sinner, saint, martian or zombie

if you eat our brain, do we not bleed?

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Taxi ride: More fun in the Philippines

Weaving. That is the best adjective that you can use to describe his driving style as he zooms in and out, left and right, moving from 0 to 40, to 60 and back to 0 in speed just to make the cut.

His opponents ranged from simple sedans to multiple buses boxing him out. I couldn't count the number of expletives he muttered as well as traffic violations he committed including

consistently using the yellow lane (that's reserved for buses), insane swerving maneuvers, and what can only be described as "that asshole" cuts just to get past through the crazy traffic of EDSA.

I was actually having an internal monologue as this was happening regarding the behavioral tendencies of Filipino taxi drivers in regards to traffic dynamics and its political and pecking organization when I saw this:

By this  time I started to review my life and wondered if I have done everything in my power already, pushing my self to the limits, and making sure every moment and effort counts.

If I go now, would everything that I have done be enough? will I be satisfied with how far I have gone? Will this be the end of every day extra challenge that has become my routine?

and then before I know it, I was already in UP College of Business Administration and the taxi meter was reading approximately 250PHP. I paid the driver and included an additional 50PHP tip for letting me keep my life.

I guess my friends... the show must go on.

<an excerpt from Myk's internal monologue prior to taking the BA 280.2 - Corporate Finance Final examinations, aka the next challenge>

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Relationship transitions over time

As we grow old we start to realize how a big lie all those fairy tales have shown us when we were kids about waiting for your knights and your princesses being lady-like. Your knights turn into douche bag jerks who thinks with their dicks while your ladies turn into slut gold diggers.

While browsing reddit I saw this little discussion which piqued my interest as it touches upon a fundamental gap that people don't realize until later on in life... it read:

"The start of a relationship is like being at the top of a rollercoaster. You get that heady, intoxicating rush of endorphins and hormones as your body reacts to your new, novel sexual/romantic partner. Everything is fresh, everything is new, everything is a grand adventure that you're meeting for the first time together.

After several months to a year, much of that novelty has worn off. You've developed a tolerance, so to speak. That phase of infatuation that probably carried you through the first several months is gone, usually replaced by some kind of routine or habitual behavior. If you're living with the person, you now know each others' pet peeves, their bad habits, how they sleep, what they eat, when they poop, how often they brush their teeth. The reality of living in a relationship sinks in.

Two years and beyond, you start to really see if the foundation you built in the first phases of the relationship was sound. Did you really like their music, or were you just placating them? The relationship becomes a commitment, a responsibility that both partners must uphold. It takes nurturing, hard work, dedication, and trust that what you're doing is the right thing. Hopefully channels of communication are open and information flows freely both ways. You experiment in the relationship, try new things, keep the spark of happiness and love alive. You grow comfortable in each others' company and know them nearly as well, if not better, than you know yourself.

The change for me is a spectrum shift from chemical/hormonal to behavioral/psychological. I'm not around my SO anymore because she makes me feel those vivid spikes of seratonin and dopamine like when we first met. I'm around her because we've built layers and layers of memory, trust, love, and devotion to one another. I'm with her because she's held my trust for years and never given me reason to doubt her. I'm with her because she's the best woman I've ever known for me, because she has patience with my flaws, because we support each other through difficult times and cherish each other during the good ones. It's a deep seated sense of commitment and dedication to a common goal, to preserving the bond that we've built over the years. That's the kind of love we share. Not flashy and exciting, but deep and enduring." - echofive

source: link

If you think about it, there's much more than just considering things like attraction, sex, family, religion and those basic things. There are many factors and details that you'll eventually take into account into whether this relationship is still for you or not anymore. Or if it something that you know deep inside... will last.

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Ultimate love song of young love: "So Impossible"

"So Impossible" by Dashboard Confessional

So she says "Everyone's going to the party, won't you come if I come with a friend for your friend? I'd be so pleased to see you out of the classroom wearing the smile that I'll bring you. I was hoping to learn a few things like.. Do you do you like dashing the dirt on the whole class or talking the big smack or playing the fool or wearing all of the latest fashions or bucking the new trends wearing your old threads or if you like coffee in the evening These are a few things that I'd like to know that I'd like to know"

So I say... "I've been scheduled to work but I'll call in and my friend isn't busy he'd be happy to join me and maybe my friend and your friend will hit it off or maybe we will?"

