Design Buzz Pestilence was indisposed due to time constraints. Sculptor Carrin Welch needs to shrink these down and mass produce them because of reasons. (via blog.makezine.com)
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Our tax dollars at work. From a Zombie invasion to a March Madness app infecting all our cellphones, governments are preparing for the worst.
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According to a highly scientific Internet poll. The hivemind would purge pop culture leeches but not a single political tyrant makes the cut?
Politics Buzz Is Wyoming crazy like a fox or just crazy? House Bill 85 take the end of the world very seriously.
Food Buzz It’s the end of the world, the Mayans said so. All the more reason to start living life unfiltered while you still can! Enter the Shock Top “Final Challenge” Contest at our official Facebook page for a chance to do something huge before the end of the world.
Science Buzz There's no shortage of people who have an opinion on how the apocalypse could look. Here are the likeliest options, with descriptions of the horrors we'd have to endure. According to what many are predicting, it seems like the devastation that might occur sometime extremely soon, could be the worst.
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The Mayans were an incredibly advanced civilization. However, thank to John Cusack, we now only refer to the Mayans as the lunatics that think the world will end this year.
Culture Buzz Harold Camping announces a new autumnal date for the apocalypse, after slight embarrassment that the world didn't end on May 21st. Apparently, May 21st was an “invisible judgement day” because, you know, major historical dates always have a Real Day and an Invisible Day.
Doomsday is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Doomsday.
Movie Buzz For your May 21st Rapture Film Festival. These are the best apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic films that have nothing to do with Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich. Since you're going to be left behind in the tribulation and will have nothing better to do besides suffer famine and plague, add your own favorites in the comments below!
Culture Buzz Essential reading for those lucky souls who are planning on attending a Rapture orgy party. (via Cosmopolitan)
It's a good thing Jesus is gracious enough to rapture people one time zone at a time. I'll be way ahead of him! Special thanks to Donna D and Ky H for the idea.
Culture Buzz Thought I would have accomplished more before the end of days. Been tweeting some of my #raptureregrets - like not learning how to dougie. Here are some of our favorite rapture regrets from @BuzzFeed followers.
Culture Buzz You haven't truly lived until you've seen these pictures.
Science Buzz Harold Camping isn't the first self-proclaimed prophet to calculate a date for the rapture. In 1833, William Miller predicted the rapture would occur around 1843. The Millerite movement gradually gained followers in the early 1840s, culminating in the Great Disappointment when Jesus failed to appear in October, 1844. Despite their disappointment, the Millerites made some interesting theological charts. Take a moment and check them out.
Culture Buzz Here are some pictures of people who are convinced that the world is going to end on Saturday. More diverse than you'd think.
Style Buzz Your fashion sense doesn't have to suffer just because the world is ending. If we're going to go down in flames, we at least should go down in style. Here are tips to keep it fierce after the rapture.
Culture Buzz So, we didn't die on May 21, but I can almost guarantee you the end is near. October 21 to be exact.
Culture Buzz Here's everything you need to know about the end of the world on Saturday.
The leader of the May 21 end of the world movement is blaming gay pride for the demise of humanity. Typical. Blame the gays. SMH.
Culture Buzz Tower of Babel by Argentinian artist Marta Minujin is a seven story tall sculptural structure covered in 30,000 books from all over the world. This thing is hella impressive. Makes me wanna go buy books. (Via The Uniblog)
End of the World is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on End of the World.
Culture Buzz May 21, 2011 has been designated by a crazy person as the end of the world. We could explain why, but since we'll all be dead soon, why bother?
Science Buzz Just in case you thought the world wasn't going to end anytime soon, here's some reassurance from California. Or the makings of a really, really good pizza.
It's happening, folks. Get ready to bow down to our new (goateed) robot overlords.
Every state but Florida. Obviously, this is another sign the world is ending because we are entering some kind of ice age or something.