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What should the new age be called?

Unread postby Sencha » Wed 21 Sep 2005, 20:49:20

As you all know, A.D. is written after a year in some cases. (i.e. 2005 A.D.) When the world "ends" and a new one begins after the collapse of a cheap oil based society, I think it would be appropriate to change this. Personally, I like A.P. (after peak). I'd make this into a poll, but the website is messing up. I wrote the options below.

A.P. - After Peak

A.O. - After Oil

A.C. - After Crash (or Collapse)

P.P. - Post Peak

P.O. - Post Oil

Anyone have any others?
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby rogerhb » Wed 21 Sep 2005, 22:28:21

We've had

B.C.E Before Common Era (aka B.C.)

and

C.E Common Era (aka, A.D)

So logically:

A.C.E After Common Era
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby I_Like_Plants » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 00:24:12

The Decline.

In the future people will talk about happenings during The Decline, Decline politics, etc.
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby MD » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 07:46:30

the millennial reign of Christ.
Stop filling dumpsters, as much as you possibly can, and everything will get better.

Just think it through.
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby PhilBiker » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 10:00:09

How about the second Dark Age.
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby sklump » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 13:43:42

AD - After Dark
TF - The Fistening
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby deconstructionist » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 14:11:12

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
UNLESS
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby Ebyss » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 14:49:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sklump', 'A')D - After Dark
TF - The Fistening



I like The Fistening. Fist is a much underused word.

If all goes well, we can call it the Age of Epiphany, as one would hope we would finally cop on to ourselves.
If it goes badly, I say the Age of Darkness, or the Obsidian Era.. just for that dramatic touch.
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby Novus » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 15:48:27

The age of Death. More people will die this century then will be born.
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby NuclearJoe » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:02:28

Why would we change our "era"? The "era" wasn't changed after the fall of Rome or the Black Death, why would the post-oil world need a new "era"? It will stay A.D. ( I refuse to use PC garbage like CE or BCE until the names of the planets are renamed so they aren't named after Roman gods).
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Re: What should the new age be called?

Unread postby mgibbons19 » Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:37:39

The Rainy Era

BW - bad weather
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