# What will happen on Dec 21st, 2012? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871 "2008-11-29T02:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/21 "2008-11-29T04:06:30Z")
You signed up just to ask that question? Was it a burning question? Does it have significance? Will you be coming back to tell us the answer? I don’t know what will happen. They haven’t given me super-powers yet, but the date will look cool on that day. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/22 "2008-11-29T04:11:05Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > The end of days is set for Sunday, December 23, 2012. Beats watching Jingle Bells, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/23 "2008-11-29T04:31:43Z")
My father will turn 77. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/24 "2008-11-29T04:35:57Z")
People with silly ideas all around the world will lose respect for the Mayans for all the wrong reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/25 "2008-11-29T04:58:26Z")
Mayan civilization will collapse. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/26 "2008-11-29T05:05:41Z")
A great roaring sound will occur, seemingly from everywhere. A bright light will fill the sky. Strange creatures will appear on the streets; Lizard men, and headless dogs. We shall look to the west where a great sphere will descend from the heavens. It will rupture and all our hopes and fears will be made manifest for one last time. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/27 "2008-11-29T05:22:16Z")
I think I’ll throw a “we’re all gonna frakkin die” party. Working on the music now. [Some Doors](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbI5K0AzNHI) [REM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqroT1FZ5Y) [Molly Hatchet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhtRxqSrys) [Viking Kittens Rule the World](http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/) ---
**Author:** ![chocolatefrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocolatefrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolatefrog)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/28 "2008-11-29T06:33:03Z")
Welcoming our new Mayan overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/29 "2008-11-29T06:34:37Z")
Mel Gibson is going to be offered as a sacrifice to Chaac. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/30 "2008-11-29T06:37:04Z")
The Electoral College re-elects Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/31 "2008-11-29T06:56:33Z")
It will snow a little. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/32 "2008-11-29T06:58:07Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > Umm…it will be 4 days before Christmas? Or as it will then be known, the “United Nations World Festival of Entirely Voluntary Gratitude to Our Holy Saviour Lord Carpathia”. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/33 "2008-11-29T07:58:28Z")
It’ll rain spaghetti and meatballs. Also, it’ll be palindrome-ish. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/34 "2008-11-29T08:20:33Z")
I’ll be 67 plus a day ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/35 "2008-11-29T10:10:35Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCuaR8KehEk) movie will be on a lot of channels around the world. ---
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/36 "2008-11-29T10:26:43Z")
[Recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494714). Included: > [@Neidhart](#): > > Chinese toy recalled because it contains lead. And has small parts. > > Good Samaritan does something heartwarming. > > Homeless people still homeless. > > Baby needs liver transplant. > > Gene for $DISEASE discovered; actual cure, if any, still 50 years in the future. > > Oh yeah, and new environmental data shows the effects of climate change will be so extreme that the human race will be extinct in 200 years. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/37 "2008-11-29T11:56:41Z")
According to my visions, beautiful, naked, lustful women will fling themselves upon me, demanding a wild orgy to mark the end of the world. C’mon, you don’t want to displease the Gods and violate **prophecy** , now do you ?! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/38 "2008-11-29T12:29:43Z")
I’m sure I’ll have a nice bowel movement. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/39 "2008-11-29T12:33:56Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Considering the Mayans couldn’t even keep their civilization intact I don’t think I’d put a lot of store in their ability to predict anything. They knew you’d say that. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871/40 "2008-11-29T13:48:02Z")
President-elect Sarah Palin will name her attorney general?:eek::eek::eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871.md?page=3)