# 2012 overload- **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188 "2009-09-23T02:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/1 "2009-09-23T02:29:31Z")
History channel is running a series, " the Nostradamus Effect", which somehow ties him into 2012, the end of the world. There have been several specials of Myan Prophesy and 2012. Do we have to have 3 years of this? How goofy is it going to get in Nov. /Dec. 2012 ?. I am tired of it already. But the nuts are going to fired up like never before. If it builds up, we are going to see nothing but end of the world crap in 2010 thru 2012. Give me a break . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/2 "2009-09-23T02:46:39Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > History channel is running a series, " the Nostradamus Effect", which somehow ties him into 2012, the end of the world. There have been several specials of Myan Prophesy and 2012. > Do we have to have 3 years of this? How goofy is it going to get in Nov. /Dec. 2012 ?. I am tired of it already. But the nuts are going to fired up like never before. If it builds up, we are going to see nothing but end of the world crap in 2010 thru 2012. > Give me a break . “Like never before”?! Have you already forgotten 1999 and Y2K?! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/3 "2009-09-23T02:55:52Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Give me a break . Step away from the television set. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/4 "2009-09-23T02:56:24Z")
The world will end in 2012 because they will do **anything** to prevent Obama winning a second term. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/5 "2009-09-23T03:51:28Z")
I’ve been having loads of fun watching these. The material is better than you see in most sitcoms. You can almost hear _The Twilight Zone_ music playing in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/6 "2009-09-23T03:59:09Z")
Try being a librarian. We don’t have any more books on 2012 because they’ve all been stolen. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/7 "2009-09-23T04:07:36Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Try being a librarian. We don’t have any more books on 2012 because they’ve all been stolen. You have plenty of time to keep rebuying them. May bend your budget a little. I wonder how crazy some people are going to get? This one has years to feed the nuts and convince the weak. The going could get weird. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/8 "2009-09-23T04:20:02Z")
I hope something really freaky and/or cataclysmic does happen. The end of the world has to be pretty frakkin cool…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/9 "2009-09-23T06:21:55Z")
Just be glad you’re not related to one of these whack jobs. My sister wants the whole family to get together on this day “just in case.” :rolleyes: No, sis, I’ll see you a week later on Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/10 "2009-09-23T06:25:38Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Do we have to have 3 years of this? Three years? You’ve been out of the loop haven’t you? They’ve been obsessed with this since at least '06 (I remember the same special block playing around the time the Omen remake came out, along with the usual Antichrist stuff). At this rate it’s going to happen, we’re going to get so overflooded either: 1. People will got mad from it 2. The internet will overload and cease to exist, causing mass chaos 3. The History channel will finally get bored of reruns and hire shadow agents to cause the apocalypse so they have something to cover. Edit: After 2012 do we have until 2038 until people freak out again or is there another date that’s getting traction yet? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/11 "2009-09-23T06:43:07Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I hope something really freaky and/or cataclysmic does happen. The end of the world has to be pretty frakkin cool…😃 Actually, no. There’ll just be shooting stars spelling “THE END” in the night sky. Then the credits will roll by order of appearance, in a very, very long series of “X as Him/Herself”. After which, Quetzalcoatl will leave the Universe dejectedly, muttering something about there not being a bloopers reel or even the sequel’s trailer, and arguing with Tezcatlipoca over all the plot holes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/12 "2009-09-23T06:58:53Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I hope something really freaky and/or cataclysmic does happen. I turn 40. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/13 "2009-09-23T10:07:49Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Edit: After 2012 do we have until 2038 until people freak out again or is there another date that’s getting traction yet? I haven’t been keeping up with the woowoo, what’s supposed to happen in 2038? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/14 "2009-09-23T10:20:17Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I turn 40. Me too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StaudtCJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@StaudtCJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StaudtCJ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/15 "2009-09-23T10:28:15Z")
I think 2038 is the Unix Millennium Bug, or some such. ---
**Author:** ![Mogle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mogle/32/12021_2.png) [@Mogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/16 "2009-09-23T10:30:40Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > I haven’t been keeping up with the woowoo, what’s supposed to happen in 2038? The [Unix Millennium bug](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem), the Unix version of the Y2k bug. On preview: Bah, **StaudtCJ** beat me to it. But I included a link! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/17 "2009-09-23T12:23:10Z")
Ironically, between the two crises, it’s the 2012 apocalypse that’s Epoch Fail. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/18 "2009-09-23T12:42:10Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I hope something really freaky and/or cataclysmic does happen. The end of the world has to be pretty frakkin cool…😃 And to be able to say, _“I was there!”_… ohhh, hang on… ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/19 "2009-09-23T13:10:59Z")
Just wait till the movie hits in Nov. That will kick off tonnes more shite. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz86TsGx3fc) The effects look fucking brilliant though. I’ll be going to see this on the biggest screen I can find. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/20 "2009-09-23T13:33:35Z")
The UHC getting any upgrades in 2012? How long will the 7TeV upgrade at the end of 2010 take? If so it could be a golden age of crazy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188.md?page=2)