Eschatology FTW
As I have made clear in other parts of this site, I believe Ragnarok is just a prophecy, and one heavily influenced by Christianity. It says right in verse 64 of the Voluspa, "Then comes the mighty one to the great judgement, the powerful from above, who rules o’er all. He shall dooms pronounce, and strifes allay, holy peace establish, which shall ever be." I don't know about you, but that sounds a lot like Jesus, amirite?
Be that as it may, that hasn't stopped Heathens from waiting for it and even looking forward to "fighting in Idavoll" with the same zeal seen by some fundamentalist Christians and Muslims towards Armageddon.
There are a few problems with the logic of eschatology. The most obvious is that people have predicted "the end times" and are proven wrong, over and over again. I understand it is human nature to fear the unknown, especially in times of escalating political, sociological, economic, and ecological crises at a global level. I also understand that life on Earth will not last forever -- the sun will die in approximately four billion years, and our planet may be destroyed by meteors or other astronomical phenomena long before that. That being said, it is by great upheavals that civilization moves backwards in some ways, forwards in others, and it will always shift. The current problems and uncertainties of the world do not mean the world is ending. Moreover, it is extremely psychologically unhealthy to look at "end times theory" as a definite, especially as it cheapens the life of others on the planet by promoting conflict and destruction as something that "should" happen by Divine law.
To be rather blunt, most people who brag about how they'll be fighting with the einherjar at Ragnarok, or in the "seidhr division doing battle-fetters" are usually the types who have never picked up a sword in their lives, and would shit themselves if they ever really lived in a war zone. And it is those who are obsessed with eschatology and welcome "the end" who are the ones most likely to cause Ragnarok/Armageddon/whatever, with belligerent talk and destructive actions, both to Gods and to fellow man (as opposed to "heretics", who either don't believe the end is near, or are trying to be the peacemakers of the world/s).
To illustrate: in the late 1990s I was friends with a fundamentalist Christian family by virtue of dating one of its sons. The mother was convinced that the Holy Spirit told her Y2K was going to bring about the pre-tribulation, and she bought literally thousands of cans of SPAM and other canned and dried goods, and hundreds of gallons of bottled water. She was a little too giddy about the prospect of neighbors having to rely on her as a source of food, and telling them they either had to convert or God wouldn't alllow her to help them. Y2K came and went, and a year later I saw the family in a supermarket I happened to be working in. I could not resist saying, "Are you out of SPAM already?"
Be that as it may, there are some things that will end sooner rather than later, which will be very, very serious business when they happen.
The Fragglerok
This will be the end of Muppets, when Jim Henson's creations are no longer usable and all footage and pictures of their existence disappears from human record. It will be a very sad day indeed, and one that I personally hope I am not here for.
The Catnarok
This will be the battle at the end of lolcats, when people finally decide they've had absolutely enough of OLD MEME and flame anyone who dares to continue saying "Oh hai" and "I'm in ur", off the Internet, into Banhammerland.
Would you know moar, or what?
The Dragnarok
The battle at the end of fashion, when every style that could possibly be thought of has been worn out, and people fight each other for not being fabulous enough or trying to out-fabulous themselves.
The Ragnarick
This will be the very end of the Internet, which explodes due to endless Rickrolling. In the end, he will have proven to let us down, and we must give him up.