# So we're all going to die... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668 "2002-11-14T02:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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 15, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/21 "2002-11-15T11:43:51Z")
Or you could have clicked my link up high. _chuckles_ Hmm, my link probably should have been more descriptive. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/22 "2002-11-15T21:14:33Z")
What if you jumped just before the meteor hit the earth… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/23 "2002-11-15T21:27:11Z")
lol **whuck** You would find me on my porch in a rocking chair with a shotgun, fending off punk youths from looting my house. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/24 "2002-11-15T21:56:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palve \* > **How does the world react?** Honestly, I think the world _doesn’t_ react, not right away at least. The power of denial is pretty amazing. Two or three weeks before impact, society starts to break down as described above. But until then, for the preceding year, I say it’s pretty much business as usual, with the scientists screaming for attention and the masses shrugging and turning away. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/25 "2002-11-15T23:01:16Z")
Look for used space shuttles on Ebay. ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/26 "2002-11-16T00:49:36Z")
Where’s Superman when we need him? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/27 "2002-11-16T02:53:53Z")
I wouldn’t put too much in faith in people accepting credit cards as payment options in this situation. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668/28 "2002-11-16T08:50:48Z")
**Osiris** : Hell. Well, color me dense, then. Missed it completely. [sub]I could offer up the excuse that I thought that was a sig, and I just skipped over it. Actually, that’s exactly what happened, but it’s still pretty lame.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-all-going-to-die/136668.md?page=1)