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[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Performative outrage is so very effective. Meanwhile, the largest military in the world is being led by a mad king and his tech oligarchy. No one will be around to move the clock to midnight when the time comes.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've been assured that someone will be there to move it to 88 seconds

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Just proving that it's all bs. It should be <30 seconds

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago

At least they recently closed lots of overseas bases

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 93 points 4 months ago

The stupidity of trying to warn people of impending doom by moving a figurative dial 1/90th of its travel is perfectly suited for this timeline

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 46 points 4 months ago (3 children)

My doomsday prep kit is ready. It's a camping chair and a bottle of whiskey. I have realistic expectations about surviving the end of the world.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fuck it, I'm overdosing on edibles. "It's not possible" shut up I need this.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

You might not die but at least you won't gaf about it.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'd add a cigar and sunglasses

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

and some spheres of ferrous metal; perhaps some balls of steel.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 4 months ago

I don't got wiskey but I got vodka at the ready.

[–] dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I wonder what happens at Doomsday? Does someone take time out of their suffering to turn the clock to midnight?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, someone turns it to midnight, and then it's doomsday morning. And then later, when you get to work everyone thinks they're a freaking comedian when they say "ugh, doomsdays... am I right?" You'll have to hear some variation of that joke all day. "Oh man, doomsdays are the worst", yeah Bob, you're hilarious...

(And yes, you'll be working on doomsday, you don't get those off)

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

After doomsday we might finally live free.

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that some folks want the freedom to ignore yours and are willing to act on that desire.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I’m willing to ignore their freedom to ignore mine, and to act on this desire.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

You get a freedom, you get a freedom, everyone gets a freedom. Except the fascists

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

That's when we finally get clarity on the owner of every tract of land in the world.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

That's when the big reset happens

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Pony rides? Cake and ice cream? Smallpox?

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

Moving it only one second ahead to 89 seconds doesn't feel like it's enough, I feel more like it's 30 seconds or less.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

Yeah, we know clock, we know.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Things are tense, but are they really Cuban Missile Crisis levels of tense?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Back during the Cold War, the leaders seemed to at least have some semblance of self perservation of their nation.

Right now, we have two leaders who don't give a shit about their nations, they are justs the excuse and the means to an end for them.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just 2? I'm pretty sure there are a bunch.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are currently three nations with these types of leaders that are capable of inflicting dammage on eachother.

The USA, Russia and China.

Two of them seems to have lost all sense of reality, The US and Russia, one of which is currently engaged in a war, Russia.

China is happy to just take a bigger piece of the pie from the US and Russia.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

You forgot India and Pakistan

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 4 months ago

Well, I thought Modi was the greatest risk to ending all life on earth, but now its Trump again.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Just put it at midnight and be done with this.