# Isn't the World supposed to end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443 "2005-05-04T21:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/21 "2005-05-05T06:40:35Z")
No no, the world was supposed to end September 9, 1999 (9.9.99). Or, no wait. It was December 31, 1999 wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/22 "2005-05-05T08:27:59Z")
I feel fine… ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/23 "2005-05-05T09:02:47Z")
Awwwwwww, man. It didn’t end yet ☹ Hopefully it’s just because Doom lives in another time zone. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/24 "2005-05-05T11:07:48Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > If the world ends tomorrow, does that mean I can skip painting the dining room? You still have to paint the dining room. What if Jesus shows back up and wants to come over to your place for dinner? He needs a spiffy room to dine in. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/25 "2005-05-05T11:38:55Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You still have to paint the dining room. What if Jesus shows back up and wants to come over to your place for dinner? He needs a spiffy room to dine in. If the Bible was to be taken literaly then the world woud have ended before the 2d Century. Whe the Apostles asked Jesus about the end and the signs, he is quoted as saying;“this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.” Well many generations have passed since then. Monavis ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/26 "2005-05-05T11:46:37Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You still have to paint the dining room. What if Jesus shows back up and wants to come over to your place for dinner? He needs a spiffy room to dine in. If the Bible was to be taken literaly then the world would have ended before the 2d Century. When the Apostles asked Jesus about the end of the world, and the signs, he is quoted as saying;“this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.” Well many generations have passed since then. People have in many generations have expected to see the end of the world. I suppose it will be no different a hundred years from now. It is brought up when ever people are afraid or find their life too hard…Remember on Every Body loves Raymond, He say’s come on Comet! Because he was angry at Debby. Monavis ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/27 "2005-05-05T12:25:42Z")
Good thing I didn’t pass up that opportunity to bang Jennifer Lopez. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/28 "2005-05-05T12:26:18Z")
What worries me is the fact that Vin Diesel was supposed to kill me by the end of yesterday. Now the world may end today. Maybe I should join the FLDS and get me some nookie before the world really does end. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/29 "2005-05-05T12:43:29Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > No no, the world was supposed to end September 9, 1999 (9.9.99). Nah, that was the date the Sega Dreamcast launched. The world didn’t end, but Sega’s dreams of competing with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony in the hardware market did. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/30 "2005-05-05T12:57:28Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Maybe I should join the FLDS and get me some nookie before the world really does end. Nah, then you’d have them [Plural Girl Blues](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629743) (scroll down page for link to song). ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/31 "2005-05-05T13:04:51Z")
30 posts, and no obbligatory link to [Bad Astronomy: Harmonic Convergence](http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planets.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/32 "2005-05-05T13:09:41Z")
This morning, it was 05/05/05 05:05. I was asleep. Did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/33 "2005-05-05T13:14:04Z")
Well, you know how behind schedule these things get. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/34 "2005-05-05T13:24:06Z")
It can’t end til we find out who wins American Idol. But isn’t nextyearthe TIME?-6/6/06? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/35 "2005-05-05T14:22:47Z")
Another oddity: today, 05/05/05, is the 125th day of the year (5[sup]3[/sup]). ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/36 "2005-05-05T14:35:44Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > This morning, it was 05/05/05 05:05. I was asleep. Did I miss anything? Oh, yes indeedy. Yes you did. Oh, the things you missed. . . Just reminiscing makes me tear up a little and chuckle at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/37 "2005-05-05T14:50:22Z")
At least it would get rid of my hangover. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/38 "2005-05-05T17:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I never could get the hang of Ascension Thursdays. No, no, no! You hang on Good Friday, sleep all day Saturday, get up on Easter Sunday, and levitate on Ascension Thursday. Good grief, man, go to church and learn! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/39 "2005-05-05T17:28:52Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > It can’t end til we find out who wins American Idol. But isn’t nextyearthe TIME?-6/6/06? I’m already designing my “Welcome, Antichrist!” banner. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443/40 "2005-05-05T19:20:15Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > …and levitate on Ascension Thursday. Yes, all you have to do it throw yourself at the ground, and miss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-the-world-supposed-to-end/302443.md?page=3)