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If the world ended tomorrow, what would you do?


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Hypothetical situation, the world ends tomorrow or you die tomorrow or something over dramatical like that. You're the only one who knows about this, what would you do? There wouldn't really be any serious consequences, since it the last day of your life, duh. And I'm not talking about all this "go tell my secret loved one about my feelings", "go see my family". NO. I'm talking about original stuff you can't otherwise do. Like....shit off the empire state building, run into an airport with carrots strapped to your chest shouting jibberish and random words, slap a police horse on the arse and see what happens, dress up as the queen elizabeth II walking around london flashing yourself. I dunno. I mean admit it, stuff like that goes through everyones head every now and then.

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Apologies in advance for the specifically religious answer to this question, but that's the perspective I have. I'd live it like any other day. I personally don't have the liberty of suddenly changing my life in that fashion; I've been raised in such a way that I know what's best for me and I've been well aware of when I've chosen not to do the right thing. God's not going to let me off the hook at the last minute, he knows that my sudden lurch toward moral perfection would be borne of panic and cynical self-preservation rather than some genuine desire to learn humility.

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I think maybe the question should be "if you could do one great act without suffering any repercussions, religious or otherwise, what would it be?" Because honestly, if the world were ending tomorrow, the vast majority of the world would spend every moment with the ones they love, not shitting off a building. Other than that I have nothing to contribute to this thread... There are things I would totally do but I'd need a lot of money and/or superpowers to get it done. But I would do something on the scale of global revolution. *grin*

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I think maybe the question should be "if you could do one great act without suffering any repercussions' date=' religious or otherwise, what would it be?"[/quote'] This clarification is useful, thank you. As to what I'd do...well, I'd definitely give my old boss and a couple of choice bastards from Speech and Debate a proper pummeling.
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huh, i would buy the biggest and the loudest speakers available in the market.. n play the heaviest metal music n die listening to it... thats the best thing that can happen to me... it ill be like dying iin the laps of the mother who has given me second life... here by saying mother i mean metal..\m/

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huh' date=' i would buy the biggest and the loudest speakers available in the market.. n play the heaviest metal music n die listening to it... thats the best thing that can happen to me... it ill be like dying iin the laps of the mother who has given me second life... here by saying mother i mean metal..\m/[/quote'] That sounds great, I think you should do it.
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My doomsday plans? Simple. Start by tackling the most challenging hill climb in my state, Corkscrew Hill, a 2 and a half kilometer climb ascending at an average gradient of 9.8% and with a peak gradient of 40%. Follow that up with a fun downhill. Then buy a case of beer and see how much of it I get through before the day's end while blasting my favourite albums at volume levels sure to cause permanent hearing loss.

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