2012? oops... we meant 2020...

[phyzik]

Wont post the article since its in Dutch but news is spreading fast that the origional calculation of the mayan calendar is incorrect and the end of the calendar is actually in 2020.

From www.Slashdot.org

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/26/1517242/2012-a-Miscalculation-Actual-Calendar-Ends-2220?art_pos=23

"News is spreading quickly here that scientists writing in a popular science periodical (Dutch) have debunked the 2012 date (google translation linked) featuring so prominently in doomsday predictions/speculation across the web. On 2012-12-21, the sun will appear where you would normally be able to see the 'galactic equator' of the Milky Way; an occurrence deemed special because it happens 'only' once every 25.800 years, on the winter solstice. However, even if you ignore the fact that there is no actual galactic equator, just an observed one, and that the visual effect is pretty much the same for an entire decade surrounding that date, there are major problems with the way the Maya Calendar is being read by doomsday prophets."

[thispego]

shit, this ruins everything

[IronMexican]

Now we have to wait 8 more years to see all the dumbasses that actually believe this.

[thispego]

what makes it so dumb? dumb is thinking that the world will never come to an end

[Phineas J. Whoopee]

what makes it so dumb? Dumb is thinking that the world will never come to an end

+1

[G-Nob]

Joke's on john cusack for making that ridiculous movie.

[thispego]

yeah he feels real dumb i bet :rolleyes

[IceColdBrewski]

Link says 2220, not 2020.

[BlackSwordsMan]

damnit I gained so much weight because I tought we were gonna die soon

[EricB]

Joke's on john cusack for making that ridiculous movie.

:lmao

Thats the exact same thing I thought of too.

[thispego]

yeah he feels real dumb i bet :rolleyes

[EricB]

These are the same nutballs that thought planes would start dropping out of the sky on 1/1/2000

[MANGINA]

Maya con Dios.

[thispego]

not exactly. y2k'ers are like the people who freak out about swine flu or bird flu or mad cow disease.

[EricB]

not exactly. y2k'ers are like the people who freak out about swine flu or bird flu or mad cow disease.


Hmmm.

2012ers might be put into this category as well..

[thispego]

all those were hyped up by the media to try to scare us. 2012 is kind of under the table, dont be afraid, just another CRAZY doomsday prediction, pay no mind.

[EricB]

all those were hyped up by the media to try to scare us. 2012 is kind of under the table, dont be afraid, just another CRAZY doomsday prediction, pay no mind.


I'd say the movie and along with everyone else wringing their hands about it is crazy.

Its not even the correct end of the calendar. Hell no one can make up their minds on when the damn calendar ends now.

[EmptyMan]

:bang:bang:bang

2012 is THE date.

It has always been THE date.

You don't get to re-do your hocuspocus bullshit dates forever.


2012 will come and pass and all the crazies will have to stfu for the rest of the 2000's.


^^and so it was foretold in the sacred stones of Negrodamus.
http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/negrodamus9081d8coc4.jpg

[Bukefal]

Sad people, when after all nothing happens, they'll find some other BS excuses.

[thispego]

no excuses are needed. i'll be happy if nothing happens and i'll say i told you so if something does happen. its a win-win situation for me.

[thispego]

best strategizer there is

[EricB]

no excuses are needed. i'll be happy if nothing happens and i'll say i told you so if something does happen. its a win-win situation for me.
You seriously think somethings gonna happen?!?! :lmfao

[thispego]

yep, call me crazy. i dont think something huge - world wide scale - but something significant. hundreds of thousands to millions, dead.

[thispego]

*for what it's worth, i've thought this for like 12 years now

[The Reckoning]

thousands are going to die because pegonites are going to take to the streets and riot all over the planet - destroying everything in sight as their believed doom approaches.

[thispego]

is that pronounced pagan - ites ?

[The Reckoning]

pego-nites

if youre looking for the pun then ill settle for "pegons"

[thispego]

thats better

[EmptyMan]

I don't believe in 2012, but if you haven't gotten your bunker set up by November you are pretty much 50/50...just sayin'

[CubanSucks]

not exactly. y2k'ers are like the people who freak out about swine flu or bird flu or mad cow disease.

Meanwhile, 2012ers aren't being paranoid at all. :rolleyes

[Kriz-Maxima]

I thought that according to Mayans it was not the end of the world but the end of a cycle. Something big was gonna happen and the reality we live was gonna change drastically, but not necessarily the end of the world or humanity as a whole.

[thispego]

I thought that according to Mayans it was not the end of the world but the end of a cycle. Something big was gonna happen and the reality we live was gonna change drastically, but not necessarily the end of the world or humanity as a whole.

something like that

[thispego]

Meanwhile, 2012ers aren't being paranoid at all. :rolleyes

who's paranoid? i'm not afraid of dying, especially if everyone is gonna die with me

[mookie2001]

shit youll never see me die in some apocalyptic event or disaster, book it

[thispego]

well, you are hard to kill

[mookie2001]

i think ive narrowed it down the only ways i could before disease or old age

stranded in desert with no water
fell into the ocean more than 50 miles from land
polar or grizzly bear

gun shot wounds, disaster,terrorism, car accident, cant worry about that bullshit

[thispego]

but when would you ever be in the desert, that far out to sea, or in the alaskan or canadian wilderness?

[The Reckoning]

when a natural disaster takes him there

[thispego]

:lmao

[fraga]

I thought that according to Mayans it was not the end of the world but the end of a cycle. Something big was gonna happen and the reality we live was gonna change drastically, but not necessarily the end of the world or humanity as a whole.

That's pretty much it...

[sabar]

The doomsday retards should all commit suicide on these dates. Then their prediction of mass death can be true while normal people still point and laugh. Everyone wins.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

wait, Pego, so you laugh at people being afraid of the H1N1 virus while you believe in some bullshit fairy tale like the 2012 prediction? :lmao give me a fucking break! :lmao

[JoeChalupa]

I can wait.

[DarkReign]

Aliens, dude.

Theyre coming back just like the Bible said they would.

[thispego]

The doomsday retards should all commit suicide on these dates. Then their prediction of mass death can be true while normal people still point and laugh. Everyone wins.

lol, why you mad? you think the world will enver end? it is I who points and laughs at you :lol

[thispego]

wait, Pego, so you laugh at people being afraid of the H1N1 virus while you believe in some bullshit fairy tale like the 2012 prediction? :lmao give me a fucking break! :lmao

im not afraid of 2012, although it is much more than a fairy tale, and i'm also not standing in line for an hour with a mass of people getting inoculated with god knows what. 2 completely different things.

are you another one who thinks the world will never end? :lol:rollin