Doomsday Clock: 1 Minute Closer to Midnight

robeiae said:

Actually, it's never been more than 17 minutes away from midnight.

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What is interesting is that they have only 17 intervals that they can choose from.

sassandgroove said:

yes but they have a time frame no matter how arbitrary. Agree to disagree but to me it's the same.

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You can't fight in here. This is the War Room.

Now this is one reason why I could never, ever sign on to the idea of being an atheist. Maybe an agnostic but never an atheist with the belief that there is no afterlife. The idea that I live with people who partake in this kind of shit and that a life amongst them is all I get? No, I can't sign on to that. Forgive me friends, please, but I just ... I, I just can't.

emax100 said:

Now this is one reason why I could never, ever sign on to the idea of being an atheist. Maybe an agnostic but never an atheist with the belief that there is no afterlife. The idea that I live with people who partake in this kind of shit and that a life amongst them is all I get? No, I can't sign on to that. Forgive me friends, please, but I just ... I, I just can't.

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I feel the same way about the Tea Party and the Westboro Church.

williemeikle said:

the Westboro Church.

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So does everybody, 95 % of Americans who identify themselves as conservative Christians did not take them seriously in the slightest. By and large they have if nothing else immense respect for our Armed Forces and so the idea that the took the WBC seriously in the slightest in light of their comments on dead soldiers is absolutely just laughable. As far as living with the Westboro Baptist Church? Honestly that never bothered me as much as the fact that enough of my fellow Americans and even some Europeans thought they were important enough to be featured on talk shows, news updates and documentaries. Would you consider a traveling circus back when they were prominent important enough to feature on talk shows and news panels to discuss their views on current events? No? You wouldn't? Then why did the WBC get that treatment? I mean...

robeiae said:

That's true. But consider this: in 1960, it was 11:53. In 1963 it was 11:48. +7 and +12 respectively.

It wasn't changed in 1961 or in 1962.

Do you think we were closer to global thermonuclear war now than we were in 1962?

The idea behind the clock isn't a bad one, but the gatekeepers here are full of shit, imo. Their expertise is laughable.

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To be fair, they're including Climate Change...which, while it won't wipe out the human race like nuclear war would, it could wipe out our civilization.

Zoombie said:

To be fair, they're including Climate Change...which, while it won't wipe out the human race like nuclear war would, it could wipe out our civilization.

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WTF do they know about it? Nothing. Less than nothing, even.

It was a lot more fun when Dick Clark was announcing the changes.

It might be just me, but the passing of a certain Saudi King, along with the rain in Spain, ticks off at least another second of doom, in my view. YMMV.

Archerbird said:

Is this going to be another one of those self-fulfilling prophecies?

I'd like to know what the time is please.

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There's a 4 1/2 minute musical answer to that ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uy0ldI_1HA

Honestly, if it was my clock I'd be checking the batteries.

And probably changing them.

(And obviously disposing of the old batteries in an environmentally responsible manner.)

sassandgroove said:

How is this different from religious zealots who claim they know when the world is ending?

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We have lab coats while they have robes. Obvious if you ask me.