Why the World won't end in 2012

[Jay]

Okay, listen. I'm not going to fucking ask if you think that the world will end in 2011, and I won't tell you to look at or whatever. And I'm am not going to needlessly rant on about how we are all doomed.

I am going to tell you the exact reason why I think that the world will NOT end in 2012.

Okay, just consider this. Maybe, just MAYBE the end of the Mayan Calender meant the end of the world for the Mayans. But think about this, what was "The World" to the Mayans? They've never explored the rest of the world why they were around, they didn't know about different colonies or Nations. How would they know the outcome of the entire Earth, when their world was confined to their little kingdom? Maybe the just were trying to depict the fall of their society, being that no one would intturupt them, which yes other cultures did.

Maybe they thought that their crops would die out, or that a terrible weather event would occur. Or MAYBE they just didn't continue the FUCKING CALENDER! Maybe their next calender didn't have time to come out. But either way, how the hell could they predict the outcome of the world, if they didn't even know what the whole thing looked like? Maybe they forsaw an asteroid that would demolish, their LITTLE part of the WORLD.

Seriously, did they just assume that the world was round, and that Asia and Europe and Alaska existed?! HMMM??!!!

[Lambtaco]

I see it like the Y2K problem. The Mayans only made their claendar to a certain date, like we dated things with a 2 digit year, with the intention of fixing it later. The end.

[Fawktt]

you kidding me? i just replied that on a thread like 10 give or take a few miniuts before you posted this..
Not exactly but i did say that they probably thought they where going to be gone by that time.

[subpar]

As a matter of fact, it's not as simple as the Mayans not continuing their calendar past a certain point. Their calendar counts down, and reaches zero in 2012. However, as I understand it (and I might be wrong), the Mayan calendar runs in cycles. December 21, 2012 is the end of one of the larger cycles. Some people interpret this date as being the "end of the world" while others see it as being the end of an age. Unfortunately, we'll never know for sure because so much knowledge was lost.

Exit Mundi's page on the subject is an interesting read.

[froggerfreak]

2012 election

[The-Laugher-Of-Lor]

The world will end in 2012 when Hillary Clinton is elected president.

[Jay]

At 8/15/08 11:08 PM, subpar wrote: As a matter of fact, it's not as simple as the Mayans not continuing their calendar past a certain point. Their calendar counts down, and reaches zero in 2012. However, as I understand it (and I might be wrong), the Mayan calendar runs in cycles. December 21, 2012 is the end of one of the larger cycles. Some people interpret this date as being the "end of the world" while others see it as being the end of an age. Unfortunately, we'll never know for sure because so much knowledge was lost.

Exit Mundi's page on the subject is an interesting read.

Okay, but it still doesn't explain what "Their World" was. Think about it, the Mayans only lived in one area, one small location on the Earth. How can they predict the end of something that they didn't even knew existed?!

[Bazi]

They ran out of papa and couldn't make anotha calenda brah

[X-Gary-Gigax-X]

Think about al the problems in the world....how they are slowly, yet surely, stacking up and occuring more frequently....now think about 2012.

Yup.

Yup....

[xXxAlecxXx]

At 8/15/08 11:12 PM, The-Laugher-Of-Lor wrote: The world will end in 2012 when Hillary Clinton is elected president.

Not if i kill her first.

[Maverick-Alex]

Too much 2012 thread influx today huh?

"Whatever will be, will be"

[2clips]

At 8/15/08 11:30 PM, nsc007 wrote: apparently the end of this cycle of the mayan calender is sopposed to bring about the age of auqarius, where all people on earth shall be enlightened and the forces of the cosmos will bring us into a peaceful utopia, free of war and suffering. sounds like a cross between a cult and socialism to me.

translation - its judgement day, we will all be pushed one step closer to nervana

[sirtom93]

Also - Becuase I said so :3

[ngmastah]

Mayan calender builder 1:"Aw man, we ran out of materials to build our calender."

Mayan calender builder 2:"Hey, no problem, i'm sure no one will jump to conclusions on it."

[Dalario]

So, you are saying only mexico will get destroyed ?

Oh, it make sense.

[HellBentGoose]

At 8/15/08 11:12 PM, The-Laugher-Of-Lor wrote: The world will end in 2012 when Hillary Clinton is elected president.

Truth told sir. Good job on finding that *secret* out

hehehe

Epic own

[Jay]

At 8/15/08 11:34 PM, 2clips wrote:

At 8/15/08 11:30 PM, nsc007 wrote: apparently the end of this cycle of the mayan calender is sopposed to bring about the age of auqarius, where all people on earth shall be enlightened and the forces of the cosmos will bring us into a peaceful utopia, free of war and suffering. sounds like a cross between a cult and socialism to me.

translation - its judgement day, we will all be pushed one step closer to nervana

What the hell is Nervana? Some kind of anti-Nirvana? Well holy crap, I guess we really are all screwed then!

[megasXLRfan]

you make a valid point in saying why the world won't end, i mean does everyone think the world ends in 2012, i certainly don't

[gradenator]

Yah, those Mayans' world ended waaaay before 2012. It ended the day those blood thirsty Spaniards set foot in South America.

[DeadWorld777]

cause we need time for halo 4 to come out xD

[Jay]

At 8/15/08 11:42 PM, gradenator wrote: Yah, those Mayans' world ended waaaay before 2012. It ended the day those blood thirsty Spaniards set foot in South America.

Yeah, it was quite ironic how the Mayans' treated the ones who would cause their demise like gods.

Wait a second, my cousin is a Spaniard! (Time to die, STEVE!)

[Phsyco-Mantis]

There won't be an asteroid to even come close to Earth in the next 20 years. Not even in the next 50 or 100 years.

Second, we won't "blow ourselves up" because it just doesn't work that way.

Third, if none of the things I stated above this sentence is going to happen, the world can't possibly end.

Also, the "world" as in the planet, cannot be destroyed.

[SpicyChickenLeg]

Most people misinterpret the Mayans...their calander stopped recording on that day because a tragic event would happen, just because a tragic event happens does not mean the end of the world, and plus, its like the bible, its just a fucking historic no-proof listing that could or could not be true.