As We Edge Closer to 20/12/2012....

sing_dumb

What do you believe will happen that day? Or will we all just wake up on 21/12/2012 and say "OMG, I am gonna have to buy a Xmas present for crabby oul' Aunty Rosie now, and I will have to get a TV Licence and pay the bloody 2013 Household TAX, blah-de-blah, aka life goes on as normal.

Or do you believe we won't wake up at all, or if we do it will be to a somehow seriously changed world?

Personally? I really do not know either, but I have read a prophesy that 20/12/2012 ticks the box so strongly because it is the "switch-on" date to count down for the FINAL 3.5years till the world ends. Apparently, these last years will be filled with all sorts of calamity and tragedy, on a scale never before seen. Which is sorta happening now, with the various Global bad news stories. It also un-nerves me slightly too that Ladbrookes are taking bets on a complete Global Food shortage next year, due to failed crops caused by awful weather, droughts, etc etc worldwide.

What's your own take on 20/12/2012?

Myrddin

There is no prediction about 2012, it's the resetting of the Mayan calender. No 2012 doomsday was ever predicted by the Mayans.

Like all 'predictions' that have ever happened, they come & pass & we wait on the next one & the one after that. Ya know why? Because predicting or seeing the future isn't possible

1999, 2000, 2001, 2012, it's all the same nonsense. Do some real research into the actual Mayan calender & you'll get the truth.

Star Lord

I would answer this question online, but the internet and computers in general all failed in Y2K.

Ziycon

Nothing is going too happen, it's just the end of the Mayan calendar, like our 12 month calendar a new calendar year will start. The end of the Mayan calendar coincides with the end of an age in the precession of the equinoxes

zenno

sing_dumb wrote: »

What do you believe will happen that day? Or will we all just wake up on 21/12/2012 and say "OMG, I am gonna have to buy a Xmas present for crabby oul' Aunty Rosie now, and I will have to get a TV Licence and pay the bloody 2013 Household TAX, blah-de-blah, aka life goes on as normal.

Or do you believe we won't wake up at all, or if we do it will be to a somehow seriously changed world?

Personally? I really do not know either, but I have read a prophesy that 20/12/2012 ticks the box so strongly because it is the "switch-on" date to count down for the FINAL 3.5years till the world ends. Apparently, these last years will be filled with all sorts of calamity and tragedy, on a scale never before seen. Which is sorta happening now, with the various Global bad news stories. It also un-nerves me slightly too that Ladbrookes are taking bets on a complete Global Food shortage next year, due to failed crops caused by awful weather, droughts, etc etc worldwide.

What's your own take on 20/12/2012?

It's all interpreted wrong. Nothing will happen except the worst snowfall in Irish history at this time. Also major breakdown of the eurozone. That sums it up so happy christmas.

pfurey101

Add it to the list of all other previous end of days dates.

There will be more .

tony 2 tone

Handy list of dates various people and groups say the world will end on.
http://www.rowdydow.co.uk/eotw/

snafuk35

Muslims going nuts, war with Iran looming, economies in meltdown, Justin Beiber is still alive...

It's looking bad!

pfurey101

snafuk35 wrote: »

Muslims going nuts, war with Iran looming, economies in meltdown, Justin Beiber is still alive...

It's looking bad!

Dont forget China v Japan.

Myrddin

snafuk35 wrote: »

Muslims going nuts, war with Iran looming, economies in meltdown, Justin Beiber is still alive...

It's looking bad!

There's been Muslim/Catholic tensions for decades {centuries really}.
War with Iran has been looming for decades.
Justin Beiber though, that is worrying...

Akrasia

sing_dumb wrote: »

What do you believe will happen that day? Or will we all just wake up on 21/12/2012 and say "OMG, I am gonna have to buy a Xmas present for crabby oul' Aunty Rosie now, and I will have to get a TV Licence and pay the bloody 2013 Household TAX, blah-de-blah, aka life goes on as normal.

Or do you believe we won't wake up at all, or if we do it will be to a somehow seriously changed world?

Personally? I really do not know either, but I have read a prophesy that 20/12/2012 ticks the box so strongly because it is the "switch-on" date to count down for the FINAL 3.5years till the world ends. Apparently, these last years will be filled with all sorts of calamity and tragedy, on a scale never before seen. Which is sorta happening now, with the various Global bad news stories. It also un-nerves me slightly too that Ladbrookes are taking bets on a complete Global Food shortage next year, due to failed crops caused by awful weather, droughts, etc etc worldwide.

