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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#1: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:02:11 PM

The description of The End of the World as We Know It would have you believe that it must be a deliberate act (e.g. a step or even end goal of an Evil Plan), but it's being used both on its example list and elsewhere to denote non-deliberate "end of the world" events as well (e.g. a impending asteroid collision in Armageddon, or Earth spiralling towards the Sun as an unexpected side-effect of a pair of nuclear tests in The Day the Earth Caught Fire). Is the description simply the victim of unnecessary overspecificity, or is the general use in fact misuse?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
#2: Oct 2nd 2020 at 5:38:04 PM

It's too specific, yeah.

We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#3: Oct 4th 2020 at 3:55:37 AM

I also think natural disasters should be included in the scope.

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