Well, I don't believe in it. I think it's a pile of crap. Wanted to hear other people's opinions though.
Where's the option for "this is the dumbest shit I've ever heard and I'm embarrassed there's a thread asking for opinions on it"?
The date was never meant to be the "end of the world". It just got blown way out of proportion and eventually was made into a really bad movie.
I was talking to my friends yesterday about this, and apparently there were some major things wrong with this whole end of the world being in the winter thing. I think it went something along the lines of the fact that for one, the Mayans had predicted like, several of these, and that it wouldn't really be the end of the world as we knew it, permanently. I think there was something else about how the Mayans actually had different calendars, and as such the end of the world should have actually been some time ago. I may be mistaken about both of those things. But yeah, I don't believe it. I mean, if it's true, then whatever. But, I'm not having it, and I'm convinced most people would agree with me on that.
Welp, beat me to it. In other news, only ~6 months until we stop hearing about it and wait for the next doomsday philosophy.
And we could possibly have less idiots in the world after all the End of the World believers off themselves
OMG guys it's 2012 so it's the end of the world so we have to pack our bags, store materials, watch History Channel and hide from the impending apocalypse!!!
I vote this. Also the fact that the concept of leap years wasn't in the Mayan calendar and if it's factored in, the actual end of the calendar (I refuse to call it end of the world) happened late last year (I'm not sure on when it happened, but it did so don't quote me on it)
Dammit, I missed the end? And it was gonna be so fun... I hear my cousin Bob was gonna bring his famous bean dip...
It's ok man, I missed it too And I was gonna drive around in a monster truck naked, blaring Kashmir - Led Zeppelin over some massive speakers while lighting people on fire! It was gonna be so fun!! EDIT: No, scratch that. I just realised that this isn't a calendar conversion, it's just a linear measurement of elapsed time from the creation of the mayan calendar to when it expires (and is subsequently reset, seriously, it's like all these end-is-nigh people haven't used a calendar before). So the end of the calendar is still December 21, 2012. Party at the end of the world is back on!
They already found a mayan calender that goes beyond 2012. 'Nuff said. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ndar-workshop-documents-time-beyond-2012?lite