19||0|1557|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||The End of Days|twipper||09:25:50|05/19/2011|Any chance we can get the next chapter of WL or CR before 6pm local time%2C 5%2F21%2F2011%3F %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fdaily%2Fintel%2F2011%2F05%2Fa_conversation_with_harold_cam.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ATwipper%0D%0A%0D%0A 1|1|0|||||RE%3A The End of Days|Droken||10:50:40|05/19/2011|Dear Goddess I read a thing about him the other day...%0D%0A%0D%0AI look at it this way%2C if the world ends on the 21st%2C whose going to%0D%0Abe around to care%3F At least I won%27t have to repay my student loans... 2|1|0|||||RE%3A The End of Days|Bushido||12:17:11|05/19/2011|One of my friends sent me an invite to a Facebook event%2C %22Post-Rapture Looting. - When everyone is gone and God%27s not looking%2C we need to pick up some sweet stereo equipment and maybe some new furniture for the mansion we%27re going to squat in.%22 It currently has close to 300000 people %22attending.%22 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Gryphon||12:42:38|05/19/2011|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-19-11 AT 12:46 PM (EDT)]No. Sorry%2C I know you meant it as a joke%2C but the whole topic irritates me too much for me to follow up in anything like the same spirit of fun. That%27s blatant charlatanism layered on top of a foundation laid by a brutal and anachronistic institution that should have gone by the cultural wayside 500 years ago itself%2C and I%27m in no mood to pander to any of it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlong with Prof. Brian Cox%2C I look forward to the mass renunciation of superstition and acceptance of science and reason that will surely follow on the morning of the 22nd.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DExcept%2C of course%2C that it won%27t happen%3B they%27ll just claim a math error and issue a new BILK BY date.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 5|2|3|||||RE%3A The End of Days|Droken||16:09:04|05/19/2011|%3E%5Bsmall%5DExcept%2C of course%2C that it won%27t happen%3B they%27ll just claim a %0D%0A%3Emath error and issue a new BILK BY date.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s the part right there that -really- gets to me. This guy%27s -already done that-. Same dude predicted the end in 1994. And the worst part%3F There are -endless- ways to mathematically interpret Biblical passages and texts%2C and if you stare at it enough...%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m just glad I haven%27t actually seen any of these signs or people handing out tracts... 6|3|5|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Gryphon||16:10:15|05/19/2011|%3EThere are -endless- ways to mathematically interpret %0D%0A%3EBiblical passages and texts%2C and if you stare at it enough... %0D%0A%0D%0A... and%2For pound enough Thunderbird... %0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 7|4|6|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|The Traitor||18:20:34|05/19/2011|Any theological problem can be solve with sufficiently applied tramp-grade alcohol.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn other news%2C I will be playing a certain song by R.E.M. for the entire day. And the day after.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 9|5|7|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Gryphon||18:26:50|05/19/2011|%3EAny theological problem can be solve with sufficiently applied %0D%0A%3Etramp-grade alcohol.%0D%0A%0D%0ASurprisingly enough%2C this also works for geometry.%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C the technical term is %22hobo-grade%22%2C at least in the US. %22Tramp-grade%22 refers to alcohol marketed toward moderately-economically-privileged women who aren%27t very discriminating about their sexual partners%2C which is to say cardboard-box cabernet sauvignon.%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0ABut yeah%2C I mean... if someone makes a prediction like this %28and profits from it mightily%2C I might add%29%2C and then it inevitably doesn%27t happen%2C it should be legal for the people who bought into it to drag him into the street and beat him to death.%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%2A or so I%27ve been told%0D%0A%2A%2A N.B. I totally made that up%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A I do actually believe this%2C though%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 11|6|9|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|The Traitor||22:36:24|05/19/2011|In turn%2C I direct you to Ben Paddon%27s %5Blink%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbenpaddon.