The End Is Nigh
May. 20th, 2011 11:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pallas_athenaSo, apparently, some people actually believe that the world is going to end today. These people are mostly Americans. ...Look, I'm sorry, OK? If I'd stayed and devoted my life to attempting to enlighten idiots, the world would already have ended by now because I'd have blown the motherfucker up. And I like the world: it's got blue skies and green trees and cavorting animals and Shakespeare and Doctor Who and pizza and little fluffy clouds. So I left and settled in the UK, where most people are too self-defeatingly morose to blow anything up, but at least vaguely less idiotic than in the country I left.
For UK-siders, here's a recap: Basically, it all boils down to this one fuckwit and his radio station. This definitely has nothing to do with the fact that said radio station is funded entirely by donations. Nothing at all.
When Fuckwit & Co brought their travelling roadshow to Washington DC-- well, I like to think of my hometown as a city where people have too much sense for these shenanigans...
I feel really good about my nation's security now, don't you? On the other hand, since Vollmer was serious enough to let his real name be used, the odds of him still having that job on Monday (either way) are kind of remote.
A New York Times article about families divided by belief in the imminent apocalypse.
It's worth mentioning that few Christians give credence to the notion of the Rapture. Even other fundamentalist types have blasted Fuckwit for faulty scholarship; Tim LaHaye (he of the "Left Behind" franchise, who has been making barrelloads of sweet Rapture-related cash since at least the '90s) has made dark mutterings about stoning false prophets. The Rapture Index, which keeps track of a spread of indicators including "False Christs", "Beast Government" and "Liberalism", is hovering at a mere 182. So even the other insane people aren't too worried about this one.
So what will you be doing today? For ideas, I recommend to your attention![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
badmagic's Rapture poll-- in fact, I recommend his journal in general for funny polls, interesting observations, occasional games and cogently worded nerdery. I also draw to your attention that the Facebook Post-Rapture Looting event currently has an attendance figure of 629,916.
More to the point, what will *they* all be doing tomorrow? I think it's a fair bet that Fuckwit-in-Chief will be repeatedly sued, this being America; I hope we don't see any suicides. Should the Rapture actually occur, one geek has already analysed the potential consequences. The only certainty is that one group will turn around and say to the other, "I told you so."
Meanwhile, here's some music to watch the fun by.
For UK-siders, here's a recap: Basically, it all boils down to this one fuckwit and his radio station. This definitely has nothing to do with the fact that said radio station is funded entirely by donations. Nothing at all.
When Fuckwit & Co brought their travelling roadshow to Washington DC-- well, I like to think of my hometown as a city where people have too much sense for these shenanigans...
...by lunchtime Thursday, about 50 area residents joined up with the caravan to support his message. Among them was Gary Vollmer, who took a leave of absence from the Department of Homeland Security to spread the word. He’s supposed to go back on May 23. “But I’m not going back,” he said. “I’ll be gone on the 21st.”
I feel really good about my nation's security now, don't you? On the other hand, since Vollmer was serious enough to let his real name be used, the odds of him still having that job on Monday (either way) are kind of remote.
A New York Times article about families divided by belief in the imminent apocalypse.
“My mom has told me directly that I’m not going to get into heaven,” Grace Haddad, 16, said. “At first it was really upsetting, but it’s what she honestly believes.”
“I don’t really have any motivation to try to figure out what I want to do anymore,” [said Joseph, their 14-year-old], “because my main support line, my parents, don’t care.”
It's worth mentioning that few Christians give credence to the notion of the Rapture. Even other fundamentalist types have blasted Fuckwit for faulty scholarship; Tim LaHaye (he of the "Left Behind" franchise, who has been making barrelloads of sweet Rapture-related cash since at least the '90s) has made dark mutterings about stoning false prophets. The Rapture Index, which keeps track of a spread of indicators including "False Christs", "Beast Government" and "Liberalism", is hovering at a mere 182. So even the other insane people aren't too worried about this one.
So what will you be doing today? For ideas, I recommend to your attention
badmagic's Rapture poll-- in fact, I recommend his journal in general for funny polls, interesting observations, occasional games and cogently worded nerdery. I also draw to your attention that the Facebook Post-Rapture Looting event currently has an attendance figure of 629,916.More to the point, what will *they* all be doing tomorrow? I think it's a fair bet that Fuckwit-in-Chief will be repeatedly sued, this being America; I hope we don't see any suicides. Should the Rapture actually occur, one geek has already analysed the potential consequences. The only certainty is that one group will turn around and say to the other, "I told you so."
Meanwhile, here's some music to watch the fun by.