Are you a 2012 believer?

Closed ac

Just asking the question, do you think the world's going to end in 2012?

I personally don't, but I imagine on the 21st of December 2012 I'll be anxious. Wonder if it will be chaos, I can see this doomsday prediction getting a lot more attention than previous ones, a movie's been made 3 years prior to the date.

Cookie_Monster

i believe that its a **** film

Ruu_Old

Load of tosh.

Closed ac

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

i believe that its a **** film

Agreed.

Jako8

DKZ wrote: »

a movie's been made 3 years prior to the date.

That still doesn't make me care.

jumpguy

Needs a poll tbh...otherwise believers won't post in fear of being taunted.

And fair enough they are cause it's a load of **** and everyone who believes in it is an idiot.

The guy

No, not at all.

I believe that conspiracy theories are a great way to make money out of gullible people.

Bob_Harris

People who believe in Man Made Climate Global Change Warming and those who believe in God probably believe in 2012.

Conor108

My prediction is that on December 22nd, there will be a mass influx of AH posters to the conspiracy theorys board to take the piss out of everyone

Bob_Harris

The guy wrote: »

I believe that conspiracy theories are a great way to make money out of gullible people.

That's quite the conspiracy.

Mr check raise

that film was the biggest waste of a tenner ive ever spent.

admiralofthefleet

/waits for run to the hills

GLaDOS

Of all the conspiracy theories, I think 2012 pises me off the most.

I also find myself sayin 2112 out of habit :pac:

Irishstabber

The guy wrote: »

No, not at all.

I believe that conspiracy theories are a great way to make money out of gullible people.

I'm not saying I believe this will happen but the Mayan calendar is part of history which cannot be put down to a "conspiracy theory".
Although the whole idea seems far fetched our understanding of the calendar ,which predicted every solar and lunar eclipse up to now, tells us the calendar ends on that date mentioned above.

They run out of stone or just get bored? Or did aliens tell them a secret..ha either way it ends there!

An tSaoi

DKZ wrote: »

do you think the world's going to end in 2012?

No of course not. We had enough of that Armageddon sillyness at the turn of the Millenium; the Chicken Little crowd just keep pushing the date back. There have been hundreds of years that the world was supposed to end, and (obviously) it never happened.

dr gonzo

Nah not at all. I always find it strange that the exact people who believe in 2012 seem to be the ones that would be the first to call the Mayan people backwards, they were of course far from it but did they know something we dont or can in any way predict a cataclysmic event? Of course not, if they could they probably wold have prepared for the drought that ended their civilisation.

Jako8

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I also find myself sayin 2112 out of habit :pac:

Or maybe because it's an awesome album

Leprachaun

Irishstabber wrote: »

I'm not saying I believe this will happen but the Mayan calendar is part of history which cannot be put down to a "conspiracy theory".
Although the whole idea seems far fetched our understanding of the calendar ,which predicted every solar and lunar eclipse up to now, tells us the calendar ends on that date mentioned above.

They run out of stone or just get bored? Or did aliens tell them a secret..ha either way it ends there!

They had to end the calendar eventually. It just happened to be 2012.

Nothing will happen. At all.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

In my opinion, the director of "2012" will be a bit red-faced on the 1/1/13.

The Saint

baz2009 wrote: »

In my opinion, the director of "2012" will be a bit red-faced on the 1/1/13.

He should at least be killed on that date so he's not disappointed.

Ebbs

They run out of stone or just get bored?

The Mayan calender does end in 2012, correct.

I bought my my nephew a nice Liverpool calender this year, believe it or not, it ended on the last day of December. It predicted all sorts of stuff like footballers birthdays, bank holidays, even christmas, but then it just ended... The new calender will be out around december next year, and ill probally buy him one of those too when the time comes. Not everything is the same, easter will be on a different day, and other such holidays will also be changed.

Our knowalge is limited on the Mayans, we know the calender ends on this date, the reason why is known. Its one of two things, a new one starts, or doomsday. Im for the former, I do believe that we will see some change, poles shifting a tiny bit (as they tend to do), a different constellation or a change in the behaviour of a current one etc. Something will happen, the Mayans were not stupid, but the scale of which is blown out of proportion.

Personally, I wont be buying xmas presents till after this day....hopefully we see some nice riots and I can "pick a few presents up" for a bit cheaper I do see it as a widely believed enough to cause some sort of problems...probally riots somewhere, doubt in Ireland we'll be here praying to our Lord Danniel O'Donnel

dr gonzo

Ebbs wrote: »

poles shifting a tiny bit (as they tend to do)

Pole shifting, even a tiny amount(if thats possible) takes millions of years apparently so thats already been ruled out.

Diabhal Beag

It's a general prediction that isn't specific enough. If I took a **** on Mary Harney it could be considered the second coming of Jesus.


Bull-****ing-****

Ebbs

dr gonzo wrote: »

Pole shifting, even a tiny amount(if thats possible) takes millions of years apparently so thats already been ruled out.

Sorry, I didnt mean Pole Shifting as such, I was refering to its movement. It moves about 40 km every year, which is 4 times faster than its movement 40 years ago, this is what I ment by pole shifting

For all we know 2012 marks when the earth counter balances and goes back on itself or the rate of movement speeds up considerably.

