Poll: 2012, true insanity

[Akai Shizuku]

I think riots and mass hysteria will occur. The world will not end but it will become more dangerous, simply due to insane lunatics.

Because of this I think it would be wise for everyone to arm themselves before 2012, in order to protect ourselves and our property.

 

[Cherry Cola]

This is just another reason for trying to scare Russia and the U.S. into transporting all their inhabitants to Mars and then occupying their countries when everyone is gone.

Who masterminded this plan? Only one man could have done such a feat...

-snip-

You mean Spoony did this?!

OT: No. There is no logical reason why it would. Logic is your friend. Obey logic. Do as it says.

Who is this Spoony you speak of? There is only DOCTOR INSANO!!!!

It said 'Spoony experiment' on the bottom! Fat Man Spoon (Spoony) and Doctor Insano must be the same person!

Nonono, Spoony only sponsors Doctor Insano. In return Insano creates a brainwashing machine that makes anyone who watches TheSpoonyOne either love him or hate him. How do you think Spoony got famous?

I thought he killed most of the population of /b/fordshire...or something

Maybe... but who are we to questions his methods? After all, he ranted on Final Fantasy VIII, anyone who has that kind of cojones is not to be questioned.

 

[Flamezdudes]

No, and who the hell are the two voters who voted yes? We need to be rid of them! >_<.

 

[LeonLethality]

haha no it wont happen why? because I will tell you WHY... the space invaders will come in the year 2011 and destroy us before that

 

[Kajt]

No, the world won't end year 2012. It'll end sometime, but not in a long, long, long time, so stop worrying and live life.

 

[Jark212]

What I want to know is, what the hell kind of conclusive evidence is "Because the Mayans said so"? I mean what the fuck?

Mayans never said anything about the world ending, 2012 is the end of an era and the start of a new one. It works kind of like months/days/years only on a larger time scale...

I have some friends that are hardcore into this crap, I just nod quietly when they talk about it.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

126 no's so far.

 

[Vhite]

you gonna die once anyway so why bother?

 

[ottenni]

My money is going on the crab people uprising.

 

[Captain Pancake]

It would be quite a sight to behold, to be honest. Why not live as long as you possibly can, then see the earth die in style?

 

[MBurner 93]

This is just another reason for trying to scare Russia and the U.S. into transporting all their inhabitants to Mars and then occupying their countries when everyone is gone.

Who masterminded this plan? Only one man could have done such a feat...

I should have realized Dr. Insano would be the death of us all.

 

[Altorin]

Bleh.

I remember when everyone was freaking out on June 6 of '06.

You know what happened that day? Deicide came out with a new CD.

Just because the Mayans were too stupid to count past 2012 doesn't mean we're doomed.

It wasn't that they couldn't count past 2012 (and in fact, if there's one thing the Mayans COULD do, it was count), it was that their mythology, and their calendar was based on a cyclical scope of time. They had all the math and astronomy they needed, but didn't have the paleontology to understand that the world wasn't destroyed and recreated brand new ever 2 or 3 millenium.

So their grand calendar (which IS very accurate, as far as calendars go) countsdown to what we call 2012, and then it resets to what it calls 0, because it's basically just a big wheel. The Mayans just accepted that that's how the universe works - worlds are just destroyed and remade every couple thousand years. We know better now. But people still choose to either believe, either from some misinformed "better safe then sorry" outlook, or worse, an attempt to bilk people out of money or sell books which will look ridiculous in 3 years time.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The world already ended! Watch Yahtzee's Wolfenstein review. Powering up the haydron super-collider caused reality to collapse and instantaneously re-organize. This is why everything from yesteryear is being re-released with the same name

 

[Amarok]

I think riots and mass hysteria will occur. The world will not end but it will become more dangerous, simply due to insane lunatics.

Because of this I think it would be wise for everyone to arm themselves before 2012, in order to protect ourselves and our property.

Surely if everyone arms themselves that will just make danger more likely as everybody will be shooting anyone who so much as looks at them funny?

 

[Akai Shizuku]

I think riots and mass hysteria will occur. The world will not end but it will become more dangerous, simply due to insane lunatics.

Because of this I think it would be wise for everyone to arm themselves before 2012, in order to protect ourselves and our property.

Surely if everyone arms themselves that will just make danger more likely as everybody will be shooting anyone who so much as looks at them funny?

The psychos who want to do so will, regardless of what the law or government says. Therefore, preparation for the inevitable is imperative to survival.

 

[ShakyFiend]

Your all fucked when I learn how to do bullet-time... ALL OF YOU!!
(ive been playing stranglehold recently, quite fun isn't it... ISN'T IT??!)

 

[gmer412]

They predict the end of the world all the time. Unless Yellowstone goes off or we missed a meteor somewhere, I wouldn't be too worried.

On the other hand, if Yellowstone does go off... place your bets. Best hope, human dieback. Worst case? We die out.

2 cases for government conspiracy already?... you're not serious I hope.

Fill me in?

If you're referring to Yellowstone, then it's a supervolcano. Sounds kinda cheesy but scientists predict that if one of these goes off, it could trigger another ice age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

 

[Phantomess]

The interesting thing is that this is a calendar of a long dead culture. One could assume that filling in a few hundred years would suit them quite well and that they were planning to continue. (Although based on Altorin's information, this makes a lot more sense. We still can't ask a dead culture what they meant exactly, though)

On the other hand, I have been told that it is not only the Mayan Calendar that ends on this date, but that it also has been predicted in other religions (don't ask me which, I can't remember what my professor said).

My own personal theory? Well, we had the GFC. Maybe that was supposed to be it. Maybe we just got to our life-altering moment a little too soon. Other than that, I'd expect a massive-scale natural disaster and accept nothing less.

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

For those who drink the coolaid it is going to be the end of the world. For the rest of us we will do what the Mayans said to do in 2012. PAAAARTY!

I plan to hold my celebrations on the temple in Tikal, well, if they don't kick us off there for the human sacrifice I also have planned for that night. Hey, when in Rome....

PS: I'm getting tired of pointing out it is the nut cases who have hijacked 2012, a date with some really nifty astrological events and nothing more, from the Mayans. They did so for the 'long dead ancient race prophecy' angle while cutting out the important fact and injecting their own 'end of the world theory.' That fact? That the 'prophecy' involved where just astrological predictions and nothing more!

So please, no more 2012 threads at least until 2012!

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

/snip

I disagree.

The Mayans have plotted holy days far past the 'end of the world date.' Not useful if the world is to end, even if it is being remade, but they did so believing they would be around as a people to witness it. No, they knew what a calendar was for... they had what three?... and the long is meant to restart at day 1 like any calendar does.