The zone of doom on earth that comprises a population of realists who recognize the global biosphere is on an irreversible trajectory toward collapse and mass extinction, due to industrialized human behavior and ectivity. Biospheric collapse will likely result in a planet bereft of complex life for millions of years and possibly forever, as the meltdown of the world’s 450+ nuclear reactors may strip earth of its atmosphere, leaving it cold and lifeless, like Mars. Why go to Mars when we can have it right here on Earth?

Basically, “we’re FUCKED!”

A phrase to describe someone who is cognitively degenerating. Synonym of "going off the deep end". Can have varying degrees of severity.

Reference to the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. The line "and the worms ate into his brain" makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics.