Why 2012 Is The End In Some Peoples Mind

[jake.f]

Your all stupid. We all died out at the turn of the century damn it.
Oh wait, that's right, it didn't happen.

 

[0098386]

All because of this Mayan calendar.

I didn't know they were admins of the planet. I think the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, the Ancient Greeks, the Romans, the British Empire and all the other civilisations might have something to say about that.

How do all their calendars end?

 

[steveza]

Why 2012 Is The End In Some Peoples Mind

. . . because people are idiots and will generally believe all sorts of crap. If the Mayans were so brilliant that they could see into the future, why didn't they kill that boat load of Spaniards as they stepped onto the beach?

 

[iPhoneNYC]

I thought the cartoon was about ATTs contract with Apple...

 

[sammich]

After watching the trailer for 2012, I was left wondering, after this movie, there literally isn't anything else left to destroy in an apocalyptic-doomsday movie that hasn't already been completely annihilated in previous movies. What can the world of CGI throw at us now?

. . . because people are idiots and will generally believe all sorts of crap. If the Mayans were so brilliant that they could see into the future, why didn't they kill that boat load of Spaniards as they stepped onto the beach?

Maybe they didn't like changing the future? Maybe they'd rather die to the flu than to the wrath of some invisible force that rips the planet apart.

 

[0098386]

And just a thought about all this; I had no idea about the Mayans predicting the end of the world until I read it on an American site. We studied them briefly at junior school and in depth at secondary school, I've read up on them for years. So why wasn't I exposed to this 'truth'?
My mindfart tells me it's an American fuelled belief because the people who made the predictions were also American.

Nostradamus? French geezer, his armageddon prediction was joked about (except some people thought he predicted September 11th)
Jehovah's Witnesses? The end is nigh! Originated in the US.
Mayans? Central American, they must be listened to.

And one German filmmaker who is obsessed with ending the world.

Why guys?

 

[davelanger]

Its not going to be the end of the world, just the dawn of a new era.

 

[Melrose]

2012 is a biggy because some ancient culture didn't have the foresight or intelligence to create an eternal calendar.

I don't get why people are so worked up.. A calendar is simply a means of measuring time which, thank our lucky stars, doesn't depend on humans to measure in order to work..

 

[MattyK]

They were probably whacked on grubs or something, The world isn't going to end, but the people who believe it strongly will most probably stop believing in anything, sucks to be them!

and jake.f I'm still waiting for my computer to turn evil and blow me up.