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They announce an Earth ending asteroid is headed towards us and will hit in 6 months. What do you do?
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return2ozma lemmy.world return2ozma@lemmy.world
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Isa feddit.org Isa@feddit.org
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Go on as usual … maybe stockpile some more 🧻 than I normally would.

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TheReanuKeeves lemmy.world TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world
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Becoming a sex slave to a billionaire so I can hitch a ride on their spaceship

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apfelwoiSchoppen lemmy.world apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-01
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Celebrate the death of the billionaires who believe they will survive in space in an asteroid/destroyed-earth debris field. They will die terrified.

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Nomecks lemmy.ca Nomecks@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-12-27
#5 · Quote Reply

Stop looking up

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unitedwithme lemmy.today unitedwithme@lemmy.today
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#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

If they were so sure, I'd quit my job to travel and do whatever the fuck I wanted, racking up as much debt in the process, not like creditors will survive... I'm going out with a bang, figuratively and literally.

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blarth thelemmy.club blarth@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2024-03-16
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I believe that I have already died many times. Because it wasn’t my time to DIE die, I was split off into a slice of the multiverse and continue living on. I don’t have awareness of those deaths, but in this ‘verse, the asteroid misses by thousands of miles and we’re all fine. So, I would not want to have done anything crazy to disrupt my life, and life will continue to go on as normal.

By the way, you’re all living in my perception of the world. Without me observing you, you wouldn’t exist.

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jordanlund lemmy.world jordanlund@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-30
#8 · Quote Reply

Nothing different. Maybe enjoy life a bit more.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
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drugs. seriously though likely talk with my wife and other family and friends and what updates on the web.

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Vanth reddthat.com Vanth@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-22
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

Approach the claims made by "they" with skepticism.

Assuming this asteroid is really going to hit and "they" are correct, prepare to die within the next 1-2 months. Practically no one would keep generating and transporting food for consumption outside their local/family use. Money would become useless. Folks would either starve or off themselves first. Folks who have substantial food gardens would be attacked or their stores "requisitioned" by whoever claims government authority via show of force. Folks with preserved food stores might last the 6 months if they were to do a really good job hiding that they have access to calories.

Again, assuming this is a for sure event that will happen, I would probably off myself when I run out of food to beat the pain of starvation. In the meantime, I'd be sourcing a method of doing so that is painless, high probability of success, and not reliant on electricity because that is also breaking down quickly.

Were you looking for an answer along the lines of drinking mai tais on a beach? I might do that as a smooth transition for the poison or other method selected to off myself before pain and violence reach me.

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chunes lemmy.world chunes@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-08
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They would never announce it that early.

It would have to be leaked, and no one would believe them

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Clent lemmy.dbzer0.com Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-13
#12 · Quote Reply

I'd be doing what I can to survive the waves of mass hysteria that would be killing a whole lot of people.

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Zensate lemmy.world Zensate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-15
#13 · Quote Reply

Start living

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AmidFuror fedia.io AmidFuror@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-11
#14 · Quote Reply

Blame liberals first and conservatives second. Progressives would never have let this happen.

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Zwuzelmaus feddit.org Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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Go on as usual … maybe stockpile some more 🧻 than I normally would.

You are right, because a whole lot of bullshit is going to arrive before the asteroid.

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Scott 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️ lemmy.ca RodgeGrabTheCat@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-09-10
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Approach the claims made by "they" with skepticism. Assuming this asteroid is really going to hit and "they" are correct, prepare to die within the next 1-2 months. Practically no one would keep generating and transporting food for consumption outside their local/family use. Money would become useless. Folks would either starve or off themselves first. Folks who have substantial food gardens wo...

Carbon Monoxide is guaranteed to work.

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ulkesh piefed.social ulkesh@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-02
#17 · Quote Reply

Fuck Liv Tyler and then go save the planet.

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AGuyAcrossTheInternet fedia.io AGuyAcrossTheInternet@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-04-10
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Panic because I can't decide what to do, so that I become practically paralyzed and then have a sudden genius idea that would take me a few months to do. I'd have that idea around the moment the asteroid enters the atmosphere.

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fyzzlefry retrolemmy.com fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2025-03-16
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Fuck Liv Tyler and then go save the planet.

I feel like that would have to work out in the opposite order.

