Poll: Am I worrying to much? 2012
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I wouldn't be worried good sir, the odds are pretty infintesimal of anything happening. Then again, anything could happen any day. Hell, you're more likely to get killed by a falling plane part than a shark, but people don't worry about such things whilst walking out in the open.
Saying this, I plan to be in the mountains, probably intoxicated, with my closest friends when that special date rolls around. So, if there is severe flooding or ridiculous weather, I should be okay. If not? I'll be enjoying myself right dandy-like. ^^
Saying this, I plan to be in the mountains, probably intoxicated, with my closest friends when that special date rolls around. So, if there is severe flooding or ridiculous weather, I should be okay. If not? I'll be enjoying myself right dandy-like. ^^
It's a 'big deal' because the Mayan Calendar (which is strikingly accurate, all things considered) ends in 2012.
All rational thought points the fact they just stopped caring and said the calendar ends at 2012.
Keep in mind they did this 500 years ago.
And they were expecting to be able to continue it, until the Spaniards stuck their noses in things.
Also, the chances of anything cataclysmic happening in 2012 is exactly the same as every other year.
And we've been going about 60,000,000 years so far without something really bad happening.
So I think we're pretty safe.
And we'll be long gone before that happens.
All rational thought points the fact they just stopped caring and said the calendar ends at 2012.
Keep in mind they did this 500 years ago.
And they were expecting to be able to continue it, until the Spaniards stuck their noses in things.
Also, the chances of anything cataclysmic happening in 2012 is exactly the same as every other year.
And we've been going about 60,000,000 years so far without something really bad happening.
So I think we're pretty safe.
Sorry mate, the sun is going to explode an immeasurable (trillions of trillions of trillions of... You get the picture) amount of time before that happens.Emeli said:
And we'll be long gone before that happens.
The world will most likely end when the expansion of the universe causes the molecular bonds holding atoms together to dissolve. The thought is scary, but I'm more interested than scared. Ovbiously this will be a very slow process, but at what point could a person not survive anymore? Will everything get spongey and springy?
If I may offer something of a more comforting nature:
?There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise.? - Charles Mackay
If I may offer something of a more comforting nature:
?There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise.? - Charles Mackay
People thought the exact same thing coming up to AD 1000. All they got was Romanesque art. I don't think there is much to worry about.
Escapist, Cracked, IMDB or Rotten tomatoes are probably my favourite. I can't really think of any other website I chill on for hours other than these.AvsJoe said:IMDB and XKCD. IMDB keeps me from going insane and helps keep track of the movies I've seen (about 1450 in the last 4 years, I have no life) and XKCD adds simple yet hilarious comics 3 times a week. Then in order: Escapist, Cracked, Facebook, VGcats. Yours?Sick boy said:Third? What are the first two?AvsJoe said:It's actually a neck and neck battle for my third favourite website between Cracked and The Escapist. But I love both of these sites a great deal.Sick boy said:Cracked rules!AvsJoe said:But I must the say, I prefer the escapist.
Yes, the myna calender will end. That means the world is going to end, the same way it does every time the Gregorian calender ends. Remember last year when the world ended on December 31 at midnight? Yeah, that was great and the year before that, that was super.
In short, no nothing will happen during 2012. Unless of course Jesus like the mynas, then the second coming might be on that day.
In short, no nothing will happen during 2012. Unless of course Jesus like the mynas, then the second coming might be on that day.
