SO WHATS YOUR TAKE ON 2012.......... END OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT . OR ANOTHER DAY LIFE AS WE KNOW IT SHOULD BE ???????? WATER ..FIRE...FLOODS...EARTHQUAKES .. SPACE FURY.. WHAT WILL TAKE THE EARTH APART........ARE WE READY FOR THE END OF AURORA MODELS......LETS SEE WHAT YOU THINK ???????? ICEMAN........
Hahaha as if. What day in 2012, January first at 12:01 AM or just some time in the next 365 days? What do I think? Everyone's world ends, but in different years. And when they least expect it.
They made a round calendar. They probably figured that from when they made it to 2012 was enough time to make a new one.
Quote from: Toy Ranch on March 17, 2010, 09:56:29 PM
They made a round calendar. They probably figured that from when they made it to 2012 was enough time to make a new one.
My 2009 calendar ended at December 31st, but it turned out that 2010 came anyway.
Monsterphile....you the man. ;D
when 2012 rolls around....I'll get back to you on this.
People have been waitin' on the end of the world for a very, very long time. It's been predicted by numerous sects and thinkers and fearful followers would await the appointed day of doom and... and we're still here.
The 2012 apocalypse thing is based on simple misunderstanding of an ancient culture, and of the scale in which they measured their cycles of time.
Read Anthony Aveni, a Maya expert and archaeoastronomer at Colgate University in New York:
"It's the time when the largest grand cycle in the Mayan calendar overturns and a new cycle begins."
It's the end of a cycle of time -- not the end of time itself, and in fact the Maya never thought of it as anything more. Some modern folks find it compelling and fearful because the Mayans just kept time on a scale few other cultures have considered.
During the empire's heyday, the Maya invented the Long Count -- "a lengthy circular calendar," according to Aveni, "that transplanted the roots of Maya culture all the way back to creation itself." The largest grand cycle in their reckoning is a bit over 5,125 years... after that, time renews; it doesn't stop.
We do similar, smaller scale renewal every New Year... some peple do it every Monday morning.
It's just cycles. What you attach to it spiritually, geologically, or any other -ally, is entirely up to you -- in any event, it can't be pinned on the Mayans.
The hoopla surrounding it is just the Millennium Madness all over again. Ironically, the Mayans didn't ever view the coming of the end of their Long Count with fear for themselves or their culture. It was a significant date to them, but for renewal, not disaster.
All the quakes, floods, rogue planets, and other concepts thrown about regarding the physical catalysts of doom during 2012 are just junk science added to the initial confusion to sell books, magazines, movies and in some cases even sell religious conversion and fan fears that can be manipulated.
I hope we're all happy and healthy tomorrow, never mind 2012.
Should be amusing to see how many people panic from Aug. thru Dec. 2012. Throughout 2013 i'm gonna laugh at people and passing out "I told you so".
Also, the Mayan calendar has gone for all this time, but their civilization ended a long time ago. So, just because you're calendar continues, doesn't mean you will.
I remember back in 1999 with the whole Y2K thing.
I had just started working at a motorcycle dealership (was there a loooooong time) and we sold generators as well.
The owner was a great guy who I learned alot from. We were selling generators...generators that were 1000.00! like they were hot cakes.
I can remember the owner looking out the window from his office shaking his head, he later told me when we were closing "I wish it was the end of the world everyday!"
I like to think 1 of 2 things will happen in 2012...1, I'll wake up and a bunch of apes will throw a net on me and lock me in a cage with Nova (hubba hubba!) or 2, The Robinson family will finally land that Jupiter 2 back in Houston.
To quote Bud Abbott, "That's the bunk!".
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THE SKY IS FALLING!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!
Just another End of Days - Like all the others before it.
Only two really important points to remember:
1. SOME day, this world WILL end.
2. It DOES end for all of us, at our own specific time.
-Craig W.
Quote from: Dr.Teufel Geist on March 18, 2010, 01:26:39 AM
Monsterphile....you the man. ;D
when 2012 rolls around....I'll get back to you on this.
Or...
will you? BUWAAAHHHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA!
if it were to happen its really a moot point isnt it? We'd all be in the same boat. So que sera, sera.
Part of me hopes it ends sooner . . . I could use the time off.
The kids in school are all scared of it. I get asked about that a lot. NO WAY is it going to happen. A child told me why. Because all the loans for houses and cars go on past 2012. Now you don't think the banks and mortgage people are going to stand for a little thing as the end of the world? I'd rather think about what I want on my pizza this evening.
Chatty: Funny you mention all the loans going past 2010.
That same issue was the best argument against the Y2K bug killing off all the computers. In the late 1960s the year 2000 problem with computers proved a non issue. If the computers were going to reset at "year zero" they would not have been able to calculate 30 year mortgages after December 31, 1969. And we all know our banks would never pass up a chance to make a buck.
All I can predict for 2012 is that a few Mayans may write the wrong date on their checks for a couple of days.
The only disaster will likely be Roland Emmerich inflicting another movie on us!
