Will the world end in 2012? NASA says no, Australian PM Julia Gillard says yes
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[Quote=National Post]The 2012 doomsayers are wrong says NASA, which has dedicated a section of its website to debunking myths about the alleged coming apocalypse. It may have a hard time convincing people, however, as the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, has recorded a video message expressing with certainly that the world is coming to an end in just a few weeks.
The NASA section spun out of the work of scientist David Morrison, who talked with NPR about the phenomenon last week.
“Many people don’t know what they’re afraid of,” Morrison told NPR’s Neal Conan, “but they have heard this doomsday thing so often that they just come to me with a simple question: Will we have Christmas this year?”
Morrison writes NASA’s “Ask An Astrobiologist” column and says he has been asked more than 5,000 questions about 2012 doomsday scenarios since 2008 or so.
He says the need for a 2012 debunking section came from a very real worry that some people were contemplating suicide over the rumours.
“It least a once a week I get a message from a young person ― as young as 11 ― who says they are ill and/or contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday,” he said in the U.S. government news release about the launch of the site.
Less real is Julia Gillard’s video where she expressed, with absolute certainty, that the world is coming to an end by the end of the year.
“Whether the final blow comes from flesh eating zombies, demonic hellbeasts or the total triumph of K-Pop,” Gillard said in the video. “If you know one thing about me, it is this: I will always fight for you, to the very end.”
She then says that the upside of the world ending is that she will no longer have to do Q&A again, referring to the Australian version of Question Period in parliament.
Gillard’s message was, perhaps, less of a doomsday proclamation and more of a promotional piece for a morning radio show.
Of course, Gillard’s message probably won’t sway people one way or the other on their fears that a giant planet named Nibiru hurdling toward the Earth.
“If there were anything out there like a planet headed for Earth,” Morrison told NPR, “it would already be the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon. Everybody on Earth could see it.
“Go out and look. It’s not there. You don’t need to ask the government or me, just use your eyes. There’s no interloper out there headed into the solar system.”[/quote]
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This is perhaps the best sense of humour ever exhibited by an elected official - or the poorest judgement ever shown by a knowledgeable electorate. I suspect the former.
What a dumb ass.
[QUOTE=Sixer;38729053]“Whether the final blow comes from flesh eating zombies, demonic hellbeasts or the total triumph of K-Pop,” Gillard said in the video[/QUOTE]
Oh dear God.
I feel for any Aussies.
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This is gold.
I will agree if Australia is the one to explode first hoho.
damn australia if obama did that everyone would freak the fuck out
your guys' prime minister is pretty chill, gotta say
[QUOTE]He says the need for a 2012 debunking section came from a very real worry that some people were contemplating suicide over the rumours.
“It least a once a week I get a message from a young person ― as young as 11 ― who says they are ill and/or contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday,”[/QUOTE]
Aside from the amount of pure idiocy, why would you commit suicide before the world did end in some spectacular fashion anyway? Surely the last thing you'd want to experience would be a mind-blowing apocalyptic event rather than jumping off a bridge or whatever
This has already been posted here at least two times -- and it's also a joke. Come on, guys.
[QUOTE=Gimme20dollaz;38729342]She can't be serious...[/QUOTE]
Zombie apocalypses and demon uprisings are very serious business.
[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;38729414]Zombie apocalypses and demon uprisings are very serious business.[/QUOTE]
It's true, man.
Remember the bath salt zombie hype last year? [i]That[/i] sure turned out to be pretty serious.
Another case of people not reading anything past the title.
IT WAS A JOKE.
That was satirical
Athiest hellbeast makes satire out of end of the world
[QUOTE=Persecution;38729123]What a dumb ass.[/QUOTE]
the joke
your head
On topic, this is pretty damn clever. Props to the people who thought of this.
I love how people ITT take her serious even though she said "the total triumph of K-POP"
Goes to show people can't read or listen.
[QUOTE=mixshifter;38731115]I love how people ITT take her serious even though she said "the total triumph of K-POP"
Goes to show people can't read or listen.[/QUOTE]
Don't worry we have military measures against that.
[QUOTE=Gimme20dollaz;38729342]She can't be serious...[/QUOTE]
It should have been obvious from the k-pop.
at least we will be able to have a control group when the event occurs
you know to see how they react
like, i dunno, vault tec?
I can confirm K-Pop is the most likely result of the end.
My god it made me cringe at the beginning when she mentioned Y2K etc. I bet she was just as convinced back then that the world would end and now she's standing before everyone, waiting to be made a fool again.
[QUOTE=RobbL;38729387]Aside from the amount of pure idiocy, why would you commit suicide before the world did end in some spectacular fashion anyway? Surely the last thing you'd want to experience would be a mind-blowing apocalyptic event rather than jumping off a bridge or whatever[/QUOTE]
But then you would experience the madness of watching as your family and friends die around you.
holy fucking shit she's obviously kidding
if you couldn't understand that was a joke i don't know what to do with you ;(
[QUOTE=Liem;38729291]I find the most terrifying part is that somehow, she got elected[/QUOTE]
I think she's allowed to inject a little humour when commenting on a complete non-issue.
[QUOTE=MegaJohnny;38731918]I think she's allowed to inject a little humour when commenting on a complete non-issue.[/QUOTE]
I was really tired, I completely misunderstood the article.
yes she is clearly serious that the world will end from a k-pop uprising.
And here I thought Gillard was smart...I forget what but something made her seem P. Cool
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