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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Let's go. This is, well, it's a follow-up to our Doomsday Clock episode, but it turns out we didn't do a Doomsday Clock episode. I know we've talked about this, so it might have been in one of when we were doing videos years ago. I think it was probably in one of those. But I know for a fact the only reason I would have known about this is because of this job and you.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Yeah, it popped up in some place. But what's the doomsday clock, Josh?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Yeah, it popped up in some place. But what's the doomsday clock, Josh?

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Yeah, it popped up in some place. But what's the doomsday clock, Josh?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Perfectly said. Elegantly said. Thank you. Yeah. So, like you said, been around since 1947. They set the time every year. It's sort of a thing where they say like, all right, the time for this year is going to be this. Would they move it forward if something really went down within a year?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Perfectly said. Elegantly said. Thank you. Yeah. So, like you said, been around since 1947. They set the time every year. It's sort of a thing where they say like, all right, the time for this year is going to be this. Would they move it forward if something really went down within a year?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Perfectly said. Elegantly said. Thank you. Yeah. So, like you said, been around since 1947. They set the time every year. It's sort of a thing where they say like, all right, the time for this year is going to be this. Would they move it forward if something really went down within a year?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

So like in January, they said it. And if like four months later, like the S goes down, they wouldn't be like they'd be like, no, got to wait till next year.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

So like in January, they said it. And if like four months later, like the S goes down, they wouldn't be like they'd be like, no, got to wait till next year.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

So like in January, they said it. And if like four months later, like the S goes down, they wouldn't be like they'd be like, no, got to wait till next year.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Okay. But again, we're talking about it this year because there was โ€“ and, you know, we'll talk about a little bit how it's fluctuated over the years. But the reason we bring it up is because this year, January 28th, 2025, is when they moved the second hand on the clock forward to 89 seconds to midnight.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Okay. But again, we're talking about it this year because there was โ€“ and, you know, we'll talk about a little bit how it's fluctuated over the years. But the reason we bring it up is because this year, January 28th, 2025, is when they moved the second hand on the clock forward to 89 seconds to midnight.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Okay. But again, we're talking about it this year because there was โ€“ and, you know, we'll talk about a little bit how it's fluctuated over the years. But the reason we bring it up is because this year, January 28th, 2025, is when they moved the second hand on the clock forward to 89 seconds to midnight.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Which means it's the closest that the clock has ever been to midnight since they started, right?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Which means it's the closest that the clock has ever been to midnight since they started, right?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Which means it's the closest that the clock has ever been to midnight since they started, right?

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Yeah.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Yeah.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

Yeah.

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Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

It's like bust out the rum, everybody.