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welp, humanity had a good run! last one out, empty the trash and turn off the lights

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mre

Golden Domers are chickenshit!!
LovingSteam said:
People! Please. You may as well take someone who works for Goldman Sachs word on why we don't need financial regulation reform. This guy is one person. Do some more research before you get all caught in a tizzy of paranoia.
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No, you may as well take someone who works for Goldman Sachs' word on why the world will end due to a giant methane bubble. Seriously, here's his background from that website linked:

Although Terrence Aym's principal career was financial services (an executive with securities companies, stock brokerage and institutional mutual funds), his interests have always encompassed such diverse fields as economics, philosophy, astronomy, aerospace, physics, archeology, paleontology, the paranormal, classical literature, classical art, cooking, and traveling.

Some freelance articles published:

"The Real Wizards of Wall Street," Personal Investing News Magazine.
"Online Investing Made Simple," Individual Investor Magazine.
"A Guide to Online Brokers," Online Investor Magazine.
"The Derivatives Market - Who Wins, Who Loses and Why," Silicon Investor.
"Don't Bank on Bank's Investment Advice," Los Angeles Sentinel daily newspaper​

Not a whole lot of science there.
 
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Whimsical Phil

Ninja School will help you
We may really be in trouble here. Satellites have already been able to capture an image of the fissure.

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Spire

Subconscious Brolonging
Regardless of whether this scenario is realistic or not, we need to set up a self-sustaining station off of Earth. Whether it's on the moon or Mars or in orbit, our species needs a failsafe in case things really do go south.
 
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ClovingWestbrook

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Spire said:
Regardless of whether this scenario is realistic or not, we need to set up a self-sustaining station off of Earth. Whether it's on the moon or Mars or in orbit, our species needs a failsafe in case things really do go south.
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Shalashaska161

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I hope the the end of civilization at least waits til Starcraft 2 releases before the world farts itself to death. Someone shoot a bunch of Immodium down there.

But seriously, I hope this is just a worst case, everything goes to hell scenario. I don't really want to see the end of the world.
 
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ZZMitch

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Fuck BP man.

First oil spills, now earth-ending methane farts?

Almost as big a fuck-up as the PSPGo or the Microsoft Kin!
 
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Mobius 1

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I dont care. The world can end at any time due to any natural event that's completely outside of human capability for intervention.

At least, wait until 2014 so we can get the fucking World Cup back. Damn you dutchies.

If you want a chilling account of a possible cosmic event destroying Earth, read this short story: Finis.
 
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ClovingWestbrook

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So basically what this guy has done is taken some scientific facts, thrown them in a blender, and formed his own conspiracy theorist scare tactic idea. He isn't a scientist nor did he reference ANY scientist or scientific body who supports his claims. What a crock.
 
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C4Lukins

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ZZMitch said:
Fuck BP man.

First oil spills, now earth-ending methane farts?

Almost as big a fuck-up as the PSPGo or the Microsoft Kin!
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Again I ask, has anyone heard this theory of methane farts before today as a cause of mass extinctions in the past?
 
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esquire

Has waited diligently to think of something to say before making this post
ZZMitch said:
Fuck BP man.

First oil spills, now earth-ending methane farts?

Almost as big a fuck-up as the PSPGo or the Microsoft Kin!
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Almost.

To be fair, PSPGo is forged by the hands of Lucifer himself and far, far worse than all of those things combined. Just saying.
 
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ClovingWestbrook

Banned
C4Lukins said:
Again I ask, has anyone heard this theory of methane farts before today as a cause of mass extinctions in the past?
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Even if methane was responsible for mass extinction, this guy is taking one thing and applying it to an ENTIRELY different scenario. Its bunk pure and simple. But watch conspiracy theorist websites run with it. Shoot, even Alex Jones has started to do so. There are even people who have taken this BS and have combined it with the idea that the U.S. government caused the gulf problem, is using weather control technology to bring a hurricane onto the area in order to create the opportunity for a total dictatorship.
 
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mre

Golden Domers are chickenshit!!
LovingSteam said:
So basically what this guy has done is taken some scientific facts, thrown them in a blender, and formed his own conspiracy theorist scare tactic idea. He isn't a scientist nor did he reference ANY scientist or scientific body who supports his claims. What a crock.
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Oh, he references them, but he does so in the most vague manner possible, and proceeds to not provide any links to back his shit up. Anytime he "cites" someone, he provides a link to their damn bio page at a university rather than linking to an article containing a supportive quote.
 
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loosus

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I'm curious...

Let's just pretend this theory is plausible. Wouldn't the oil leak help prevent this from happening? Since it's releasing some of the pressure?
 
