[QUOTE]Here's another brightly-colored feather for your jaunty caps, Doomsday fans. The [B]2012 Mayan Apocalypse[/B] just got a much-needed credibility boost.
Kind of.
The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History recently revealed a brand spankin' new reference to our impending extinction. Namely, an inscription on a brick found at the picturesque [B]Comalcalco[/B] temple ruins.
Comalcalco, for those who may be a little rusty on their ancient Mayan history, is a hop, skip and a jump from the infamous [B]Tortuguero[/B] site in the proud, spicy state of Tabasco. Archaeologists at Tortuguero once discovered fragments of a glyph-riddled tablet which was - until now - considered the one surviving reference to the End of the Days.
According to its translators, the Tortuguero tablet explicitly references the end of the 13th b'ahktun - or 'era' - which is set to expire on December 21st, 2012. A single [B]b'ahktun[/B] roughly equates to a 394 year period. Some of the supposedly prophetic inscribings on this (incomplete) fragment include the vaguely unsettling terms 'it will happen' and 'he will descend'. 'He' is most likely your boy [URL="http://newdawnmagazine.com.au/Article/The_Mayan_Lord_of_Creation_and_2012.html"]Bolon Yokte[/URL], a Mayan god linked to both war and creation and, presumably, one very confused and conflicted deity.
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The newly announced [B]Comalcalco Brick[/B] is a somewhat different beast. Researchers have made the argument that Tortuguero makes reference to the Big Event in future tense, whereas the fragmented etchings on the Brick are apparently obtuse enough that they could very well refer to some long-past historical happening. But both artifacts undoubtedly mention something serious going down at the end of b'ahktun number 13. So there's definitely some sort of connection there... if a fairly tenous one.
The (arguably) interesting part? The folks at the Institute of Anthropology and History claim to have discovered the Comalcalco inscription several years ago. Only now - with Internet speculation on 2012 at a fevered, frothing pitch - do they decide to clue the rest of us in. For all we know, these savvy bastards are giving us just a little [B]taste [/B]of their sweet, sweet knowledge - you know, to get us hooked. Whet our Apocalyptic appetites. Perhaps they know more about this whole mess than they're letting on.
Probably not, though.
Whatever they may indeed know, the Mexicans are all set to cash in on the world's fascination with its loosely foretold annihilation. The Institute is currently organizing a round table of 60 Mayan [B]experts[/B], to be held next week at the Palenque archaeological site. This convention is intended to - and I quote - 'dispel some of the doubts about the end of one era and the beginning of another, in the Mayan Long Count calendar'. If you ask me, this sounds like a flimsy excuse to throw up some concession stands, book some ads on local radio and fire up the old cotton-candy maker. Make a pricy spectacle out of the whole thing. After all, if there's one thing archaeologists know, it's how to stack some serious paper.
Can you say[I] ka-ching? [/I]
So - to summarize...
A whiles back, some smart science-y types dug up some vaguely suggestive glyphs, authored by a cabal of half-naked, mushroom-eating blood worshippers from [B]1300 [/B]years ago. Said glyphs make an exceedingly vague (and incomplete) reference to the end of an era. Word gets out once the Internet is invented, and a bunch of paranoid shut-ins work themselves up into a spastic frenzy. Now some other guys come across some more glyphs which purportedly say, more or less, the same thing. And the Internet prepares itself for another goddamn conniption.
Still... our species now has two converging reports, ripped straight from the bowels of ancient history. Two scratched-up hunks of rock, one message - [I]you're all going to die.[/I] If you ask me, that's some pretty concrete evidence of an impending Apocalypse right there. Might as well start stockpiling the ammunition, canned goods and toilet paper, people.
There are now [B]390[/B] days until the End of the World.[URL="http://www.twitter.com/wyattshev"]
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Does this mean we get the day off?
Well, Who wants to party on the 22nd of December, 2012.
[QUOTE]There are now [B]390[/B] days until nothing happens.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to take a brick, write on it "World ends august 21st, 4012" So some idiot 2000 years from now finds it, and starts raving about the end of the world.
"HEY GUYS! WE FOUND A BRICK AND IT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO DIE!"
Yeah uh no.
[editline]Fucking ninjas[/editline]
Fucking ninjaed.
Everyone on FP should write down on something that the world will end in 3012, on Dec 21st, and bury it.
My fucking ass it ends in 2012. Nothing is going to happen, and of course there WILL be morons who will party a little too hard on the date.
[QUOTE=Laferio;33444028]My fucking ass it ends in 2012. Nothing is going to happen, and of course there WILL be morons who will party a little too hard on the date.[/QUOTE]
I agree, at least it gives an excuse to have a few drinks.
