# Goodby my friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045 "2017-09-23T14:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/41 "2017-09-24T14:00:01Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I hope you didn’t lock in the interest rate. > Fed will ease after planetary impact. And by Fed you mean lizard people, right? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/42 "2017-09-24T14:12:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > … > My point is, there is just no upside. You will either be proven wrong and made a fool, or be right but not able to enjoy it. > … Overall I agree with your post. But ref the snip there’s plenty of upside. For some people. The people who make and publicize the predictions make a decent living from scaring and in some cases even further fleecing the rubes. Just like the rest of the CT & UFO & … peddlars. They’re reprehensible. But they’re also well-paid for their efforts. Which is upside enough for them. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/43 "2017-09-24T14:12:02Z")
So this is the dawn of a new age then? The World ended not with a bang or a whimper but a quiet reboot? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/44 "2017-09-24T16:14:37Z")
The worst possible outcome has materialized: the post-apocalypse is exactly like the pre-apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/45 "2017-09-24T17:28:26Z")
Or we’re all dead and this is the afterlife… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/46 "2017-09-24T18:23:07Z")
I think it’s funny that the article about the world ending on September 23rd was written on September 24th. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/47 "2017-09-24T18:38:47Z")
Must have been another spiritual apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/48 "2017-09-24T18:43:29Z")
All of the _True_ Christians were Raptured! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/49 "2017-09-24T18:46:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I think it’s funny that the article about the world ending on September 23rd was written on September 24th. Ceptain! The chronometer! Look: she’s running in reverse! Calm down Scotty! There must be an explanation for this. Spock, what’s going on? Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/50 "2017-09-24T18:57:36Z")
DANGIT! I had on my clean underwear and everything! Now I gotta go mow the lawn! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/51 "2017-09-25T00:06:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > So this is the dawn of a new age then? The World ended not with a bang or a whimper but a quiet reboot? Our robotic/sentient computer overlords are truly kind and merciful. The Computer is our Friend! All Hail The Computer!! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/52 "2017-09-25T00:54:52Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Or we’re all dead and this is the afterlife… **Sunny Daze,** you’re alive! Or we’re both dead. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/53 "2017-09-25T02:59:27Z")
Or you are both figments of my imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/54 "2017-09-25T03:10:57Z")
Am I in Heaven? Or am I in Miami? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/55 "2017-09-25T03:18:24Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > **Sunny Daze,** you’re alive! > > Or we’re both dead. **Flipper**!!! ::tackle hug:: Glad to see you around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/56 "2017-09-25T03:43:55Z")
Looks like B. Willis, et al, blowed the damn thing up. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/57 "2017-09-25T06:09:01Z")
Some website posted a picture of Nibiru, but experts dismissed it, saying it was actually one of Chuck Norris’ testicles. Well, what of it? It could still cause a hell of lot of damage, couln’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/58 "2017-09-25T09:01:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Looks like B. Willis, et al, blowed the damn thing up. Yeah, she blowed up _read good!_ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/59 "2017-09-25T11:13:28Z")
Tired as I am tody, I kinda wish the world had ended. At least I wouldn’t have wakened at 4:30 in the stupid morning… ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045/60 "2017-09-25T11:51:46Z")
Now it’s over, I’m dead and I haven’t done anything that I want. Or, I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodby-my-friends/797045.md?page=4)