fire or ice

OT: anything goes!

Moderator: Edi

Post Reply
Enforcer Talen
Warlock
Posts: 10285
Joined: 2002-07-05 02:28am
Location: Boston
Contact:

fire or ice

Post by Enforcer Talen »

do you think the world will end in fire or end in ice? I refer to frost's poem:

"Some say the world will end in fire,/ some say in ice./ From what I've tasted of desire/ I hold with those who favor fire."
Image
This day is Fantastic!
Myers Briggs: ENTJ
Political Compass: -3/-6
DOOMer WoW
"I really hate it when the guy you were pegging as Mr. Worst Case starts saying, "Oh, I was wrong, it's going to be much worse." " - Adrian Laguna
User avatar
Joe
Space Cowboy
Posts: 17314
Joined: 2002-08-22 09:58pm
Location: Wishing I was in Athens, GA

Post by Joe »

Ice is the only thing I can imagine putting an end to our civilization. Nuclear war while catastrophic would not result in the end of human civilization, and the only other thing close to "fire" I can imagine ending the world is when the sun goes supernova, but we'll be long gone at that point. A global ice age is more likely to kill off humanity, like in AI.
Image

BoTM / JL / MM / HAB / VRWC / Horseman

I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
User avatar
Darth Garden Gnome
Official SD.Net Lawn Ornament
Posts: 6029
Joined: 2002-07-08 02:35am
Location: Some where near a mailbox

Post by Darth Garden Gnome »

Fire. Glorious, cleansing, thermonuclear fire. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Leader of the Secret Gnome Revolution
Enforcer Talen
Warlock
Posts: 10285
Joined: 2002-07-05 02:28am
Location: Boston
Contact:

Post by Enforcer Talen »

Im thinking fire. either nuke fire, cuz we cant handle peace, or if we handle peace, our sun going nova fire.

a world at peace could stop an ice age, methinks.
Image
This day is Fantastic!
Myers Briggs: ENTJ
Political Compass: -3/-6
DOOMer WoW
"I really hate it when the guy you were pegging as Mr. Worst Case starts saying, "Oh, I was wrong, it's going to be much worse." " - Adrian Laguna
User avatar
phongn
Rebel Leader
Posts: 18487
Joined: 2002-07-03 11:11pm

Post by phongn »

Ice. We'll be gone before our sun goes nova.
User avatar
Raxmei
Rabid Monkey
Posts: 2846
Joined: 2002-07-28 04:34pm
Location: Davis, CA
Contact:

Post by Raxmei »

Hot ice
I prepared Explosive Runes today.
User avatar
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Ruthless Imperial Tyrant
Posts: 5755
Joined: 2002-07-03 06:11pm
Location: Canada

Post by Grand Admiral Thrawn »

A giant rock.
"You know, I was God once."
"Yes, I saw. You were doing well, until everyone died."
Bender and God, Futurama
User avatar
Mark S
The Quiet One
Posts: 3304
Joined: 2002-07-25 10:07pm
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Post by Mark S »

Well I think the 'World' will end in fire, aka the sun going nova. What ever happens to end us will not end the existance of Earth. If you mean how will humanity go out, I'd say fire too. We pretty much have keeping the cold out locked down now, along with greenhouses.
Writer's Guild 'Ghost in the Machine'/Decepticon 'Devastator'/BOTM 'Space Ape'/Justice League 'The Tick'
"The best part of 'believe' is the lie."
It's always the quiet ones.
User avatar
Demiurge
Rabid Monkey
Posts: 2067
Joined: 2002-08-29 02:27pm
Location: kittens

Post by Demiurge »

Both. Fire, then ice.
delicious pies
User avatar
Sea Skimmer
Yankee Capitalist Air Pirate
Posts: 37390
Joined: 2002-07-03 11:49pm
Location: Passchendaele City, HAB

Post by Sea Skimmer »

Our as we know it world will die from ice, the world as a whole will die via the fire of a supernova.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
User avatar
Crazy Goji
Padawan Learner
Posts: 350
Joined: 2003-04-14 07:11pm
Location: Dagobah or Louisiana

Post by Crazy Goji »

It's gonna get really hot, then really cold. So fire, then ice.
User avatar
aerius
Charismatic Cult Leader
Posts: 14802
Joined: 2002-08-18 07:27pm

Post by aerius »

There's an excellent porn movie entitled Fire & Ice. I'm not sure how that's relevant to the question but you should try to rent it at your local adult video store.
Image
aerius: I'll vote for you if you sleep with me. :)
Lusankya: Deal!
Say, do you want it to be a threesome with your wife? Or a foursome with your wife and sister-in-law? I'm up for either. :P
User avatar
Trytostaydead
Sith Marauder
Posts: 3690
Joined: 2003-01-28 09:34pm

Post by Trytostaydead »

Desire = Fire.