However, if it does continue its rate of acceleration in the coarse it is currently taking... we can say goodbye to Russia in 50 years

cashback

So anyone who believes in this, how exactly do they think the world will end? Will the earth explode? Will our planet get tossed around the solar system like a cue ball after getting hit by an asteroid? Will the world start ending at midnight Australian time or GMT?

Closed ac

NASA has stated that there will be some unusual solar activity in this upcoming solar cycle, peaking at around 2012.

mink_man

yes i believe there is a 2012

The Saint

mink_man wrote: »

yes i believe there is a 2012

FREAK!!!!:eek:

Don't you know it goes 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013?

DublinWriter

In fairness Rush have come out with better albums.

Pete M.

Bob_Harris wrote: »

People who believe in Man Made Climate Global Change Warming and those who believe in God probably believe in 2012.

whoa, that's a lot of people. I would have thought that those who believe in an negative anthropogenic influence on climate are scientists, who deal in data, evidence, facts etc. and that the God believing ones are the ones who don't need data or evidence, just really old books, so that's an awful lot of people!

I believe in 2012, as a year that will come and pass, but not the prophecy crap, would believe in God before that!!

Makes me laugh though all these folks who state that those who believe that anthropogenic climate change isn't happening, as if any of them have looked at a single shred of the actual evidence. They're just afraid the actions that we will have to take will affect their cosy little existence.

jd007

cashback wrote: »

So anyone who believes in this, how exactly do they think the world will end? Will the earth explode? Will our planet get tossed around the solar system like a cue ball after getting hit by an asteroid? Will the world start ending at midnight Australian time or GMT?

No there's going to be massive earthquakes and tsunamis that will kill us all!


Unless the movie has lied to us...

Turtwig

DKZ wrote: »

NASA has stated that there will be some unusual solar activity in this upcoming solar cycle, peaking at around 2012.

Which could result in a freak Solar Flare, that could cause alot of damage.
Not world ending though, but certainly unpleasant.
Oh how fragile our little world is.

de_mirelurk

Nah, don't believe it. Anyway I much prefer the Aztec calendar coz de pictures are in colour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_calendar

OxfordComma

No, I'd say that the chances of the world "ending" (whatever that means) are almost nonexistent. And if it does... oh well. These things happen.

magma69

Yes, I believe that after 2011 there will be a year which we will call 2012

Mike 1972

I say we Zombie this thread on 1/1/2013 just to make a lot of people feel a bit silly

Who's with me

Daemos

Even people who do follow the Mayan calender don't believe the world will end in 21/12/2012, what does that tell you?

There have been countless predictions for the end of the world, the onlyt reason this has been so hyped up is because it's in the very near future. It ain't going to happen.

Oh, and FYI, I liked the movie, so there

Daemos

Mike 1972 wrote: »

I say we Zombie this thread on 1/1/2013 just to make a lot of people feel a bit silly

Who's with me

Why not 22/12/2012?

Closed ac

Mike 1972 wrote: »

I say we Zombie this thread on 1/1/2013 just to make a lot of people feel a bit silly

Who's with me

Nobody has actually said yet they think it will happen.

Ebbs

Mike 1972 wrote: »

I say we Zombie this thread on 1/1/2013 just to make a lot of people feel a bit silly

Who's with me

Zombie might just be a good choice of words....

Ps. No I dont believe but ill stand by my prediction that poles about 80km by 2012

Mossy Monk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD53pm2mTlg

Riamfada

I think alot of people here will be .... left below

magma69

I just wonder what date these fools will pick for the next apocalyptic prophesy when this one doesn't come true. Better ask the Jehova's witnesses next time they call. They are always good for this end-of-days nonsense.

Closed ac

magma69 wrote: »

I just wonder what date these fools will pick for the next apocalyptic prophesy when this one doesn't come true. Better ask the Jehova's witnesses next time they call. They are always good for this end-of-days nonsense.

I think 6/6/2066 is a definate.

Beasty

DKZ wrote: »

I think 6/6/2066 is a definate.

I will be delighted if I'm around to witness it:)

wudangclan

There's 2 schools of thought for those who believe in the 2012 predictions.
The optimists believe there will be an event bringing about a change in human consciousness.
The pessimists believe that this date will bring an apocalypse signalling doom and the end of mankind.
Being an optimist ,I'll go with the first option and venture a guess that we'll be visited by aliens on this date ,to herald a new dawn for mankind.

Closed ac

Beasty wrote: »

I will be delighted if I'm around to witness it:)

I'll be 81 then, so possible but unlikely..

Pete M.

Seriously though, I reckon by the year 2000000000012, we could be in a spot of bother. Sol could be coughing out all sorts of trouble at that stage.

But will we be around to see it? And will there be Boardsies tapping away?

Beasty

DKZ wrote: »

I'll be 81 then, so possible but unlikely..

I'll be 105!

But 6/6/66 is one better than the number of the Beasty

Soby

Ill only be 75..so its possible..
Fecking world better not end in 2012..Those 20 years of education nothing

Closed ac

Soby wrote: »

Ill only be 75..so its possible..
Fecking world better not end in 2012..Those 20 years of education nothing

You're only 9 now? lol