I think we've gone too far as a planetary society to be sent into a Dark Age. We'd still be able to produce electricity. We'd still have medical/surgical knowledge. We'd still have Monsanto crops and other technologies.
Unless we're talking 99% of everyone dead, I doubt anything will send us back into a Dark Age
SUPER ULTRA MEGA EMP 
MEOWticket -SUPER ULTRA MEGA EMP
So everything is fried. You can't build computer chips (what's that?) because the computers controlling the machines are fried. No computers, no manufacturing, no phones, no vehicles,........
Ahhhhhh, I like the way you think!
The entire grid is basically unprotected to a massive solar event. If we received the same blast that hit the states in the late 1800's, instead of frying telegraph lines, it would fry the whole grid which would put us back in the 1500's in quick fashion.
There is an easy however costly fix but as I understand it, the grid is owned by different entities throughout the country and it would be up to them to retrofit their equipment. Again, it's costly and there isn't anyone that can make them do it. Maybe some have but the gist I got was that its not happening.
Also we're overdue for an event of this nature.
Sleep tight... 
Yes
- snake plissken
Apparently you can't call it the Dark Ages anymore. Don't ask me why though. Who cares? They're all dead.
Would a jump back like that really be that detrimental ?
I mean the way we are going right now ...
Jack Carter -MEOWticket -SUPER ULTRA MEGA EMP
So everything is fried. You can't build computer chips (what's that?) because the computers controlling the machines are fried. No computers, no manufacturing, no phones, no vehicles,........
Ahhhhhh, I like the way you think!
Sure, if you take the term literally, it's unlikely that electricity will disappear from our world.
However, the real meaning of the Dark Ages was in reference to the lack of information, knowledge and scientific endeavour...in which case, there is a huge chance that we will go into another Dark Age, where people are fed lies and misinformation as fact, and the average person is distracted by shiny things to the point that they lose perception of what is really happening in the world.
Oh wait, we are already heading into that Dark Age at a great rate of knots.
Good point Redneck
This is no ordinary darkness patrick. This is... ADVANCED darkness.
Snappy Whistleteeth - The entire grid is basically unprotected to a massive solar event. If we received the same blast that hit the states in the late 1800's, instead of frying telegraph lines, it would fry the whole grid which would put us back in the 1500's in quick fashion.1500's?
There is an easy however costly fix but as I understand it, the grid is owned by different entities throughout the country and it would be up to them to retrofit their equipment. Again, it's costly and there isn't anyone that can make them do it. Maybe some have but the gist I got was that its not happening.
Also we're overdue for an event of this nature.
Sleep tight...
Redneck -Not really, the choice is ours to make. Let the corps and politicians control more and more with each passing president? Sure, we will end up like The world of Shadowrun.
Sure, if you take the term literally, it's unlikely that electricity will disappear from our world.
However, the real meaning of the Dark Ages was in reference to the lack of information, knowledge and scientific endeavour...in which case, there is a huge chance that we will go into another Dark Age, where people are fed lies and misinformation as fact, and the average person is distracted by shiny things to the point that they lose perception of what is really happening in the world.
Oh wait, we are already heading into that Dark Age at a great rate of knots.
SoccerkickrevivaL -Snappy Whistleteeth - The entire grid is basically unprotected to a massive solar event. If we received the same blast that hit the states in the late 1800's, instead of frying telegraph lines, it would fry the whole grid which would put us back in the 1500's in quick fashion.1500's?
There is an easy however costly fix but as I understand it, the grid is owned by different entities throughout the country and it would be up to them to retrofit their equipment. Again, it's costly and there isn't anyone that can make them do it. Maybe some have but the gist I got was that its not happening.
Also we're overdue for an event of this nature.
Sleep tight...
You're dumb as shit.
SoccerkickrevivaL -The dark ages were from the 6th to the 13th century dickhead. although i was exaggerating a bit for effect, the point is, with total loss of the grid, the whole place spins out of control. Do you have an outhouse? Kerosene lanterns? Wood burning stove? Horse and buggy? A huge garden? A well? How are you going to communicate? How effective will law enforcement be?Snappy Whistleteeth - The entire grid is basically unprotected to a massive solar event. If we received the same blast that hit the states in the late 1800's, instead of frying telegraph lines, it would fry the whole grid which would put us back in the 1500's in quick fashion.1500's?
There is an easy however costly fix but as I understand it, the grid is owned by different entities throughout the country and it would be up to them to retrofit their equipment. Again, it's costly and there isn't anyone that can make them do it. Maybe some have but the gist I got was that its not happening.
Also we're overdue for an event of this nature.
Sleep tight...
You're dumb as shit.
White347LX -What?!SoccerkickrevivaL -Snappy Whistleteeth - The entire grid is basically unprotected to a massive solar event. If we received the same blast that hit the states in the late 1800's, instead of frying telegraph lines, it would fry the whole grid which would put us back in the 1500's in quick fashion.1500's?
There is an easy however costly fix but as I understand it, the grid is owned by different entities throughout the country and it would be up to them to retrofit their equipment. Again, it's costly and there isn't anyone that can make them do it. Maybe some have but the gist I got was that its not happening.
Also we're overdue for an event of this nature.
Sleep tight...
You're dumb as shit.
Thank you for saying it for me. VTFU
if the history of the earth was scaled to fit into a 24 hour day, it would go like this:
12 am the earth is formed
4 am life begins
8 pm creatures leave the ocean
2 minutes before midnight, humans arrive.
what is the relevance of all this?
every three minutes, a civilization-changing asteroid hits the earth.
White347LX -So out of all that I posted, your only contention is the arbitrary date range? What if I would've said 1700 or 1800? Anyway you slice it we would be fucked and you would still be a retard.SoccerkickrevivaL -Snappy Whistleteeth - The entire grid is basically unprotected to a massive solar event. If we received the same blast that hit the states in the late 1800's, instead of frying telegraph lines, it would fry the whole grid which would put us back in the 1500's in quick fashion.1500's?
There is an easy however costly fix but as I understand it, the grid is owned by different entities throughout the country and it would be up to them to retrofit their equipment. Again, it's costly and there isn't anyone that can make them do it. Maybe some have but the gist I got was that its not happening.
Also we're overdue for an event of this nature.
Sleep tight...
You're dumb as shit.
Thank you for saying it for me. VTFU
Jack, we've sparred a little in the past but I wanted you to know that for the most part, I think your threads are original, thought provoking and enjoyable. No homo..