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Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by tiborsaas on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:16PM (#22639329)
Has anyone checked the expiry date on Earth?
Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by 52-6F-62 on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:49PM (#22639630)
Haha well... Apparently Jean Dixon gave this year as the year a “wave of Armageddon would wipe out the planet”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeane_Dixon

Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by Loughla on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:41PM (#22640281)
I mean, with as many psychics, and mediums, and holy people as have predicted the end of the world, eventually one will get it write.

A million monkeys with a million typewriters and all that.

Also, there's a literal Dixon Effect that's about ignoring all the bad and focusing on just the one or two correct things.

Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by symplee on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:44PM (#22639579)
Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by _jal on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:53PM (#22639672)
I've been thinking for a while that this whole millennium has gotten off to a bad start.

Maybe we should regroup and try again.

Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by Kye on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:09PM (#22639846)
It's a slight improvement over 1900-1920.
Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by dvtrn on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:12PM (#22639881)
You might be onto something. We've hit the trifecta of health crisis, faltering economies and bars closing their doors except now we've got smartphones and air conditioning.
Re:An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin by frandroid on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:11PM (#22640598)
Turn it off and on again to see if 2020 is a runtime error...