10 Dumbest Decisions Made By Futurama Characters
2. The Human Race Fled To Mars
It seems that throughout history, and indeed throughout the future, there will always be predictions of when the world will end. Arguably the most famous in recent times have been the Y2K phenomenon and 2012, however the Earth still survived to see the year 3012.
This was when the Professor and his crew discovered a martian calendar that prophecised the world would end. Coincidentally, the apocalypse seemingly started as soon as they found the prophecy, giving them just enough time to escape Earth for the safety of Mars. However, no one seemed to put together that this was a MARTIAN calendar.
Why would the people of Mars predict when Earth was going to end? No, this was a calendar made by the people of Mars for when Mars itself would end. So in essence, the crew found apparent evidence of the Red Planet being destroyed, and fled there to 'safety'.
By a huge and ridiculous stroke of fortune, just about everyone who travelled to Mars returned back to Earth unscathed, with the exception of Fry and Leela who both lost an arm. However, this needn’t have been a thing at all, never mind the violence and rioting on Earth, had just a little bit of common sense been applied.