Kraichgauer
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13 Dec 2012, 2:21 pm
Who would seriously be left to pay out the benefits? Or for that matter, who would be left to collect?
-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer
13 Dec 2012, 2:32 pm
Who would seriously be left to pay out the benefits? Or for that matter, who would be left to collect?
-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer
Shhhhhh! Don't tell everyone! I've got a good scam going on here!
lostonearth35
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Location: Lost on Earth, waddya think?
14 Dec 2012, 11:56 am
Does anyone besides me still remember Y2K? At that time I was still living in a home and on New Year's Eve the staff themselves actually started filling all the sinks and bathtub with water even though it was already apparent that computers were not going to go spastic. (It had said on the news that morning it was already New year's Day in New Zealand. Well DUH) Well, if people are going to kill themselves because of this I say good riddance, the human population needs to be thinned out by getting rid of people who are weak, not of body but of mind i.e. stupid. 
14 Dec 2012, 1:00 pm
The Y2k worry had an element of logic and believability. If enough operating systems had not been fixed to accommodate longer dates there would have been computer crashes. It turns out that the extent of the problem was overstated.
Where as the Mayan nonsense is just that --- nonsense with no scientific validity or plausibility whatsoever.
ruveyn
14 Dec 2012, 1:50 pm
Giftorcurse
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14 Dec 2012, 2:00 pm
14 Dec 2012, 2:15 pm
14 Dec 2012, 2:18 pm
Much more likely that in the days following the 21st December people suddenly remember the date and ask "Wasn't the world supposed to end a few days ago? No? Oh well, better go to work then..." It will be a complete non-event.
Now if the Mayan civilisation was still around, they'd have been working feverishly on resolving their equivalent of a Y2K bug in their calendar.
19 Dec 2012, 12:36 am
Here's stuff that I can disprove right off the bat:
Neave.com/planetarium
Set it for 11:11 GMT (in your time zone) and click on the UK for location:
1) There is no real planetary alignment besides maybe two planets and the sun. Both planets are way the heck far away. Though this qualifies as an alignment, it most certainly it is not a MAJOR one (major being more that 4 or 5)
2) Check the angle of declination of the sun. If it's aligned with the center of the galaxy it should be 23º4... huh? It's not? Wonder why that might be
3) Go to April 23rd, 2013. Huh! There's another sun around the sun! Oh no, wait, that's Mars.
19 Dec 2012, 5:13 am
19 Dec 2012, 12:10 pm
I love that image of the earth on fire. I'm using that as my wallpaper until this is over. I also like the advice to go out and look at the sky. But be aware, some of the 12-21 people are pointing at things in the sky. Venus has been so bright recently, if you're not familiar with the night or morning sky you could get alarmed. Maybe it's better to say, get to know what the sky is supposed to look like right now, and then go out and look at it. 
21 Dec 2012, 6:02 am
21 Dec 2012, 6:19 am
I CONFRONTED MY FEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED! 
auntblabby
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Location: the island of defective toy santas
21 Dec 2012, 6:31 am
the good ol' aussies showed us how to face december 21 
21 Dec 2012, 6:37 am
US : the only country in the world where public authorities communicate about such things
21 Dec 2012, 8:45 am
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