For the other, it felt like the end of civilization.

"Can we talk about a few things besides the end of civilization?"

This would signal the end of civilization as we have known it.

Their parents go crazy and think it's the end of civilization.

"It's probably the end of civilization as we know it."

But an 0-2 start hardly means the end of civilization as we know it.

"We are not saying this is the end of civilization and to head for the hills."

Is this the end of civilization as we know it?

And he was getting ready for the end of civilization, yes indeed.

It's almost as if we're finally seeing the light at the end of civilization.