# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/21 "2009-09-23T13:49:54Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Edit: After 2012 do we have until 2038 until people freak out again or is there another date that’s getting traction yet? 2038 is way too long away. All my life, the end of the world has been 8-12 years away. So , after 2012 there will need to be another end of the world around 2020-2024. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/22 "2009-09-23T14:03:01Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 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. You forgot the part where we all sing a slow, deeply moving song now that people are paying enough attention to actually hear us, and hopefully Quetzalcoatl will judge it the best song appearing on civilized planets this year. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/23 "2009-09-23T14:25:46Z")
Pfew. I thought this was another Sarah Palin thread. I hear she can see the end of the world from her house. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/24 "2009-09-23T14:49:07Z")
I’m sick of it too, I generally like the History Channel, but this is outrageous. ---
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/25 "2009-09-23T14:57:07Z")
As nutty as it is, I think it will be much, much worse in the future, as short as that may be. Comet Kohoutek created cults and this is a lot more tantalizing to the crazies. than that was. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/26 "2009-09-23T15:30:28Z")
Why 2012? I mean, we’ve had 9/9/09, and we’ll have 10/10/10 and 11/11/11 before, so what’s so special about 2012, other than that it’s an election year in the US? ---
**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, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/27 "2009-09-23T15:38:44Z")
The Mayan calendar comes to an end on December 21, 2012. They knew the world was goning to end then. Or so the nutbags think. There’s also some bollocks about Planet X hitting is. > **[2012: No Planet X](https://www.universetoday.com/14486/2012-no-planet-x/)** > > Apparently, Planet X (a.k.a. Nibiru) was spotted by astronomers in the early 1980’s in the outermost reaches of the Solar System. It has been tracked by infrared observatories; seen lurking around in the Kuiper Belt and now it is speeding right... ---
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/28 "2009-09-23T15:55:25Z")
See, I always figured the Mayan priests ended their calendar on that date because they were tired of carving on that damn rock. They probably figured they had enough to be going on with and they’d pick it up again later, after they’d invented pencils. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/29 "2009-09-23T17:22:48Z")
> [@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 . Start selling survival gear now while the gettin is good. ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/30 "2009-09-23T18:49:47Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Start selling survival gear now while the gettin is good. Special crosses that will make you amongst the chosen ones can be ordered. i will set up a Ebay account and notify you. I saw a Sunday preacher on Tv a couple years ago, selling blessed rubber bands. The prick wouldn’t even spring for a decent trinket. With that as a bottom line, i can peddle an ID card i will guarantee are issued by god him/herself. Forget the crosses. Just send me money and I will guarantee that you will not be harmed Dec. 2012. If I am right you will be eternally beholden to my powers. if I am wrong, it won’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/31 "2009-09-23T19:42:25Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Just wait till the movie hits in Nov. That will kick off tonnes more shite. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz86TsGx3fc](http://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. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZW2qxFkcLM0/maxresdefault.jpg "From Garrison Dean + io9.com - 2012: It's a Disaster!!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/32 "2009-09-23T20:12:33Z")
You know, if the world ends, you’ll be awfully glad they told you what to expect. In Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/33 "2009-09-23T22:21:45Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz86TsGx3fc](http://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. I can’t wait. I saw the “monk running up the himalayan monastery steps while the tsunami crests Mt. Everest” footage months ago and had two responses. First, “oh, they really did NOT make a stupid movie about that ridiculous prophecy,” and second, “that is the coolest special effect I’ve seen in a while.” > [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0) That made my night, my friend. Disaster porn…I love it. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/34 "2009-09-25T13:59:40Z")
I too thought that this 2012 stuff was all bullshit until I read this guy’s book. [http://www.apocalypse2012.com/us/](http://www.apocalypse2012.com/us/) ---
**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 25, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/35 "2009-09-25T14:16:31Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0) Superb. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/36 "2009-09-25T14:17:37Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 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. No, no, no! A giant brobdingnagian Porky Pig of galactic size will poke its head through a suddenly-open wormhole of similar size, and announce “Th…th…th…that’s all, folks!” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/37 "2009-09-25T14:18:59Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I hope something really freaky and/or cataclysmic does happen. The end of the world has to be pretty frakkin cool…😃 President-Elect Palin. Freaky and/or cataclysmic enough? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/38 "2009-09-25T16:09:12Z")
My question is, how can I get rich off of this latest stupidity? ---
**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 25, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/39 "2009-09-25T16:22:12Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > My question is, how can I get rich off of this latest stupidity? Glucose has shown to lead to dramatic increases energy levels, if temporary, perhaps if you could isolate this vitality increasing compound in pill form it might give folks the fortitude to survive the perils of that day in 2012 and make it to 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188/40 "2009-09-25T16:41:17Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > The Mayan calendar comes to an end on December 21, 2012. They knew the world was goning to end then. Or so the nutbags think. My understanding is that there’s disagreement when the Long Count rolls over – it could be 21 Dec, 23 Dec, or 24 Dec. As it happens, 23 Dec 2012 is also 10 Tevet 5773 (iirc) – a public fast day. I plan to spend part of the day in prayer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-overload/511188.md?page=3)