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Predicted Mayan apocalypse.

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I decided, for my own amusement to take a look at various sites making the claims that things will all go t*ts up tomorrow.

However, the first two I found don't fill me with confidence. The first one had a "Countdow Clock" and the second referred to the ending with "Greenwitch Mean Time"

How can I take it seriously looking at errors like that?

I read a site about it going dark for three days and it said that NASA had confirmed it, and NASA suggested that we should all pray.....:roll::lol:
 
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I read a site about it going dark for three days and it said that NASA had confirmed it, and NASA suggested that we should all pray.....:roll::lol:

Presumably the same NASA that completely destroyed the myths they were all creating but the people in question conveniently ignored for their own benefit.

I notice that there is a lot of attention centered on a little town in France, where the adjacent mountain will open up tomorrow and a spaceship will fly out. Anyone present can apparently hitch a lift away from armageddon. Originally, the residents did not want the people to turn up but are now apparently offering to rent out both accomodation and land for extortionate prices.

I really hope that loads of people are paying these prices and end up completely out of pocket, whilst those they are inconveniencing cash in.
 

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Has anyone yet published a "league table" of all the reasons put forward to be the cause of the predicted Apocalypse ?

Me and a friend found a list of all the reasons the world may end on a Wikipedia type page, in a very long and boring ICT lesson. I can't find it, but I'd you do look for it, there may not be enough time ;)
 

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Well, here we go! It's now the 21st, according to GMT, although it might not be the 21st in Mexico quite yet. And if anyone is reading these words, I assume the world is still here. We'll soon see (although I'm still buying my Christmas presents).
 

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Well, here we go! It's now the 21st, according to GMT, although it might not be the 21st in Mexico quite yet. And if anyone is reading these words, I assume the world is still here. We'll soon see (although I'm still buying my Christmas presents).

An earlier posting on the thread gave the time of the apocalypse as 1132 GMT in Britain.
 

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Um just so you know they did not predict the apocalypse, only a new age.

And anything could happen between 11:00am 21st Dec universal to Midnight 23Dec


The calendar actually ends on the 23rd.
 

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Ethical and practical questions:

Do I lock the car door?
Do I close the fridge door?
Do I keep separate the money in my personal accounts separate the Trust accounts?
Do I set the alarm clock?
Do I write Christmas cards?
Do I pay a debt?
Do I collect a debt?

and how am I supposed to learn anything from any answers to these questions if we're not going to be here?
 

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The technology breakdown some spoke of hasn't happened. RailUK, twitter and google all work oh and I'm writing this from an iPad!
 

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To calm anxieties, police in Beijing have posted an online notice telling people that "the so-called end of the world is a rumour".

According to this BBC piece.

Anyway as I hinted at somewhere else around here I'm off to Milliways to watch it all - this is of course impossible. ;)
 

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The time posted was in reference to the solstice which is at 11:11:32.

Well, that now gives a 32 second "loss of hope" for all who have chosen to believe this prediction.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Well I am also alive as yet…

....and still available to make adjudications on the quiz forum until 11:11:32 GMT..:D
 
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Anyway as I hinted at somewhere else around here I'm off to Milliways to watch it all - this is of course impossible. ;)

Everybody should try and do at least 7 impossible things before they die.

Can you order me a pan galactic gargle blaster while you're there?, I think I'll join you. If we're doomed, I may as well enjoy it.
 

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On a more sober note, there was a discussion on the early morning ITV news programme where a couple of people said that very young children could be very frightened if they overheard their parents talking about this matter, as they would not fully understand the difference between reality and supposition

I had to calm my 10 year old last night as he'd overheard his older brother and sister talking about it. He was more worried about the planet hitting Earth so I had to open his curtains and ask him if he saw anything other than the Moon in the sky
 

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I had to calm my 10 year old last night as he'd overheard his older brother and sister talking about it. He was more worried about the planet hitting Earth so I had to open his curtains and ask him if he saw anything other than the Moon in the sky

Of course an exceptionally bright kid would have said "yes Jupiter" and pointed to it. ;)
 

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I was just going to ask the same exact thing. When will the next one occur?

Well NASA apparently have said next year but that's been misinterpreted.

However I do believe the the next apocalyptic event is scheduled for some time from 2018, so make the most of this one.
 

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So it didn't happen then. I guess we can blame this on those Tory cuts!
 

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Well, I'm glad it didn't happen as I was halfway through listening to an episode of Whose Line is it Anyway at the time and wouldn't have been best pleased if I'd missed the end of it.
 

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If (as sci-fi geeks will insist on giggling at us) there are an infinite number of universes across an infinite number of dimensions, in an infinite number of worlds the world did end, while, in an infinite number of worlds it did not, and, in an infinite number of worlds the world turned into a fluffy kitten and went off to find some catnip.
 
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