What if we run out of everything?

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A semi morbid thought hit me the other day...what if we run out of things to discuss? Is this possible under the broad remit of everything? Is everything finite?

― jel, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Patience, good Jel. There are yet odd occurences and deviances not yet tapped for discussion.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

We discussed this already, Jel.

― Momus, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Likely fates of ILE (in descending order of likeliness):

1. Everyone gets bored / realises huge sucking time-void that ILE has created.

2. Forum gets filled with trolls and fules.

3. Online feuds or offline events poison friendly community atmosphere.

4. Mysterious God-figure of Greenspun goes bust/gets busted/stops LUSENET service.

5. Global catastrophe renders continuation of ILE moot.

6. Mark S. precipitates end times by actually finishing responses on Hornby/Punk Rock/etc. Meanwhile D-Troll returns in a monkey suit pretending to be Greenspun, is devoured whole by 4-armed Alan McGee, world ends, dinosaurs appear in closing threads and fight robots, final post is a blue link to a newer bigger better ILE of which this is just a shadow and we all turn out to have died in a bizarre railway accident.

7. ILE regulars offered enormous publishing deal to entertain the world with their talking of shite.

― Tom, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I happen to like number 7 myself THANK YOU VERY MUCH. See to it.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I always thought it was going to end with Glenn McDonald and a massive rubber truncheon while the Pinefox croons a lilting version of "Idioteque" over the end credits. I like Number 6 better though.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Ah! so that's what the robots vs dinosaurs thing was all about!

― jel, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Once we know everything, truly we shall be kings.

Except almost no one can remember what we've already discussed - with one glaring anomaly. hmmm...

― Graham, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I thought this thread was going to be about natural resources. I was so scared of environmental collapse as a young one, and it mortified me that my parents didn't recycle.

Nothing is finite. My boyfriend may twist my ear if I say otherwise.

― 1 1 2 3 5, Sunday, 19 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

People, people, Hanle y, people... I count SIXTY FOUR new threads since I checked this thing last night. You heard me right- 64 threads! Am I the only one thats finding it a lil' hard to keep up? I've been trying to restrict me net time because over here we pay for it BY THE MINUTE- but with Everything growing at this exponential rate, I'll soon be bankrupt (Taking Sides: Hungry Hungry Hippos vs. Money). And when I get to the discussions, all the good points have been taken ( I mean, in theory, I *could've* thought of all those astoundingly witty things before the rest of you did? Right? RIGHT?!!)

On second thought, It's All Good. Continue.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

We'll never run out of things as long as there are random countries to dissect anyhow.

― Ally, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Ally, will you start invading countries and renaming them if we run out of what is, after all, a finite supply. 200 or so?

― Nick, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Get Started Ally

― anthony, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

As a believer in a finite universe my great unseen dcotral project was to count the maximum number of things in the Universe. Obviously I would have had to have made some approximations along the way, but finding that upper limit of sub-atomic particles would have been cool.

― Pete, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

so, what is the max. no. of things in universe?

― m jemmeson, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Dude, we already had plans to invade and take over countries and build an army to take over the free world. ILE-discussion-topics are just a bonus.

― Ally, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I didn't get funding. Now we'll never know.

― Pete, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

eleven months pass...

Number 4 on Tom's list has been nullified! Yay for ILXOR! Still going strong!

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 19 August 2002 18:24 (twenty-four years ago)

Who do we think we are, playing 'mysterious God figure'? This is truly the sin of pride.

The Fall will be on in a minute.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 20 August 2002 12:56 (twenty-four years ago)

Ah, we dig-ah REPETITION!

― Mark E Smith (RickyT), Tuesday, 20 August 2002 13:15 (twenty-four years ago)

I say we declare Alex BB3 official nu-ILXor god.

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 20 August 2002 13:18 (twenty-four years ago)

Curses, forgot to log out.

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 20 August 2002 13:25 (twenty-four years ago)

three months pass...

I have run out of everything.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 6 December 2002 14:33 (twenty-three years ago)

here, borrow some of my things.

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 6 December 2002 14:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Are you spent?

― Graham (graham), Friday, 6 December 2002 15:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I think that what N. has run out of is Christmas. The Grinch.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 6 December 2002 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

N., how can you have run out of everything when you didn't have any everything to begin with?

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 6 December 2002 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm out of bread. Is this the beginning of the end?

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 6 December 2002 15:34 (twenty-three years ago)

but there will always be new films/books/big brothers/stoopid websites/personal crises to talk about, fear not N.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 6 December 2002 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

What if we RUN OUT OF TIME?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 6 December 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

What if TIME RUNS OUT ON US? Hooks up with the guy from the greengrocers! What are we gonna do then?

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 6 December 2002 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

ten months pass...

We've definitely run out.

― Allyzay, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree. Now that a thread has been started for me the end is truly near.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

it's just like with music.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

my shoes hurt.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

If we run out of everything, there's still plenty of nothing to go around.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

i recycle, do you?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

we could always have stuff like "Come anticipate Kill Bill with me - revisited" Where we all talk about the good old days and celebrities make "funny" comments and stuff.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)

We will never run out of bullshit.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, but can we keep it smelling like roses?

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Clearly the world will end.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.mycatsboots.com/endofworld.swf

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

That was educational, Curt1s.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

We'll never run out of things as long as there are random countries to dissect anyhow.

-- Ally (garance8...), August 22nd, 2001 8:00 PM. (link)

this seems eerily prescient.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Andorra, classic or dud?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

CLASSIC!

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 5 April 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

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