2012 Doomsday Not Likely, Mayans Insist

Discovery News ^ | 12 Oct 2009 | Mark Stevenson

[4rcane]

nostradamus predictions ended 1998

[cripplecreek]

“They” got to him.

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[Red Badger]

Better get behind the hollywood hype, guys.................

[Tublecane]

Here’s the thing, the Mayans had to stop charting things at some point. They couldn’t go into infinity. So wherever they happened to stop, people see eschatological predictions. Because, yes, people are still idiots.

[Never on my watch]

“Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly “running out” on Dec. 21, 2012.”

Pixtun is a ‘Reformed’ Mayan not an Orthodox Mayan. So take his comments for what they are worth.

[50sDad]

Dude, I have at home a calendar that ends on December 31st of this year! Game over, man! Game OVER!!!

[xsmommy]

oh so NOW they back off from 2012, sure... ; )

[Never on my watch]

You should have bought one of those 18 month calendars.

[cripplecreek]

My calendar ends on December 31st.

[pallis]

The Mayan calender had to end at some date. Maybe 2012 was scheduled for a party, some sacrificed virgins, barbecued enemies, hallucinogens and orgies for all, and the next day, life as usual.

[Izzy Dunne]

NOVA: Cracking the Maya Code is an interesting program about the deciphering of the Mayan language, and touches just barely on the calendar issue.

[dead]

"It's too bad that we're getting e-mails from fourth-graders who are saying that they're too young to die," Martin said. "We had a mother of two young children who was afraid she wouldn't live to see them grow up."

I know people are really really stupid, but is there really a grown woman stupid enough to write to the web matron of the "Curious? Ask an Astronomer" website and share her fears of the end of the world?

I call "you made that up" on web lady.

[Billthedrill]

“They” got to him.

Yep. Sure, that's what they tell us now that they've got the Mothership safely hidden. Do Not Panic. There's Nothing To Fear. Meanwhile they're stocking the thing with their Playstations and their DVD's and their froze pizzas and microwave popcorn and their bleedin' Watney's Red Barrel...

[Never on my watch]

Ya’ know, I am more concerned about the United States ending on November 4, 2008.

[libs_kma]

I know a complete whackjob who is going to be bummed about this. She bought this Mayan 12-12-12 thing hook line and sinker.

This lady at a local pub asked me if I'd heard about it and told me to look up it up. I'd heard about it and thought it was pure Bravo Sierra, but I acted like I'd never heard of it.

Her eyes were big as saucers when she talked about it and I finally had to tell her I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

I said funniest, because stupidest seemed like it had too much of a sting, and even though she was a whackjob, she wasn't unpleasant to look at....but a man has his limits ;)

[Just another Joe]

Comet Strikes Increase as We Pass Through the Galactic Plane

Don't know if it's plausible or not.

[pissant]

This 2012 crap is the biggest crock of crap since Y2k

[paulycy]

It’s true. I swear.

I saw it on TV.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

MY calendar also ends on December 31!!!

Get. Out. The. Tinfoil.

We are doomed.

And. Its George Bush’s fault.