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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 10:26 PM
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Poll question: If you learned that you were inescapably fated to bring about the apocalypse, would you tell anyone?
For that matter, who would you tell, if anyone?

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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 11:56 PM
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1. I always hate it when that happens.
Tell, don't tell, doesn't matter. No one ever believes you.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 12:13 PM
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2. Absolutely
If it's inescapable fate, it would be funny to watch them try to avert the apocalypse, and by doing so, possibly bring the apocalypse about with their actions.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 01:27 PM
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3. Nice post, Philip K. Dick.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 06:33 PM
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7. What did you call me?
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 07:59 PM
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10. Dr S was referring
to a SciFi writer
Never read any of his stuff myself, not into SciFi at all
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 09:26 PM
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11. Does he work for that Siffy channel?
I mean SyFy?




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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:52 AM
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12. You heard me.
Does Orrex dream of electric kewpie dolls?
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:00 AM
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13. Doesn't everyone?
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 01:38 PM
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4. I am inescapably fated to bring about the apocalypse.
Damn! Now the cat's out of the bag!
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 04:08 PM
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5. nope
Edited on Wed Apr-14-10 04:48 PM by carlyhippy
knowing that I was the one who would bring it on, I would quietly ponder a way to stop it from occuring, as if I can start it, I could inevitably stop it or prevent it from occuring.



actually, it could have its merits by telling someone. Security, pretty much could be a ruler of the world, because I would literally have the world by the short and curlies haha.




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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 06:06 PM
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6. No.
Fuck 'em.


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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 06:36 PM
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8. Sure. Why not?
World's gonna end some day no matter what anyone says or does.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 06:53 PM
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9. I would definitely tell DU
Of course, they'd mock and disbelieve me, but I'd expect that.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:27 AM
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15. Mockery and disbelief are not the worst that could happen
there could be unrecs, too.

Especially if you broke the news in "General Discussion"

I hate apocalypses.

:hi:
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:21 AM
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14. Only if it were a zombie apocalypse...
I'd want the zombie virus named after me. How cool would that be?


Sid
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