DISCLAIMER: This is a crazy, random post.
I thought today would be a good day to post something – you know – 12/12/12. I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about this on Facebook, including some about people who are so happy that the world hasn’t ended yet. Not so fast I would say! I do not believe the world is going to end on the 21st this month. However, I think the human race might be wiped out some day (no I don’t mean in less than 10 days), as a result of our own callousness if not as a direct result of some cosmic occurrence. But that’s still aeons away.
In spite of all this crazy Doomsday talk, I actually pondered on a hypothetical situation where the world is coming to an end. Say the world was going to end for humans on the 21st of December 2012. Supposing everyone wasn’t going hysterical over it but had begun to accept it and move on. What would you actually like to do before it ended? I think it would be fun just to imagine what one would do in such a short time.
I wonder if someone would actually have the time to make a plan about what to do – you know like a list of things to buy or a list of places to go to. Just that this is going to be sort of a morbid list, where you realise that no one is going to read anyway. Because the world is going to end (hypothetically, remember?).
Moving on…if I had about 9 days to make a plan about what to do before the world ended, this might resemble my supposed list.
Days until the world ends (in my dreams): 9
Day 1 – Make sure that my whole family is together (that’s going to require some travel). Watch four different films (ones I’ve never watched before). Start packing feverishly.
Day 2 – Fly to any of the countries on my Travel Bucket List (but visas could be a problem for some of the countries!). Travel around with family and see whatever I wanted to see.
Day 3 – Relax. Hey! I’m still travelling remember? Hopefully wandering around in Armenia or Georgia.
Day 4 – Connect to the internet and tell people I like that they mean a lot to me (no I don’t mean it in a ‘love confession’ sense). Cross the border into a neighbouring country if necessary.
Day 5 – Cross the border into Iran. (One or two days in one country is like having one or two grains of sugar for dessert).
Day 6 – Call up people I dislike to express how much I dislike them (or maybe not, because no one wants to know just a handful of days before the world ends that they weren’t liked). Otherwise, go around and eat good food.
Day 7 – Fly into Afghanistan or Iraq. Do you really think they’d be major conflicts there if people knew the world was close to ending?
Day 8 – Fly back ‘home’. I still don’t know where that is. Meet extended family and spend time with them. Go to the beach with everyone and act like crazy kids.
Day 9 – Celebrate my birthday in advance (because I’m not going to see it anyway). Dress up in nice clothes, have a nice day with family and then wait for the end of the world. Fun right?
Though I laugh at the idea of the end of the world, I have to admit that it does get me thinking about what I really think is important for me. Who knew a weird theory like that could actually lead someone to think seriously about his/her priorities?
So if I really had to narrow down on who I would want to be with when the world ends – it would be my family. I would have loved to see some friends as well, but I guess everyone would want to be with their families or people they love before they die.
Where would I like to be when the world ends? I’m not sure. I’m still confused about where I belong! Maybe I’d love to be travelling at the time.
Since the world isn’t actually going to end at all, this list is totally redundant, and so is this post. Now you see what I meant by ‘this is a crazy, random post’. 
My next post will probably be up after 9 days 
. Until then, ‘live long and prosper’.
Just for fun – what would be on your list if the world was really going to end?
Would you be the only one who knew the world was coming to an end? If not, would you expect others to simply go about their business as usual? All service industries would grind to a halt – including transport, hospitals, police forces, etc. You would be able to get anything to eat, shops would be closed, etc.
you probably wouldn’t be able to get any fuel. etc.
The key then is – if you knew the world was coming to an end, would you tell anyone else? If they knew the world was coming to an end, would it be in their interest to tell us if it was?……….
That’s an interesting point.
I would probably hope that some people wouldn’t believe it (or that people would be optimistic and probably hope that we’re wrong about the end of the world). It would be sad if all businesses and services would stop – that would mean the end of the world even before the proper end of the world comes
. I mean once you know the inevitable is going to happen, would you give up and wait for it to come, or would you try to go on like everything was normal? But considering the serious lack of proper communication in the world, it’s highly possible that many people wouldn’t know that the world was ending.
I suppose it’s one of the two things – either you give up on it or you carry on with life normally. I hope it’s the latter (of course that’s another debate just in case people believe the world is actually ending. Otherwise what do we have to worry about?
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Haha – I doubt I’d be the only one to know that unless I had a very strong sense for predicting future events.
Anyhow, I find the very possibility of it quite funny. I don’t think there would ever be one event that will wipe out humanity in a second. What do you think?
If I were super cynical, I might suggest humanity is already dead – how half the world can see the other half not have enough to eat – or how sections of humankind can ‘hate’ other sections because of religion (with those beliefs built on fantasy?) or colour does not bode well for humanity as I like to think it ought to be.
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Well I agree with you on that. We are half dead but we’re still existing on the planet physically. Mankind is going to stop existing completely thanks to its own doing – but I don’t think it’ll be anywhere in 8 days. Or I might be wrong. Who knows.
I think you could get good money on that!
Hehe
mmmm – I’m not superstitious but
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11954932
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Yaaaaay the end is coming!
I think that was part of that Geminid shower last night. Still cool though
Unfortunately it was cloudy here, so we didn’t get to see them .
I didn’t get to see them either, unfortunately :/
If you’ve ever read (or seen the film) ‘The Day of the Triffids’ – you’d think twice about staring at meteor showers!
Nope. I haven’t read the book or watched the film. Would they dissuade people from staring at meteor showers? :S
Yikes…
indeed – everyone who stared at the meteor shower went blind and since everyone stared at the meteor shower apart from the hero and a few others……
The Triffids were large mobile carnivorous plants, which didn’t help.
Oh boy. Doesn’t sound very comforting :/. Maybe I should keep away from the book and the movie
Thank you for sharing your list. Let’s hope that you don’t have to put it into effect! However, wouldn’t it be nice if everyone behaved as if the end was coming and made peace, spent time with their families and enjoyed life.
Haha thanks! It’s just a crazy list that I know will never be used
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I know! Wouldn’t it be such a utopian world if people suddenly realised that the world was ending and made peace.
Looks like 12/12/12 is over as today is 12/13/12! Glad we made it! http://www.segmation.wordpress.com
Hehe, apparently the end is on the 21st
. Glad we gotta see 12/12/12. That’s a super cool number 