Ragnarok is Upon Us, Vikings Predict World Ending Today

[Risingblade]

Pfft if I had known the world was ending today I would have eaten some steak for lunch instead of a cheap burger :/

 

[DanielBrown]

That date seems oddly specific considering the prediction comes from a culture that didn't even use our current calender.

Well, not that I know what calender they used, but you can thank them for giving you tuesday, thursday and friday(Tyrs day, Thors day and Friggs day).

OT: The first stage of ragnarök is a three year long winter. Five degrees Celcius outside atm, no snow to be seen and it's sunny. D:

 

[Funyahns]

I want to drink Mead and fight every day! That would be freaking super sweet

 

[Guffe]

I just woke up, and the first thing I hear is Earth will be a huge battlefield between Gods and Gods and Godly monster.
Happy days -.-

 

[Alex Co]

Haven't people stopped saying the same lies "the world is going to end this year" year after year for more than a decade ?

Yep and they won't stop since almost every culture has their own version.

 

[Alex Co]

Now, seeing as it's February 23rd where I am, and I've yet to be taken to Valhalla, I'm going out on a limb here and say today is not the end of the world. Don't blame the Vikings, though, even the Mayans and Nostradamus got that one bit wrong, too.

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But that's a terrible sign to judge whether the world is ending! You only go to Valhalla if you die as a warrior in glorious battle. Everyone else goes to Hel, where they will await the appointed hour, in which they become zombie foot soldiers for Loke's assault on the Aesir.

So technically, it's the fact that you're not a zombie that signifies today isn't the end of the world. Though there's also the fact that a giant wolf didn't swallow the sun, and all of Midgard wasn't bathed in Surtr's fires. Those are good indicators as well.
</pedantic-quibble>

You mean dealing with contemptuous comments and traversing vidya gaemz news day in and day out isn't enough for me to go with Valhalla. =)

In the last couple of years, we've had predictions of the Mayan apocalypse, which passed without incident, and numerous other dates where the end of the world has been pencilled in by seers, fortune tellers and visionaries, but the sound of the horn is possibly the best indicator yet that the Viking version of the end of the world really will happen on 22 February next year."

I'm a bit lost here, so given that none of the previous "end of the world" predictions happened, it means that the Ragnarok is going to happen? The logic here... I understand not.

And it's kinda funny that people still talk about the Mayan thing, since even Mayans said "no, the world's not ending."

You have to ask the Vikings on that one. Well, at least they had a party over all the ruckus, no?

 

[rdaleric]

...Well, now the only real question remaining is who blew the horn last year and why did they do it if they knew it would trigger the apocolytic countdown?
Although, seriously, The term "Viking Centre" is probably one of the greatest terms I have ever heard.

It's really not as good as it sounds, the public museum bit anyway

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Well, another end of the world party that got cancelled.
I guess we'll have to wait until this clock finishes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1CddzgVW14

 

[Muspelheim]

Naglfar is nowhere to be seen. Lazy buggers... Perhaps they should have a charity live stream, where people can mail in their nail clippings.

 

[Saltyk]

Crud, I was so busy doing my taxes and going out to a bar that I totally missed Ragnarok. Shit. On the bright side, I'm about two months overdo for a haircut, so I might fit in with the Vikings a bit. I'll need to let my beard grow out more, though.

How many times does the end of the world have to fail to arrive before people will stop going on about it?

It's not happening for another five billion years, so shut up about it until then!

Solvemedia: learn. challenge. improve.

See? Even a stupid computer has some good advice for you doomsayers!

Stupid computer? You must be new. Captcha is sentient. It is no more dumb than you.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Also as I post this it'll be Feb. 23 in an hour where I am and I still haven't reached Valhalla yet so I'm calling bullshit on this one.

You have to die in a glorious battle to get to Valhalla.

Well I'm not dead nor have I been in any glorious battles lately so I'm 0 for 2.

Ragnarök is not gonna provide you with glorious battles. You have to seek them out, yourself. If you don't act quickly, you might get consumed in the coming fire, like the rest of us peasants.

Now, off you go.

It's bloody cold out right now so I wouldn't mind and all consuming fire.

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

I still haven't seen Surt running around flinging infernos from his flaming sword while commanding a army of giants. Nor have I heard on the news of a wolf so massive his lower jaw scrapes against the ground and his upper jaw touches the sky when his maw is open. I think someone blew that horn too early.

Also, shouldn't Deathklok hold a concert right in the middle of the blood war between Norse deities.

 

[Padwolf]

Out of every end of the world scenario, I had to miss this one. This one sounded like the best one. I could have seen godly monsters, given them cookies, could have seen godly men. I could have tried to die in a glorious battle and be taken to Valhalla. Ah well. Just another normal day for me, then.

 

[geldonyetich]

Aw, man, I didn't even learn that the world ended until the day after it happened. No wonder I feel like crap today.

 

[Strazdas]

Hey, people, got good news for you, there is internet in valhalla, and its fiber optics!

Haven't people stopped saying the same lies "the world is going to end this year" year after year for more than a decade ?

considering how many people quit their jobs gave away thier belongings and moved to one italy mountain town that was supposed to be safe from 2012 apocalypse - no, they havent. the town actually had to call in the military since the local officers oculdnt handle the people in what before was just a quiet resort village in the mountains.

 

[Reed Spacer]

Also as I post this it'll be Feb. 23 in an hour where I am and I still haven't reached Valhalla yet so I'm calling bullshit on this one.

You have to die in a glorious battle to get to Valhalla.

Well I'm not dead nor have I been in any glorious battles lately so I'm 0 for 2.

Ragnarök is not gonna provide you with glorious battles. You have to seek them out, yourself. If you don't act quickly, you might get consumed in the coming fire, like the rest of us peasants.

Now, off you go.

Kill your neighbour's cat; the one that shits in your yard. I think that counts.

Cats are demons, right?

 

[soren7550]

Another end of the world gone.

Jesus, surviving the Apocalypse is boring.

 

[crazygameguy4ever]

oh well.. i'm gonna make sure to sleep in on the day it supposedly happens