# Did the world end yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 21, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652 "2011-05-21T04:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/61 "2011-05-22T00:07:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m putting my money on the Mayans. Allrighty then… now taking bets for Dec 21, 2012… who wants to put their money on 12/21/12? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/62 "2011-05-22T00:16:30Z")
I’m in Heaven, everyone. You’ll know it’s your time when your genitals have atrophied _and_ you’re blinded by light. It’s pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/63 "2011-05-22T01:27:55Z")
Well, I for one am happy to know the Art Car Parade will most likely go on tomorrow as scheduled. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/64 "2011-05-22T07:08:57Z")
Ooops. My bad. (quietly starts putting boxes of stereos and jewelry back into the bed of his pickup truck) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/65 "2011-05-24T14:56:32Z")
Did he say May 21st? He meant \*October \*21st! > **[Rapture: Harold Camping issues new apocalypse date](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13516796)** > > Evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping - whose prediction that last Saturday would be Judgement Day was proved wrong - says he miscalculated and the end will come in five months. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/66 "2011-05-24T17:28:48Z")
He always said that Oct. 21 was to be the end of the world. Quite a few people (and news media) weren’t listening carefully before May 21. His claim was that May 21 was **Judgment Day** , and Oct. 21 was the end of the world, with 5 months of torment in between. I believed before May 21 that he was completely off his rocker and still believe that. It’s just that you give him wiggle room if you incorrectly quote him, and I’d prefer to give him as little wiggle room as possible.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/67 "2011-05-24T17:31:58Z")
I saw him in an earlier interview saying there would be **eight** months of hell on earth until the end finally came. So any way you look at it, his “calculations” have changed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/68 "2011-05-24T18:02:41Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#): > > I’m in Heaven, everyone. You’ll know it’s your time when your genitals have atrophied _and_ you’re blinded by light. It’s pretty awesome. Wait a minute! Which is the awesome part - the shrinking genitals or being blind? Cause both of those seem to suck. \ “Jerry - chicks in heaven know about shrinkage don’t they? Tell me they know about shrinkage!” \ ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/69 "2011-05-24T20:30:49Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > He always said that Oct. 21 was to be the end of the world. Quite a few people (and news media) weren’t listening carefully before May 21. His claim was that May 21 was **Judgment Day** , and Oct. 21 was the end of the world, with 5 months of torment in between. I dunno guys, I’m not feeling too tormented. Maybe I should get a talking, floating skull or something\*. \*if you got that one pat yourself on the back, cutter. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/70 "2011-05-24T21:00:39Z")
I mean at some point how do you just not throw your hands up and admit that you have no freakin’ clue when the end of the world will be?? How many times can you be wrong before people just ignore you??? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/71 "2011-05-24T21:05:32Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > I mean at some point how do you just not throw your hands up and admit that you have no freakin’ clue when the end of the world will be?? How many times can you be wrong before people just ignore you??? I suspect we will find out if Camping lives a few more years. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/72 "2011-05-24T21:32:14Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > How many times can you be wrong before people just ignore you??? Not sure. How long has Berlusconi been in power? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652/73 "2011-05-25T03:37:29Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > How many times can you be wrong before people just ignore you??? That’s the great thing about religion; you can be wrong every single time about everything and the masses will still believe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652.md?page=3)