| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Is December 21st, 2012 the day we cash our chips in? |
| yes |
|
3% |
[ 2 ] |
| no |
|
46% |
[ 26 ] |
| quite possibly |
|
3% |
[ 2 ] |
| STFU |
|
30% |
[ 17 ] |
| Asmith is cool |
|
16% |
[ 9 ] |
|
| Total Votes : 56 |
|
| Author |
Message |
cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
|
 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:36 am Post subject: 2012, The End of Days |
 |
|
or so according to the Mayans.
So, are you a believer? Do you think we are out of gas come December 21st, 2012?
Here's a nice piece of reading for you.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/10/117_54276.html
Speaking of 2012, I wonder if the movie is coming to K-land. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Why would I believe that a dead civilization that was incredibly inferior to modern civilization (in terms of technology) would know when the world will end? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
| JMO wrote: |
| Why would I believe that a dead civilization that was incredibly inferior to modern civilization (in terms of technology) would know when the world will end? |
Seriously. Everyone talks about how incredible their astronomy was, but ours far exceeds theirs, and we haven't seen anything that makes us feel like the world will end in 2012. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
All of you are being mislead by a silly false premise. The Mayans did not believe the world would end in 2012. This was merely when their calendar reset. So, they considered 2012 to be a new beginning of sorts as opposed to some apocalypse which is really a Western idea.
| Quote: |
The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar forms the basis for a New Age belief, first forecast by Jos� Arg�elles, that a cataclysm will take place on or about December 21, 2012, a forecast that mainstream Mayanist scholars consider a misinterpretation, yet is commonly referenced in pop-culture media as the 2012 problem.
For example, Sandra Noble, executive director of the Mesoamerican research organization FAMSI, notes that "for the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle". However, she considers the portrayal of December 2012 as a doomsday or cosmic-shift event to be "a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in." |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tundra_Creature
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Konglishman wrote: |
All of you are being mislead by a silly false premise. The Mayans did not believe the world would end in 2012. This was merely when their calendar reset. So, they considered 2012 to be a new beginning of sorts as opposed to some apocalypse which is really a Western idea.
|
Can I get the Mayan calender with the puppies or hot cowboy pictures this time? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:58 am Post subject: Doomsday |
|
|
| I'm still waiting for my Y2K calendar! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:09 am Post subject: |
|
|
my question is.. if NASA did see a huge meteor heading to earth and it was gonna do serious damage would they actually tell us?
you know to prevent world panic and stuff...
if was gonna end or something like that it would probably be best for it to be quick and without knowing.. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
AmericanExile
Joined: 04 May 2009
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:56 am Post subject: |
|
|
It would not likely be NASA that saw it. You can't hide the sky.
We're safe as kittens. Bruce is on that shite. Bruce won't let us down boi. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
| AmericanExile wrote: |
It would not likely be NASA that saw it. You can't hide the sky.
We're safe as kittens. Bruce is on that shite. Bruce won't let us down boi. |
Bruce Campbell. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
AmericanExile
Joined: 04 May 2009
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:19 am Post subject: |
|
|
| MollyBloom wrote: |
| AmericanExile wrote: |
It would not likely be NASA that saw it. You can't hide the sky.
We're safe as kittens. Bruce is on that shite. Bruce won't let us down boi. |
Bruce Campbell. |
Him too. I was thinking Willis, but a backup Bruce would come in handy. Can't have too many Bruces. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18046-asteroid-blast-reveals-holes-in-earths-defences.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news#
Asteroid blast reveals holes in Earth's defences
22:54 26 October 2009 by David Shiga
| Quote: |
As the US government ponders a strategy to deal with threatening asteroids, a dramatic explosion over Indonesia has underscored how blind we still are to hurtling space rocks.
On 8 October an asteroid detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia, releasing about as much energy as 50,000 tons of TNT, according to a NASA estimate released on Friday. That's about three times more powerful than the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima, making it one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed.
However, the blast caused no damage on the ground because of the high altitude, 15 to 20 kilometres above Earth's surface, says astronomer Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Canada.
Brown and Elizabeth Silber, also of UWO, estimated the explosion energy from infrasound waves that rippled halfway around the world and were recorded by an international network of instruments that listens for nuclear explosions.
The explosion was heard by witnesses in Indonesia. Video images of the sky following the event show a dust trail characteristic of an exploding asteroid. |
Indo schoolkids in the link were terrified.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeQBzTkJNhs&videos=jkRJgbXY-90 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| AmericanExile wrote: |
| MollyBloom wrote: |
| AmericanExile wrote: |
It would not likely be NASA that saw it. You can't hide the sky.
We're safe as kittens. Bruce is on that shite. Bruce won't let us down boi. |
Bruce Campbell. |
Him too. I was thinking Willis, but a backup Bruce would come in handy. Can't have too many Bruces. |
I'd feel more comfortable if Brucey had Goldblum as well for back up. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:18 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Didn't Goldblum screw up in "The Fly"? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
AmericanExile
Joined: 04 May 2009
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
| chris_J2 wrote: |
| Didn't Goldblum screw up in "The Fly"? |
Yes, Goldblum would need Will Smith as a partner to be effective. I think that would blow the budget. We would have to cancel the open armageddon bar.
We could probably get Ben Browder and Claudia Black for a steal. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
madtownhustl
Joined: 04 Jun 2009
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The anti-christ's 1st term of being president will almost be up.. seems like a good time for him to pull the plug on earth... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
