The Mayans foresaw the Gulf oil spill!

[DavidDvorkin]

Which is why they predicted that the world will end in 2012. As it will do, because this oil spill is going to kill everybody.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Are you talking about this one...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8446752#8446758

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Yep, that's the one.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

2. LOL, what a bunch of horseshit

I saw that one and didn't dare touch it with a ten foot pole. I wanted to point out, but didn't, that the OP had regressed to the intellectual level of a stone age human where supernatural answers are given to natural questions. I also wanted to point out to the OP that what she is suggesting is a scenario where things are pre-ordained by some arbitrary ancient society's beliefs. With that fatalist mindset, why pass improved environmental laws or attempt to hold anyone responsible? We're all going to die anyway...

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. Those Mayans were incredible

:rofl:

[laconicsax]

5. What's funny is that the same long-count calendar is based on...

...the world being created on a fair August day in the 32nd century BC. Of course laconicsibling, being a "spiritual but not religious" militant agnostic, maintains that even though its based on fairy tales, we can't know what will happen on 12/21/2012.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. This disaster has really brought out some of the stupidest shit

We are one post away from someone demanding we throw a virgin into a volcano to appease Mother Earth

[DavidDvorkin]

7. What a waste that would be!