Whadya think?
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
How 'bout "I have no fucking idea, but am pretty sure the chances are no better for 2012 than for any random future year."
― M.V., Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
VOTE YES ON PROP 2012
― ian, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
(and cross yer fingers.)
If the Mayans were so smart, they'd still be around ruling the Western world.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
What's Going To Happen in 2012?
― c♜lyn dodgers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ UHF was funny when I was 14. I saw it about a year ago on a Saturday afternoon, and it didn't quite hold up.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:27 (fifteen years ago) link
hey thanks for the spoiler on my link, guy
― c♜lyn dodgers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
oops.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Poll Closing Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011 6:00 PM
really?
― the chicano incarnation of benito juarez (primalfixations), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:32 (fifteen years ago) link
How will this affect my stock portfolio?
― Non-Homosexual Male Fan Of Kate Bush (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Technically this should be December 21, 2012
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm not voting, but i hope yes.unless i win the lottery, then no.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
There's going to be an awful lot of bad hangovers on December 22
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
heads up, it let me vote again. is there some time limit to it storing your vote cast ?
anyway. 2012 will be significant in the death of analogue TV in UK. RIP my friend.
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/2007051803574942005-0420-8621.jpg
― Pimp My Hearse (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0
― Why? I forget what biologists have suggested. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 July 2009 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.familyradio.com/index2.html :
http://www.familyradio.com/images/rotate/End_of_the_World.gif
― StanM, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
here's hopin'
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
It's May 21 = Judgment day, October 21 = end of world. Scientific proof: http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/may21/
― StanM, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i hope it's like the end of Knowing, pretty but quick.
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5j8nuUVByrU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
great, could someone fix that?
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, it even destroyed your link!
― StanM, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
What's the point of ruling the world if you know it's just going to end soon anyway?
― Alba, Sunday, 6 March 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TX3EeVdjihI/AAAAAAAAAis/5LLXjKE_8Pk/pattontweet.jpg
Except for the face that quake/tsunami happened on 3/11/11 local Japan time, this is some pretty airtight math. I'M CONVINCED. ha
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 07:34 (thirteen years ago) link
face=fact
Haha, my initial reaction to the thread title was also "here's hopin'"
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Monday, 14 March 2011 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been counting down since reading Terrence McKenna in the mid-90s. it's not that the world will end but the world As We Know It will end, total paradigm shift, eschaton's be immanentizin
― herbal bert (herb albert), Monday, 14 March 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
― herbal bert (herb albert)
But you could pretty much say that about each passing year.
― Moka, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
you got like 2 weeks
http://priuschat.com/forums/attachments/freds-house-pancakes/27420d1294108847-may-21-2011-date-rapture-rapture.jpg
― the dolphins are in the jacuzzi (will), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Those children are so happy as the world burns at their feet!
― Aimless, Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i've always figured that whenever anyone dies, the whole world ends. like, no one ever dies of age or disease or accident. instead, each life ends in the annihilation of all life in the world, perhaps the universe. so the apocalypse is no big deal, really. happens every day.
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Some of these people are spending all their money because there won't be a May 22nd:
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136053462/is-the-end-nigh-well-know-soon-enough
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2011 07:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_end_times_prediction
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2011 08:01 (thirteen years ago) link
We should listen to the guy in the npr link as he's an actuary, clearly knows what he's talking about.
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Sunday, 8 May 2011 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to know how the "world" is gonna "end" exactly. Whole planet splodes? We all become zombies? Internet becomes sentient?
― The man who mistook his life for a FAP (Trayce), Sunday, 8 May 2011 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
The end is clearly going to follow the date line and respect the time zones.
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2011 10:08 (thirteen years ago) link
People who quit their jobs, alienate their families, and spend all of their money waiting for the end of the world get exactly what they deserve. Feel bad for that one idiot couple's kids, though.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Sunday, 8 May 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
No, but it will become a bit more difficult for suburbanites.
http://www.crudeoilpeak.com/wp-content/gallery/megaprojects/megaprojects_skrebowski_aspo_usa_2007_2015.jpg
― A Brief Course in Secular Eschatology (Sanpaku), Sunday, 8 May 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
The true Christian believers — he hopes he's one of them — will be "raptured": They'll fly upward to heaven. And for the rest?
"It's just the horror of horror stories," he says, "and on top of all that, there's no more salvation at that point. And then the Bible says it will be 153 days later that the entire universe and planet Earth will be destroyed forever."
Wow, they must really thing god is a complete cunt.
― The man who mistook his life for a FAP (Trayce), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
well, tbf, history's kinda with them on that one
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Hope they have the decency to fill their pockets with rocks and wade into a river on the 22nd.
― Stomp! in the name of love (WmC), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I do wonder how people like this must feel when this stuff doesnt end up happening. Are they disappointed? Embarrased? In denial?
― The man who mistook his life for a FAP (Trayce), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
the world ended... IN MY MIND
― Stone Colde Sylke Freek (forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yes,no, kinda impossible to be anything else really
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
man, forks post reminds me of an ex or two tbh ;_;
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh shit, my jury duty was postponed until the 23rd! There went my last chance to be on a jury.
― Stomp! in the name of love (WmC), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I looked at some survivalist/apocalypse-is-nigh usenet stuff in January 2001 or maybe it was early blogs I don't remember, people were coming in to go DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE A BUNCH OF DUMBASSES NOW and there was something sad & moving about how these guys just weren't about to say "yeah I feel a little dumb." They were very, look, I was ready in case something had happened, that's what matters, I feel proud that I was prepared to provide for myself & my family etc etc etc
that will be these dudes' take when nothing goes down
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe you'll be needed for judgement day, which would be p sweet tbf
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
isn't that a section in Steppenwolf iirc? man vs cars
he/his followers took it viral w/ billboards everywhere, right? if it was only on the radio nobody would care
it's the the weekly Meme, all those people buying smartphones need shit to tweet and the Rapture fits right into the global weirding going on. plus everyone knows that the world's supposed to end in 2012 so it's an easy zing
― herbal bert (herb albert), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
I'm waiting for the first person on my friend's list to talk about how people should respect "others beliefs".
