How will humanity prepare for the end of the world in 5113 years?

[Ivan Seeking]

We were joking about the 2012 end of the world stuff and rootx suggested a thread asking what people are going to do with their last month. So, for the fun of it, what if we really did only have one month until some kind of unavoidable extinction level event wipes out life on the planet? What would you do between now and December 21st?

There is a wonderful movie that deals with the idea of the last night on earth, called Last Night [1998], strangely enough. It was available for streaming at Netflix but is offline at the moment.

What do you do when you have six hours to live? Last Night chronicles a small group of people whose lives intersect as a nameless apocalypse descends on them, which director Don McKellar handles with grace and solemn dignity. A woman (Sandra Oh) tries to locate her husband to fulfill a suicide pact, while a young man (Callum Keith Rennie) has a rendezvous with a former high school teacher.

Netflix

 

[Andre]

Just read On the beach. People would paint the fence and plant new crops for next year. Life goes on. Anyway I got no time to think about it. I have to hurry to be at Bugarach in time.

 

[xxChrisxx]

So, for the fun of it, what if we really did only have one month until some kind of unavoidable extinction level event wipes out life on the planet? What would you do between now and December 21st?

I'd get my Christmas shopping done.

 

[drizzle]

I'd be studying for my coming exam.

 

[Ibix]

A guy on another forum I frequent has a countdown in his sig - X days, X hours, X minutes...until everybody suddenly stops talking about the Maya.

What would I do if I knew the apocalypse was coming? I've no particular ambitions achievable in this timescale. I would try to be the best man, husband and father I can. Die with my boots on, civilian style, basically. And keep on teaching my son to read - you never know.

 

[czelaya]

Make things right as much as possible:

I'd apologize to everyone for every stupid action, lie, dishonest act, and wrongful thing I've ever done. I would also thank the people in my life who don't realize how much they have effected me in life.

Spend as much time with my daughter and tell my current girlfriend of 3 years that I'm ultimately grateful for her love towards me-an undeserving fool.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

 

[Evo]

I'd spend all of my money buying all of the best foods I've never allowed myself to splurge on, and share with friends and family, one HUGE BINGE. Unfortunately, one month wouldn't be long enough to travel to all of the places I have yet to visit. Besides, who's going to be working?

 

[rootX]

I'd apologize to everyone for every stupid action, lie, dishonest act, and wrongful thing I've ever done. I would also thank the people in my life who don't realize how much they have effected me in life.

That's also on my to-do list

 

[Evo]

That's also on my to-do list

They're all going to die and won't remember, go out and have fun instead!

 

[fluidistic]

I don't know what I'd do. Maybe buy a ticket for Mars or the Moon since the Earth would be toasted.

I'd spend all of my money buying all of the best foods I've never allowed myself to splurge on, and share with friends and family, one HUGE BINGE.

Excuse me for my curiosity but I'd love to hear about some of these "foods".
Foods I've never tried but would like to try is ocsypek (borek knows this), a truffle (ok this one is so expensive! I think it's over 1000 dollars for 1 kilogram). And maybe the fugu fish just for fun.

 

[rootX]

They're all going to die and won't remember, go out and have fun instead!

That's true. Maybe, I should borrow some money from them, buy some expensive food too and elope with all the food to Bora Bora

 

[Evo]

That's true. Maybe, I should borrow some money from them, buy some expensive food too and elope with all the food to Bora Bora

Ooh, I'm coming with you!

 

[mathwonk]

"I'd spend all of my money"

you guys sound like good marks for an end of the world scam.

 

[Evo]

"I'd spend all of my money"

you guys sound like good marks for an end of the world scam.

LOL! Well, it would have to be REALLY certain. So far I have not been rooked by any of the end of the world scams. :tongue2:

But, never say never. And "all of my money" comes to about $150, unless I don't pay that last month's rent.

 

[Drakkith]

I doubt I would live for a month since society would probably break down nearly completely after such a revelation.

 

[Evo]

I doubt I would live for a month since society would probably break down nearly completely after such a revelation.

That's really sad. You would think that if the end is here for everyone, everyone would try to make the end the best for all.

But that's just me hoping that humans won't act like humans.

 

[rootX]

Ooh, I'm coming with you!

As far you promise not to eat all my chocolates :uhh:

 

[dlgoff]

Just read On the beach. People would paint the fence and plant new crops for next year. Life goes on. ...

Yep. I'd be right here on Physics Forums.

 

[Drakkith]

That's really sad. You would think that if the end is here for everyone, everyone would try to make the end the best for all.

But that's just me hoping that humans won't act like humans.

Well, its more like the breakdown of the economy. Why go to work when you won't even live for another month? Very soon supplies are gone and you are starving. What then?

 

[Evo]

Well, its more like the breakdown of the economy. Why go to work when you won't even live for another month? Very soon supplies are gone and you are starving. What then?

I have enough food in my pantry and freezer/fridge to last more than a month without shopping.

I would raid the gourmet shops for the best items though. I mean, come on, it's the end of the world, what are you saving it for?

Oh and the liquor stores, time to get drunk, eh?

 

[Drakkith]

I have enough food in my pantry and freezer/fridge to last more than a month without shopping.

I would raid the gourmet shops for the best items though. I mean, come on, it's the end of the world, what are you saving it for?

Oh and the liquor stores, time to get drunk, eh?

Ah, but the catch is that so would everyone else.

 

[nazarbaz]

I would do what every sensible man should do : try to survive... I don't know : try to bribe god, call Batman for help, even a voodoo ceremony... Yeah, a voodoo ceremony...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Things would be a mess... I'd probably do something pretty crazy at the last minute, like try to steal a fighter jet and take it for a joy ride. I would probably be looking for all of those big thrills that might be too risky in normal circumstances... and a few would probably be X rated! :rofl:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwqgGgAWcGA

 

[Astronuc]

I have enough food in my pantry and freezer/fridge to last more than a month without shopping.

I would raid the gourmet shops for the best items though. I mean, come on, it's the end of the world, what are you saving it for?

Oh and the liquor stores, time to get drunk, eh?

End of the World Party at Evo's. BYOAFLB.

 

[rootX]

Oh and the liquor stores, time to get drunk, eh?

That bottle whiskey I always wanted to have but never got courage to spend that much money in the liquor store

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I would definitely cut off all of the tags on my pillows that say DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG.

The toilet seat would always be left in the "up" position.

I would eat bacon and pizza as much as possible and then have Half&Half with 3 Musketeers Bars for desert.

 

[Containment]

I probably wouldn't change a thing isn't it sad?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I probably wouldn't change a thing isn't it sad?

You would get up to an alarm clock every day and go to work or school? I seriously doubt that.

 

[Containment]

No actually I just live every day like it's my last because more then likely it will be :)

 

[OmCheeto]

No actually I just live every day like it's my last because more then likely it will be :)

Sounds a bit like me. I was having so much fun in my 20's, that I never expected to make 30.
Then when I made thirty, I joked about having lived a whole lifetime in the course of ten years.
This made people around me nervous, as I suppose I sounded a bit suicidal. "If I should die tomorrow, do not weep, for I've lived more than 100 people do in 100 years."
Then I hit 40, and then I hit 50.

hmmmm...

I think I would do like Evo: Buy a few bottles of fine Scotch, some very good cheese, sit on my front porch, and watch people panic.

People are very fun to watch.

hmmm...

But then again, Don does have a very good point.

Are we having an end of the world chat?

 

[Containment]

I would actually probably move back to the state I was born for that last month Minnesota winters are my fav :)

 

[mathsciguy]

I'd try starting a new religion on the spot. If there would be people who'd survive, I might just become the new prophet haha.

 

[julcab12]

I dunno. Talking bout total life extinction. No escape?I would get so high with LSD and 5-MeO-DMT during the last minutes and hope the dream will last.

... Or just sit with my family on our fav couch. ^_^

 

[Abstr7ct]

No actually I just live every day like it's my last because more then likely it will be :)

And when you sit down and think deeply of how you, as a human being, is exposed to death any time and at any place, it feels painful. It's really scary every time I think about it. What then? is there really anything waits for us after death or it's just that, an eternal sleep in a very dark place.

I die and don't know what the world will be like 50 years later! what's the purpose of life? what's going to happen to Earth and to people? will humans go extinct? are life and the universe just a cyclic process (cyclic model)? if it's a cyclic universe, would I have another chance living on the new Earth with a new consciousness? it all comes down to thinking, why is there something rather than nothing?