2. Technology
From the second the president of the United States tells us that the world will be ending in a specific amount of time, you know all of these white coats are going to be running around, inventing all of these different, yet useless, machines to try to stop it. I'm not even talking about the technology that they will invent for the next society to dig up after 25,000 years. I'm talking about current technology. And how it will cease to matter or possibly work. Imagine, no cell phones, no computers, no Facebook, no Twitter. What the hell will we do with our time? Maybe talk to each other? Weird. Movies will stop being made, music will stop being produced, we won't have any way to get information anymore and I bet you we will do just fine. What information do you really need after hearing the world is ending? None. Once it's been said, you cannot take it back. It is even possible that electricity itself will cease to exist. Imagine that. Power outages all over the world will lead to romantic candle light and sit-ins. This will kick ass. KICK ASS!