# Attention. The world is ending. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711 "2012-12-11T16:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/21 "2012-12-11T22:27:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Just turned midnight over here. That makes it 12/12/12. Or for you Europeans who prefer the day first, 12/12/12. Then there’s 12/12/12 for the Chinese, who like to put the year first. Why can’t people understand? There are [standard formats](http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime) for dates! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/22 "2012-12-12T15:15:12Z")
[Lots of mass weddings](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/325826/marking-lucky-day-with-mass-weddings) on this side of the world on this auspicious day. [But the computers crashed](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/325816/system-crashed-on-12-12-12) in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district office from all the couples trying to register there. Bang Rak, in central Bangkok, is one of the city’s 50 districts. It literally means “Place of Love,” and Thais consider it an especially auspicious place to register their marriages. The district office sees a lot of action on auspicious days such as today and even the Western Valentine’s Day, February 14. By an odd coincidence, the Patpong red-light district is located in Bang Rak, heh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/23 "2012-12-12T17:07:07Z")
12/12/12 is a huge day for weddings here in Las Vegas as well. My guess is that 1/3/13 will be a big day for the now-sober quickie-divorces. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/24 "2012-12-14T00:46:36Z")
And the Chinese will save us with their [Great Ball of China](http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/12/14/2003550135). ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/25 "2012-12-14T02:12:28Z")
Thats interesting, don’t the chinese have a different year count like the hebrew? Just another day. by Grace. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/26 "2012-12-14T02:19:57Z")
What about the rest of the solar system, is that ending too? What about the Milky Way galaxy? Maybe it will go first, and we can watch the show. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711/27 "2012-12-14T02:25:46Z")
> [@getitrite](#): > > Thats interesting, don’t the chinese have a different year count like the hebrew? Just another day. by Grace. They do, but so do the Thais – the year is 2555 in Thailand – but they _still_ think the world is going to end on the 21st. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-the-world-is-ending/643711.md?page=1)