# Worldwide destruction predicted for September 30th. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154 "2016-09-28T21:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/41 "2016-09-30T19:29:16Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Not even a whimper. Deutsche bank is down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/42 "2016-09-30T19:51:55Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > No. It’s the opposite of a “blue moon”: [the second new moon in a calendar month](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-black-moon-20160928-snap-story.html). Which happens pretty often, really. So, the world has been destroyed several times, the most recently in March 2014. Apparently, we got better. 😕 > > On balance, the internet is much too easily trolled. I repeat: A blue moon is the 4th full moon in an ecclesiastical quarter. Woops, it’s the _3rd_ full moon when there _4_ full moons in a quarter. The 2nd in a month thing is a modern misconception. It’s up there with equating equinoxes/solstices with the start of season. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/43 "2016-09-30T19:57:44Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > here’s[the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJQ18S6aag) > > (credits: it’s not just Beyond the Fringe.It also has Monty Python–in _The Secret Policeman’s Ball_ Thank’ee. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/44 "2016-09-30T20:24:11Z")
> [@TwiSpark](#): > > … no boom? Not even a [Kaboom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-8A5k16Ak). ---
**Author:** ![TwiSpark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TwiSpark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwiSpark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/45 "2016-09-30T21:06:04Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Not even a [Kaboom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-8A5k16Ak). Good enough! I was thinking of [No boom today… boom tomorrow.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnR3Tyrg_10) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/46 "2016-09-30T21:14:17Z")
I lost cable, phone and internet for a moment this morning. It’s not exactly a plague of frogs, but it’s something. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/47 "2016-09-30T22:05:15Z")
I’m expecting a plague of eleven-year-olds at my house in three hours. So … not out of the woods yet ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/48 "2016-10-01T00:05:57Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > September 30 is over in Australia and it’s now October 1. Well, it would be if Australia still existed. Note that no Australians have participated in this thread for the last 3-4 hours. We were all asleep. Apart from some drizzle, the earth currently seems to be okay. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/49 "2016-10-01T00:13:37Z")
A few hours to go here… ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/50 "2016-10-01T00:20:10Z")
The paperwork is taking longer than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/51 "2016-10-01T01:23:51Z")
Pshaw. I see black moons all the time. Pull up your damn pants! ---
**Author:** ![TwiSpark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TwiSpark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwiSpark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/52 "2016-10-01T02:02:28Z")
I played the start of Fallout 4 and watched an old British post-apocalyptic drama. Close enough. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/53 "2016-10-01T02:03:52Z")
> [@TwiSpark](#): > > I played the start of Fallout 4 and watched an old British post-apocalyptic drama. Close enough. Was it _Survivors_? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/54 "2016-10-01T04:48:48Z")
It is now October 1st. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m still here. And I see Google is celebrating the birthday of my husband and me, and our anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/55 "2016-10-01T04:57:46Z")
Three more min ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/56 "2016-10-01T11:31:05Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It is now October 1st. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m still here. > > And I see Google is celebrating the birthday of my husband and me, and our anniversary. Seriously, you share a birthday, and were married on that day? Congrats to you both! (And, nice to see the world is still intact today.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/57 "2016-10-01T13:52:41Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Seriously, you share a birthday, and were married on that day? > Congrats to you both! (And, nice to see the world is still intact today.) Thanks. The birthdays were a coincidence; the wedding was planned. Nice of Google to celebrate with us! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/58 "2016-10-01T13:53:08Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Thanks. The birthdays were a coincidence; the wedding was planned. Nice of Google to celebrate with us! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/59 "2016-10-02T01:09:28Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Wait, didn’t the world already end back in 2012? [2008, actually. > [@](#): > > It is our duty to inform you that as of 7:35:05am UTC on September 10, 2008, the Earth has been destroyed. > > The destruction of Earth was first reported by Mr Jonathan Barber of Wisconsin, United States, who spotted that his home-made seismic Earth Detector had ceased to give readings at around 8:00am (2am local time). Several other amateur geocide spotters noticed this at the same time but Mr. Barber was the first to place a telephone call to the IEDAB’s Geocide Hotline (+44 115 09Ω 4127, ask for Other Dave) at which point IEDAB officials performed an emergency check of their own instrumentation and verified Mr. Barber’s report, as well as fixing the exact time of geocide. ]([International Earth-Destruction Advisory Board @ Things Of Interest](https://qntm.org/board)) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/60 "2016-10-02T02:51:01Z")
Well [as usual](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJQ18S6aag) that was unimpressive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154.md?page=4)