How will we wipe ourselves out within the next 25yrs?

[Sonikku]

I'm hoping something Pacific Rim ish. That would be sweet.

 

[Muse]

billions of people dead in under a year.

Skynet?
super virus?
thermo-nuclear war?
destroying the ozone layer thus oxygen escapes into space?
no more water?

Well, all of these are unlikely, but the least unlikely (and only ones worth mentioning), are (in order of likeliness):

a virus (quite unlikely, but definitely possible)
nuclear war (possible, but very unlikely)

Uh, WTH is skynet?

Edit: Oh, I looked up skynet, it's science fiction, FAIL!

 

[Thebobo]

Colossus, The Forbin Project

 

[sourn]

A meteorite.

 

[Black Octagon]

We won't. Nature might, though

 

[sdifox]

Desalination.

 

[disappoint]

TP would be my guess.

 

[IronWing]

Smart phones will reach 100% saturation. People will be so preoccupied with sexting that they forget to actually boink and we will have a complete die off. Millions of years in the future, avian archeologists will have nothing on us but a bazillion amateur videos.

 

[z1ggy]

North Korea will finally make a rocket that will be able to blow up LA. All celebs will die, thus causing mass panic and rioting when people can no longer gossip about Kim K's ass.

 

[manimal]

VR is gonna get so good people become disinterested in sex with real people.

 

[manimal]

Texas secedes and starts a war with Arizona over who gets to have the most prison inmates.

 

[Rhezuss]

I think the Used Tires will get tired of us...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5pyFhmAqE

 

[manimal]

The entire planet gets Priaprism

 

[sportage]

What? No Rapture?
That would surely do it.
Millions raptured, then the demon released from the pits to devour all those left.
Well, realistically, maybe hundreds raptured.
Hmmm. more likely a hand full raptured.
I mean, how would anyone know?
Was old Bill raptured, or is he just late for work?

I am quite amused to hear people talk about signs of the end of times with todays world, as if they are content believing the Rapture will come and save them from what horrors might come.
Floods, climate change, melting ice bergs, tornadoes in downtown L.A.
World wars over movies made by Seth Rogen and released by Sony.
Politics of greed taking over the world.
Filthy air, water, food, rivers and streams.
Oceans so polluted that great creatures of the sea die in masses on the shores.

I reply, what if you are wrong?
What if things simply get worse, more worse, and even worser until life is so unbearable for everyone? And no Rapture. Nada. Zilch.
No thunder bolts from heaven. Where are the thunder bolts?

Instead of believing some miracle rainbow will save you and snatch you into the blue skies, instead why not expect to be around for awhile? A long while.
And maybe start using a little brain power by voting smarter, respect the environment, plan ahead, use common sense, and act like there will be a tomorrow for you here on earth?

Because, the theory of Rapture sounds great and all on paper, but what if?
What if things around you in your little world just keep getting worse and worse?
And one day you realize, damn...
Maybe its about time I get with the program here on earth?

 

[IronWing]

Texas secedes and starts a war with Arizona over who gets to have the most prison inmates.

That would be interesting. Texas has us outnumbered 4:1 but we got some cranky old bastards here and more guns than grade points. I'm thinking Texas would probably win unless Arizona attacks on a Sunday in which case Texas would be finished before the pie was served.

 

[mmntech]

Brain spawn.

 

[MongGrel]

Colossus, The Forbin Project

Had forgotten that one, must rewatch.

 

[IronWing]

What? No Rapture?
[snip]
Maybe its about time I get with the program here on earth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65mtE2TN1w

 

[ImpulsE69]

What? No Rapture?

I'm more apt to think we'll be wiped out by a Skynet type AI than that make believe stuff.

 

[Rage187]

AI

It only takes one insane, suicidal genius to write AI that would hunt people down and take pleasure in it.

 

[Thebobo]

Had forgotten that one, must rewatch.

Wish I could find it with widescreen.

 

[tfinch2]

I thought this thread was how will we wipe ourselves.

 

[Mai72]

I thought this thread was how will we wipe ourselves.

Your daughter/son will do that for you when you get old.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

super bacteria.

This or some crazy virus.

 

[ArizonaSteve]

Your daughter/son will do that for you when you get old.

What about those of us with no kids?