I'm dying to know do you do you like dreaming of things so impossible or only the practical or ever the wild or waiting through all your bad bad days just to end them with someone you care about and do you like making out and long drives and brown eyes and guys that just don't quite fit in yeah do you like them So yes, I'll see you there.

If you're looking for songs that relate to summer romance, young love, and that point in time where you don't exactly know but you just know, Dashboard Confessionals is a must try. And for me one of their most beautiful love songs is "So Impossible".

It brings you back to that time where you don't know how to approach that someone and don't have the courage to look confident and would try any means or style, to the point of being creative, or.. not.  Doing all these just to get them to notice you and keep them noticing you even if it doesn't even make any sense at all.

Where you're in that stage where you don't know yourself at all or completely yet still want them to know you and you fumble for questions to keep the conversation going  and get to know them better and wonder deep inside if they're having fun at all and will they enjoy this whole night despite you being an overall mess with the things that your mind has dreamed up to happen, things that you try to get to happen, and things that actually happen as a result. Which is usually far from you've had in plan for so long.

And then you look at yourself and wonder why would someone like her choose to go out with someone like you with all your awkwardness and striking weirdness compared to the others who are popular and mainstream and many other items that is generally of want that you do not have. Yet despite the surmounting odds and challenges laid out against you, you still try. You do it anyway.

for you, I do it anyway.

~a life time supply of you and world peace

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This is the difference between an expert and someone who doesn't know what he's doing.

This is the difference between an expert and someone who doesn't know what he's doing. Taekwondo Video Unfortunately, I am a bit of both in many things and so the only choice left is balance

  between getting kicked where I want to get kicked and scoring a point that is relevant both for today and the long run.

This is how I roll.

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Its like watching animal planet! Live!

The great hunt

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I HATE YAHOO NEW MAIL

I'm sorry yahoo. I've been a yahoo user ever since but their classic ymail is already great. they just need to build on top of it and not revamp it like the monstrosity that is new-ymail. I hate it so much!

with the force of a thousand suns! so much rage!

anyway and because of that here is a guide how to reverse your decision (yes, once you clicked upgrade to new yahoo mail, you will have a HELL of an experience and would have a very hard time trying to revert back to classic!)

anecdote: short story first before I post the solutions. I tried to email yahoo help so maybe they can change the system on their side... NO GOOD man! they told me they would need TWO BUSINESS DAYS to reverse the process. WHAT? seriously man.

so yeah here's the solutions (yes there are multiple solutions)

1. Yahoo has a new Help page with a direct link to switching back to Classic Mail! This Help page link and solution are new, and a permanent change. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ym…

At the end of the second paragraph, click either [click here] IN BLUE or [No thanks. Continue to Yahoo Mail Classic]

2. Use one of the following links each time you open your mail - save the Bookmark as a Favorite. Use them every time you visit Yahoo Mail, and you will get the Classic version! (If your account is registered in another country other than the US, the links should be changed to your country abbreviation. For example, change the 'us' and/or the '.com' portions of the links)

http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/switchclassic http://us.mc598.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcom… http://us.mc598.mail.yahoo.com/mc/launch

but usually as soon as you access the classic page it would be permanent and you wont need to see the new ymail again (until of course you accidentally click the upgrade now link, so please don't!).

cheers!

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Career Planning 101 - Part 1

o What are the things that make you content or happy at work? o What are the characteristics of your perfect job? o What position or assignment do you want to hold in five or 10 years? How challenging will this be for you? What might hold you back? o What interim steps, assignments, special projects, etc. will expand your ability to contribute and achieve your goals? What broadening or deepening work experiences might help you to reach your goal? o Do you feel you have what you need to continue your career development? o What contributions would you like to make to the Company’s success that haven’t been made to date? o What would you like your legacy to be? o What assignments, special projects or teams would help to grow your contributions and satisfaction? o What trade-offs are you willing to make in pursuit of your career aspirations? o For a highly tenured employee: what would keep you engaged?

Have you tried asking yourself these questions lately?

~ alifetime supply of questions and world peace

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How to search for images

can also be "how can I search for this girl's photo" or "additional stalking skills you can use"

don't get what I mean? listen on!

Image search is a specialized data search used to find images. To search for images, a user may provide query terms such as keyword, image file/link, or click on some image, and the system will return images "similar" to the query. The similarity used for search criteria could be meta tags, color distribution in images, region/shape attributes, etc.

Image meta search - search of images based on associated metadata such as keywords, text, etc.

Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) – the application of computer visionto the image retrieval. CBIR aims at avoiding the use of textual descriptions and instead retrieves images based on similarities in their contents (textures, colors, shapes etc.) to a user-supplied query image or user-specified image features.

List of CBIR Engines - list of engines which search for images based image visual content such as color, texture, shape/object, etc.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_search

The point of this exercise is to be able to search the web for IMAGES given a sample image file. Now imagine the things you can do when you have a picture of a girl you like, search it thru the web, find her facebook.....

yeah you know ;)

anyway here are some famous sites that have this ability:

http://www.google.com/imghp

http://www.tineye.com/

http://labs.ideeinc.com/upload/

http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/

http://alipr.com/

here's an example on how this is done:

here are some applications that I can think of:

of course, stalking

researching of similar photos

if you're trying to clean your internet identity

looking for stock photos

well that's all for me today!

~ a lifetime supply of how tos and world peace

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The Walking Dead Season 2

I am a BIG FAN of Zombies... so yeah!

The second season premiered on October 16, 2011 and will feature 13 episodes.[4][5] At a 2011 Paley Center for Media panel,[6] it was announced that the second season will feature Grimes' group of survivors leaving Atlanta for the countryside, including the Greene family farm, a setting in the comic book series.[7] Filming of season 2 began in June 2011 in the greater Atlanta area.[8] Prior to the start of season 2, a 6-part webisode series aired October 3, 2011 on AMC's website. The webisodes detail the events just when the outbreak began, specifically the life of Hannah, also known as "bicycle girl", who appeared in the first episode of the series.[9]

  The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed for television by Frank Darabont and based on the ongoing comic book series, The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.[1] The series centers on a small group of survivors led by Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes and his family.

The series premiered on October 31, 2010, and is broadcast on the cable television channel AMC in the United States.[2]

The first season premiered to universal acclaim and was nominated for several awards, including the Best Television Series Drama at the 68th Golden Globe Awards.[3] Based on its reception, AMC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes which premiered on October 16, 2011.[4][5]

  source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead

~ a lifetime supply of zombies and world peace

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Things Columbus did (sort of)

1. Proved the world was round. What he really wanted to do was find an alternate route through the West Indies. Of course the main goal was land, gold and better trade routes for the spice trade (cue "Dune" intro). Of course this isn't true as at least 2000 years ago people (of course scientists) were already able to calculate that the world isn't flat and ends in a never ending water fall. 2. Discovered (at least for Europeans) America. He isn't really the first guy to discover it. It's more of he's the guy who stayed and colonized everything else. His arrival also caused a number of genocides and enslavements (which also resulted in his eventual arrest) of American natives but this of course resulted in a massive increase of technology and industrial revolution of the growing country. 3. Helped the spread of Christianity Of course this isn't necessarily all credited to him but with all of his exploration, colonization and settlements, He brought priests with him who converted non believers. Which is a typical tactic of Spain when converting locals to their cause (as is the case of what they did to the Philippines). 4. Discovered different routes and island Bahamas, North America, Puerto Rico, Navidad, South America, Jamaica, Guanaja Island, Honduras in Central America, and Haiti. These islands he tried to colonize and of course send gold and trade back to Spain. 5. Credited with Rastafari Movement Given that Columbus is an early colonizer of the western islands, he became one of the symbols of a European oppressor. Rastafari is a religious movement that started at around 1930s that are descendants of slaves (that were probably enslaved by Columbus a long time ago). source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus ~ a lifetime supply of spice and world peace

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Ticketamerica.com

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  We have the best selection of tickets for just about any event that takes place in the United States or abroad. We also specialize in obtaining hard to find seats for smaller venues and theaters. We can plan and execute anything from a large corporate outing to a family night out. We are often used as way of rewarding a particularly good employee or business client.

  We guarantee all of our orders with our unparalleled 100% money back guarantee if Ticket America or its sales staff are at fault. We maintain a clean and professional working environment as well as providing our clientele with a 24 hour hotline for any and all customer service issues. We are leaders in our industry and always keep our promises, we are Ticket America.

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Teach me how to dougie

yeah like a boss!

~ a lifetime supply of dougie and world peace

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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

let me begin with a quote:

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.” - Karen Ravn

  at 17 - he dropped out of college just after a semester at 21 - he started Apple together with Wozniak at 27 - they hit their first billion at 30 - he got fired by the company he built at 42 - he got hired again by apple to be interim CEO (but not after creating NeXT and Pixar, became a board member of Disney, among others) at 55 - he produced the iPod, iPad, and Itunes which literally created millions of new jobs AND competitors.

