Topic: 2012 End of the World

Shworange wrote:

I assume you ask because of the Mayan long count calendar ends on the 21st of December. This is akin to a future generation finding our calendar and freaking out because it ends on December 31st. What most people don't realize due to a media fear mongering is that the Mayans actually had 19 different calendars. Only three of them end on that specific date. All others continue as normal. The long count calendar only ends because it marks the end of a cycle. The cycle is our solar system traveling within the universe. They were incredible astronomers. The fact that they could accurately predict this fact is incredibly remarkable. Of course, there wasn't much else to do at night, and for anyone of you that has ever been near the equator and many, many miles away from artificial light, I'm sure you can attest that the sky looks very different an night. It is breath taking. You can easily see planets. The amount of visible stars are multiplied a million fold. There is a sense of peace you can attain by gazing upon that night sky. Instead of feeling alone in it's vastness, you feel in the company of all that ever was and will be. If you still feel freaked out, just know that you could go at any day and use that as a motivation to transform your life. Steve Jobs once said that his greatest motivator in life was the knowledge that he would be dead soon. He used this as the spark to make great things happen. You can too. Don't worry about December 21st. Nothing will happen. However, as the Hopi Indians say, "If tomorrow you wake up and the sun doesn't rise, lock your doors and shutter your windows. And if someone knocks at your door on that day, don't answer it..."

Ryno wrote:

All the Mayan calendar was for was just the time leading up to the release of the Wii U on December 21, 2012 in North America!

Dragoon wrote:

The world can't end yet.

Because Michael Bay is still making films.

Magi wrote:

One word: Zombies

Now a few more: Anyone ever seen the movie "Last Night"? It's on Netflix on Demand if you're interested. It's about the last few moments on earth before the world ends. The populace is already aware of the impending doom and everyone knows it's the end no matter what. There's no last-ditch effort to save the planet. It's not some sci-fi extravaganza. It's about normal people and how they live out their last few hours. A low-key flick but worth watching imho. You never even learn through the course of the movie what is causing the apocalypse (though one could infer from the last several seconds of the movie).

NintendoFan_27 wrote:

LordTendoboy wrote:

The world will end when the terrorists win, which will be never. But according to astronomy, the sun might burn out in a few billion years, and all of us will be long dead by then. So what does it really matter?

I was just joking...

Usagi-san wrote:

I thought it was the expansion before the sun dies out that was going to doom us?

Nukerprime64 wrote:

On the subject of the world ending, does anyone else think that a zombie apocalypse would be really fun to live through (barring personal death)?

Nukerprime64 wrote:

On the subject of the world ending, does anyone else think that a zombie apocalypse would be really fun to live through (barring personal death)?