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F5197679729%2Fplanning-on-getting-raptured-on-the-21st-give-me-your%7CProject RaptureCar%5D%2C the gist of which is as follows%2C with more rudeness%3A%0D%0A--%0D%0ADear Lunatic With Calculator and Well-Thumbed Copy of the New Testament%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AIf the Rapture does happen this Saturday %28despite being a phenomenon entirely invented by a bunch of batshit Americans and appearing in the Bible precisely zero times%29 and you%27re taken up to Heaven... can I have your car%3F You won%27t be needing it%2C after all.%0D%0A%0D%0AYours sincerely%2C%0D%0AA skeptic non-idiot.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 13|6|9|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|trigger||10:55:39|05/20/2011|%0D%0A%3EBut yeah%2C I mean... if someone makes a prediction like this %28and %0D%0A%3Eprofits from it mightily%2C I might add%29%2C and then it inevitably doesn%27t %0D%0A%3Ehappen%2C it should be legal for the people who bought into it to drag %0D%0A%3Ehim into the street and beat him to death.%2A%2A%2A %0D%0A%0D%0Aif only we%27d done it back in good ole 1000 AD...%0D%0A%0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST 14|3|5|||||RE%3A The End of Days|SmkViper||11:46:57|05/20/2011|%3E%3E%5Bsmall%5DExcept%2C of course%2C that it won%27t happen%3B they%27ll just claim a %0D%0A%3E%3Emath error and issue a new BILK BY date.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat%27s the part right there that -really- gets to me. This guy%27s %0D%0A%3E-already done that-. Same dude predicted the end in 1994. And the %0D%0A%3Eworst part%3F There are -endless- ways to mathematically interpret %0D%0A%3EBiblical passages and texts%2C and if you stare at it enough... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m just glad I haven%27t actually seen any of these signs or people %0D%0A%3Ehanding out tracts... %0D%0A%0D%0AHey%2C I%27ll freely admit that I%27m a Christian%2C but even I know this guy%27s full of hogwash.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd if his copy of the New Testament was actually so well-thumbed%2C then he apparently skipped right over Matthew 24%3A36%2C Mark 13%3A32%2C and Acts 1%3A7. All of which state no one knows %28except God%2C of course%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AKind of undermines your argument when the religious book you claim to follow says you can%27t know what you claim to know. 4|1|0|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Peter Eng||13:41:01|05/19/2011|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-19-11 AT 01:42 PM (EDT)]%3EAny chance we can get the next chapter of WL or CR before 6pm local %0D%0A%3Etime%2C 5%2F21%2F2011%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%2C are you expecting to get Raptured away and not have a chance to see the next part%3F %28Don%27t worry%2C I hear that Heaven has internet access%2C although all the porn and erotica sites are blocked.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlternately%2C assuming that the guy who cooked the Book to come up with these numbers is correct %28that guy%3Acorrect%3A%3Awhelk%3Asupernova%29%2C and further assuming that you%27re still on Earth%2C we%27ll have five or six months for all that to get finished.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27ll be a time of earthquakes%2C lava%2C and unspeakable horror%2C sure - but I saw the %5Bi%5DWing Commander%5B%2Fi%5D movie. The only way I could be better prepared is if I%27d seen %5Bi%5DNeon Genesis Evangelion%5B%2Fi%5D in a marathon viewing. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AExcuse me%2C I need to get the sarcasm mop%3B I%27ve dripped sarcasm all over the floor. 10|2|4|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Pasha||21:02:20|05/19/2011|%0D%0A%3EIt%27ll be a time of earthquakes%2C lava%2C and unspeakable horror%2C sure - %0D%0A%3Ebut I saw the %5Bi%5DWing Commander%5B%2Fi%5D movie. The only way I could be %0D%0A%3Ebetter prepared is if I%27d seen %5Bi%5DNeon Genesis Evangelion%5B%2Fi%5D in a %0D%0A%3Emarathon viewing. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI was once reading one of those Penis Replacement Home Theater magazines. You know the type%2C %22It%27s not a real system until it can blow the clothes right off of a woman with the sound%21%22 Now%2C this was long enough ago that they could actually review the vast majority of the DVDs that were released in a given month%2C and this particular issue was reviewing %5Bi%5DWing Commander%5B%2Fi%5D. The following is paraphrased from my memory.