He didn't graduate in college. His parents weren't graduates either. He got fired by a company he himself built and was criticized by the world due to his incredible work practices. He got cancer, survived it, and still went on to change the IT computing world we know today.

“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

I am a firm believer of living your life to the fullest. Even alive he was truly inspirational. Now he left a legacy for all of us, not only the IT folks, but also for everyone else to look up to. Because I believe that is what has been lacking for a long time for us youth. The proper role models to follow in their footsteps. Someone to truly inspire us and tell that hey you don't need to be this or that or to have a degree on whatever and be genius in whichever. You just need the heart and the passion to pursue what you want and never give up.

Do everything in your power and when he says everything he means that even if you get cancer or get  fired or be criticized by people. Even if you think you reached your limits, break them and see how far still you can go. Every step counts, every inch matters, every win that you can take cherish it and every loss an investment that when you look back you can tell yourself "hey i've gone so far, yet i can still go on". If you believe it, then go for it.

  “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Think Different, narrated by Steve Jobs

Cheers to you Steve!

on a sidenote: i'm really sad that he passed away. This guy has been one of my idols for a long time. and I really LOVE watching his keynotes. His charisma is amazing. I'll post one of my favorites here the "one more thing" you can go ahead and search for others but yeah.

~ a lifetime supply of being hungry and foolish and world peace

sources: http://www.macstories.net/roundups/inspirational-steve-jobs-quotes/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/steve-jobs/8810045/Steve-Jobs-timeline.html

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How to Mass Click Checkboxes

How to Mass Click Checkboxes

AND

How to Mass delete Multiply posts

The thing is with Multiply is that they really just stopped developing their CMS on a personal social networking perspective and focused on what they really sold on, which is instant online store. What they didn't realize is that they DO still have a lot of users who still prefer their site versus Facebook or Tumblr or Blogger or any other blogging/multimedia dumpsite available on the net.

Which REALLY makes it frustrating for the users because there are STILL a lot of stupid or missing features such as managing your posts ie. mass delete, update, publish etc- which of course Wordpress does wonderfully.

Now to continue with our predicament, 1) we need to delete Multiply posts 2) There's too many 3) only one way to delete them in Multiply as illustrated below.

STEP 1: Go to Media Locker and click Blog Entries to list down your entries

STEP 2: You need to select EACH post and then CLICK DELETE. NO SELECT ALL

 SOLUTION: If you use Mozilla Firefox (If you don't, you should) it has a great feature called Add-ons which is basically a set of customizable extension. The magical bean we'll be using is amazingly called CheckFox (click to download and install add-on).

 STEP 3: After you've installed the add-on you need to restart Firefox.Go ahead and select those damned check boxes  and right click.

 STEP 4: Say the Magic word and click!

(optional) STEP 5: you can also un-check (sarcasm)

STEP 6: click DELETE

There you go! I hope I helped you guys here. There's probably a bajillion other ways to use this neat add-on on other websites. Post them if you like or suggest other things I missed on fixing this issue.

and may you be troubled by check boxes no more!

~ a lifetime supply of checkboxes and world peace

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Geek Gear

One can never be truly a geek without being surrounded with science's greatest achievements... technology.

So for some fun I'll be posting some gears that I use and my corresponding reviews on them. (I won't post the specs any more since you can just google them anyway).

Laptop - HP ProBook 6555b

Not the greatest and most powerful of laptop but its what I use for work and everyday simple computing. I'm still working my way into a budget to buy a much better rig but this will suffice for now. Has a great keyboard for typing and editing, has enough computing power to support enterprise level apps, and even has enough specs to run Starcraft 2.

Console - Nintendo Wii

I was never really much of a console gamer. I bought NES, FAMICOM, and even SEGA but stopped there when I discovered the PC. What attracted me to the Wii was the "party" concept where four or more can go dish it out in some fun casual multiplayer games. Having a fast paced life specially while working in IT you usually just don't have enough time to play long winded RPGs. But to be honest I still do if the game is THAT good but usually I just reserve it for the PC releases. Aside from that this animal is for my party games where you just add some vodka throw in some crazy games like Just Dance and Wario and you're good to go!