― she rub A LINK in your poke (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
OK, so I was about $60m out there...
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/evangelist-challenges-camping-to-donate-net-worth-to-them-by-may-20/11097.htm
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
how will people know if the Rapture happened, does heaven have a newsletter
― she rub A LINK in your poke (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Go out to the parking lotAnd you get in your car and you drive real farAnd you drive all night and then you see a lightAnd it comes right down and lands on the groundAnd out comes a man from MarsAnd you try to run but he's got a gunAnd he shoots you dead and he eats your headAnd then you're in the man from MarsYou go out at night, eatin' carsYou eat Cadillacs, Lincolns tooMercuries and SubarusAnd you don't stop, you keep on eatin' carsThen, when there's no more cars
Debbie Harry, prophecy
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
if i'm raptured tomorrow plz post i miss you 4 me homies ;_;
― http://twitter.com/hipsterrunoff/status/56581234846990336 (markers), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
if I see Christopher Walken walking around tomorrow I'm shooting that motherbitch square between the eyes, no questions asked...
― she rub A LINK in your poke (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 May 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
Dominique Strauss-Kahn totally miscalculated and misunderstood this whole rapeture thing, didn't he?
― StanM, Friday, 20 May 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/o_o_wtf_tshirt-p235087516927217414tr1k_400.jpg
― she rub A LINK in your poke (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 May 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sort of mystified as to why he has gotten so much attention in the first place
Has anyone registered www.Lookatitthisfuckingchristian.com yet?
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
everyone knows that the world's supposed to end in 2012 so it's an easy zing
One year off it's the ultimate in doomsday kitsch .
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
see you all in the afterlife i guess
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 May 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
no need to panic, it's just like when only the sandbox was available
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 31 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 1 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
355 to go
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 January 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I fucked up the end of the poll should've been 20/12/2012 which is actually my birthday! I'm throwing an end of the world party this year.
― Moka, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
I beg to differ. The chosen end date guaranteed the poll's results would be available when they were needed.
― Aimless, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/352972/20120616/black-death-bubonic-plague-oregon-man-cat.htm
― un® (dayo), Saturday, 16 June 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
seo hall of fame
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Saturday, 16 June 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
I'm pretty sure if the world was going to end tomorrow, I wouldn't go crazy or party or anything, I'd just lay down and get the nicest sleep of my life.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 17 June 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
everything about that story is fucked up but
The unidentified man, who is currently in his 50s, had tried to pry a dead mouse from a stray cat's mouth on June 2 when the cat attacked him.
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
4 days left... so, bump?
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
I hope I get a flight refund if the world ends before I take off. Wouldn't be very sporting otherwise now would it?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cultureslap.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1.jpeg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
are there any good resources chronicling intra-mayan/believer preparation/behaviour for all of this? it's so interesting i think but i haven't been following it
― kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_mckenna#Novelty_theory
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timewave_zero#Timewave_zero_and_the_I_Ching
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:39 (eleven years ago) link
It was originally calculated to be November and then revised to match up w the Mayan calendar. Looking up Terrence McKenna on youtube will get you plenty of silly lectures superimposed with 90s psychedelic screensavers and barely audible beneath techo.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_cataclysm
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:43 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty much all the doomsday theories are your standard end-of-the-world stuff given credence by being arbitrarily connected to the Mayan thing.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:47 (eleven years ago) link
You could make a killing selling psychedelic mushrooms this week fwiw
ty adam! it's like the internet rabbit-hole that will occupy my holidays is all mapped out
― kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:04 (eleven years ago) link
like, fingers crossed
http://rr-bb.com/forum.php
http://rr-bb.com/images/icons/yeah.gif
― ✧ (am0n), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
'2 – No one really knows how the ancient Mayans got such accurate information that they could construct such a calendar without the modern observational equipment we have today. But we Christians mostly believe it had to be some kind of satanic or demonic influence."
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
crossmakerDecember 15th, 2012, 07:03 PM What would the Rapture feel/look like?Is it like a flashlight, cameras that flash at your eyes without notice?And feel our Heart make a "Vibrate Trumpet" like a cell phone?
wynnsmom December 15th, 2012, 07:59 PMMy guess - We'll hear a trumpet and an irresistable call to "come on up" and whoosh we are excellerating heavenward. We will know exactly what is happening. It will seem like the most natural thing (as in not shocking that it is happening) thing. I suspect your thought will be, "I'm going home!"
― ✧ (am0n), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
I like "excellerating".
― emil.y, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
I'm flying to Australia on Friday. See you on the other side!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
OpenOffice Calc-ing
― I saw three shi*s come sailing in... (snoball), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah it would probably be just like a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc6/188164_382703435149893_2047386305_n.jpg
― before and after broscience (goole), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://rr-bb.com/images/smilies/Rapture%20Smiley.gif
― ✧ (am0n), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
poll: Gog v. Magog
― ✧ (am0n), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
v. OMG
― nickn, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
keep thinking this is a thread for The World Ends With You when it bumps my bookmarks
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 December 2012 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
Hi
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 10 June 2022 07:03 (one year ago) link
it did, didn't it?
― StanM, Friday, 10 June 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
in december two oh one twoit felt like the world would go foomwith goyte, carly rae, and obama
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Friday, 10 June 2022 07:30 (one year ago) link
In retrospective… yeah it did
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 10 June 2022 07:38 (one year ago) link