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[challenge entry] wonder how many people don't get it?

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(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:48, archived)
# is it something to do with Stargate?
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:50, archived)
# no
it's something to do with the mayans predicting that the world will end on december 12th 2012
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:51, archived)
# Yeaaah, that Mayan calendar thingy.
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:51, archived)
# Can't they wait until after Christmas?
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:53, archived)
# good point
but i don't think they based it around the christian calendar
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:54, archived)
# I do hear that the Mayans fucking hated Christmas.
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:55, archived)
# probably
because christians aren't following their religion and the christian faith is a bit non-tolerate of other religions
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:57, archived)
# no
the mayan calendar ends in 2012... some people say they know the future

other people think they just got fed up and thought 'well think of numbers when we get there' (A bit like the y2k bug thing actually)
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:51, archived)
# RIS i dont get it
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:51, archived)
# http://www.december212012.com/articles/mayan/9.htm
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:53, archived)
# December 212012?
Fuck, we've got 210004 years to go before then.

(cunting yanks and their shitty date formatting)
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 20:33, archived)
# could the smart people
tell people what this means!
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:51, archived)
# The Ancient Mayan Calendar
...rolls over in December 2012. A bit like ours rolling over from 1999 to 2000 a few years ago, and with as much cosmic significance.

Some credulous numpties, on the other hand, are believing that the "ancient wisdom" of the Mayans means that it is the end of the world, and a smaller, cannier bunch of cynical scaremongering numpties are taking advantage by selling the first set of credulous numpties a shedload of poorly-written, evidence-free nonsense about it in glossy paperback form.

You can find these so-called books in the "Mind, Body, Spirit and Other Credulous Bollocks" section of your local bookstore, taking up space rightfully meant for Richard Dawkins and Martin Gardner books. Grrr.

Mmm. "Numpties". I think that's my Word of the Day.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 10:09, archived)