(on a side note: I originally bought this guy JUST for ZELDA, so yeah the things we do for gaming)

Phone HTC Desire Z

I bought this guy around late last year as soon as it released. I was supposed to wait a few more months for the prices to go down but yeah, I guess the hype got into me. So far the only problem with this phone is it's a bit heavy and big due to the QWERTY keyboard but aside from that it's a great PDA to walk around with. Granted that Android still has a long way to go in terms of apps versus Apple, the amount of support and the spirit of open source has made sure this guy goes a long way. On the hardware side I have nothing to say as this thing is HTC made, enough said.

Things I use my android for: scheduling my week, taking quick notes, emergency cameras (for those funny moments), ebook reading (you know while she's shopping!), emergency internet, tracking of things like my car's gas fillup, etc.

Bluetooth Headset Jabra EXTREME

It took me a while to find this guy as I wanted to be able to listen to music or app sounds when I connect a bluetooth headset to my android. The problem is not all BT headsets have that feature and not all of them exist in a one ear piece setup such as the Jabra EXTREME. I don't know what Nokia did to be the only way to have no problem with sending music to their phones but it sure is a damn good monopoly. This little guy has great sound, easy to use, and great battery life so he's with me for the long run.

Music Player Apple Ipod Nano 5th Gen

After I tried the Itouch device I opted just to using a Nano as my Mp3 player. I feel that the Itouch is just too restricted to be really fully used as a multimedia device (assuming you don't jailbreak it, that is). So far what I only hate on this guy is the need for the Itunes but aside from that it's great. The whole music and video on the go concept is great with me (specially since I use this for running!). Also I use this guy for my long drive play list. I just attach a cheap FM tuner to my car and voila! instant mp3 music for those weekend trips. Probably a great way to enhance this guy is to add a clip, which I guess can be solved by finding a good casing.

Headphones Philips SHQ4000

I bought this little guy for running but damn! is this comfortable or what! so I usually end up using them also in the office whenever I need those sound trips that keep me running for the rest of the day. The sound quality is great but if you're one of those music aficionados might as well buy something else as I said this is more designed for running.

Camera Sony DSC TX-10

This is my latest addition to my gadgets, the Sony DSC TX-10. It's main selling point is that it's an underwater cam! so yeah a great thing to bring along during vacations or quick weekend get aways. You might wonder why I don't use a DSLR instead since it's usually the craze now-a-days, the reason is that as much as I'm into photography I prefer the more quick shots and going down and dirty into the adventure versus using an SLR type camera where you really need to be dedicated and focused. I'll probably buy one in the future but for now my old SLR (70's Canon AV-1 film slr) will do as well as this cybershot.

  so yeah folks I think that about wraps up all my major tech gadgets as of the moment. What about you? what are you using and why?

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Top 10 Apocalyptic Plots

So given that we have a lot of "end of world" talks lately i thought of coming up with the ten best apocalyptic plots human kind has thought of.

Basically these are the basic plots used in movies, books, and prophecies throughout human history that I think no one could ever beat them. Unless of course we can think up of other possible scenarios.

seriously i think we can come one its the internet right. filled with crazy people already.

anyway I just typed these away and used google trending to determine their ranking ie. compared the keywords on every other keyword and saw how much they scale from each other in terms of internet content.

I know this isn't exactly science but given this is just a fun way to present them, I went ahead with it. If you think you have a better way of determining this ie. survey? i dunno you can go ahead and suggest them in the comments below! go ahead and challenge me!

anyway without further adieu Here is my Top 10 Apocalyptic Plots based on Google trends!

10. Natural Disaster

This type of plot varies a lot from the basic elemental disasters such as tornadoes, floods, storms, earth quakes, to those that vary between famine, global warming, depletion of natural resources and other natural problems that we all know we'll be facing eventually given how fast we are wasting the Earth's resources.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Day after tomorrow, Tidal Wave, Twister

reason for the ranking: I guess there's not a lot of exciting plots of "natural disasters" given that they are "natural" ie. explainable, something that actually happens, etc. 9. Rapture

  The Rapture is by definition a religious end of the world. Basically all non-cyclical religions out there that speak of an "end" will have their own version of the rapture. Judgement day, Day of the reckoning, eternal life etc. How these events occur or how violent they are I guess would depend on how zealous these religious sects are. but then I guess you guys will be the judge on this.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: The Rapture, Apocalypse ,The Omen

reason for the ranking: I'm not exactly a fan of anything that might have religious propaganda and I guess a lot of people feel the same given the trend results but revelation does have a lot of curious insights regarding the end of the world that seems to coincide with what is happening now ie. wars, religious false leaders, etc. so I guess the real verdict here is.. we'll see 8. Mutants

