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upaloopa

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32. I think it is pretty elitist to think the end of

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 04:26 PM

Apr 2015

human civilization will be the end of the world.
I think after we are gone the earth will repair itself and exist long after we are gone.

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How Americans think the world will end, in charts [View all] eridani Apr 2015 OP

Alien Zombies Kalidurga Apr 2015 #1

I can't recall, but I think there's a stage of solar evolution a few billion years down the road Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #2

Well I won't be around for the end days. Kalidurga Apr 2015 #3

Commie-Nazi Zombies!! Coventina Apr 2015 #11

Most likely, Climate Change rock Apr 2015 #4

I doubt climate change yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #27

civilization forsaken mortal Apr 2015 #39

What you said rock Apr 2015 #43

Nuclear war? They tried that in the movies and it didn't work. nt el_bryanto Apr 2015 #5

Well, people are silly. RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #6

At least Climate Change is equal to Judgement Day CanonRay Apr 2015 #7

The Sun will kill everything on Earth in about 900 million years. nt ladjf Apr 2015 #8

yup, when our sun goes nova, earth ends. PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #18

All true. And there are other possibilities. Yet, ladjf Apr 2015 #24

Here is a political philosophic map explaining various idealogues Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #9

All of the above. ieoeja Apr 2015 #10

It'll probably be a combination of that stuff. Calista241 Apr 2015 #12

False Vacuum Collapse Amishman Apr 2015 #13

How 'bout a giant asteroid? Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2015 #14

I vote "Lord Asriel's even-crazier followers start blasting interdimensional portals MisterP Apr 2015 #15

Destroyed by the Vogons Spirochete Apr 2015 #16

Excellent! hifiguy Apr 2015 #29

constipation olddots Apr 2015 #17

How about the sun running out of hydrogen in a few billion years? hatrack Apr 2015 #19

How do they define the world ending? NCTraveler Apr 2015 #20

The awakening of Cthulu, and the vengance of the Old Ones. Erose999 Apr 2015 #21

I'm leaning to multiple causes MosheFeingold Apr 2015 #22

If the Yellowstone super volcano lets go... VScott Apr 2015 #23

I have no doubt we will be responsible for our own demise. lpbk2713 Apr 2015 #25

Moon Nazis, of course. hifiguy Apr 2015 #26

Pick your Era Bosonic Apr 2015 #28

Americans ignore space aliens at their own peril! HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #30

It's actually the wrong question nichomachus Apr 2015 #31

I think it is pretty elitist to think the end of upaloopa Apr 2015 #32

Thank You ! ruffburr Apr 2015 #36

Well I would think a fairly large Asteroid yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #33

Climate Change IMO will do us in Politicalboi Apr 2015 #34

I think it will be an alien invasion of zombies and something else that will land on Earth... KansDem Apr 2015 #35

Gray goo / Pandemic lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #37

In a few billion years, the sun will expand to a red giant start. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #38

fossil fuels forsaken mortal Apr 2015 #40

The world will end when the sun expands and turns it into space dust tularetom Apr 2015 #41

I think I took this survey. bigwillq Apr 2015 #42

I belong to yougov too marlakay Apr 2015 #44