If my le petit mort is to be memorable and worthy of the effort, it should be by fire!
User avatar
Mutant Headcrab
Jedi Knight
Posts: 861
Joined: 2003-01-28 09:40pm
Location: Black Mesa Research Facility ruins

Post by Mutant Headcrab »

We could go the "Flash Gordon" method and bombard ourselves with "hot hale"....
User avatar
LadyTevar
White Mage
White Mage
Posts: 23512
Joined: 2003-02-12 10:59pm

Post by LadyTevar »

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:A giant rock.
Which would cause a huge fire from the impact, and then the dust sent into the atmosphere will cause a lowering of temperatures across the globe, thus, ICE.

:lol:
Image
Nitram, slightly high on cough syrup: Do you know you're beautiful?
Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" -- Leonard Nimoy, last Tweet
User avatar
Slayen
Padawan Learner
Posts: 290
Joined: 2003-01-06 05:25pm
Location: Here, there, and everywhere in between
Contact:

Post by Slayen »

I vote fire. I can see human civilisation possibly making through an ice age.
"We are imperfect reflections of the universe around us. We cannot change the past, we can only learn from it, try to create a future in which such errors do not reoccur. Sadly, we are still working on that last part." , Gkar aka Andreas Katsulas: May 18, 1946 - February 13, 2006 R.I.P.
User avatar
Solid Snake
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 1540
Joined: 2002-07-16 07:46pm
Location: 30 miles from my armory

Post by Solid Snake »

Fire I hope. Go out with a bang! Not a whimper!
US Army Infantry: Follow Me!

Heavy Armor Brigade
User avatar
Frank Hipper
Overfiend of the Superego
Posts: 12882
Joined: 2002-10-17 08:48am
Location: Hamilton, Ohio?

Post by Frank Hipper »

Ice. As in apathy equals.... :?
Image
Life is all the eternity you get, use it wisely.
User avatar
Zaia
Inamorata
Posts: 13983
Joined: 2002-10-23 03:04am
Location: Londontowne

Post by Zaia »

Ice, if we don't manage to make this planet completely unliveable and die before then essentially by our own greedy hands. I am reminded of the story of Easter Island...
"On the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics." -Richard Feynman
User avatar
DPDarkPrimus
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 18399
Joined: 2002-11-22 11:02pm
Location: Iowa
Contact:

Post by DPDarkPrimus »

GridFIRE. :P
Mayabird is my girlfriend
Justice League:BotM:MM:SDnet City Watch:Cybertron's Finest
"Well then, science is bullshit. "
-revprez, with yet another brilliant rebuttal.
User avatar
Gandalf
SD.net White Wizard
Posts: 16368
Joined: 2002-09-16 11:13pm
Location: A video store in Australia

Post by Gandalf »

aerius wrote:There's an excellent porn movie entitled Fire & Ice. I'm not sure how that's relevant to the question but you should try to rent it at your local adult video store.
So we can touch ourselves?
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"

- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist

"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
User avatar
RogueIce
_______
Posts: 13389
Joined: 2003-01-05 01:36am
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Contact:

Post by RogueIce »

Gandalf wrote:So we can touch ourselves?
Duh... :roll: :D

Hey, I'm going to be the end of the world? Cool! Well, a rogue version of me. My other self, however...HAHAHA! :twisted:
Image
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)

"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
User avatar
Xenophobe3691
Sith Marauder
Posts: 4334
Joined: 2002-07-24 08:55am
Location: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Contact:

Post by Xenophobe3691 »

The Universe? Ice.

Me? Fire. Lots and lots of it. Hellfire, that is...
Dark Heresy: Dance Macabre - Imperial Psyker Magnus Arterra

BoTM
Proud Decepticon

Post 666 Made on Fri Jul 04, 2003 @ 12:48 pm
Post 1337 made on Fri Aug 22, 2003 @ 9:18 am
Post 1492 Made on Fri Aug 29, 2003 @ 5:16 pm

Hail Xeno: Lord of Calculus -- Ace Pace
Image
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
What Kind of Username is That?
Posts: 9254
Joined: 2002-07-10 08:53pm
Location: Back in PA

Post by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi »

I'll say fire, probably from the Sun going supernova or something. If for some reason humanity is still alive , then ice.
BotM: Just another monkey|HAB
Post Reply