I've never been to Rotten Tomatoes before. How much different than IMDB is it? All I know about RT is that it uses user reviews to determine score as opposed to IMDB's voting/popularity contest system.Sick boy said:Escapist, Cracked, IMDB or Rotten tomatoes are probably my favourite. I can't really think of any other website I chill on for hours other than these.AvsJoe said:IMDB and XKCD. IMDB keeps me from going insane and helps keep track of the movies I've seen (about 1450 in the last 4 years, I have no life) and XKCD adds simple yet hilarious comics 3 times a week. Then in order: Escapist, Cracked, Facebook, VGcats. Yours?Sick boy said:Third? What are the first two?AvsJoe said:It's actually a neck and neck battle for my third favourite website between Cracked and The Escapist. But I love both of these sites a great deal.Sick boy said:Cracked rules!AvsJoe said:
Quite a few people just say it's better than IMDB but I like using both, they're pretty alike but rotten tomatoes gets all the reviews from the internet and bases the rating on that rather than user reviews.AvsJoe said:I've never been to Rotten Tomatoes before. How much different than IMDB is it? All I know about RT is that it uses user reviews to determine score as opposed to IMDB's voting/popularity contest system.Sick boy said:Escapist, Cracked, IMDB or Rotten tomatoes are probably my favourite. I can't really think of any other website I chill on for hours other than these.AvsJoe said:IMDB and XKCD. IMDB keeps me from going insane and helps keep track of the movies I've seen (about 1450 in the last 4 years, I have no life) and XKCD adds simple yet hilarious comics 3 times a week. Then in order: Escapist, Cracked, Facebook, VGcats. Yours?Sick boy said:Third? What are the first two?AvsJoe said:It's actually a neck and neck battle for my third favourite website between Cracked and The Escapist. But I love both of these sites a great deal.Sick boy said:Cracked rules!AvsJoe said:
If you want a laugh, compare the scores of movies from the two sites. You will find that RT's scores are consistently lower than those of IMDB. The only movies that rate higher on RT are crappy kids movies (like Beverly Hills Chihuahua) and Quarantine for some reason.Sick boy said:Quite a few people just say it's better than IMDB but I like using both, they're pretty alike but rotten tomatoes gets all the reviews from the internet and bases the rating on that rather than user reviews.AvsJoe said:I've never been to Rotten Tomatoes before. How much different than IMDB is it? All I know about RT is that it uses user reviews to determine score as opposed to IMDB's voting/popularity contest system.Sick boy said:Escapist, Cracked, IMDB or Rotten tomatoes are probably my favourite. I can't really think of any other website I chill on for hours other than these.AvsJoe said:IMDB and XKCD. IMDB keeps me from going insane and helps keep track of the movies I've seen (about 1450 in the last 4 years, I have no life) and XKCD adds simple yet hilarious comics 3 times a week. Then in order: Escapist, Cracked, Facebook, VGcats. Yours?Sick boy said:Third? What are the first two?AvsJoe said:It's actually a neck and neck battle for my third favourite website between Cracked and The Escapist. But I love both of these sites a great deal.Sick boy said:Cracked rules!AvsJoe said:
meh, I use both for everything, IMO it's just personal preference to what you want to use.AvsJoe said:If you want a laugh, compare the scores of movies from the two sites. You will find that RT's scores are consistently lower than those of IMDB. The only movies that rate higher on RT are crappy kids movies (like Beverly Hills Chihuahua) and Quarantine for some reason.Sick boy said:Quite a few people just say it's better than IMDB but I like using both, they're pretty alike but rotten tomatoes gets all the reviews from the internet and bases the rating on that rather than user reviews.AvsJoe said:I've never been to Rotten Tomatoes before. How much different than IMDB is it? All I know about RT is that it uses user reviews to determine score as opposed to IMDB's voting/popularity contest system.Sick boy said:Escapist, Cracked, IMDB or Rotten tomatoes are probably my favourite. I can't really think of any other website I chill on for hours other than these.AvsJoe said:IMDB and XKCD. IMDB keeps me from going insane and helps keep track of the movies I've seen (about 1450 in the last 4 years, I have no life) and XKCD adds simple yet hilarious comics 3 times a week. Then in order: Escapist, Cracked, Facebook, VGcats. Yours?Sick boy said:Third? What are the first two?AvsJoe said:It's actually a neck and neck battle for my third favourite website between Cracked and The Escapist. But I love both of these sites a great deal.Sick boy said:Cracked rules!AvsJoe said:
No, nothing will happen. Now go back and live your life, then when 2012 comes around start laughing all day.
Fair enough. To each their own I guess.Sick boy said:meh, I use both for everything, IMO it's just personal preference to what you want to use.AvsJoe said:If you want a laugh, compare the scores of movies from the two sites. You will find that RT's scores are consistently lower than those of IMDB. The only movies that rate higher on RT are crappy kids movies (like Beverly Hills Chihuahua) and Quarantine for some reason.Sick boy said:Quite a few people just say it's better than IMDB but I like using both, they're pretty alike but rotten tomatoes gets all the reviews from the internet and bases the rating on that rather than user reviews.AvsJoe said:I've never been to Rotten Tomatoes before. How much different than IMDB is it? All I know about RT is that it uses user reviews to determine score as opposed to IMDB's voting/popularity contest system.Sick boy said:Escapist, Cracked, IMDB or Rotten tomatoes are probably my favourite. I can't really think of any other website I chill on for hours other than these.AvsJoe said:IMDB and XKCD. IMDB keeps me from going insane and helps keep track of the movies I've seen (about 1450 in the last 4 years, I have no life) and XKCD adds simple yet hilarious comics 3 times a week. Then in order: Escapist, Cracked, Facebook, VGcats. Yours?Sick boy said:Third? What are the first two?AvsJoe said:It's actually a neck and neck battle for my third favourite website between Cracked and The Escapist. But I love both of these sites a great deal.Sick boy said:Cracked rules!AvsJoe said: