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2012 - We're all gonna die.
« on: December 23, 2008, 12:33:34 PM »
Okay, the History channel is hyping a show about Nostredamus and the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world in 2012 (21 Dec is the exact date, IIRC).  Then yesterday on the radio, WLS-AM, they had some astrophysicist on saying that "Oops, we forgot to carry the one and miscalucated the 11 year Sun Spot activity cycle and 2012 is gonna be a real bad year, like satellites will fall from the sky, GPS and cell phones and pretty much all electronic equipment will be toast(ed) kinda bad.  Sorry for the inconvience."

So should I stock up on ammo or gold as a trading medium ??

 
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 12:34:52 PM »
I heard that numbnuts on WLS too (I have WLS or NPR on in the office all day).

2012 will hit us just as hard as Y2K did. =D
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 12:36:57 PM »
World shaking events are rarely, if ever, predicted before they happen.

Case in point, Y2K.
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 12:38:49 PM »
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So should I stock up on ammo or gold as a trading medium ??

may I suggest tin foil....
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 12:55:25 PM »
In 2012, the most benevolent and beloved Barack Obama may be voted in as president yet again.
Trouble? Sure. End of the world? Not likely.

The Mayans were lazy. They decided that 700 or more was plenty. You see, dumb kids were probably in charge of writing those calendars. These interns, whilst taking a break and chewing coca leaves, came up with an idea.
"You know, dude, all we got to do is like, say, 'oh man, end of the world this year' and y'know, we got nothin' more to do. C'mon, man - do somethin' for posterity. Besides, those Toltec chicks are waitin'."
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 01:09:11 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on December 23, 2008, 12:33:34 PM
Okay, the History channel is hyping a show about Nostredamus and the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world in 2012 (21 Dec is the exact date, IIRC).  Then yesterday on the radio, WLS-AM, they had some astrophysicist on saying that "Oops, we forgot to carry the one and miscalucated the 11 year Sun Spot activity cycle and 2012 is gonna be a real bad year, like satellites will fall from the sky, GPS and cell phones and pretty much all electronic equipment will be toast(ed) kinda bad.  Sorry for the inconvience."

So should I stock up on ammo or gold as a trading medium ??

 

always stock up on ammo no matter what the reason is.

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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 01:32:33 PM »
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always stock up on ammo no matter what the reason is

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In 2012, the most benevolent and beloved Barack Obama may be voted in as president yet again.

Nuff said!
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 01:55:23 PM »
Cool, a reason not to Christmas shop, decorate the tree, and decorate the house.........gotta remember to get an extra case of beer so I can watch in comfort.......chris3
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 02:57:35 PM »
Quote from: Fistful Savalas on December 23, 2008, 12:55:25 PM
In 2012, the most benevolent and beloved Barack Obama may be voted in as president yet again.
Trouble? Sure. End of the world? Not likely.

Orrrrrr...

He'll lose and be so pissed off about it he'll pop the briefcase and launch 'em all! Whooopeee! Bang! End of the world as we know it.

Orrrrrr...
NOT!
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2008, 03:00:17 PM »
History channel - I stopped watching them for anything else but pure entertainment years ago.

The Mayans do not predict the end of the world. All that happens in the 2012 Mayan calendar is the end of a whole bunch of cycles - in particular the long cycle that only comes around every 20,000 years or so. No catastrophe just the beginning of a new cycle.

Some folks are such drama kings and queens - and that includes most of the media.
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2008, 03:46:04 PM »
You really think that we're going to make it for another four years ???

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« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2008, 04:54:22 PM »
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2008, 05:53:22 PM »
Still hoping you can unload those Hillary stickers, I see.   :lol:
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2008, 05:54:13 PM »
Ummm... I hate to quote REM, but it's not necessarily supposed to be "the end of the world", just the end of an age (or the quote, "it's the end of the world as we know it...").

Personally, I'm looking forward to it, and plan on getting VERY drunk (which will mess with enough peoples' realities)...
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« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2008, 06:23:20 PM »
I'm curious, what does it mean to you?  Just an excuse to party?   =)
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2008, 06:26:35 PM »
BTDT.

I hope it gets the same hysteria Y2K did, We sold tons of product to morons, I'd like that to happen again..
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2008, 08:35:45 PM »
Well, I still have most of a case of buckshot that I got for Y2K... If I absolutely, positively have to really bleep something up, I'm now prepared.
 
Of course, I had a friend who bought multiple cases of MREs... Who insisted upon taking them camping. I prefer frozen steaks...
 
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2008, 09:05:44 PM »
Is there any way it can be moved up?  Oh sorry....I was in work mode for a minute.
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2008, 09:41:17 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Tactical pants on December 23, 2008, 06:23:20 PM
I'm curious, what does it mean to you?  Just an excuse to party?   =)

Like it's 1999.

Bring it on.  I doubt I'll even need ammo, . . just some tasty brews and a lawn chair.  :cool:
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« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2008, 10:42:14 PM »
Nah, nothing like that. However, the thing that happens is the one you DIDN'T plan for. I figure everyone is preparing for some change that requires fighting: me, I'm gonna plan on needing asprin the next morning (assuming there IS a "next morning")... ;)
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Re: 2012 - We're all gonna die.
« Reply #22 on: December 24, 2008, 04:58:15 PM »
We'll all die from something sometime anyway... not too many "immortals" still out there.

As for the future, all the doom and gloom is overshadowed by problematic possibilities...
Something happens to Obama... Joe Biden is President... good old "gaff a minute Joe"...
Something happens to Biden... Nancy Pelosi is President...

Time to go on suicide watch... =D

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