[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Name your Apocalypse (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/5/2016 7:08:53 AM EDT
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I know some of you playstation playing basement dwellers spend a lot of time fantasizing about rising to power in a post-apocalyptic world and becoming a great leader in the vein of the Great Humongous.
What's your apocalypse of choice? Zombie? Asteroid hit? Financial meltdown? Alien Invasion? Obama declaring himself emperor? |
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Mine is now the Republican Riots of 2016.
The opening act of the riots will occur when disgruntled delegates to the convention walk out and promptly set fire to the Cuyahoga river. This will prompt Republicans all over the country to storm out of their houses and engage in civil unrest. Every country club in the nation will burn. They will act as the funeral pyres of the republic and the sight of the smoke rising from the fires will be etched into the psyche of every American. It's will be all downhill from there. |
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I dunno. I'm thinking some kind of financial breakdown will be the one I live to see. Stock market crash, investors flinging themselves out of windows, retirement goes to shit, etc. I also can't help but think that there are a lot of angry, buff dudes in prisons across the country that are gonna have to be dealt with sooner or later. |
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Since we have had Financial meltdowns in the past, I am going to go with a Great Depression followed by the government "never letting a crisis go to waste" and taking more of our freedoms in order to "protect us."
This financial meltdown will probably be caused by the incompetence of our own government or banking system. |
Either...
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Pretty much the same plot... A "weaponized" virus strain goes out of control and the world goes to Hell in a hand basket. Survivors have to fend each other off to edge out a meager existence amidst the chaos of a post-Apocalyptic world. Only those strong enough will survive, but in the end, EVERYBODY DIES. |
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... not nearly as dramatic as those mentioned, but deadly nonetheless In Arizona, during the summer, lose electric power for a week or longer - people would start dropping like flies Meh! I survived Iraq and Kuwait in the summertime, specially not having A/C on our tents for a week in July. Plus I'm used to the "Dry Heat" of Arizona. I'll survive. 
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No nsense, the ecomomy is doing great. 200,000 jobs created in Feb. Umemployment down to 4.9%. Hail Obama. Quoted:
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Financial meltdown most likely cause of apocalypse in my lifetime. No nsense, the ecomomy is doing great. 200,000 jobs created in Feb. Umemployment down to 4.9%. Hail Obama. Ha-ha, yeah. I choose currency/debt crisis that leads to financial meltdown. It's inevitable once all of the baby boomers retire. Our service sector economy with shit wages can't afford to pay for their pensions, social security and Medicare. http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html |
| Attack on our power grid. EMP possibly. Without power our society comes to grinding halt and without the basic necessities of life people get ugly. Doesn't take long for that to happen either. Look at Katrina and what people did and the governments response. Guns were confiscated first off so only the criminals had them. Lots of people would die depending on time of year due to heat or cold; elderly, sick. What would guards do working at maximum security prisons do if they had a choice between their job or protecting their family? |
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Quoted: Meh! I survived Iraq and Kuwait in the summertime, specially not having A/C on our tents for a week in July. Plus I'm used to the "Dry Heat" of Arizona. I'll survive. Quoted: Quoted: ... not nearly as dramatic as those mentioned, but deadly nonetheless In Arizona, during the summer, lose electric power for a week or longer - people would start dropping like flies Meh! I survived Iraq and Kuwait in the summertime, specially not having A/C on our tents for a week in July. Plus I'm used to the "Dry Heat" of Arizona. I'll survive. ... I've no doubt about that, but the elderly and ill would perish |
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Mine is now the Republican Riots of 2016. The opening act of the riots will occur when disgruntled delegates to the convention walk out and promptly set fire to the Cuyahoga river. This will prompt Republicans all over the country to storm out of their houses and engage in civil unrest. Every country club in the nation will burn. They will act as the funeral pyres of the republic and the sight of the smoke rising from the fires will be etched into the psyche of every American. It's will be all downhill from there. *shudder* |