Haven’t you heard? We’re standing on the precipice of eternal doom. Yes, on 21 December our jig is up. And here are the top five ways doomsayers say we’ll meet our maker.

1) Earth will collide with a rogue planet. There are a bunch of those things crusing around.

2) An “alignment of planets” will cause a total blackout. However, NASA has indicated that no planetary alignments are due for a number of years, and that the deduction that such an alignment could cause a “total blackout” is silly to the point of being arbitrary.

3) Death by asteroid. Well, we’ve never seen that one in pop culture. But you know, it could happen. Bruce Willis could save us.

4) A solar flare with burn us to a crisp. Again, this hasn’t been thought of before. No, wait, it totally has.

5) “Polar Shift Theory” postulates that a sudden swapping of the north and south poles will result in cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis and other disasters. Now we’re getting original.

And if you feel like going out with a bang (read whatever you want into that phrase), they’re throwing a massive party in Citrusdal to celebrate our demise.

[Source : Business Insider]