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The World is Not Ending (2012) (Original Post)
rdubwiley
Dec 2012
OP
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an EARTH SHATTERING KABOOM!
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#1
The Mayan calendar included a pattern of days that functioned as "leap day"
reverend_tim
Dec 2012
#3
TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)1. Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an EARTH SHATTERING KABOOM!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)2. This poor nerd knows Doodley Squat about the Mayans and their calendar
He needs to have his youtube yanked before he sets up any more Straw Men and squirts out any more kinky mangled misinfo.
rdubwiley
(518 posts)4. I believe it's didley squat
Regardless, I could have been more through. It's unclear if the Mayans predicted the start of an apocalypse. Some people believe that they did, and therefore, it's the apocalypse.
Regardless, it's not the end of the world.
reverend_tim
(105 posts)3. The Mayan calendar included a pattern of days that functioned as "leap day"
Because the world is ending tomorrow, I don't have to clean the bathroom today!
That's just not true. The length was 365 days, which would be inaccurate.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)6. But I haven't made plans!
Chakab
(1,727 posts)7. Wow. I probably shouldn't have blown my savings
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on booze and hookers.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)8. Then my creditors are gonna be pissed. /nt
vaberella
(24,634 posts)9. The leap years debunked this nonsense. n/t
reverend_tim
(105 posts)10. well, Blomberg has DOW futures plummeting, don't be so sure.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)11. Wanna bet? When Dec 21, 2012 ends, all of a freaking sudden, I'm gonna be 50 years old
Try to convince me that there is no apocalypse...
chrisau214
(235 posts)12. It Better End Tomorrow
I've got reservations at Milliways.