For those interested in such matters here are a couple of links showing some of the thousands of doomsday predictions over the last several thousand years.
This one is a fairly comprehensive list with sources.
http://www.abhota.info/index.htm (http://www.abhota.info/index.htm)
This one is a lot more fun to read:
http://alma-geddon.com/ (http://alma-geddon.com/)
Quote from: ChattyLMS on March 19, 2010, 10:25:31 AM
The kids in school are all scared of it. I get asked about that a lot. NO WAY is it going to happen. A child told me why. Because all the loans for houses and cars go on past 2012. Now you don't think the banks and mortgage people are going to stand for a little thing as the end of the world? I'd rather think about what I want on my pizza this evening.
I was enjoying the conversation in the thread until you said "pizza". I'm very easily distracted by pizza. What were we talking about again??
Criswell predicts the end of all pizza on 12/21/2012. Enjoy pizza while you still can. Mwhahahahahaha!
Quote from: Radioactive Rod Whitenack on March 19, 2010, 04:10:54 PM
Criswell predicts the end of all pizza on 12/21/2012. Enjoy pizza while you still can. Mwhahahahahaha!
Now THAT'S not funny!! :o
My understanding is that Mayan/Sumerian calendars mark 2012-ish as the end of a "cycle" and not some literal doomsday scenario.
I see the whole topic as fairly moot when you consider the fact that the Mayan/Sumerian races are long-since extinct. Kinda blows their "predicting the future" credibility out of the water IMO. Virtually every ancient religion has some sort of End Times myth . . . yet here we are.
Quote from: Gillman-Fan on March 19, 2010, 04:39:13 PM
Virtually every ancient religion has some sort of End Times myth . . . yet here we are.
Exactly. Barring a natural cause, like the sun going nova, the world won't end...unless we make it so.
The ultimate end of the human race will surely come eons before the actual "death" of the planet.
I mean, we as a race have only been scratching around on this ball for what 200,000 years? A mere blink of an eye in geological terms.
Bring on the new cycle.
All this stuff has me craving pizza!
Quote from: Gillman-Fan on March 19, 2010, 05:22:34 PM
The ultimate end of the human race will surely come eons before the actual "death" of the planet.
I mean, we as a race have only been scratching around on this ball for what 200,000 years? A mere blink of an eye in geological terms.
Bring on the new cycle.
When I was a kid, the belief most of us had was that the human race as well as the earth would end in a global thermonuclear exchange, in a matter of minutes. There are all manner of doomsday scenarios, some of which include the destruction of the planet. Many seem to think or wish that it will happen during their lifetime. As brief a time as 200,000 years may be in the scheme of the lifetime of the planet, it is practically infinte given the brief lives we lead while on it, which are practically infinite compared to that of a mayfly, which may live anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours. It may happen today, or it may happen a million years from now. Odds of it happening today, or in our lifetimes are pretty long, although I'm sure Vegas would give you a really great deal if you wanted to place a bet on it. :D
QuoteI was enjoying the conversation in the thread until you said "pizza". I'm very easily distracted by pizza. What were we talking about again??
Well Scatter, my friend, the only intelligent thing to talk about in 2012 is pizza.
all i can think about is pizza, thanks
Funny, my wife just asked me if pizza is Ok for tonight.
Quote from: Unknown Primate on March 19, 2010, 06:20:28 PM
All this stuff has me craving pizza!
You...........me.........2 large pizzas with the works.........and a King Kong festival till dawn.
Quote from: ChattyLMS on March 19, 2010, 07:16:16 PM
Well Scatter, my friend, the only intelligent thing to talk about in 2012 is pizza.
OK THEN..........pizza in 2012 it is!! Will the pizza of the future no longer be delivered by car, but by vehicles such as this??
(http://robotgrrl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/jetsons3cu.jpg)
No, no, no. I guess I have to reveal my evil plan.
On 12/21/12 I will zap the brains of everyone on earth from my secret satelite, causing everyone to forget about pizza! I will then swoop in to actually INVENT pizza and make billions of dollars! Unless that darn pizza Noid comes out of retirement to stop me again! Bwahahahahahahahahah! Bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!
Quote from: Radioactive Rod Whitenack on March 21, 2010, 12:55:37 PM
No, no, no. I guess I have to reveal my evil plan.
On 12/21/12 I will zap the brains of everyone on earth from my secret satelite, causing everyone to forget about pizza! I will then swoop in to actually INVENT pizza and make billions of dollars! Unless that darn pizza Noid comes out of retirement to stop me again! Bwahahahahahahahahah! Bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!
"... and at that moment, deep in the hoary blue darkness of an arctic cave in the frozen North, came a strange sound -- the icy rime of decades was cracking, sliding away, revealing a red suited, large-nosed figure holding an empty, flat square box. For a moment, silence, then a shudder... and without opening its eyes, a thin smile tugged at its lips, and in a fog of breath and bucked teeth came the hoarse ring of an old voice singing anew, "NOID!NOID!NOID!NOID!!"-
The Pizza Prophecies, Charles E. Cheese, 1985
I watched the movie about it last night. That was funny! They had so many close calls :D Like constantly :D
But it wasn't the end of the world, just most of it.
