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I recently blew the dust off of an old writing project and have been working on it with a friend. The premise is that the world is going to end in about 2 weeks due to some natural apocalyptic event (asteroid/supervolcano/giant solar flare) and the government announces there's nothing we can do. From here, and in most cases starting a little before the announcement, I'm taking about a dozen characters and following them through denial, acceptance, and basically how they decide to deal with the fact that the world will be no more in a few short weeks.
First off, this is a work of fiction and is looking like it's going to be a dark comedy. I understand that there's probably hundreds of military solutions and secret societies of super-intelligent alien wolverines protecting earth from destruction, and that certain things are supposed to happen before the end times according to various sources, etc. Setting all of that aside, and this has inspired some fascinating discussions, how would you react so seeing on CNN/MSNBC/FOX/SKY News that the end was all kinds of nigh and you now have 2 weeks, to reconcile your grudges, tell your boss how you really feel, track down your high school sweetheart, and kiss your ass goodbye all while the rest of the planet is doing the same?
I imagine that some people would still continue going to work for some lenght of time, hell, some might not even hear about it for a day or two. I also understand that there would probably be looting, massive parties, people, including police and hospital workers, not coming to work, communications and certain technologies would probably be defunct by week's end and there would be a run on alcohol and ammunition.
anywho, where would you go, who would you see, what kind of blowout party would you plan, do you think metallica would organize and end-of-the-world music fest?
Discuss!
First off, this is a work of fiction and is looking like it's going to be a dark comedy. I understand that there's probably hundreds of military solutions and secret societies of super-intelligent alien wolverines protecting earth from destruction, and that certain things are supposed to happen before the end times according to various sources, etc. Setting all of that aside, and this has inspired some fascinating discussions, how would you react so seeing on CNN/MSNBC/FOX/SKY News that the end was all kinds of nigh and you now have 2 weeks, to reconcile your grudges, tell your boss how you really feel, track down your high school sweetheart, and kiss your ass goodbye all while the rest of the planet is doing the same?
I imagine that some people would still continue going to work for some lenght of time, hell, some might not even hear about it for a day or two. I also understand that there would probably be looting, massive parties, people, including police and hospital workers, not coming to work, communications and certain technologies would probably be defunct by week's end and there would be a run on alcohol and ammunition.
anywho, where would you go, who would you see, what kind of blowout party would you plan, do you think metallica would organize and end-of-the-world music fest?
Discuss!
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