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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on May 15, 2017 21:02:45 GMT -5
As pessimistic as this may come across, I don't really expect us to be around in 500 years, much less 10,000. We're going to end up doing some extremely stupid things before then that, combined with enough of the various chain reactions we've already set into motion, will make sure of it. Eh without getting too far into it, with the technology we have right now, I don't see any way that we could flat out wipe out humanity. There's plenty of fail-safes in place of every hierarchy and even with one of today's super weapons I can't see how you get everyone. For every measure we take, there's someone else that is finding a way to override that. We're too advanced to be our own downfall. It's the reason I only think a super virus is capable such as the Spanish flu. It comes in, wipes everyone out before we even have a chance to know what hit us. Not to mention 500 years from now the way technology evolved humanity will probably survive anything (in some form) I wouldn't be shocked if an event happens and technology is unable to be restored how we'll resort as a species to something we're going to become seriously dependent on.
We could also get hit by a gamma ray burst or fall into a black hole any day
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Post by Stu on May 15, 2017 21:06:54 GMT -5
Eventually someone will actually build a Death Star and destroy Earth. Either that, or Unicron or Galactus will show up. Regardless, it won't take 10,000 years.
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Post by Fade on May 15, 2017 21:11:24 GMT -5
Eh without getting too far into it, with the technology we have right now, I don't see any way that we could flat out wipe out humanity. There's plenty of fail-safes in place of every hierarchy and even with one of today's super weapons I can't see how you get everyone. For every measure we take, there's someone else that is finding a way to override that. We're too advanced to be our own downfall. It's the reason I only think a super virus is capable such as the Spanish flu. It comes in, wipes everyone out before we even have a chance to know what hit us. Not to mention 500 years from now the way technology evolved humanity will probably survive anything (in some form)Â I wouldn't be shocked if an event happens and technology is unable to be restored how we'll resort as a species to something we're going to become seriously dependent on.
We could also get hit by a gamma ray burst or fall into a black hole any day
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Post by Push R Truth on May 15, 2017 21:11:46 GMT -5
I'm not even entirely sure we are all here right now
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 15, 2017 22:00:12 GMT -5
It's the reason I only think a super virus is capable such as the Spanish flu. It comes in, wipes everyone out before we even have a chance to know what hit us. I believe such an occurrence is inevitable. Many types of bacteria are resistant to antibiotics, and that will only increase as time goes by. Throw in the long-term effects of climate change and of overpopulation, as well as the fact that the worldwide birth rate has been in free-fall since the '60s and is expected to actually hit the point where the death rate is higher than the birth rate by 2160, I think a swift and significant population decrease will happen in the next 100 years. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 2:07:36 GMT -5
The sun is a deadly lazer...
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on May 16, 2017 3:27:39 GMT -5
I'd ask a dinosaur if I could.
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Post by Heartbreaker on May 16, 2017 4:15:27 GMT -5
Skynet's gonna wipe us out.
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Post by thirteen3 on May 16, 2017 4:26:03 GMT -5
We'll be lucky to live through the century if I'm being honest.
The 2020's are going to be an interesting decade...
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Post by Joker on May 19, 2017 7:23:48 GMT -5
Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through
But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight
So very far away, maybe it's only yesterday
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Post by blake6905 on May 19, 2017 17:47:16 GMT -5
Will raw still be on?
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 18:02:08 GMT -5
only in re-runs
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Post by Red Impact on May 19, 2017 19:19:04 GMT -5
I don't believe so.
Humans are resilient, but many of the things we need to survive are not so much. Once they go, we'll die a slow death.
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Post by bitteroldman on May 19, 2017 19:59:19 GMT -5
Apocalyptic ending well before that, probably nukes that starts as a small conflict (India vs. Pakistan) that escalates out of control or perhaps some sort of false alarm that triggers a nuclear exchange. Read this to understand how close we came in 1983. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident |
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on May 19, 2017 20:30:42 GMT -5
The spirit of edgestar will still be haunting the Ellsworth families because ancestor James pushed Dean Ambrose off the ladder... |
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Post by edgestar on May 19, 2017 21:03:42 GMT -5
The spirit of edgestar will still be haunting the Ellsworth families because ancestor James pushed Dean Ambrose off the ladder... And I'll be an angel to the Ambrose families  |
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Post by SmashTV on May 20, 2017 7:59:13 GMT -5
I fully intend to be. I've got friends in high places.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on May 20, 2017 12:59:33 GMT -5
Perhaps not humans, but dancers sure will be.
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