already have existed or still need to exist at some point) and of course without going extinct themselves in the process before learning of us (also a slim chance of that), deciding to kill us (come on, why bother?) and finally reaching us from the lolwtfbbq long distances they'd have to travel.
The zombie apocalypse...oh please it is the easiest apocalypse to deal with of all. As long as it isn't the airborne-virus animalistic zombie apocalypse where they WON'T all be walking braindead fleshbags getting picked off by predators or walking off bridges.
From what I have seen of modern technology I have little fear of an AI demanding our destruction, anyone read the story of google's AI that was set loose on the internet? and within microseconds immediately began to look for one thing...adorable cat videos.
A virus apocalypse I can see killing allot of people but I am sure we would get infected areas quarantined fast enough to prevent spread.
From what I have read of all the ways space seems to be deliberately trying to kill us on a daily basis I'd say an asteroid is most likely to kill us, or the sun dying, or any other space-related incident (that isn't aliens).
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I bet NO ONE would see an apocalypse caused by that coming.
Wait, it could work like in The day after tomorrow...shit
The two most likely scenarios are not on this list. Economic crash, which gets less likely every day, but is still a very real possibility. And the most likely is something that has actually happened before. A large solar flare hitting earth causes nearly global EMP effects. In 1859 one such flare happened and hit earth, it was so large it was visible to the naked eye and it was how we discovered solar flares. It also shut down 70% of the planet's telegraph lines, setting many of them on fire.
If that same flare hit today, 70% of the planets power grid would go down, the transformers would be destroyed. There is a 12% chance that a flare of similar size will hit earth in the next decade.
Such an event would be catastrophic, crippling our already limited abilities to repair the grid. Long before any such repair would take place, chaos would rein supreme.
If that same flare hit today, 70% of the planets power grid would go down, the transformers would be destroyed. There is a 12% chance that a flare of similar size will hit earth in the next decade.
Such an event would be catastrophic, crippling our already limited abilities to repair the grid. Long before any such repair would take place, chaos would rein supreme.
My vote is on Viral or Technological, whichever gets to us first.
If it's viral, it will be from the overuse of antibiotics and such creating a nigh-unkillable pathogen that spreads fast and kills quickly. Bonus points if the virus causes zombification.
If it's technological, it won't be a robot uprising or anything like that, it'll be something like a massive solar flare crippling all the technology we depend upon. We'll all just wake up one day and nothing will turn on. Commence riots and mass panic.
If it's viral, it will be from the overuse of antibiotics and such creating a nigh-unkillable pathogen that spreads fast and kills quickly. Bonus points if the virus causes zombification.
If it's technological, it won't be a robot uprising or anything like that, it'll be something like a massive solar flare crippling all the technology we depend upon. We'll all just wake up one day and nothing will turn on. Commence riots and mass panic.
Oh, please. We know that once things go pear shaped, the dolphins will leg it(Ok, maybe fin it) into outer space while thanking us for all the fish.Atmos Duality said:
OT: That's because if games have taught me anything, it's that terrorists and the Russians are running off with nukes stolen from Uncle Same all the time so I picked nuclear.
But what I'm hoping(ok, strong word but you know what I mean) for is Cthullu and Godzilla rising from the sea and duking it out. Eat your heart out film 2012, the real end of the world will be more spectacular than your shitfest
Something to do with particles being unhappy like in the godawful 2012 film. Or The Third Impact, both seem like likely options.
Most likely a Nuclear War with the rest of the population to be killed off by disease and famine.
Most likely a Nuclear War with the rest of the population to be killed off by disease and famine.
Nuclear war.
Now, I absolutely agree with Esotera though: it's gonna be a gradual decline for a while as the economy collapses and starvation rises.
But I think before we all just fade away in that scenario, someone's gonna snap and start nuking the place.
Now, I absolutely agree with Esotera though: it's gonna be a gradual decline for a while as the economy collapses and starvation rises.
But I think before we all just fade away in that scenario, someone's gonna snap and start nuking the place.
Wait, are we talking about the WORLD coming to an end, or the Human race coming to an end, or Life coming to an end?
Because those are very different scenario's that require different "End game" situations.
None of the above, For example, would destroy planet earth, nor would they likely end all life on earth. But they are fairly good for the end of humans...but humans are not "The world".
Because those are very different scenario's that require different "End game" situations.
None of the above, For example, would destroy planet earth, nor would they likely end all life on earth. But they are fairly good for the end of humans...but humans are not "The world".
first a killer virus is released...then the UN drop a nuclear bomb on location. (but before that )the country of said location says f#Wk you and launch nukes at every other country.
Today's countries can't stay out of each others buisness and eventually someone will get pissed off and....BOOM, either a nuclear fallout or a viral apocalypse
Political apocalypse
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I think a quick calculation will leave Alien, and Zombie out of the question. I know you want it to be that way, sorry to disappoint you, but it isn't going to. It's like saying I will wake up to a disco party in my bedroom tomorrow. It's not ENTIRELY impossible, but I can safely say, I'm not going to.
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I think a quick calculation will leave Alien, and Zombie out of the question. I know you want it to be that way, sorry to disappoint you, but it isn't going to. It's like saying I will wake up to a disco party in my bedroom tomorrow. It's not ENTIRELY impossible, but I can safely say, I'm not going to.
Viruses deadly enough to wipe people out very fast is not possible, because whenever a virus like that exists it always kills people too fast and can't spread. Technology rising up against us is just stupid. I don't think humans are stupid enough to create a nuclear apocalypse. So I guess asteroid? I mean, it's happened before. Hopefully we find technology to prevent that soon enough. Maybe we already can.
An extinction level asteroid impact is a question of when it happens not if. Although I assume you don't really care if it happens 500,000 years into the future.
Nuclear war could easily kill almost everything on earth, but I don't think full-scale nuclear war is that likely anymore.
However a viral or bacterial apocalyspe is fairly likely. They are slowly evolving resistance to most forms of treatment, they can share genetic information creating a hybrid of 2 different types and the technology allowing studying and manipulation of genes are becoming ever more available.
Nuclear war could easily kill almost everything on earth, but I don't think full-scale nuclear war is that likely anymore.
However a viral or bacterial apocalyspe is fairly likely. They are slowly evolving resistance to most forms of treatment, they can share genetic information creating a hybrid of 2 different types and the technology allowing studying and manipulation of genes are becoming ever more available.