The End of The World?

Viani · 2013-02-02 04:28:12

What's your favorite/least favorite scenario?

What do you wish would happen?

etc.

Justice4243 · 2013-02-02 11:05:35

Hmmmm...

I'm not sure if I could answer this without going over various religious and mythological Apocalyptic scenarios. Which...I guess is fine?

I guess least favorite would be "heat death of the known universe".

I might have to maul over a favorite.

Beholder · 2013-02-02 11:59:05

I just wish it happened already :)

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-02-02 19:14:30

There are two minor consolations about heat death: There will still be things happening in the universe, just on a completely different (read: quantum/universal) scale; and due to basic statistical laws, it is basically guaranteed to reverse itself at some point in the ludicrously distant future.

As for favourite ends to this world in particular, a lot of the more aggressively bizarre eschatological configurations have their perks, as do many of the more eccentric scientific ones. Manichaeism has a pretty interesting interpretation of the final battle of good and evil; the children of Fenrir devouring the sun and moon is pretty awesome and incredibly metal; Kali Yuga sounds slow and painful but fascinating to behold; every supervolcano on the Earth going off in sequence is sufficiently dramatic; and having the planet devoured by a black hole or strange star, while awful, would at least have plenty of cool physics-bending to witness.

Justice4243 · 2013-02-02 19:56:58

Well, as for as metal ways of the world ending, we need to include Zoroastrianism.

http://www.oocities.org/north_gods/myth2.htm

According to Persian sacral texts ("Frashegird") there will be great disasters at last centuries of the world. All wolves will be left together and will merge in one huge wolf. People will beat with it and will win. After centuries, all snakes will be slipped together and will grow together in the huge snake. And again, people will battle to it and will win. Will pass years and held down in a muzzle of a volcano Demavend threheaded serpeent Aji-dahaka, former is no time shah, will break off circuits and will escape on light. Then Supreme god Ahuramazda call up great warrior Keresaspa and that will strike a monster. Then Dives and other demons will be destroyed.

I hope everyone brought a their big-boy pants and a big gun, sharp object, or blunt instrument, because we're going to have to fight a giant wolf Voltron and then a giant snake Voltron.

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-02-02 20:00:52

The Manichaean version of the end of the world is pretty similar to that, down to the weird combining demons thing. It seems that the ancient Persians were very into treating animal-monsters like mecha.

Imipolex G · 2013-02-02 20:02:33

Everyone turns inside out.

Ace Rimmer · 2013-02-02 20:03:46

The absolute crashing of the Americano economy seems to be an interesting scenerio

after all when the US sneezes, the ROTW catches a cold

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-02-02 20:10:37

Well, there are four options there: Total anarchy (the good kind), total anarchy (the bad kind), a massive socialist revolution, or a massive failed socialist revolution.

#2 is the most likely, but I'm holding out for either #1 or #3.

Justice4243 · 2013-02-02 20:11:42

Huh...might be an interesting scenario to see the world economy collapse. No telling if it would actually result in a full blown Apocalypse, but it's unlikely to be pleasant for pretty much anyone.

Beholder · 2013-02-02 22:04:22

The way I'd want the world to end - everyone is granted what they wish. ALL of it.

Considering the humanity, that's got to lead to the end of the world. But it would (at least in my case) be amusing, while not running away in terror, at least. Which, to think of it, might also be amusing

Tachyon · 2013-02-02 22:17:47

What if i wish for nothing catastrophic or otherwise world-ending to happen? :p

Viani · 2013-02-02 22:25:26

How long would it take a black hole to destroy Earth? I would be thoroughly disappointed if it was beyond instant, we would just be cut off mid sentence like we made a Candlejack joke or something, generally any instantaneous apocalypses are desireable for those who don't want to suffer, but boring for cynici

Justice4243 · 2013-02-02 23:19:07

What if my wish caused a paradox that forced me to exist outside time as an abstract, but omniscient concept?

Obā-san · 2013-02-02 23:20:10

I kill everybody

the end

Beholder · 2013-02-03 08:29:54

@Justice

I don't see how that would interfere with the end of the world. Nevertheless, that would be one cool wish

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-02-03 08:36:29

Justice42 said:
What if my wish caused a paradox that forced me to exist outside time as an abstract, but omniscient concept?

Bigger question: Can you work a dress that frilly?

Salix Babylonika · 2013-02-03 08:43:52

Ideally, by the time the world would end humanity will have advanced to the point where the world could end and we'd not care.

Ideally.

Beholder · 2013-02-03 09:16:18

I thought quite a lot of us are at that point already :)

Justice4243 · 2013-02-03 13:09:15

Beholder said:
@Justice

I don't see how that would interfere with the end of the world. Nevertheless, that would be one cool wish

It was a reference a to a thing.

Oddly enough, the wish did, in fact, end the world multiple times...time travel was involved. Wheeeeeeeeee!

Justice4243 · 2013-02-03 13:10:18

Justice42 said:
What if my wish caused a paradox that forced me to exist outside time as an abstract, but omniscient concept?

Bigger question: Can you work a dress that frilly?

I think this was addressed in the problem of evil thread...

I'd have to rethink my wish to change my age and gender, though AND make it paradoxical.

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