"We budgeted everything so that, on May 21, we won't have anything left," Adrienne adds.
This is pretty tragic, especially for their kids.
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - May 09, 2011 10:06:59 am PDT #7570 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Consuela - May 09, 2011 10:07:30 am PDT #7571 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
This is pretty tragic, especially for their kids.
Yeah. What are those kids going to eat on May 22?
erikaj - May 09, 2011 10:10:01 am PDT #7572 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Those people make me sad. "Great, now I'm gonna be stuck with serious thoughts all day." Actually, if I thought that was true, it'd kind of solve a lot of my problems. Also, no more politics, right? But I would actually like to write one novel all the way, through.
Frankenbuddha - May 09, 2011 10:15:59 am PDT #7573 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, that's... well. Have they never heard of any of the other milleniarists (is that a word?)? Many people in the western world were convinced the world would end at 1,000 CE, and yet NSM.
Maybe the rapture happened in 1,000 CE and we've been living the apocalypse ever since?
Jessica - May 09, 2011 10:18:50 am PDT #7574 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In general, when an apocalyptic cult's deadline comes and goes without an apocalypse, the line changes from "we're getting raptured, hooray!" to "God/aliens/a comet saved us at the last minute, hoooray!" and the fervor only increases.
Very rarely does anyone step back and say "Boy did we get THAT wrong! Time to re-enter society!"
Burrell - May 09, 2011 10:20:06 am PDT #7575 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So it's not quite the end of the world, May 21, just the Rapture? So if they're still here on May 22...? I find the whole thing very creepy. Please don't tell me they plan on taking matters into their own hands.
Burrell - May 09, 2011 10:21:37 am PDT #7576 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
And to back up Jessica:
Camping himself, has had to do some recalculation. He first predicted the end would come Sept. 6, 1994. He now explains that he had not completed his biblical research.
P.M. Marc - May 09, 2011 10:22:42 am PDT #7577 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, I forgot about this. I have dated three women with the same birthday (June 19), and one whose birthday was nearby (June 16). And my college roommate's birthday was June 19 also. Freaky!
My birthday is June 19! And my Aunt Dean's is June 16.
beekaytee - May 09, 2011 10:24:07 am PDT #7578 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Please don't tell me they plan on taking matters into their own hands.
I'm fair certain, DIY Rapture: the home game will come into play. I just hope nobody of that ilk likes me enough to want to save me.
erikaj - May 09, 2011 10:24:33 am PDT #7579 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
My mom actually said "Again?" So if you ever wonder where I get it...