http://thebulletin.org/timeline
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Friday, 11 November 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
ya im not clicking that
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 11 November 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
huh, i had no idea the clock was pushed back as far as 17 minutes to midnight in the past
i'd like to say that gives me a little hope for the future but all it's done in the last 25 years is tick ever closer to 12 :(
― not all those who chunder are sloshed (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 11 November 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
missed that we crept up to 2 minutes to midnight this year
https://thebulletin.org/2018-doomsday-clock-statement
as close as the esteemed members of the board have placed the hand since 1953:
1953: After much debate, the United States decides to pursue the hydrogen bomb, a weapon far more powerful than any atomic bomb. In October 1952, the United States tests its first thermonuclear device, obliterating a Pacific Ocean islet in the process; nine months later, the Soviets test an H-bomb of their own. "The hands of the Clock of Doom have moved again," the Bulletin announces. "Only a few more swings of the pendulum, and, from Moscow to Chicago, atomic explosions will strike midnight for Western civilization."
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link
We covered this elsewhere in depth and with better jokes
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
Rolling looming apocalypse thread I think
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
That was before Bolton's elevation, too
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:00 (six years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/l0ExdANi3pXqJs0NO/giphy.gif
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
It is 100 seconds to midnight.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 24 January 2020 16:57 (four years ago) link