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ClovingWestbrook

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mre said:
Oh, he references them, but he does so in the most vague manner possible, and proceeds to not provide any links to back his shit up. Anytime he "cites" someone, he provides a link to their damn bio page at a university rather than linking to an article containing a supportive quote.
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Exactly. He links an individual but not a source to his stupid theory. HuffingtonPost has no business giving this guy an opportunity to spread his BS.
 
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ClovingWestbrook

Banned
ProudClod said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3_23PFnTZ8&feature=player_embedded#!
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Uhhhh....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Hoagland


Richard Charles Hoagland,[1] most commonly known as Richard C. Hoagland, (born April 25, 1945) is an American author and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics. Claims from his personal biography[2] and publication[3] include having been curator for a science museum in Springfield Massachusetts at age 19 in the mid-60s.[4] Hoagland does not have any scientific training.

His writings claim that advanced civilizations exist or once existed on the moon, Mars and on some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and that NASA and the United States government have conspired to keep these facts secret. He has advocated his ideas in two published books, several videotapes,[5][6][7] lectures,[8] interviews,[9][10] and press conferences.[11] His views have never been published in peer-reviewed journals[12]. Hoagland has been labeled by James Oberg of The Space Review and Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy as a conspiracy theorist and fringe thinker.[13][14]

Many scientists have responded to Hoagland's claims and assertions. Professional astronomer Phil Plait described Hoagland as a "pseudoscientist" and his claims as "ridiculous."[84] In 2002, Ralph Greenberg, Professor of Mathematics at University of Washington, Seattle, wrote a paper asserting that the logic of Hoagland's deductions from the geometry of Cydonia Mensae is flawed.[85] The claim that the crashing of the Galileo Probe into Jupiter caused a "mysterious black spot" on the planet has since been disputed by both NASA and Dr. Plait. There is photographic evidence that a similar "black spot" was present in imagery of Jupiter taken in 1998. A second image referenced by Dr. Plait shows a dark ring which looks similar to the spot Hoagland cited.[86] In 1995 Malin Space Science Systems, NASA prime contractor for planetary imaging, published a paper critiquing claims that the 'city' at Cydonia is artificial, the claimed mathematical relationships, and — very specifically — denying any claims about concealing questionable data from the public.[87]
 
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ProudClod

Non-existent Member
LovingSteam said:
Uhhhh....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Hoagland


Richard Charles Hoagland,[1] most commonly known as Richard C. Hoagland, (born April 25, 1945) is an American author and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics. Claims from his personal biography[2] and publication[3] include having been curator for a science museum in Springfield Massachusetts at age 19 in the mid-60s.[4] Hoagland does not have any scientific training.

His writings claim that advanced civilizations exist or once existed on the moon, Mars and on some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and that NASA and the United States government have conspired to keep these facts secret. He has advocated his ideas in two published books, several videotapes,[5][6][7] lectures,[8] interviews,[9][10] and press conferences.[11] His views have never been published in peer-reviewed journals[12]. Hoagland has been labeled by James Oberg of The Space Review and Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy as a conspiracy theorist and fringe thinker.[13][14]
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Errr, move along guys. Nothin' to see here :D
 
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mre

Golden Domers are chickenshit!!
ProudClod said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3_23PFnTZ8&feature=player_embedded#!
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You're linking to an interview on Coast to Coast AM? Seriously?
 
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GaimeGuy

Volunteer Deputy Campaign Director, Obama for America '16
Norante said:
I dont care. The world can end at any time due to any natural event that's completely outside of human capability for intervention.

At least, wait until 2014 so we can get the fucking World Cup back. Damn you dutchies.

If you want a chilling account of a possible cosmic event destroying Earth, read this short story: Finis.
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That's.... painful X_X
 
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desa

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I live near the coast :( Well at least I know I won't die of drowning cause I can't swim. I'll just be flatten like a pancake. Yes yes.
 
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CabbageRed

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I thought this was for naive old women on Facebook who like to ghoulishly salivate over ever piece of news that could spell out "R-A-P-T-U-R-E" without bothering to check the legitimacy of their sources. I know that when I read an article, I only trust it if it dive deep into the waters of Drama and Scare Tactics. Hopefully I can submit this post before we all die. Hopefully...
 
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Pachinko

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The whole thing reads better if you imagine Jeff Goldblum reading it for you and one step further if you imagine him telling the president after barging into the white house.
 
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S1lent

Member
Props to LovingSteam, a valiant effort at trying to bring some sanity to all of this, but it seems people would rather just get in a tizzy.
 
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