# Dec. 21st 2012, End of the World

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/61 "2007-03-05T19:07:41Z")

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[QUOTE=vetbridge]  
Um. . . do you mean scientists, or “scientists”? :dubious:  
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Yes 😛

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/62 "2007-03-06T01:18:56Z")

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[QUOTE=hajario]  
This has been going around many years now. It’s an idiotic misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar.

See [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar). Scroll down to Long Count.  
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All those eons of the Mayan Long Count, and _never once_ did they draw the Incas offsides.

So, is the world gonna end in fire, or in ice?

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/63 "2007-03-06T01:44:49Z")

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All my credit and debit card expire in January 2010. Maybe the Visa and Mastercard know something we don’t?

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**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 6, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/64 "2007-03-06T02:41:11Z")

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[QUOTE=RTFirefly]  
So, is the world gonna end in fire, or in ice?  
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In fire.

Kosh is your friend. Trust Kosh.

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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/65 "2007-03-06T02:50:24Z")

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That figures. The Cubs were gearing up for a big push in 2013.

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