Surely nobody would live their lives based on some musty cravings or scripts thought up thousands of years ago by people who didn't know better.
[i]Oh wait.[/i]
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;33444024]Everyone on FP should write down on something that the world will end in 3012, on Dec 21st, and bury it.[/QUOTE]
This is a good idea
in all honesty i dont know what to think, all im gonna say is it could or couldn't end, we wont ever know when it will exactly though, or how it will end.
Has anyone actually figured out how calendars work? You know, like the ones most people have somewhere in their homes, or on their computers, or on their phones.
[editline]26th November 2011[/editline]
I mean, what happens once OUR calendars end, you know? What do we do?
So why do people believe the mayans so much?
The thing I'm really afraid of is idiots believing this and going looting and what not in the days before nothing happens.
Why is this more credible then any other theory
[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;33444065]The thing I'm really afraid of is idiots believing this and going looting and what not in the days before nothing happens.[/QUOTE]
This, honestly. There are enough stupid people for this to actually become a reality.
Guys, this is all wrong.
My calendar ends on December 31, 2011.
The end is near
[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;33444065]The thing I'm really afraid of is idiots believing this and going looting and what not in the days before nothing happens.[/QUOTE]
This.
If anything, any End of the World will be from all the people going nuts and doing all the bad shit they can before they all think they're gonna die.
I'm gonna beg mom and dad to stay home from work and just stay inside all day that day. And tell dad to keep his guns close...
Will there be at least a free day?
[QUOTE=Flubadoo;33444063]So why do people believe the mayans so much?[/QUOTE]
because APPARENTLY, they are linked to aliens which are mind controlling high-lords that suck the blood of humans and built us for slavery and labor purposes, but it ended up that somehow they flew away and are scouting our skies now because of the UFO's in the sky, they know because they watched [i]ancient aliens[/i].
[img]http://troll.me/images/ancient-aliens-guy/ancient-aliens-guy.jpg[/img]
The planet is not doomed, but current mindsets are.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;33444057]Has anyone actually figured out how calendars work? You know, like the ones most people have somewhere in their homes, or on their computers, or on their phones.
[editline]26th November 2011[/editline]
I mean, what happens once OUR calendars end, you know? What do we do?[/QUOTE]
We buy a new one.
i cant imagine the horror if someone on a police force believed in this on "the day"
I think something will definitely happen astrologically, but it's not the end of the world
The fact that many ancient civilizations that were so focused on astrology have set one day as a day of significance is interesting, but definitely nothing to worry about
I think I read something about how 2012 marks the beginning of a new astrological age or something, which is essentially just a purely symbolic measure of time at an astronomic level
[QUOTE=Kopimi;33444139]I think something will definitely happen astrologically, but it's not the end of the world
The fact that many ancient civilizations that were so focused on astrology have set one day as a day of significance is interesting, but definitely nothing to worry about
I think I read something about how 2012 marks the beginning of a new astrological age or something, which is essentially just a purely symbolic measure of time at an astronomic level[/QUOTE]
The Mayans are coming back from their secret world. FOR REVENGE.
Everyone is going to spend the day like it's their last and suicides will be in the masses. I think about half the people I meet believe in this 2012 shit.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;33444139]I think something will definitely happen astrologically, but it's not the end of the world
The fact that many ancient civilizations that were so focused on astrology have set one day as a day of significance is interesting, but definitely nothing to worry about
I think I read something about how 2012 marks the beginning of a new astrological age or something, which is essentially just a purely symbolic measure of time at an astronomic level[/QUOTE]The only civilization that focused on 2012 was the Mayans and at best a few small ones that were relatively close to them. All of these ancient civilizations were so focused on astrology because they had little idea how the universe actually worked and were simply mystified by the concept. Astrology has no basis in science or fact, and its basically the bane of real astronomers because they get a lot of shit from it.
Something may happen in the world of astrology, but that is simply because it is basically open to the interpretation of the individual and anyone can make up claims and pass them off as fact in astrology. But in the world of [B]astronomy[/B], the real science, nothing will happen. There is literally no indication of anything significant going to happen.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FXunj6FQ5A[/media]
Doubly related.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb3MdXzjs9U[/media]
[editline]26th November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=TheDamnWizards!;33444114]We buy a new one.[/QUOTE]Wow, you must be a wizard. You mean the world doesn't end at the end of every calendar year? You mean a new year just starts?
[QUOTE=Laferio;33444028]My fucking ass it ends in 2012. Nothing is going to happen, and of course there WILL be morons who [b]will party a little too hard[/b] on the date.[/QUOTE]
[hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8&ob=av3e[/hd]
This sucks, it's just going to make those lunatics that are going to loot and rape even larger in numbers.
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