Top 10 Most Hilarious Doomsday Predictions

Here's a list of the silliest doomsday predictions and the reasons behind them, both past and future! It's unlikely that the world will end in one day. It will probably take hundreds or even thousands of years.
The Top Ten
Mayan Calendar - December 21, 2012

So why would the end of a calendar mean the end of the whole world? It's like saying that the world will end on December 31 when our calendar ends.

Global Warming - sometime in 2053

Global warming is a problem, but is it as bad as everyone claims it is? Probably not. If global warming were actually going to kill us off by 2053, or even 2153, we would already be dying off in big numbers by now because of it.

It's an issue, but we're not all going to die that soon or that quickly.

Y2K - January 1, 2000

So they believed a computer bug that shows time would kill the whole planet? Planes would fall from the sky? Well, it was already unlikely, and that wasn't even the system planes used (see Y2K 2.0 for more information, which I have also included in this list).

It might have been annoying, but it was never going to kill us all.

Halley’s Comet - 1910 or 2061

Every 76 years, Halley's Comet passes Earth. But why do people think that on its next pass, it will magically hit Earth?

Isaac Newton - 2060

So many people predict the world is going to end all the time, so why would Isaac Newton be right? Why not ask Nostradamus?

I don't think anyone knows when the world will actually end.

COVID-19 - sometime in 2020

COVID-19 is a bad virus, but people were surviving it. It hasn't even killed 1% of the population, and it's almost the end of 2021.

It may have killed lots of people, and that fact is well-known, but it was unlikely to end the world. People survived the Black Death, didn't they?

Y2K 2.0 - January 19, 2038

Have you heard of Unix time? A lot of computers, planes, satellites, trains, and even cars use it. Unix time is the time in seconds that is programmed, and it can count up to 2,147,483,647 both positive and negative.

On January 19, 2038, Unix time runs out, so some clocks will return to 1901. This is likely to cause some effects on computers and transportation, but it is unlikely to cause long-lasting issues or huge numbers of deaths.

Abandonment or Nuclear Winter - sometime in 2027

This all started from a TikToker who claimed he woke up in 2027 and there was nobody there. The cause is unknown, but there is speculation that it was a nuclear winter.

It is highly unlikely that time travel is possible like that.

Asian Attack - April 4, 2044

In many countries in Asia, there is a fear of the number 4 because the word for "four" is similar to the word for "death." Many buildings in those countries don't have a 4th floor, and some claim that when the calendar reaches 4/4/44, the world will end due to the number.

Asteroid Apophis - April 13, 2029

There are many near-Earth objects, but it's not often that something comes this close - and it's a big one. On 13 April 2029, the asteroid will fly by Earth at around 19,000 km, closer than the orbit of satellites, with around a 2% chance of impact.

The impact would not be quite as bad as the one that killed the dinosaurs, but close. There is cause for concern, but not for panic.