What's your own take on 20/12/2012?

About 154,889 people won't wake up on 21/12/2012 but that's about the same death rate as every other day

The world is not ending. We have a few billion years before the Sun engulfs us or our galaxy collides with Andromeda. But every day, for a hundred and 50 thousand of us, the world does end. Just live your life as best you can and don't be worrying about silly made up prophesies.

Depp

plus i read a few years ago the mayans didnt have leap years factored in so their 20/12/2012 actually happened years ago

Myrddin

Depp wrote: »

plus i read a few years ago the mayans didnt have leap years factored in so their 20/12/2012 actually happened years ago

That combined with the fact that they never actually predicted anything, I think safely 'busts this myth'

tallaghtmick

I'm 0.00000001 Mayan and can tell you now nothing will happen,happy now?:)

Princess Peach

According to the X Files that is the date alien colonization of the earth will begin.

This is also my prediction, that show was right about a lot of things!

FloatingVoter

I'm either going to sober up / start drinking industry scale on that date. That'll be what the Maya girl was on about. My cat is also due to give birth to something then judging by her behaviour this week.

H3llR4iser

Princess Peach wrote: »

According to the X Files that is the date alien colonization of the earth will begin.

This is also my prediction, that show was right about a lot of things!

And it's wrong.We started colonizing your piece of rock decades ago :P

FutureGuy

I'm flying on that day. Meh.

Star Lord

FutureGuy wrote: »

I'm flying on that day. Meh.

With John Cusack...

Myrddin

FutureGuy wrote: »

I'm flying on that day. Meh.

Cool, you'll get to watch the death & destruction from above & in the comfort of your own seat

endacl

sing_dumb wrote: »

What do you believe will happen that day?

Unless I stay up late, I will go to bed. I absolutely believe that 20/12/2012 will be the last day ever before the 21/12/2012. I believe (OK. Some wiggle room here...) that I will wake up on a Friday morning on the 21st. The Mayans won't. So much for the Mayans...

Myrddin

endacl wrote: »

The Mayans won't. So much for the Mayans...

In fairness this is media hype, not Mayan hype

ciaranmac

I predict there will be many more predictions of the end of the world.

endacl

EnterNow wrote: »

In fairness this is media hype, not Mayan hype

But didn't the Mayans start the NWO/Illuminati bullcrap? And don't the NWO/Illuminati run the media? Well, the mainstream media. Not websites and stuff of course...

Myrddin

endacl wrote: »

But didn't the Mayans start the NWO/Illuminati bullcrap? And don't the NWO/Illuminati run the media? Well, the mainstream media. Not websites and stuff of course...

...did someone forget a pill today? :P

Star Lord

endacl wrote: »

But didn't the Mayans start the NWO/Illuminati bullcrap? And don't the NWO/Illuminati run the media? Well, the mainstream media. Not websites and stuff of course...

I think you're thinking of over here...

endacl

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

I think you're thinking of over here...

Dave!

Nothing will happen.

Even if we ignore the fact that the Mayans never said "the world will end", and that it's just their calendar starting again or whatever, and we accept that they predict the world will end on this date... Why should we care what the Mayans said?

Proponents of this theory like to point out that the Mayans were an advanced culture, ahead of other contemporaneous cultures in various areas. That may be true, but they're bloody not more advanced than any modern cultures!! Any scientific or other methods that they used then, we have considerably more sophisticated ones today, and we have no indication that the world will end on the day in question.

Myrddin

Dave! wrote: »

but they're bloody not more advanced than any modern cultures!!

I dunno man, sometimes I wonder about 'modern' culture

Shenshen

The Mayans never saw Cortez coming.
As predictions of demise and destruction go, they don't exactly have a shining track record.

Myrddin

Shenshen wrote: »

The Mayans never saw Cortez coming.
As predictions of demise and destruction go, they don't exactly have a shining track record.

