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Reply #71: We're supposed to believe non-apocalyptic new age woo is more credible than apocalyptic new age woo. [View All]

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71. We're supposed to believe non-apocalyptic new age woo is more credible than apocalyptic new age woo.
Edited on Sat Oct-24-09 07:04 AM by beam me up scottie
Not all of the woos think the world will end, but most of them think something HUGH!!1! will happen.

Google "The Shift" if you want a free mini-lobotomy.
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  Do you fear 2012? BurtWorm  Oct-23-09 11:22 AM   #0 
   Aw geez, not this shit again  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 11:26 AM   #1 
   +10  Myrina   Oct-23-09 11:29 AM   #4 
   To me that's just as nuts as thinking the world is going to end .  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 11:34 AM   #10 
      W2k nearly destroyed all of my electrical devices, what could be  HysteryDiagnosis   Oct-23-09 11:40 AM   #15 
      An astronomical precession is "nuts"?  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 11:50 AM   #22 
      To refer to it as a flipping of a page is a little nuts.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 12:04 PM   #26 
      You need to learn more about the Mayans  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 12:11 PM   #29 
         I am impressed by the Mayas' science.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 12:56 PM   #42 
         You were talking about (ridiculing) their science, not their religion  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 01:40 PM   #47 
            Nay, I was talking about the tendency to read significance into the positions of stars.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 01:53 PM   #50 
               I don't think you know what they thought n/t  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 02:02 PM   #51 
                  I know they thought the blood of sacrificed humans kept the universe alive.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 02:08 PM   #55 
                     There's some dispute about that  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 03:25 PM   #58 
                        Uh, human sacrifice by Mayans is well established.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-23-09 04:35 PM   #62 
                        Absolutely not! I am not saying that.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 04:54 PM   #66 
         You need to learn more about the Mayans.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-23-09 01:47 PM   #49 
            PRON!!!!!  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 02:04 PM   #52 
               It's declarative, and it's true.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-23-09 02:07 PM   #54 
      To think there's an astronomical precession is nuts.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-23-09 01:46 PM   #48 
      google is your friend  Myrina   Oct-23-09 12:14 PM   #30 
      You didn't live through the age of Aquarius because it hasn't happened yet.  Kalyke   Oct-23-09 12:42 PM   #36 
   No, we can't get off this.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 11:31 AM   #9 
   I am so clueless  hfojvt   Oct-23-09 11:37 AM   #12 
   Well, if 2012 is scary, it's precisely because of politics.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 11:38 AM   #14 
   Only because some people keep digging it up again  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 11:52 AM   #23 
   I don't know it.  BurtWorm   Oct-23-09 12:06 PM   #27 
   We're supposed to believe non-apocalyptic new age woo is more credible than apocalyptic new age woo.  beam me up scottie   Oct-24-09 06:08 AM   #71 
   I never understood the whole want of apocalypse thing.  HughBeaumont   Oct-23-09 11:43 AM   #19 
   Me neither  MorningGlow   Oct-23-09 11:55 AM   #24 
   it's not about hoping for an apocalypse  anigbrowl   Oct-23-09 04:05 PM   #59 
   Knowing was a cool movie.  Kalyke   Oct-23-09 12:46 PM   #39 
   +666?  SidneyCarton   Oct-23-09 03:16 PM   #57 
   I Insist We Keep Talking About This Until the Damage Done to the Moon Heals.  Toasterlad   Oct-23-09 12:39 PM   #35 
   I fear 2010  JonQ   Oct-23-09 11:26 AM   #2 
   I look forward to being one of a handful of survivors in a smoldering post-Apocalyptic landscape  slackmaster   Oct-23-09 11:27 AM   #3 
   Yes, I'll be starting my intern year of residency and it's going to be awful.  Barack_America   Oct-23-09 11:29 AM   #5 
   Now that is something to fear  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-23-09 11:31 AM   #7 
   No, why should I?  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-23-09 11:30 AM   #6 
   I'm worried about the elections in 2010 and 2012  csziggy   Oct-23-09 11:31 AM   #8 
   2012 is a number. I fear no numbers.  Ozymanithrax   Oct-23-09 11:36 AM   #11 
   I fear all of the hysteria that will precede Dec 21, 2012.  ipfilter   Oct-23-09 11:37 AM   #13 
   Undecided re the nature of an epochal era ... doubtful that 'change' is contingent on the exact date  Echo In Light   Oct-23-09 11:41 AM   #16 
   I bet there'll be some awesome parties on Dec 20. 2012!  azmouse   Oct-23-09 11:42 AM   #17 
   Heck, there will probably be even better parties on Dec. 22, 2012!!  Kalyke   Oct-23-09 12:47 PM   #40 
   Yes and no...  redqueen   Oct-23-09 11:42 AM   #18 
   not anymore than I feared 2000  liberal_at_heart   Oct-23-09 11:44 AM   #20 
   And as it happened  peace frog   Oct-23-09 11:46 AM   #21 
   Woo Hoo! can't wait  zippy890   Oct-23-09 12:00 PM   #25 
   Only if Sarah Palin is elected President  spiritual_gunfighter   Oct-23-09 12:11 PM   #28 
   Heck yes!  bikebloke   Oct-23-09 12:17 PM   #31 
   It just depends.  closeupready   Oct-23-09 12:20 PM   #32 
   I won't unless Sarah Palin gets elected President  Kievan Rus   Oct-23-09 12:25 PM   #33 
   Yes, because my contract at work only lasts through 2012.  MercutioATC   Oct-23-09 12:37 PM   #34 
   i think obama will be reelected easily unless somethign goes horribly wrong  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-23-09 12:43 PM   #37 
   Yes, but only because it follows 2009. nt  Romulox   Oct-23-09 12:43 PM   #38 
   On Christmas Eve, 2012......  evenso   Oct-23-09 12:48 PM   #41 
   Almost as much as YK2 and killer bees.  asdjrocky   Oct-23-09 12:59 PM   #43 
   dupe  asdjrocky   Oct-23-09 01:00 PM   #44 
   Only if Palin is running  Nikki Stone1   Oct-23-09 01:25 PM   #45 
   Only because there's an election that year. Some Taliban-esque nutcase could gain control.  krabigirl   Oct-23-09 01:33 PM   #46 
   I fear those stupid enough to believe it'll be an apocalypse or something, does that count? (nt)  Posteritatis   Oct-23-09 02:05 PM   #53 
   REC as antidote to Mayan Calendar superstitious movie hype.  philly_bob   Oct-23-09 02:50 PM   #56 
   I'm looking forward to it.  DireStrike   Oct-23-09 04:07 PM   #60 
   2012 what?  yawnmaster   Oct-23-09 04:08 PM   #61 
   NO  Libertas1776   Oct-23-09 04:38 PM   #63 
   Is this like the Y2K shit?  DearAbby   Oct-23-09 04:45 PM   #64 
   Depends on the presidential polls  fujiyama   Oct-23-09 04:47 PM   #65 
   Yes, because I turn 40 n/t  freeplessinseattle   Oct-24-09 03:59 AM   #67 
   Fer fuck's sake.  Blue-Jay   Oct-24-09 04:21 AM   #68 
   I'm sick and tired of movies like this.  icymist   Oct-24-09 04:29 AM   #69 
   Other. I want to know if I can have everyone's stuff after The Shift.  beam me up scottie   Oct-24-09 06:04 AM   #70 
   I picked "other".  DaveinJapan   Oct-24-09 06:15 AM   #72 
 

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