I'm a guy who grew up in the 90s so I went to grade school as well as high school knowing all about the good mutants such as Marvel's X men, spider man, and fantastic four. But being a kid I never really explored the possibilities of having actual mutants exist in the world and what are the possible repercussions it could do. I would probably say the nearest would be on what happened in the X men where people tried to use them for weapons, or people ostracized them and  forced them to fight back to human kind, or some mutant would go about not knowing how to control their powers and cause eventual world destruction. This I guess could probably go under the natural disaster if we evolved naturally but I guess either way would work since we'll be wiped out anyway

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: eraserhead, planet of the apes,Posetitel muzeya

reason for the ranking:The idea of evolution has always been a believable thing given its scientific origins although so far it's only a thing of science fiction and comic heroes 7. Robots

The Matrix, AI, Terminator, you've seen them all. Given the fast evolution of science and robotics and the continuous efforts of man kind to automate almost every single task imaginable comes the ideas of these machinations coming to life having their own thoughts and feelings. And given the usual drive of humanity to belittle others with all the hate and anger as what happened on the Matrix's back stories of how the Matrix came to, Robotic apocalypse usually indicate the revolution of machine versus man where obviously man is at a disadvantage.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Artificial Intelligence, hardware, terminator

reason for the ranking: Something like this isn't far off due to the fast progress of robotics and with all the appreciation we have of them thru mechas, cyborgs and big machines, it isn't a surprise that it got the here. 6. Meteor

During the late 90s a series of films were released that sparked the world wide craze of "end of the world" movies in the modern day all the way to Y2K. These were the asteroid movies that always begins with a big chunk of rock coming to earth scenario then boom what will the cast do? There are a lot of running and drama and stuff and some singing maybe ie. Aerosmith

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: asteroid, deep impact, Armageddon

reason for the ranking: I think even tho it was already a few years ago and the whole idea has started to die down the fact that this is where it all started (what with all the improved special effects) it still retains a high score.

5. Zombies

plants vs zombies? left4dead? call of duty black ops? last night on earth? honestly I dont know what to say i'm very much biased here coz i'm a zombie fan so there. Zombies are <3.

and so cute!

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Dawn of The Dead, 28 days later, zombieland

reason for the ranking: thriller by michael jackson

4. Aliens

Man has always been curious of what the heck is out there. Seriously what is it? but of course it won't be man if they couldn't think of it as something that isn't out to get them. Thus! aliens!  well aside from giving Arnold that really big push in popularity these types of movies have really elevated the sci-fi genre into the action horror thriller scenes.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: aliens,predator, District #9

reason for the ranking: i know i know aliens aren't as realistic and nearer to happen than the others but damn seriously isn't it cool? just gotta be sure you have your shotgun with you

3. Cultural

These types of "end of the world" scenarios come from tradition, beliefs, culture, and superstition. Things like astrological apocalypses where all the stars and planets are aligned to cause the death of the world. The same thing foes for the Mayan prophecies where they basically calculated the end of time based on their method of calculation. Another source of this would be those false prophets that we always have that are not included in the usual roster of religions such as Nostradamus, etc.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Nostradamus, 2012,Knowing

reason for the ranking: to be honest I'm not exactly sure why this topic is way ranked above here haha but it's what google trends told me so yeah I think it's just that paranormal and superstitious are scary to majority of the world

2. Disease

Diseases and plagues are as real as it gets. 3rd world countries apparently live this every day due to their lack of medicine, funds, and education. 1st world countries on the other hand are busy watching apocalyptic films or waiting for the release of the new Nintendo console after Wii to even bother to help. As real as it gets? hell yes.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Outbreak,12 monekys, children of men

reason for the ranking: Wasting disease you can't do anything about except wait to die? damn.

1. War

The world has already experience two major wars and currently experiencing minor wars around the globe causing so much death and destruction that I think people believe this to be as closest as we can get to real world apocalypse since there are just crazy people out there who'd like to press that big red button and release their super weapons.

some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Apocalypse Now, Schindler's List,Letters from Iwo Jima

reason for the ranking: Nazis. Enough said.

so there! whew!

I know one or more of these would intersect or be the cause or effect of the other but definitely the basic plot would remain true.

If you disagree, just tell me so in the comments and tell me how you would've ranked them and what you'll remove or add! I'd love to hear what you think!

~ a lifetime supply of end of the world... with you

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