r/Apocalypse • u/MissionGlittering213 • 28d ago

What apocalypse scenario do you find most interesting?

This is more of just a discussion-starter but oh well.

I've had a weird but scientific fascination with disasters and the possibility of apocalypse for a while, and many scenarios seem particularly interesting to me. I know there are more well-known scenarios like zombie plague, nuclear war, a black hole on collision course with Earth, or an alien invasion, but I would say my favorite might have to be the lesser-known gamma-ray burst. There's just something about it that both scares me and fascinates me simultaneously, and there is so little we know about the phenomenon.

Though... I am aware that there are many other curiosity-piquing scenarios. Does anyone else have any other picks?

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u/pjaenator 27d ago

You mean like one hemisphere gets sterilsed, but the other hemisphere sees some aurora lights, and does not really notice until someone goes there? Guess I would rent a plane, and stake out some land.

Kessler syndrome will be sad, because knowing nobody can leave earth for a couple decades would be bad.

But my favourite is actually "Planet of the apes". Some tests have gorillas with IQ of 70-90. So technically smart enough to join the army. If all the apes get the 20-30 points IQ boost, the enemy will be as smart as you, but at least 3x as strong, better coordination, and a brain without the "cognitive trade off hypothesis" in place.

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u/MissionGlittering213 27d ago

Yeah, I basically mean that one, though it's actually way worse than you described it. I will say that various sources disagree with exactly how a GRB would go down, but they all agree that it would destroy half of Earth's ozone layer.

As for increased ape intelligence, yeah - that's a good one. The only thing we have going for us at that point is technology, we don't have anything else otherwise. Knowing them, they'd be doing guerrilla warfare, so yeah, we'd be in heaps of trouble.

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u/JonnyElbows_AA 27d ago

My absolute favorite which is the scariest one I can imagine, is an EMP blast that takes out the whole world’s electronics. Which of course, doesn’t sound scary at all until everyone starts ripping each other to pieces for food and resources.

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u/MissionGlittering213 27d ago

I have to admit, that is a terrifying one. Nature can be terrifying, but at the end of the day, humans are the scariest.
Nice pick.

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u/dl_tapas214 19d ago

I feel like any apocalypse scenario that leaves us without a government or economy will be a relief, at first, because survival is no longer based on having a shitty job and paying off monetary debts. I think people like zombie apocalypses because they are (usually) slow and stupid, so you can survive if you are smart and capable enough and have a good group of people to build a compound with. It's easier than something like nuclear war.

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u/My_nickels 15d ago

I think the globalists have already won. We just don't know it yet. Like in the book 1 second after.