# Hey - it's only one month till the apocalypse! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753 "2012-11-21T19:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/81 "2012-12-10T22:48:46Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Why should we be afraid of you? We have Rahu on our side. Hurrah for Rahu! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/82 "2012-12-10T22:55:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Rahu dorais Rahu dorais > Welcome Christmas christmas day > Rahu dorai Rahu dorai > Welcome Christmas, Christmas day > Welcome, welcome Rahu ramus > Welcome, welcome Rahu damus from _How the Grinch Stole Apocachristmas_ by Dr. Suess ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/83 "2012-12-11T17:03:27Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > from _How the Grinch Stole Apocachristmas_ by Dr. Suess The multi-talented Rahu can sing and dance whilst doing your taxes and formulating a long-term financial strategy for you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/84 "2012-12-12T02:02:41Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > The multi-talented Rahu can sing and dance whilst doing your taxes and formulating a long-term financial strategy for you and your family. What long term? What taxes? Thre’s only 10 days left, dammit, and then we all are gonna get rahued! ---
**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, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/85 "2012-12-12T03:12:21Z")
There’s one thing I don’t get about all the True Believers in Doomsday. If they Truly Believe, then why aren’t they running through the streets scattering their money everywhere? They think they’re gonna take it with them? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/86 "2012-12-12T14:57:13Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > There’s one thing I don’t get about all the True Believers in Doomsday. If they Truly Believe, then why aren’t they running through the streets scattering their money everywhere? They think they’re gonna take it with them? Perhaps they realize it doesn’t matter. How can one really enjoy oneself knowing that the end is just days away? It’s a downer. Best to become moody and contemplative and perhaps try and reach the next level of spiritual existence with a shred of dignity. Heck, you don’t even get to say “I told you so” when the world ends cause no one is around to be gloater and gloatee. ---
**Author:** ![y7xzh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@y7xzh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/y7xzh1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/87 "2012-12-12T17:05:22Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Ok, I’ve decided to let my gaming dice decide this: > > First, I roll a d20 for prediction accuracy- critical miss means total failure to predict the future, critical hit mean infallibility, and other values indicate probability of following rolls being correct. I roll a… 16. So probably more accurate than not. > > Next: 2d10 for predictability of apocalypse: low value means no one will see it coming, high value means some method exists of nailing it to the day. I roll a… 53. I take that to mean the broad outlines of the apocalypse can be forseen but not the specifics, and there’ll be some warning it’s coming but not far in advance. > > Now: will I live to see it? I haven’t used my d12 yet so I’ll say even numbers are “yes” and odd numbers are “no”. I roll a… 7. However it occurs to me that I could either die tomorrow or unexpectedly live for centuries. Result useless, ignore. > > Will I _ **cause** _ the apocalypse? That would require a d20 critical hit. I roll a… 18. Phew, that was close. > > What will the nature of the apocalypse be? Religious (second coming, etc.)? Man made (nuclear war, etc.)? Natural (asteroid, ecological collapse, pandemic, etc.) Mystic (cosmic cycles) or Other? I’ll roll 2d10 for the following: > Religious 00-19 > Man Made 20-39 > Natural 40-59 > Mystic 60-79 > Other 80-99 > > I roll a… 34 Man Made it is. > > Is this all bullshit? I roll d20 for a… 19. hey! i know that! it is d n d fantasy game ,i played the magic the gathering :card game and a pcgame —fallout 2 mag said that is a dnd game. hehe i am a chinese with internet english self learn ---
**Author:** ![y7xzh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@y7xzh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/y7xzh1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/88 "2012-12-12T17:11:30Z")
in china,people buy candle for the 2012 12 21 they believe it they say will be 3days without sun and many bubble like cern test at 18-21;asteroid come to earth at 21 even war ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/89 "2012-12-12T18:32:44Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Neither, although they might have celebrated much like we do on New Year’s Eve & Day, when our calendar rolls over much like theirs did. > > The Mayans didn’t make a prophecy any more than our calendar makers do when they print the December calendar. I had this idea of a cartoon the other day, ancient Mayans (pyramids in the background) running around like headless chicken while a priest with an expression of utter despair pores over one of those flipping desk calendars with 31st December circled in red. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/90 "2012-12-13T00:18:14Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > ancient Mayans (pyramids in the background) running around like headless chicken Rahooligans! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/91 "2012-12-13T00:54:55Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Someone should come up with a Mayan Advent Calendar, counting down the days until we all die. first of all, I thought this was damned funny. Second, I’m gonna be OK, I’ll be plucked out of the sauce by His Noodly Appendage. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/92 "2012-12-13T03:08:30Z")
Personally, I’m counting on the Slack Fist of Retrieval. ---
**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, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/93 "2012-12-14T00:54:36Z")
> [@y7xzh1](#): > > in china,people buy candle for the 2012 12 21 > they believe it > they say will be 3days without sun > and many bubble > like cern test at 18-21;asteroid come to earth at 21 > even war I’m not worried, because you Chinese will save us with the [Great Ball of China](http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/12/14/2003550135). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/94 "2012-12-14T19:26:09Z")
Now are you guys absolutely sure the world is ending? Because I’m going to empty my savings and retirement accounts and go on a coke binge like you’ve never seen. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/95 "2012-12-14T19:33:27Z")
Oh yes, binge away! Who you gonna believe, a bunch of “scientists” or some guy wearing a grass skirt whose name you don’t know, who ate his neighbor’s liver for breakfast and who died 500 years ago? Get real! ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/96 "2012-12-14T23:53:49Z")
I’m absolutely certain. But you can wire me your savings for safe-keeping. I promise to return the money if the world doesn’t end. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/97 "2012-12-15T04:39:06Z")
Listen, these Mayans were more in touch with reality. Our modern mechanized society has put us out of touch with our intuitive side. We have lost the interconnectedness with the nature and pure existence in which these ancient “primitive” astrologers enmeshed themselves. We cannot see the forest for the trees. Best to wire _me_ all your money. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/98 "2012-12-15T04:48:28Z")
Please, wire me all your coke. ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/99 "2012-12-15T04:49:17Z")
It’s just Pepsi in our house. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/100 "2012-12-16T14:12:07Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Personally, I’m counting on the Slack Fist of Retrieval. Say _Hi_! to Bob for me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753.md?page=6)