The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Chptrk 86]

9151.

I've got tickets to a concert a few days after the end of the world. I'd be so mad if I missed that.

[astronelson 339]

9152.

Temperature's hitting the high 30's Celsius here. That's breaking 100 Fahrenheit for you folks using the weird scale.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9152

Hey, Fahrenheit's where it's at, dawg!!

I'm supposed to go out for out bounenkai (end of year party) with my coworkers on the 21st. That's when the thing is all supposed to go down, right? I'm gonna have to think of some good apocalyptic songs to sing at karaoke when we're all good and sloshed.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9154)

Queue up the REM.

[airman15 4,111]

9155

It's the end of the world as we know it,

It's the end of the world as we know it,

It's the end of the world as we know it,

And I feel fine...

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

9156

I guess I sort of missed out on the whole end of the world thing. We all know it supposedly happens on December 21, 2012. But what is the actual basis for this argument / phenomenon? Or was it just some guy who came up with a random date?

[RipRap 4,400]

9157

The end of the world thing is probably caused by the end of the Mayan calendar at that date...

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

[Duke87 1,070]

(9158)

Your guess is as good as Mayan.

[airman15 4,111]

9159

I was really referring to the song because someone mentioned REM..

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9160

I might go with "Time" by Pink Floyd, mostly because I just can't stand REM.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9161)

But the REM song is the one everyone thinks of when you mention "the end of the world", so like it or not it's what's going to get used - it would seem weird if you used anything else.

[airman15 4,111]

9162

It's funny to note that this song was used in the movie Independence Day right before the aliens showed up and started blowing up cities...

[Cyclone Boom 16,893]

9163

Coincidently, I was just listening to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. There is a new version out now, but nothing beats the original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWRqMCxza0

As for "the end of the world", well its already ended countless times before – including last year. So what makes this any different?

It's crazy that some people actually take it seriously, going to great lengths in preparing for these events. Let's face it; if the world were to end, there isn't much point in trying to survive it!

[Duke87 1,070]

(9164)

Independence Day was actually a pretty good movie. Especially because Will Smith.

[Chptrk 86]

9165.

Apparently there's a deleted scene from Independence Day that says we got all our computer technology from the aliens, which helps explain the ending a bit better.

For some reason I never questioned it until learning of the deleted scene.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9166

I always thought the ending of that was a little silly, but for a summer blockbuster I'm willing to let it slide. It was a darn good movie.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9167)

And there I thought it was just typical Hollywood cheesiness that an Earth computer could interface with an alien Mainframe.

[Larks2242 251]

9168.

Grammy nominations announced apart from Nas, no other respectable artists...

[Chptrk 86]

9169.

I saw Springsteen's name on there. That was about it.

At least we might be able to agree on one music thing Larks... the grammy's suck.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9170

People still watch the Grammys? Blech.

[astronelson 339]

9171.

I've never heard of many of the nominees, although I don't really keep up with contemporary music.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9172)

I don't know who was nominated since I'm not even paying attention to that.

[airman15 4,111]

9173

I never watch the Grammys. I only watch old cartoons from the 80s, 90s and early 00s

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9174

I want to watch The Legend of Korra.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9175)

Off to Doylestown, see y'all later!

[kj3400 178]

9176

Have fun, whereever that is.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9177

It's off my radar, wherever it is.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9178)

Doylestown, PA

[airman15 4,111]

9179

My old middle school used to host trips to the East Coast that lasted for about a week. But I never got to go because it was too expensive..

[astronelson 339]

9180.

My laptop has set a new personal worst for battery life - between unplugging it and it shutting down was about two minutes.