Indeed, the 1999 gang, the 2000 crew, the Millennium Bug posse, & all the other groups havn't had much success either. Though to be fair to the Mayans, at least they didn't actually predict anything unlike the other dozens of groups who did.

hardCopy

sing_dumb wrote: »

Personally? I really do not know either, but I have read a prophesy that 20/12/2012 ticks the box so strongly because it is the "switch-on" date to count down for the FINAL 3.5years till the world ends. Apparently, these last years will be filled with all sorts of calamity and tragedy, on a scale never before seen. Which is sorta happening now, with the various Global bad news stories. It also un-nerves me slightly too that Ladbrookes are taking bets on a complete Global Food shortage next year, due to failed crops caused by awful weather, droughts, etc etc worldwide.

What's your own take on 20/12/2012?

So 2012 is just the beginning of the end? And now we'll have another 3.5 years of doomtalk?

Myrddin

hardCopy wrote: »

So 2012 is just the beginning of the end? And now we'll have another 3.5 years of doomtalk?

Well, the sensationalists need to have a getout clause of course. Seriously though the thoughts of three more years now of listening about non existent Mayan prophecies isn't appealing

Star Lord

EnterNow wrote: »

Well, the sensationalists need to have a getout clause of course. Seriously though the thoughts of three more years now of listening about non existent Mayan prophecies isn't appealing

Maybe that's the count down to the prophesy as to when the actual prediction will be predicted?

Flurple

I wont be in Ireland, Im gonna be partying when nibiru gets closer and we all burn.

tac foley

I view the whole thing rather like I do with every calendar that has run out. Buy next year's and you'll be fine. The 12,000 year Mayan claendar is about to run out. That's all.

Do you REALLY think that a bunch of neolithic astronomers, who did not even have the wheel, could predict the ending of our part of the universe to any degree of accuracy?

I'm a total sceptic.

tac

tallaghtmick

tac foley wrote: »

I view the whole thing rather like I do with every calendar that has run out. Buy next year's and you'll be fine. The 12,000 year Mayan claendar is about to run out. That's all.

Do you REALLY think that a bunch of neolithic astronomers, who did not even have the wheel, could predict the ending of our part of the universe to any degree of accuracy?

I'm a total sceptic.

tac

And you are 100% correct,its the dawn of a new age in the Mayan calender.

ZX7R

Find it hard to believe they were predicting the end or the world with there calender,when they couldn't predict the Spanish conquistadores coming and ending there world...

Myrddin

ZX7R wrote: »

Find it hard to believe they were predicting the end or the world with there calender

They weren't though, unless you read tabloids

tallaghtmick

Heres a list of the calenders

Edit too messy
go to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar and scroll down you can see we are about to enter the 14th calender.

13.0.0.0.0 December 21, 2012
14.0.0.0.0 March 26, 2407

gnfnrhead

It'll be like in the Simpsons, nothing happens then someone says they forgot to carry a one or something and the real date is actually in six months time. Rinse and repeat in six months time.

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Heres a list of the calenders

Edit too messy
go to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar and scroll down you can see we are about to enter the 14th calender.

13.0.0.0.0 December 21, 2012
14.0.0.0.0 March 26, 2407

This. It's the exact same as when we went from 1999 to 2000. They just have longer periods in between the roll over.

Myrddin

Well we've one more day to go before the end...of course its the 21st already in Australia and nothing happened but thats ok I guess. How are you all spending your last night alive?

Me, I'm going to bed early. I'll be up at the crack of dawn to forage through the nuclear wasteland that Dublin will become....early bird gets the worm & all.

ZX7R

I will be up early also to feed my twin babies:p

gnfnrhead

I'm going to work at exactly midnight. Watching cameras so I'll get a good view of absolutely nothing happening :pac:

Star Lord

*Checks pulse*
*Checks thread for new posts*

Myrddin

The end is nigh!*


*of the school run for two weeks...bliss!

tallaghtmick

I thought the afterlife would be a little more nicer with Harps and stuff not me sitting here on boards!

Myrddin

No doubt the doomsday brigade are hard at work thinking up reasons why the world didn't end...or else how it did end, but it was a spiritual ending & the beginning of a new age or some other tripe

LivelineDipso

EnterNow wrote: »

No doubt the doomsday brigade are hard at work thinking up reasons why the world didn't end...or else how it did end, but it was a spiritual ending & the beginning of a new age or some other tripe

Was looking at some of the New Age and Doom internet forums. One of them had a huge hysterical thread about half the earth being in darkness which unleashed some serious convulsions until someone pointed out that this event is called night.

The internet is some education into how many people will believe in half nothings, based on no evidence and lock themselves into the 'Hollywood' version and defend it.