# The end is near. What are your plans? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571 "2023-10-14T18:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/1 "2023-10-14T18:04:28Z")
So, you know without any possibility of reprieve you’re gonna die or vanish. You are positive this will happen, in say, 10 days. You’re not on death row. You have freedom and access to your own assets. What would you do? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/2 "2023-10-14T20:41:12Z")
Find a good home for my dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/3 "2023-10-14T20:48:09Z")
Besides taking care of things I should have already done like making a will and burying some hatchets, I’d probably just experiment with some mind altering drugs at the beach between surf sessions. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/4 "2023-10-14T20:49:58Z")
Fix a TV. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/5 "2023-10-14T20:52:17Z")
Piss Tommy off? 😊 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/6 "2023-10-15T02:13:25Z")
Go on a diet. Start exercising. Learn to play guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/7 "2023-10-15T02:25:50Z")
Write emails to maybe 50 different people giving them a piece of my mind - some good, some bad. Post lots on Facebook and social media as well. Travel, go on a cruise, etc. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/8 "2023-10-15T02:37:20Z")
I would stock up on vodka, rum, and Caesar mix. Then I’d get drunk and stay that way until the predicted The End. Now that I think of it, I think I just described my life! 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/9 "2023-10-15T02:45:30Z")
That’s demonstrably an upstanding mission. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/10 "2023-10-15T03:02:44Z")
[![](https://y.yarn.co/ad435d28-f021-4b09-8594-977f4510b4e8_text.gif) ](https://y.yarn.co/ad435d28-f021-4b09-8594-977f4510b4e8_text.gif) Seriously, though, I need more information. Am I going to just cease existing at a given moment in time? Am I going to feel it coming? Do I get to just go to bed and never wake up again? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/11 "2023-10-15T03:04:51Z")
10 days you’ll cease to be. Die, vanish, get taken by Aliens. Whatever. No illness or accidents. Just gone. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/12 "2023-10-15T03:10:59Z")
I have some chocolate, do my last variety puzzle, and be thankful Imma finally see my son again. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/13 "2023-10-15T03:13:23Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Piss Tommy off? 😊 Is this something the rest of us are supposed to understand? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/14 "2023-10-15T03:14:46Z")
1. Go see my kids and grandbaby. 2. Actually compile that list of people to be notified when I’m gone. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/15 "2023-10-15T03:23:36Z")
Quickly hand off some of my goods to others. Make sure the apartment mgmt knows to check on my unit so I don’t just rot here and stink up the place. Write what I want done with my remains, who to notify, etc. and post it in an obvious spot. Maybe throw a party. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/16 "2023-10-15T04:05:41Z")
This has always been my dream… I’ve always said that I wouldn’t mind dying if I can get a week or two’s notice. In my scenario the Wise Old Small Town Doctor walks into the exam room and says “I have some bad news and some awesome news: Incurable disease, you’ve only got ten days to live. But on the bright side, I brought DONUTS!” And he whips out a dozen just for me, and another dozen for my friends and family who are treating this like a surprise party, and they’ve brought a boom box, a liquor cart, and all the fattening foods that I love. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/17 "2023-10-15T04:27:15Z")
Make it funnel cake and I’m there too. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/18 "2023-10-15T04:30:06Z")
Can I tell other people, or do they just have to think I’ve lost my marbles when I suddenly hug them and tell them how much I’ve enjoyed their presence in my life? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/19 "2023-10-15T04:39:50Z")
Yes. You can. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571/20 "2023-10-15T04:58:26Z")
Get a $150 (at least) bottle of single-malt Scotch, fire up a $100 (at least) Havana cigar and wait for the end. Yes, I have both. The former in my liquor cabinet, the latter in my humidor. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-near-what-are-your-plans/991571.md?page=2)