What will humanities next Calendar be called after Anno Domini?

If the modern worlds calendar is based on the birth of Christ 2012 years ago, what will the next major historical event be that causes us to change to a new one?

I personally think it will happen when our alien masters arrive and enslave humanity. They'll make us conform to their history to rob us of a cultural identity and kinship to keep us passive.

What will it be called?

July 21, 2008?

• Cataclysmic event
• The rise of the NWO
• Post-modern enlightenment
• Alien contact
• Alien enslavement
• Half-Life 3 comes out
• Humans get super powers

@TheHT said:

• Cataclysmic event

Which one #boom!

NeverDead finally gets a Quick Look.

@TheHT said:

• Humans get super powers

Switch from "Anno Domini" to "Anno DominUS!"

@TheHT said:

• Half-Life 3 comes out

Judging by how things went up here, I imagine it'll be when all of Earth unites as a single nation.

@Daneian: Santa reveals himself and takes over with an army of elves and reindeer. However his coming also brings out the Pumpkin King of Venus, and the Earth is consumed in battle the intensity of ten thousand suns, before our own Sun is destroyed by the Kool-Aid Man, and the Earth is flung into dark space. While flying through space, Santa and Jack the Pumpkin King fall off the planet and Earth lands in the multiverse. Morgan Freeman reveals he's been waiting for this moment, and fights Kevin Spacey. Then our planet is absorbed by another universe that's the same as the one we left with the sole distinction of having humans wearing underwear on their heads. "Underwear on their heads, that's ridiculous!!" we will say. From then on, time will begin.

after the singularity when we will be enslaved to a robot race, humanity's greatest creation

After Common Era

iCalendar

@TheHT: Isn't that the exact plot of the show Fringe?

I don't think it would be necessary, Christ's birth was still so recent. But some ideas, maybe after first contact, colonization of another planet, post nuclear war.

Stardate...duh

@TheHT said:

• Cataclysmic event
• The rise of the NWO
• Post-modern enlightenment
• Alien contact
• Alien enslavement
• Half-Life 3 comes out
• Humans get super powers

Now that's just absurd.

@Daneian: Aw shit. Busted.

Universal Century?

@thedj93 said:

after the singularity when we will be enslaved to a robot race, humanity's greatest creation

This, but replace being "enslaved" with being "kept around as pets"

@Levio said:

@thedj93 said:

after the singularity when we will be enslaved to a robot race, humanity's greatest creation

This, but replace being "enslaved" with being "kept around as pets"

Robots don't keep pets. It's their detachment from life that makes them so powerful.

@ricetopher said:

Universal Century?

Seconded

My art history professor was always adamant that we use BCE and CE. She was literally the only person who seemed to care one way or the other.

My guess is that we will adopt the Chinese calendar, so we are in year 4710 or something.

@SmilingPig said:

My guess is that we will adopt the Chinese colander, so we are in year 4710 or something.

I could use a Chinese colander. I have some noodles to drain...

When dinosaurs are walking the Earth again with men.

Diaper Time.

Realistically i'd say when we reach a level of advancement to explore space outside our solar system (with actual humans in spaceship that can then come back and tell about it) or first Alien contact.

I'd be awright with Half-Life 3 coming out though. At least with that i have chances to be alive still when it happens!

I have a suspicion it will have something to do with Dubstep.

A.U

Achievement Unlocked

Space colonies.

I don't think we'll have any reason to change calendars anytime soon. If we did, we'll probably have a lot more other things to worry about!

@Gabriel said:

I have a suspicion it will have something to do with Dubstep.

We'll soon be on Swatch Internet Drops

@Meowshi said:

My art history professor was always adamant that we use BCE and CE. She was literally the only person who seemed to care one way or the other.

That's only ever used in a history context, though. It might seem a bit silly, but since it is just used in academic discussions, and not in a misguided political correctness,'hey everyone we're using this now also we will speak esperanto' kind of way, it's usually not that big a deal. Unless your teacher is weird about it, I guess.

