Originally Posted by stephofthenight
But it's a genuine fin de siecle feeling. (and damn, I can never get the French accents right, even while living there)
Only I'm not sure whether fin de siecle is the right word - it isn't exactly century and I also doubt that it's not the end either.
Nevertheless, nothing consoles and soothes me better after a hard day of work (if I ever do one) than a nice ending for the world we have here. It's somehow very peaceful, in my opinion.
Do you think it's going to be a happy end? I am a sucker for happy ends.
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
Thanks for the video clip Neely, one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
If the world were to end, in 2012 or in a thousand years, do you think you'd want to be alive during that time period to see it happen? I think that if I had a choice, I'd want to be there to see how things go down. I'm kind of curious. Will we be hit by a giant piece of rock from the asteroid belt? Are we going to blow ourselves up? Inquiring minds want to know!
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During Academic Decathlon last year, the broad topic was Latin America. A discussion on the Mayan Calendar was included. The Long Count form was expected to terminate every 5,125 years, but that does not specifically allude to the end of the world. It as though their Long Count is a form of automated washing-machine, with the cycle ending every 5,125 years, but restarting itself again. In our USAD studies, it never specifically mentioned an apocalyptic end.
The greatest causes of fear for 2012 prophecies among historians and some of my educated friends seem to be either the eruption of Yellowstone's supervolcano or the "dreaded solar alignment" that happens once every 12,000 years. I find it difficult to accept that the eruption of Yellowstone as a supervolcano can be predicted on a specific date and actually occur. It seems too unlikely. Plus, the assumption that some solar alignment that occurs rarely will end up wiping us out seems faulty. I mean, this solar alignment occurred 12,000 years ago, and the human race still breathes. I thin 2012 is just hype.
Maybe we'd run short of washrooms and then people'd die of shame?
Anyways, if the world does end in 2012, I'd like to see the expression on the faces of those gits who spent their last years of brilliant school life in coaching classes studying for entrance examinations; gits who missed their last batch party, fiesta and picnic to learn what force would the ground exert on them if they rolled down the hill at a speed of 55 k/hr. (Personally, I'd be more worried to check if my legs were in the correct place)
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