# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/121 "2012-12-20T17:25:06Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Where’s the end coming from? The apocalypse sure is being sneaky about the whole thing. Maybe it’s going to be only a local apocalypse. We’re in a blizzard right now. ---
**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 20, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/122 "2012-12-20T17:29:26Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Maybe it’s going to be only a local apocalypse. We’re in a blizzard right now. No no no. You shut down schools because of a blizzard. You shut down roads because of a blizzard. But you don’t shut down the entire frickin’ calendar because of a blizzard! ---
**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 20, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/123 "2012-12-20T17:43:54Z")
But there was FROST on my car this morning! In Los Angeles! Nigh, I tell you, Nigh! ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/124 "2012-12-20T17:50:36Z")
> [@Uther\_Penguin](#): > > I start to get a little cranky about the jokes about the Mayas - not so much here, but about among some people in the media, who like to paint them as ignorant superstitious doomsayers to show off their own enlightenment. > > Fact 1: The long count calender is a highly developed mathematical achievement. > Fact 2: The turnover on 21st dec 2012 is no different from earlier turnovers in 1618, 1224, 830, 435, 41 and before. > Fact 3: The world didn’t end then. > Fact 4: The ancient Mayans did not believe it would end in 2012. > Fact 5: Some idiots in the modern world misunderstood what a calender is and started peddling this apocalyptic bullshit. > > At least here in Europe, I have heard the “Mayans are stupid” line way too often in the last months. > > It is more than a little bit condescending and racist. Especially since there are estimated 7 million modern Maya alive today. Joy killer. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/125 "2012-12-20T18:24:03Z")
Someone was mentioning at work today that it is already December 21st in Australia, so if they’re still there, we’re probably good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/126 "2012-12-20T21:23:29Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Someone was mentioning at work today that it is already December 21st in Australia, so if they’re still there, we’re probably good. 🙂 But as **Capt Kirk** [pointed out](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15807530&postcount=113), it won’t happen until either midnight CST or 0600 UTC (also the time zone in the Mayan region, about 8 hours and 40 minutes from now) or some 5 hours later. Or maybe it will happen when the 21st ends, which makes sense if the 21st is the last day, just as the year ends at midnight on December 31-January 1 and not on midnight December 30-December 31. ---
**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 20, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/127 "2012-12-20T21:38:54Z")
Well, if I don’t get another chance, nice knowing you all! (in the most impersonal, distant, disconnected way possible) ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/128 "2012-12-20T21:41:47Z")
**Important update** The Mayapocalypse is supposed to happen at the moment of the Equinox which is IIRC 11:11am GMT or 5:11am Central/MAT(Mayapocalypse Time) \*\*Important update Capt\*\* :eek:😃 ---
**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 20, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/129 "2012-12-20T21:44:34Z")
Sweet! I will have just hit the snooze button in time to die in my sleep. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/130 "2012-12-20T22:46:33Z")
Here’s the latest weather[forecast](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YfKydkwJajY/UNNc-Z4p8eI/AAAAAAAANXw/7Kyee3zZDRo/s1600/apocalypse+forecast.png)… Anyone want some iced tea? Maybe a nice slushy margarita? ---
**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 21, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/131 "2012-12-21T03:21:57Z")
Well, it’s Friday over here, and nothing so f ---
**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 21, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/132 "2012-12-21T03:34:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, it’s Friday over here, and nothing so f 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/133 "2012-12-21T03:44:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Someone was mentioning at work today that it is already December 21st in Australia, so if they’re still there, we’re probably good. 🙂 The Mayan gods sent giant spiders to destroy Australia. Nobody there noticed anything odd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753.md?page=6)