December 21, 2012

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I don't think anything is going to happen that day except maybe I'll eat breakfast.
 
2012 is stupid. People predicted the world would end in 2008, did it? No. In 2004? No. In 1996? No.

The Mayans are stupid too.
 
It's just a superstition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21,_2012
Point.
 
Nabber Simpson said:
It's just a superstition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21,_2012
Point.
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The Mayans didn't do anything wrong. Their calendar doesn't end for another 2000 years or something.
 
What? That's when the Mayan calendar ends?

1. So what?
2. Maybe that's when they got killed by the Conquistadors
3. Maybe they just got bored of making the calendar
4. Maybe they figured, "What's the point of the calendar going so far? We're not going to be alive by then..."
etc.
 
According to a friend of my mom's (Who is from around where the Mayans lived), 2012 is simply an end to a mayan cycle. Similar to how our calender ends on December 31st. And since 2012 was a century away, they didn't really see the point of continuing. The conquistadors helped with that logic too.
 
Vlad Plasmius said:
According to a friend of my mom's (Who is from around where the Mayans lived), 2012 is simply an end to a mayan cycle. Similar to how our calender ends on December 31st. And since 2012 was a century away, they didn't really see the point of continuing. The conquistadors helped with that logic too.
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You're exactly right! Somebody was superstitious and decided to spread a rumor and blame it on the Mayans. It's like a very scrambled version of telephone/.