Since about as early as I can recall I have been told this "end of the world" story or another version of it over and over again.
The first end of the world story I learned has been around for a very long time.
THE APOCALYPSE: God is mad.
What a delightful story for a child.
Next up for me was...
KILLER BEES: This was from the 1970's and it scared the pants off of me. Scientists...doing the sort of things that scientists do decided, "Hey, let's mate this super aggressive and impressive African bee with the super useful and relatively docile honey bee."
Voila....Killer Bee. Here is a clip from the movie that made this kid quite disturbed.
1970's horror movies were the best
I was convinced we were screwed and here's the thing; Killer Bees are real. They just haven't proven to be the menace I thought they were. But if you want to be scared too you can watch this National Geographic special on the subject.
Don't Do It You Won't Recover For Years
Being a kid in the 60's and a teenager in the 80's was awesome except for the fear of this.
NUCLEAR WAR:
Being reminded time and again that you are under the threat of a nuclear strike is a little unnerving on an adolescent psyche.
They showed us Duck and Cover which taught us in case of a nuclear strike while riding your bike the following is your best option.
If you survived this "face in a ditch" maneuver you were looking at a world of endless night or "Nuclear Winter."
Have fun at recess kids!
ACID RAIN: If those weren't bad enough, our clouds are picking up all the pollution we are putting into the environment and are producing rain that is acid! Acid Rain sounds like a cool heavy metal band but as a theory it is terrifying.
All lakes become killing fields for fish. All crops and plants are fried from a little fall of rain. Go back to Nuclear Winter scenario for chances of surviving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_rain
THE HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER: Too many girls using Aquanet have burnt a hole in the protective layer surrounding our planet.
This one has really scary and kind of cool graphics! And maybe you shouldn't watch it either.
PANDEMIC: It's happened before. The Black Plague...Influenza of 1918...it wasn't all that long ago It will happen again. And then consider AIDS, SARS, Mad Cow, Ebola, Bird Flu...etc. Okay so maybe Mad Cow was literally B.S. Penn and Teller
Y2K: The douchebag of the end of times. What a waste of time that crap story was. If you don't know what it was you are a blessed person. I will NOT link anything to that scare tactic newsroom end of the world porn.
ASTEROID/Mayan Calendar: Did you fall for this?
Then shame...shame on you.
So my advice to you is this
SPEND MORE TIME LIVING YOUR LIFE THAN WORRYING ABOUT THE END OF IT.
Recently I have learned that the bee epidemic is happening and all the bees are dying and flowers and plants won't get pollinated and we're heading once again toward that Dystopian future and I think
well, that might solve the Killer Bee problem.