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MushuChupacabra piefed.world MushuChupacabra@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-01-15
#20 · Quote Reply

Bask in the complete relief of tension.

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skibidi lemmy.world skibidi@lemmy.world
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If they were so sure, I'd quit my job to travel and do whatever the fuck I wanted, racking up as much debt in the process, not like creditors will survive... I'm going out with a bang, figuratively and literally.

Nearly everyone would quit their jobs - traveling would be difficult because who wants to refuel planes all day for worthless currency when the world is ending?

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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#22 · Quote Reply

Celebrate the end of human misery.

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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I believe that I have already died many times. Because it wasn’t my time to DIE die, I was split off into a slice of the multiverse and continue living on. I don’t have awareness of those deaths, but in this ‘verse, the asteroid misses by thousands of miles and we’re all fine. So, I would not want to have done anything crazy to disrupt my life, and life will continue to go on as normal. By the ...

But I read this and while reading was not perceptible to you. You wouldn't even know I existed if I hadn't have posted.

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HerrVorragend lemmy.world HerrVorragend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#24 · Quote Reply

I believe that I have already died many times. Because it wasn’t my time to DIE die, I was split off into a slice of the multiverse and continue living on. I don’t have awareness of those deaths, but in this ‘verse, the asteroid misses by thousands of miles and we’re all fine. So, I would not want to have done anything crazy to disrupt my life, and life will continue to go on as normal. By the ...

Please observe me as a multi-millionaire. Cheers, dude!

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Lumidaub feddit.org Lumidaub@feddit.org
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#25 · Quote Reply

But I read this and while reading was not perceptible to you. You wouldn't even know I existed if I hadn't have posted.

But you did post.

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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#26 · Quote Reply

But you did post.

Oh fuck

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Lumidaub feddit.org Lumidaub@feddit.org
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#27 · Quote Reply

Oh fuck

No, that's a good thing, now blarth is aware of you so you have achieved existence! Rejoice!

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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No, that's a good thing, now blarth is aware of you so you have achieved existence! Rejoice!

Cool! Now that I have achieved existence maybe I can get full time hours at my job.

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BeBopALouie lemmy.ca Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-10
#29 · Quote Reply

Buy all the drugs. Enjoy until bye bye time.

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unitedwithme lemmy.today unitedwithme@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-09
#30 · Quote Reply

Nearly everyone would quit their jobs - traveling would be difficult because who wants to refuel planes all day for worthless currency when the world is ending?

I feel like a lot would live in disbelief until it got too close to the end. Some would still stay loyal to their bosses until the end. And yeah a bunch would travel.

I think something that devastating would be scary, IRL, because hitting the earth with that amount of force would probably have a shockwave at near the speed of sound if not more. That means most would never heard it coming until they're already floating or hurdling away from what was the ground...

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iamanoldguy lemmy.world iamanoldguy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#31 · Quote Reply

Start drinking again.

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Alexstarfire lemmy.world Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-06
#32 · Quote Reply

Carbon Monoxide is guaranteed to work.

I'd rather helium.

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PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him] anarchist.nexus PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2026-01-09
#33 · (edited) Quote Reply

Quit grad school and blow all my money having fun.

Like I really enjoy grad school...but there's not much use learning stuff and doing research if there's no one left to need it in six months.

I would honestly feel less stressed. Like I would obviously mourn the death of all life on Earth, I'm not an accelerationist, but it would bring me some solace in my final moments to watch capitalism die.

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LeftReddit2 lemmy.world LeftReddit2@lemmy.world
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#34 · Quote Reply

Buy as many hentai games on steam as I can and see how many I can 100% before we're all dead.

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tal lemmy.today tal@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-04
#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

Volunteer at NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office to help in any way possible.

The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) is a planetary defense organization established in January 2016 within NASA's Planetary Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate.[3] It includes a Near Earth Observations Program which funds telescopic searches and orbit calculations.[4]

Its mission is to look for and catalogue near-Earth objects such as comets, asteroids, and potentially hazardous objects that could impact Earth, as well as help the U.S. government prepare for a potential impact event (and coordinate efforts to mitigate and deflect potential threats if one is detected).[5]

NASA is a signatory to the International Asteroid Warning Network, operated by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

This is an all-hands-on-deck scenario, and they'll have the best shot at a counter or mitigation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance

Asteroid impact avoidance encompasses the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted, preventing destructive impact events. An impact by a sufficiently large asteroid or other NEOs would cause, depending on its impact location, massive tsunamis or multiple firestorms, and an impact winter caused by the sunlight-blocking effect of large quantities of pulverized rock dust and other debris placed into the stratosphere.

In 2022, NASA spacecraft DART impacted Dimorphos, reducing the minor-planet moon's orbital period by 32 minutes. This mission constitutes the first successful attempt at asteroid deflection.[15] In 2027, China plans to launch a deflection mission to the near-Earth object 2015 XF261, with the impact estimated to occur in April 2029.[16]

If they don't already have a system organizing volunteers, go look for a third party doing so. That'll let some efforts start while they get people looped in.

If humanity dies in six months, it won't be because I haven't done everything I can to avoid it.

Personally, I think that in a real shit-is-hitting-the-fan-for-humanity-as-a-whole scenario, the kind of thing where you'd likely see essentially the sum total of humanity's resources and capabilities directed at one goal, you'd probably see some pretty remarkable things getting done pretty quickly.

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YeahIgotskills2 lemmy.world YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-09-22
#36 · Quote Reply

Before kids and marriage I'd have had a sort of nihilistic "Ah fuck it, you gotta go sometime" attitude and gleefully embraced the chaos.

Now I think id just put on a brave face, protect them as best I can, and weep in private at every opportunity.

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blkvvvs lemmy.zip blkvvvs@lemmy.zip
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#37 · Quote Reply

Smoke weed and write more music

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Rhaedas fedia.io Rhaedas@fedia.io
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#38 · Quote Reply

Alright OP, what do you know?

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dragon-donkey3374 sh.itjust.works Drbreen@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-25
#39 · (edited) Quote Reply

I honestly don't know. Firstly, work can go fuck itself beyond that, probably take me and my family around the country as much as possible. I say country because flying requires other employed people not telling work to go fuck itself like majority of people would.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In lemmy.world Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#40 · Quote Reply

Buy as many hentai games on steam as I can and see how many I can 100% before we're all dead.

Are hentai games actually worth playing?

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In lemmy.world Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#41 · Quote Reply

Fuck Liv Tyler and then go save the planet.

Step 1 -> Aquire decades of instinctive "roughneck" experience and understanding of high-tech drilling rigs.

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davetortoise reddthat.com davetortoise@reddthat.com
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#42 · (edited) Quote Reply

Volunteer at NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office to help in any way possible. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) is a planetary defense organization established in January 2016 within NASA's Planetary Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate.[3] It includes a Near Earth Observations Program which funds telescopic searches and orbit calculations.[4] Its mission ...

Hell yeah we ain't going down without a fight

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Samsy lemmy.ml Samsy@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-02-05
#43 · Quote Reply

Only 6 months to go for finally play all games in my steam library.

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LeftReddit2 lemmy.world LeftReddit2@lemmy.world
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#44 · Quote Reply

Are hentai games actually worth playing?

No.

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exaybachae startrek.website exaybachae@startrek.website
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#45 · (edited) Quote Reply

Go on as usual … maybe stockpile some more 🧻 than I normally would.

I'd start actually using the bidet I bought 3 years ago.

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ExLisper lemmy.curiana.net ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Joined: 2025-03-22
#46 · Quote Reply

Bake stuff and eat it.

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dudeface lemmy.world dudeface@lemmy.world
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#47 · Quote Reply

Start digging

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Ajdee6 lemmy.world Ajdee6@lemmy.world
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#48 · Quote Reply

I honestly don't know. Firstly, work can go fuck itself beyond that, probably take me and my family around the country as much as possible. I say country because flying requires other employed people not telling work to go fuck itself like majority of people would.

Traveling the country requires employed people too. Where will you stay? What will you eat? Etc. Etc.

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Voroxpete sh.itjust.works Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
#49 · Quote Reply

I'm tired boss.

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finallymadeanaccount lemmy.world finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
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#50 · Quote Reply

Feel strangely relieved, because there's finally an end in sight.

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
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#51 · Quote Reply

Cry because i've waisted my life and will never get the chance to experience happiness.

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