That's pretty much the conclusion Stephen King drew about Alien in Danse Macabre.

... and hydrogen sulfide, on sufficiently long timescales. H2S generated by bacteria in anoxic oceans is associated with the Permian mass extinction.

"Video phones inspire a new sexual revolution whereby everybody sits at home doing rude things electronically with everyone else. Productivity slumps; video screens get bigger and bigger."

@PlaidNinja: Yes. Ignoring all the existential threats arising to provide drama, the Trek future is wonderfully utopian. A post-scarcity culture in which everyone, for the most part, seems to get along. Earth seems to have eliminated war and conflict and poverty, and humanity expands into space. I think a lot of…

@WilliamHollingsworth

! MASSIVE POTENTIAL SPOILERS !

Indeed. Homeopathy might almost be considered mainstream in the UK, along with many other "alternative" or "complementary" methods, although there's been a fight against it lately led by people like Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh. The placebo effect is one thing (and it can be remarkably effective), but a lot of these…

Indeed. Homeopathy could almost be considered mainstream in the UK, along with many other "alternative" or "complementary" treatments, although there's been something of a fight against it lately led by people like Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh. The placebo effect is one thing (and it can be remarkably effective), but…

@ProfessorSara: I think the answer to Jon's parentage lies in (a) why Ned would look after Jon and (b) why Ned doesn't even let Robert in on where Jon came from.

@Dances with Peeps:

@sephycloneno15: I experience deja vu occasionally, and if I have it once it's likely I'll experience several episodes, as well as some other interesting sensations. Then I probanly won't get it at all for a while.

@RabidWombat: I entirely agree. During my expansion pack past I passed some time buying books for a University bookshop, and a lot of that time was spent purchasing for the Psych department. I was responsible for lining the shelves with an awful lot of hokum. There are huge areas of psychology that aren't even…

@laurenshaw: This.

@jawamachines: Although I was aware of this, it's still remarkable to hear.

@AZTriGuy: I saw The Departed knowing nothing about it, and it completely surprised me on several occasions.

@ShanaLD: I agree. I very much liked the novella, and I think the film's ending misfired badly. It not only made The Mist into a Shaggy Dog Story, but it Shot the Shaggy Dog.

@somebodyoranother: I agree that wasn't really a surprise. For anyone who watches a lot of movies or reads a lot of ghost stories, it was suggested from the opening scene, and all but confirmed by the scene where Bruce breaks the glass door, only for his wife to turn around and find nobody there.

@antonchigurh: Yeah. I understand the intention, more or less, but I really do not think the film's ending worked.

@dimebagtwenty: Some characters make it out of the supermarket as far as a hotel. They are contemplating how best to refuel. They think they received a garbled radio broadcast naming a city, and intend to go there in search of survivors - although they know the journey will be nigh impossible. It is strongly implied…

They mainly twirled while counting the Vast Piles of Grant Money hidden in the basement of the chemistry building (and brainwashing all of us helpless undergraduates).