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This disc is mastered flawlessly. No flutters or encoding artifacts that I was able to see%2C and the sound is perfect. This is exactly the disc to pick up for showing off your new HDTV%2FSurround Sound home setup. Now%2C on to the film itself%3A Dear Lord in Heaven%2C why on earth would anyone waste the plastic required to put this onto DVD%3F Do they hate earth so much to inflict it upon us%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThis review was almost enough to make me subscribe to the rag. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 12|1|0|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|trigger||10:54:35|05/20/2011|Honestly%2C the best postings on the %22end of days %28part 6.23x10%5E23%21%29%22 that I%27ve seen.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe%27re throwing a little party at my place to drink %22La Fin du Monde%22 in mass quantities and plan out our escape from the E. Coast to SF%2C where I figure civilization will continue undisturbed mainly because the Rapture folks figure that everyone in the Bay Area is going to hell. Well%2C that and they already have their earthquake%2Fapocalypse kits in place %28thank you CA regulators%21%29 and so are much better prepared then the rest of the country for 6 mo of fire and brimstone.%0D%0A%0D%0APlus the internet will still work out there%2C as per South Park.%0D%0A%0D%0Amostly kidding%2C %0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST 15|1|0|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Apostate_Soul||19:31:23|05/20/2011|%0D%0AIt worries me about the potential consequences if the %22faithful%22 DO get Raptured tomorrow. I mean%2C think about it%3A All those people%2C rising straight up into the air. What happens when they pass the boundary of space%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAre we going to end up with the most grotesque planetary ring in existence%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%22It%27s difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity%2C but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss...%22 16|1|0|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|BobSchroeck||22:20:14|05/20/2011|It just occurred to me to share this with the forum -- an idea I spotted on Facebook yesterday and shared with folks there%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AI quote%3A%0D%0A%22Someone just posted a wonderful idea%3A people%2C PLEASE... there is no shame. If you have a blow-up love doll%2C PLEASE fill it with helium%2C dress it up%2C and launch it into the sky on Saturday%3F%3F It will be joyous. Thank you in advance.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 17|2|16|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Apostate_Soul||07:22:46|05/21/2011|HAH%21 I remember hearing a story about that years ago. %22Death by mistaken Rapture.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22It%27s difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity%2C but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss...%22 18|1|0|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|Peter Eng||11:41:32|05/21/2011|%3EAny chance we can get the next chapter of WL or CR before 6pm local %0D%0A%3Etime%2C 5%2F21%2F2011%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fdaily%2Fintel%2F2011%2F05%2Fa_conversation_with_harold_cam.html %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ALast night%2C as I was falling asleep%2C I figured out what this guy really is.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe%27s a %5Bi%5DBible fanfic%5B%2Fi%5D writer%2C of the %22we only gave him a one-star rating because we can%27t rate him negative%22 sort. He%27s writing a self-insertion fanfic with him as a Mary Sue%2C the guy who can figure out something that Jesus himself said could not be known by anybody other than God. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the next chapter%2C he%27d pick up one of Archangel Michael%27s axes and go beat up Lucifer%2C because he%27s just that badass.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 19|2|18|||1||RE%3A The End of Days|The Traitor||17:58:27|05/21/2011|%2Asniggers uncontrollably%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AOriginally%2C I thought it said %22picks up one of Archangel Michael%27s exes%22. Thing is%2C I%27ve read and betaed %28and written%2C to my etenal shame%29 enough ridiculously bad fanfic for both to be plausible...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends