Armageddon Obsession: Can't Imagine a World Without Me In It

[Danger]

Whenever I see a zombie flick I get scared of the Zombocaust actually happening.

Whenever I see a zombie flick, it just reminds me, to my bitter disappointment, that Tom Cruise is still alive.

 

[W3pcq]

If you want excitement to happen, MAKE it happen!
Go parachuting
Race motorcycles
Pack-back round the world
Set up a band
Change jobs
Move town/country
Foster a child

Life is a fantastic one-off experience - how exciting is life compared to not living?

Don't waste it dreaming - you are a long time dead!

I sometimes find myself becoming excited when thinking about the world in peril. Sometimes I feel guilty about it, but I can't help it. I think that is may have to do with how easy life is these days. Before civilization, we has to fight to survive constantly. We had to hunt and search for food, we had to make things out of scratch etc. Now days with electricity, modern employment, living in a well of Nation; it is just too easy to survive. I know you could just go to another country that is poor or whatever, but that's not the same. I would rather go back in time and live before civilization.

The thing is, you go to school and spend your development time learning facts. Wouldn't you rather spend that time learning to hunt, fish, make things out of scratch, farm, learn the seasons and the environment you live in. It would be fun to be so in tune with the world around you. Now days you end up getting a job maybe in an office filling out forms. You do the same thing everyday and it in no way bennefits you except in that you make money. You make enough money to survive and be comfortable, but it is just feels unatural.

 

[NeoDevin]

I think the next great adventure to be a part of will be the first off-world (and non-orbiting) colony. Anyone here know when the first manned mission to Mars is going to be? And if they need a mathematical physicist along for the ride?

 

[megankalu]

Not so sure...

I think this gets to the core of the matter. In a similar fashion, by my own observations it seems that as people grow old they tend to expect the worst for the human race. My thought was that this is a natural response to our mortality. It is just too painful for many to imagine a world going along happily without them. By the same token, as suggested, this may be what drives people to expectations of armageddon. Do most people harbor a dark desire for the entire planet to die with them?

But then again the world will one day end. So in a roundabout way I guess this whole psychology could be like hoping to win the lottery.

Ivan, why do you believe the world will one day end? How can you be so sure that this will actually happen or please explain why you believe it will end?
I need enlightening - megan

 

[megankalu]

Worlds

I think the next great adventure to be a part of will be the first off-world (and non-orbiting) colony. Anyone here know when the first manned mission to Mars is going to be? And if they need a mathematical physicist along for the ride?

Not to get off topic, but am i the only person who believes there is another "earth" out there? I mean exactly like ours, with humans, just like us? I brought this up to my professor and he looked at me like i had two heads! Why does that sound so unrealistic? Why can't that be?
megan

 

[Evo]

Ivan, why do you believe the world will one day end? How can you be so sure that this will actually happen or please explain why you believe it will end?
I need enlightening - megan

Hi megan. The Earth will come to an end and life on this planet as we know it will end long before the Earth incinerates. Our sun is a star and will become a red giant in a few billion years, destroying this planet.