Happy Ragnarok!

[rhubarbodendron]

The frequency in which apocalypses occur seems to be growing, doesn't it? Y2K. The end of the Mayan calendar. Now this.

I was too young and/or not born yet to know, but were there this many apocalypses in the last century?

depends on whether you count politicians as apocalypses.

But only this week I read that Nessie is presumed to be dead as she wasn't seen in over 2 years.


As for Ragnarök: it's postponed. The Edda clearly says that before Ragnarök there'll be Fimbulwinter, a sort of small ice age, lasting 3 years. Thanks to global warming that might take a while.
Also, Ragnarök is not the end of the world. It's just the end of the gods and the beginning of a new era.

 

[Emher]

Dammit! that sounds so much cooler than what the Bible predicts!
If we have to go out, let's do it in style.

Oh, and a shame they have no Thor movie ready for this occasion!

The entirety of Norse Mythology is much cooler than the entirety of the bible.

Also, let's pillage, ya'll!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Here's one more for the soundtrack of the apocalypse.

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48RjiBe_ej8[/yt]

 

[RoJoHen]

Also, Ragnarök is not the end of the world. It's just the end of the gods and the beginning of a new era.

I mean, aside from the part where all the humans die.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

From the point of view of a biologist/ecologist that would be quite desirable. It'd give many other species a chance of *not* getting extinct.
From my personal point of view I wouldn't actually mind much either. My ancesters are dead, future generations are not yet born, and my contemporaries and myself will be dead in a few decades anyway. Statistically, I have another 25 years. I'd like to live another 50-60 but death is not exactly something we have control of. So I love life and simply enjoy every day. I guess one can't do more, regardless, whether the end of the world is near or not.