# Dec. 21st 2012, End of the World **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322 "2007-03-02T17:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/21 "2007-03-02T18:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] 12/21/12. [/QUOTE] :smack: Time to give my eyes a rest. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/22 "2007-03-02T19:19:44Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] That’s just after the 2012 presidential election. Wonder if anyone will bother to run for the office, then? [/QUOTE] They may be more inclined to run for the deep underground shelters ---
**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:** [March 2, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/23 "2007-03-02T19:22:52Z")
That’s odd, I coulda sworn the rollover date for the Mayan Long Count was December 23. Which (in 2012) is the fast day of 10 Tevet on the Jewish calendar, commemorating the besiegement of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586 BCE. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/24 "2007-03-02T19:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] volcanic eruption, earthquakes, tsunamis are just a few of the delights to look forward to, it’s gonna be a hell of a day folks. [/QUOTE] That makes it so hard to decide where I want to be to witness the end of the world! I’d _love_ to see a massive volcanic eruption, with glowing magma and huge boulders shot into the sky. Oooh, or a huge ash cloud and pyroclastic flow. But then, if I’m going to die anyway, watching a huge tsunami take out a major city, skyscrapers and all, would be pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/25 "2007-03-02T19:49:54Z")
Good. It’s about time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/26 "2007-03-02T23:03:40Z")
It sounds as if it will be painful. How do I manage to get eaten first, and avoid all the horror? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/27 "2007-03-02T23:26:37Z")
I see you were watching the History Channel last night as well. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/28 "2007-03-03T00:01:01Z")
End? What happens when a world ends? Does it explode? Does it vanish? Does life suddenly get removed leaving a barren dustball? What? What happens??? How on earth anyone would be able to discern an ‘end’ on such a specific date boggles the mind. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/29 "2007-03-03T00:13:35Z")
Of course it had to be a Friday. We don’t even get One More Saturday Night! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/30 "2007-03-03T00:22:33Z")
I thought they were right last time. Are you telling me that the world actually didn’t end in 2006? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/31 "2007-03-03T00:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] Of course it had to be a Friday. We don’t even get One More Saturday Night! [/QUOTE] Pssst. Take a sick day. HR won’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/32 "2007-03-03T00:40:22Z")
**chowder** it’s best if you read the Daily Mail with a sceptical eye. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/33 "2007-03-03T01:12:52Z")
Or wipe your arse with it; same difference. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/34 "2007-03-03T01:16:15Z")
If the World is gonna end, then Godzilla’s gotta be involved. And I ain’t seen him lately; he ain’t even sent a card. Not like him… ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/35 "2007-03-03T01:35:28Z")
Since my birthday’s the 21st, does this mean I’m the Antichrist? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/36 "2007-03-03T02:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] End? What happens when a world ends? Does it explode? Does it vanish? Does life suddenly get removed leaving a barren dustball? What? What happens??? [/QUOTE] It involves several thousand Vogon ships, an intergalactic expressway,and a guy in his robe whinging about the bulldozers in his yard. Jeeze, no one reads the classics anymore 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/37 "2007-03-03T02:47:33Z")
WOOT! I don’t even do my Christmas shopping until the 22nd or later. I am going to save a bundle that year. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/38 "2007-03-03T03:01:46Z")
“It’s the end of the world.” “_Again_?” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/39 "2007-03-03T14:31:11Z")
Well, it’s exactly 100 years, using British/European date styles, before 21/12/2112. For what that’s worth. Also, it’s the year that Nehemiah Scudder wins the U.S. Presidential election, in the Heinlein Future History timeline. That would, however, be five weeks previous to the End of the World sup[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/40 "2007-03-03T15:07:14Z")
The end of the world…_again??_ Damn it. I just know I’ll have to buy a new outfit. The last end of the world outfit will never fit by then. Damn it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322.md?page=3)