# Ladies and Gentlemen, the Apocalypse will begin in 30 minutes. NOW WHAT? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953 "2001-11-01T18:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/21 "2001-11-01T23:33:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*"…I hope you like it rare, sir." \*\* Ah crap, I was going to say that. Damn you. I’d go upstairs to my foxy neighbor’s apartment and knock on the door. “So, how are you doing?” Barring that, I’d head over to my best friend’s house and toss around the football. Ick, how morbid. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/22 "2001-11-01T23:34:02Z")
If it was absolutely impossible to reach loved ones, I’d sit down with a bottle of Baileys and flick through my photo albums, laughing and reminiscing. Oh, and have a chuckle about the fact that within half an hour, there will be no more god/no-god threads on _any_ message board, because we’ll all know the truth, one way or another ! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/23 "2001-11-01T23:37:59Z")
I think I’d face the end of the world in much the same way I face the end of the year. Every Dec. 31, I slip away from the party for a few minutes to sit somewhere quiet and go through the year month by month, letting memories and impressions come back to me. They don’t have to be happy, they can be mundane, but they’re special because they’re still there at the end of the year. That’s what I’d do if there was nowhere to go and no one to call. I’d close my eyes and let everything come back to me. ---
**Author:** ![geepee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@geepee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geepee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/24 "2001-11-02T00:05:13Z")
get my cricket bat play a cracker of a shot then sit back and watch as others happen to run away screaming or laugh at the theists who believe god will save them or you’d just get into the subway / underground system since it could be deep enough to save you ---
**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/25 "2001-11-02T00:36:05Z")
I would be philosophical about it. The dinosaurs ruled the roost for a while but got wiped out. We had a go but, lets face it, we were pretty shit too. Constantly waging wars against each other and destroying the atmosphere. After a million years or so a new species would evolve as the superior species. I say let someone else have a go - they might be able to do it properly. In galactic terms, the Earth itself and the Universe will continue as before. The Universe is supremely indifferent as to whether we exist or not. It would be very sad to see the human race exterminated and all that but the Earth is essentially a life-forming world. So new life would eventually form out of the ashes of the old. If the Earth were capable of emotion, it would probably be glad to see the back of us. ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/26 "2001-11-02T00:38:44Z")
Then I guess I’d spend 30 minutes trying really hard to evolve into a superior species. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/27 "2001-11-02T01:17:11Z")
Laugh insanely for five seconds, then run like fuck for 29.5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/28 "2001-11-02T02:50:07Z")
Knowing myself, I’d probably waste my last few minutes vomiting uncontrollably. The idea of not getting to my daughter is the worst part. If I could make it to her I’d be okay. We’d just hold on to each other, the dog, and the ferret, as tight as we could. And I reckon I’d pray. Why should this day be any different from the rest? ---
**Author:** ![Lost\_In\_Reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Lost\_In\_Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_In_Reality)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/29 "2001-11-02T03:07:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LiquidLobotomy \* > \*\*I might bang anything that moved as well… > \*\* Try to stand as still as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/30 "2001-11-02T03:16:48Z")
I’d say “Ah crap!” Then go sit on the porch and wait. Watch all the people running around crazy like. Pet my cat in my lap. Probably think to myself “this sucks.” Maybe cry a little cause I never had a chance to get married and have children. There is a movie, [Last Night](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0156729), which deals with this very senario. Although it’s not 30 min. They’ve known for sometime. But it deals with the last 6 hours. Good movie. Not exactly the happiest ending but it’s kind of fun to pick out which one you’d be. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/31 "2001-11-02T03:21:19Z")
(this is assuming i’m at school at the time) since i wouldn’t get laid even if it WERE the End of Days, i’d either do one of two things; well, i’d probably sit down, meditate, and try and focus my mind to the point where I can either prepare myself for ‘the end, the halting of thought, death’ or I spontaneously develop magerous abilities and raise a forcefield around myself and as many other people as i can. well, that or i go to the druggie i know and drain his stock. maybe both. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/32 "2001-11-02T03:25:42Z")
I’d drink lots of alcohol and masturbate. I’d also hope Douglas Adams was right about the end of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/33 "2001-11-02T04:01:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpaceGhostofArrakis \* > \*\*Seeing as I go to Texas A&M, It’s highly doubtful the Russians have a Nuke aimed at us. > \*\* Hell, that’d be the first place I’d aim for. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Justin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/34 "2001-11-02T05:04:25Z")
If i heard the world was ending in 1/2 hour. First id have to listen to “Fade to Black” by Metallica just one more time. the song just seems to fit the moment. Also “down in a hole” by Alice in chains. Being that im at collge right now, id realise id never get to see my family agin. I sit somewhere quiet and think. I dont know where id start. first, i never got to tell the person i love most how i feel. I never got to kill a big buck. I never got to own a black corvette. I never had sex. All the stress ive went through, it was for nothing. Id look at all the people screaming, crying, or otherwise upset. Id be rather calm. I think i could accept death. There would be so much to think about in so little time. Id find me some woods (you would call it a forest) have a walk, and think about all the things ive done, all the things ive wanted to do. Id think about when i was younger, before my mind and imaginization (pardon spelling) was limited by the cold hard truths of the world, when everything seemed possible, and everything was good. Id think about how the most fun thing to play with was a few pulleys and a rope. Id think about all the hate ive felt, all the love ive felt, and my desire to want to know why things are the way they are. Id hope my freinds were happy in the end, since I wouldnt be able to see them. Id probably pray some, and ask God if this is what he meant when he said “in time, you will know the awnsers” (a dream I had when i was 14) and most of all, I would hope that Kristy was ok, and that she thought about me, if only for a second, before the end came. Hows that? Justin Welcome to the realm of THE BIG ULY RAT. “In wildness is the preservation of the world, so seek the wolf inside thyself.” James Hetfield ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/35 "2001-11-02T06:17:31Z")
If I couldn’t get to my family, I’d fill up a room with my best friends. All of us, sitting around, laughing, crying, hugging, etc. If I could only be with one person, I’d be with my boyfriend…I doubt I’d have sex just because the world was ending. ---
**Author:** ![spoffy220](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@spoffy220](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoffy220)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/36 "2001-11-02T09:20:35Z")
I’d hop on the comp and play online games. Ah, low ping times at last. -Spoff ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/37 "2001-11-02T14:45:11Z")
Couldn’t this be an Hour!! I haven’t got the time to get home to my wife and kids. Well seeing it’s only 30 min. I’d call my wife and kids tell them I love them and to be brave. I’d curse the creator that would let the world end and take my kids from me so cruelly. Then dodge the people panicking looting and generally going insane as I head to a bar get loaded and lead the remaining drunks in some rousing old time songs ending with Auld lang Syn. (I think that is how it’s spelt) ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/38 "2001-11-02T16:02:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*\*Originally posted by plnnr \* > > > [@](#): > > > > I’d still try to get to my daughter. I may die in the attempt, but I’m still going to try. > > Ditto. She and my wife and I would have a long group hug, tell each other how much we love each other and talk about the happy times. \*\* Double ditto. My wife and I work 3 miles apart, and my daughter’s school is 8 miles away. Eveyone meet at the school, and when we go, we go together. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/39 "2001-11-02T19:29:02Z")
I’m not overly religious, but I’d find the nearest church and sit quietly and pray since I’m about 1200 miles from my parents and 300 miles from my boyfriend, I doubt I could get to them in a half hour. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-apocalypse-will-begin-in-30-minutes-now-what/90953/40 "2001-11-02T20:27:12Z")
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