2012 Mayan prediction, part 2

I want to see Godzilla......
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ejman said:
I wonder, do people that take an end of the world scenario seriously keep on doing it? Did the folks that believed the Harold Camping end of the world prediction for May 21, 2011 just moved right on over to the Mayan end of the world 12/21/12 or is it different folks?
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ejman,

I suspect that many of them might be the same people.

I remember reading about something in the psychology (I can't recall the term) of the people who espouse an extreme view (such as the world ending on 12/21) .....that when that event does NOT happen, they actually become even more fervent about that event happening....just at a different time out in the future. (Sort of believing that THEN they can say, "See, I told you so.")

omni
 
Have you noticed all day people were making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow? :LOL:
 
ejman said:
I wonder, do people that take an end of the world scenario seriously keep on doing it? Did the folks that believed the Harold Camping end of the world prediction for May 21, 2011 just moved right on over to the Mayan end of the world 12/21/12 or is it different folks?
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I dunno, but as long as they don't decide to try to take other people with them into the great beyond, I will be a happy camper.
 
The winter solstice (end of year) doesn't occur until 21 Dec 11:12 UTC which corresponds to 5:12 am CST (UTC-6). Just to be a bit more precise. We have just under 5 hours left.......

December solstice 2012: 21 Dec 11:12 (UTC)

(So, if the sun still rises here in the US, I think we're OK ;) )
 
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Woke up early, rats. And it it was not the End of THe World. 18 Hrs to go.
 
ls99 said:
Woke up early, rats. And it it was not the End of THe World. 18 Hrs to go.
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Hey - 5:11 am CST - that was supposed to be the end!

I guess we just started a new long count - how about that!


Long Count[n 6]Gregorian date
0.0.0.0.0Mon, Aug 11, 3114 BCE584 283*
1.0.0.0.0Thu, Nov 13, 2720 BCE728 283*
2.0.0.0.0Sun, Feb 16, 2325 BCE872 283*
3.0.0.0.0Wed, May 21, 1931 BCE1 016 283*
4.0.0.0.0Sat, Aug 23, 1537 BCE1 160 283*
5.0.0.0.0Tue, Nov 26, 1143 BCE1 304 283*
6.0.0.0.0Fri, Feb 28, 748 BCE1 448 283*
7.0.0.0.0Mon, Jun 3, 354 BCE1 592 283*
8.0.0.0.0Thu, Sep 5, 41 CE1 736 283*
9.0.0.0.0Sun, Dec 9, 4351 880 283*
10.0.0.0.0Wed, Mar 13, 8302 024 283*
11.0.0.0.0Sat, Jun 15, 12242 168 283*
12.0.0.0.0Tue, Sep 18, 16182 312 283*
13.0.0.0.0Fri, Dec 21, 20122 456 283*
14.0.0.0.0Mon, Mar 26, 24072 600 283*
15.0.0.0.0Thu, Jun 28, 28012 744 283*
16.0.0.0.0Sun, Oct 1, 31952 888 283*
17.0.0.0.0Wed, Jan 3, 35903 032 283*
18.0.0.0.0Sat, Apr 7, 39843 176 283*
19.0.0.0.0Tue, Jul 11, 43783 320 283*

From Mesoamerican Long Count calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So you can see we just started cycle 13. Hey, the new millennium, and now the new long count!
 
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REWahoo said:
If we're now rats, maybe the world as we knew it did end.
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Must be, btw, what is your excuse for being up so early, or are you still up from the old world:D

Mine is, I have a car safety and emission inspection at 8 AM. The weather blather prediction was for lots of snow and wind. THat did not happen either.
 
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audreyh1 said:
Hey - 5:11 am CST - that was supposed to be the end!

I guess we just started a new long count - how about that!
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And a One, and .......
 
So, the key question now is, why didn't the world end. Was it something we did, or something we didn't do? Can we repeat it? Who was responsible? How much does it cost?

So many unanswered questions.
 
Well, folks, the fact that I am still able to make this post simply means that the "greater being" decided to keep his simulation running a bit longer, instead of hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del.

See: http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/our-universe-might-only-be-ones-and-zeroes-64118.html.

Meanwhile, I also woke up to see the indices now share the color of the new avatars of our distinguished panel. Yep, I told ya so. That on top of the recent "Wh***" means that we may just suffer in this imaginary world a little longer, instead of it vanishing.
 
Read the end was supposed to happen at 11:11 am .... but why not 12:21.12 ... oh THAT passed too ... oh well. Guess I better get shopping for Christmas ... and make plans for new years ... and ...
 
I'd like to know who scheduled the Apocalypse on a Friday? That's just poor planning. A Monday would be better, imo....
 
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