# Something is going to kill us all

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 18, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162 "2001-10-18T04:58:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162/1 "2001-10-18T04:58:11Z")

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There was an acrostic poem I encountered a while back, where the first letter in each line spelled out “Something is going to kill us all.” I tried various searches on Google and others, but haven’t come up with any information about it. Does anyone know who wrote this poem and where I can possibly find a copy online?

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**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162/2 "2001-10-18T06:05:11Z")

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Dammit Crunchy, you made me open this thread because you remembered a poem?

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**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162/3 "2001-10-18T06:43:12Z")

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You could also have made the thread title “SEX!”

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162/4 "2001-10-18T06:45:50Z")

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Heh, sorry Dao. I was going to name it “acrostic poem”, but I figured more people would look at it with it’s current title. I honestly can’t remember a single line from it, but that phrase just stayed with me throughout the years.

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**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-going-to-kill-us-all/88162/5 "2001-10-18T07:34:43Z")

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Okay, new rule - Don’t ever title a thread “Something is going to kill us all” unless you can actually SEE Cthulhu at the moment. Got it?