Once we start living in space, we can switch over to Future Era, or Space Era or something. Can't wait.

A sarcastic "Thanks, Obama!"

When man steps foot on Mars.

@Slay3r1583 said:

@ricetopher said:

Universal Century?

Seconded

Seig Zeon! But yeah I imagine it would have to be when the first permeate space settlement is founded. Especially if that colony does not experience earth years.

AC, After Contact(with aliens). Any intelligent extra-terrestrial life we encounter will have their own way of counting time so if we want to cooperate with them it would be easiest to sync our calender to theirs(or more likely a compromise where both parties restart their calenders).

Before and after you touched yourself last night.

@Meowshi said:

My art history professor was always adamant that we use BCE and CE. She was literally the only person who seemed to care one way or the other.

It has to do with religion and beliefs. While it's the same thing, it has nothing to do with Christianity, so that's why they use BCE and CE.

@Meowshi: I'd imagine it's because she doesn't want a religion she holds no affiliation to coloring the way she speaks and views the world. Calling it AD is tantamount to saying Christianity is the one 'true' religion.

I'm really shocked students weren't excited or passionate about it.

Hammer Time.

@NTM said:

@Meowshi said:

My art history professor was always adamant that we use BCE and CE. She was literally the only person who seemed to care one way or the other.

It has to do with religion and beliefs. While it's the same thing, it has nothing to do with Christianity, so that's why they use BCE and CE.

Oh, I'm well aware of that. She always had this sneer on her face whenever we covered religious art.

I was more just commenting on the fact that she was literally the only history teacher that ever seemed to care about it. Maybe it's a more common practice now.

@cyraxible said:

@Meowshi: I'd imagine it's because she doesn't want a religion she holds no affiliation to coloring the way she speaks and views the world. Calling it AD is tantamount to saying Christianity is the one 'true' religion.

I'm really shocked students weren't excited or passionate about it.

I myself refuse to use the word "Tuesday", as it is tantamount to saying that Tiw, Norse God of singles combat, is the one true religion. I instead simply refer to it as "two's day".

In all seriousness, I would bet First Contact. If we survive First Contact, that is.

@MarkWahlberg said:

@Meowshi said:

My art history professor was always adamant that we use BCE and CE. She was literally the only person who seemed to care one way or the other.

That's only ever used in a history context, though. It might seem a bit silly, but since it is just used in academic discussions, and not in a misguided political correctness,'hey everyone we're using this now also we will speak esperanto' kind of way, it's usually not that big a deal. Unless your teacher is weird about it, I guess.

She was weird about it, which is literally the only reason it ever stuck out to me. Well that and the fact that I was so totally crap at that class.

@Meowshi: Just so you know, my comment wasn't meant to be there as if I assumed you didn't know such a thing, I just thought your comment had to do with what I wanted to say, so I added it.

@NTM said:

@Meowshi: Just so you know, my comment wasn't meant to be there as if I assumed you didn't know such a thing, I just thought your comment had to do with what I wanted to say, so I added it.

Okay. As an aside, when she first told us what BCE and CE meant, I remember at the time thinking that at least I don't have to remember what the fuck AD means now.

It will probably never happen again, for no other reason than there's no point in changing it.

The only way I can see any kind of clock/calender mix up is once/if we start colonizing other planets someone develops a system that is somehow more convenient in adjusting to the changes in time on planets. Otherwise, there's no point to reset back to year 0.

@MarkWahlberg said:

@Meowshi said:

My art history professor was always adamant that we use BCE and CE. She was literally the only person who seemed to care one way or the other.

That's only ever used in a history context, though. It might seem a bit silly, but since it is just used in academic discussions, and not in a misguided political correctness,'hey everyone we're using this now also we will speak esperanto' kind of way, it's usually not that big a deal. Unless your teacher is weird about it, I guess.

She was weird about it, which is literally the only reason it ever stuck out to me. Well that and the fact that I was so totally crap at that class.