Sinkholes in China = sign of apocalypse?

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No!
It’s called natural phenomenon, so quit relate it to fucking Armageddon or stupid aliens. Just imagine the earth is like our teeth, when it’s old we’ll have hole in it. Yes, in my opinion, I think the earth is old.
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After the spectacular picture of a sinkhole in Guatemala caused by tropical storm Agatha, the Chinese internet has been abuzz with reports of large numbers of the eerily circular formations suddenly appearing across China.

Even straight-laced old Xinhua has got the bug, reporting (in one of those sensationalist, stability-busting headlines for China’s state news agency is renowned): “Cave-ins found in many areas of China”

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I’m sure there are lots of excellent geological, meteorological and man-made reasons why these things appear – earthquakes, droughts, old coal mine workings – but that would be far too boring for the febrile minds of China’s 400m netizens.

And looking at the pictures, I half-share their collective shiver of anticipation that these things are unnatural portents of catastrophe.

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