Quote from: Scatter on March 19, 2010, 08:22:17 PM
You...........me.........2 large pizzas with the works.........and a King Kong festival till dawn.
I 75, here I come!
Blast you, Noid. I have avoided your incompetent pizza delivery methods for 15 long years! You'll never stop me from wiping the memory of those mustachioed dough twirling dolts from planet Earth! The secret of pepperoni supreme is mine! Mine!
The world ended in 1975, pretty much.
Quote from: Radioactive Rod Whitenack on March 21, 2010, 04:32:00 PM
Blast you, Noid. I have avoided your incompetent pizza delivery methods for 15 long years! You'll never stop me from wiping the memory of those mustachioed dough twirling dolts from planet Earth! The secret of pepperoni supreme is mine! Mine!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/sclerismockrey/ephemera/noid2.jpg)
NOIDNOIDNOIDNOIDNOID!!!
Criswell Predicts!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4452514991_2385f3e698_m.jpg)
The Noid shall be banished by a Shakey guy named Little Caesar. This will happen over and over again, in what will be known as the Domino Effect!
We are all interested in the future for that is where we will spend the rest of our lives!
Quote from: Fester on March 21, 2010, 10:48:49 PM
We are all interested in the future for that is where we will spend the rest of our lives!
... and eat the rest of our pizzas.
Quote from: mike c on March 21, 2010, 11:01:45 PM
... and eat the rest of our pizzas.
Fear not.........delivery at the golden portal in 30 minutes or less.
(http://es.toonpool.com/user/589/files/pizza_heaven_87325.jpg)
I'll take the pizza from the Jetson's vehicle. I'll take the moving sidewalks, too. And what would you do for a Klondike bar?
Are we STILL questioning what WILL happen? I thought everbody was made clear on this.
This is EXACTLY what happens that day. EXACTLY:
Everything goes black and white. Then pie plates filled with aliens dangle from the sky on strings... then the dead rise from the grave, including a great big fat bald guy and a really thin waisted Morticia Addams-like chick....
Didn't you all see this documentary?
Quote from: Sean on March 23, 2010, 07:38:10 AM
Didn't you all see this documentary?
I Did!(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4456754171_8ee0f07a8f.jpg)
OK, here I go sounding stupid. Who is Criswell?
Quote from: ChattyLMS on March 23, 2010, 06:55:18 PM
OK, here I go sounding stupid. Who is Criswell?
Oh now, you never sound stupid, Chatty -- we can't hear you speak, we're all writing, so you only
read stupid... ;)
In all seriousness, it's not a stupid question at all... Criswell (Charles Jerron Criswell King, or Jerron King Criswell, or a dozen other debated variants) was a very well known celebrity prognosticator but only for a relatively brief time, decades ago. Other than those who watched/listened to his Predictions on TV and radio, or are fans of Eddie Wood's films, few people know who he is/was. Not sounding stupid at all.
This link will answer all of your questions:
http://www.criswellpredicts.com/ (http://www.criswellpredicts.com/)
And remember, Chatty, future events such as these will affect you in the future...
God, I love Criswell. As a matter of fact, I wanna be Criswell when I grow up...
The Amazing Criswell Tonight Show 1965 w/ original opening credits and commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZCjBz4iGW8#)
BTW, he was pretty well known in the 1960s. Besides the Wood movies, he had a series of 'Criswell Predicts' books and a record; think male Jeane Dixon. Criswell sort of predicted JFK's assassination on the Jack Paar show, in that he said he would not be reelected because something was going to happen to him in November of 1963.
Quote from: ChattyLMS on March 23, 2010, 06:55:18 PM
OK, here I go sounding stupid. Who is Criswell?
EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK!!! You're lucky you're adorable. ;)
Quote from: Sean on March 23, 2010, 09:11:32 PM
EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK!!! You're lucky you're adorable. ;)
Don't.........know........Criswell?? (gasp)
Chatty, you are hereby sentenced to 1.5 hours of watching Plan 9 From Outer Space by Ed Wood, the greatest director in the history of directoring.
Chatty, might I suggest Orgy of the Dead.... NOT to participate in, mind you---------just watch it... it's a movie. ;D
Quote from: Monster Bob on March 23, 2010, 09:04:22 PM
God, I love Criswell. As a matter of fact, I wanna be Criswell when I grow up...
The Amazing Criswell Tonight Show 1965 w/ original opening credits and commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZCjBz4iGW8#)
BTW, he was pretty well known in the 1960s. Besides the Wood movies, he had a series of 'Criswell Predicts' books and a record; think male Jeane Dixon. Criswell sort of predicted JFK's assassination on the Jack Paar show, in that he said he would not be reelected because something was going to happen to him in November of 1963.
Almost all of Criswell's predicitions in Scary Monsters for 2010 have already come true. He has a better predicting record dead than alive.