Poll: The End of Days - How do you spend it?

[Paragon Fury]

So Escapists, let's have a bit of a heavier topic.

Its the end of days. The verified, literal end of days. In no uncertain terms, with a statistically irrelevant chance of missing, a massive asteroid is heading towards the Earth and will collide with it. The asteroid is massive enough that it may very well hit with enough force to eject a second Moon from the impact (much in the same way some of the theories for how our current Moon formed say).

In less than 2 months, life on Earth will be over. Nothing of human civilization, or life as we know it will remain on Earth.

So, how do you spend your last days on Earth? Do you try and carry it out with some dignity, going with the best you can and living life in a respectable manner?

Or do you give in the Mad-Max style insanity likely to occur and just go animal wild with the rest of humanity?

NOTE: NO, THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY a GIANT ASTEROID ABOUT TO KILL THE EARTH IN TWO MONTHS. CALM DOWN.

 

[Parasondox]

It's simple, Para. Full fucking MAYHEM!!! Chaos, destruction, purge MOTHER FUC...

...maybe just be one with nature. Earth has some great national scenery and I will miss them the most.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Since I'm not in a position to do anything to try to stop the inevitable, and since I am unlikely to join any of the cults that spring up around this event, I'll probably join the average person in trying to make the most of the time they have left. And by that, I mean I expect us all to work less and engage in our hobbies more.

 

[Scarim Coral]

So does everyone knows or is it only me?

If it only me, I carry on normally with maybe a few exceptions like eating more pizza and not getting worry about my spending and getting banned from the internet.

If everyones knows I guess I go with the flow. People are rioting? Count me in! Well ok I would barricade in and threaten whoever come near me!

 

[kris40k]

Sex and drugs.

I don't mean cocaine or heroin, I mean like enough Cialis to kill a rhino, and then fucking my way across the tri-state area.

I know some people, and I'm pretty sure we could get a nice size orgy started, and since we probably wouldn't be picky about it and just open it up, we would end up with an epic fuck-fest that we would broadcast into space, so millions of years later, some aliens will get our signal and say, "Apparently, this Earthling known as kris40k came so hard he destroyed their planet." I'm not gay, but I'd probably take a few dicks just because why the hell not. Its the end of the world. No holds barred.

Epic.

Before I got started with that though, I'd get myself banned from the Escapist by telling people what I really thought...

 

[DefunctTheory]

Rinse and repeat until the end.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

- Gorge myself on all the chocolate and candy I can muster
- Try to get my buddies together for one last night of drinking and games
- Drink all the alcohol I have left in my apartment, and once that's done, drink more
- Pick up a sledgehammer and start smashing absolutely everything, because why not
- Burn some buildings down because why not
- Piss in my neighbor's letterboxes because why not
- Do every drug I can get my hands on
- Party like mad
- If I won't die from a combination of all the things mentioned above, I'll retire to our family's summer home and watch the end from there, hopefully with my family

 

[FalloutJack]

Well first, I inform NASA that Armageddon the movie doesn't work, even though Bruce Willis was in it, and then let them know that all the nukes in the world really would make a difference, so I basically ultimatum world peace or we all die.

...and then I party like it's 2999.

 

[Barbas]

You had my hopes up.

I think I'd sit down with a good drink and a book, or a sketching pad, pencils and music, then do something I enjoy that occupies my mind enough for me not to notice the moment of ending. No point spending time worrying about it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

...I just wanna bunker down and play video games. I'll try and barricade myself in a bunker, try and get a generator hooked up (since I feel like some assholes will try and mess with the power grid) and I'll just take on my backlog. Given that I'm planning to stay in a hole until the end of the world I'll probably die of starvation before the Earth-Shattering Ka-Boom but it's better than being used as a butt-puppet by some raider.

 

[FirstNameLastName]

I'm somewhat torn between buying as many drugs as I can stuff in my face and spending my remaining time on a psychedelic journey, or spending what time I have attempting anything that might improve my chances of surviving as long as possible, such as going deep underground and building a bunker (preferably on the other side of the planet to where the asteroid actually impacts).

I guess that's the gamble; do you spend your final moments with a carefree, joyous attitude, or fight until the end. Honestly, I'd probably go for the later.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Rinse and repeat until the end.

while this is one of the answers that popped into my head, in that form it got me to laugh out loud. bravo.

OT: living life in a respectable manner, I see no reason to put my burden of being an asshat on others, obviously as mentioned I'd be cranking them out every other hour for those 2 months (no condoms, for obvious reasons) but besides that I'd treat my family and friends well... *just in case even though there is no proof of an afterlife* I wouldn't have to be embarrassed as shit about my last months being a complete jackass and having to reminisce on that forever.

 

[Nemmerle]

Well, I'm not going to bother to go to work, that's for damn sure. Find somewhere with beautiful scenery, kick back with a book and chill until the world ends I suppose. Not like there's much else to do at that point - there's no point going out of my way to kill the people I'd like dead or anything like that, they'd be joining the rest of us in short order anyway.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Probably drink a whole bunch.

Also, probably enjoy listening to some music that were always my favorites.

Totally not doing any work either since I would think there's no point in it anymore and just enjoy the outdoors.

While drunk.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

I think the classic response of eat, drink and be merry is the way.

Rest assured there would be sex. Lots and lots of sex.

 

[Old Father Eternity]

Bugger all until the end is truly nigh, then acquire some drinks and snacks, find the best vantage point possible and watch, maybe in a bittersweet amusement, as the people scurry around in panic.
Mnyes, seems like a decent way to spend the final hours.

 

[Wrex Brogan]

kill myself. #obligatorydarkresponse

Fuck the apocalypse, if I'm going to die, it's going to be on my terms, not some jump-up rock that thinks it's all cool because it's flying through space at thousands of kilometers per hour!

 

[Recusant]

Its the end of days. The verified, literal end of days. In no uncertain terms, with a statistically irrelevant chance of missing, a massive asteroid is heading towards the Earth and will collide with it. The asteroid is massive enough that it may very well hit with enough force to eject a second Moon from the impact (much in the same way some of the theories for how our current Moon formed say).[/b]

An asteroid- hell, a planetoid- impacting Earth at that point would be completely irrelevant; the End of Days is upon us. There's some variation depending upon exactly what faith you're talking about, it's going to be the (possibly second) coming of the Messiah, sometimes proceeded by a time of struggles and tribulations. That's all. If God (or His herald) has shown up in person, a measly little asteroid isn't going to mean much. The Zarathustran equivalent does involve a comet, but it doesn't actually hit the planet.

"Literal" does not mean "figurative"; it means "literal".

That said, even another Theia-level impact is hardly going to wipe out all life; at worst, you're looking at another P-T extinction type of event. Human caloric needs are relatively high, but the whole omnivore thing that saw us through Toba would probably see some of us through this- and a handful of humans is all we need to breed back to strength. Wiping out civilization is not wiping out humanity.

 

[zidine100]

Eh, well were all dead anyway. So nothing much would really change besides being given a time.

Ideally Id probably quit my job buy a motor home cut my ties with everyone on a good note before people start to get... desperate. (Trust me people will lose their mind as the time gets closer and well... that aint gonna be pretty) and tour as much of the world as i could see before the end.

But if I was to be realistic, id probably spend my time stuck in my flat at gunpoint as marshal law is declared all across the world by the government to prevent chaos.