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Please Talk Me Down From The Ledge. I'm Very Concerned (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 OP
You must be a Pro Mayan Troll JiminyJominy Oct 2012 #1
How soon? DURHAM D Oct 2012 #2
I'd rather have the end of the world... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #3
As Long As It's Fast.../nt DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #5
Palin/Bachmann 2012 ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #4
That's Funny, My Pharmicist Just Gave Me A Couple Of 2013 Calendars.... Guitarzz Oct 2012 #6
The freepers say that's all propaganda! Fake calendars designed to trick us into believing in 2013! anneboleyn Oct 2012 #31
The end of the world would be less painful GallopingGhost Oct 2012 #7
I knew that was coming..and Cha Oct 2012 #9
So what's the problem? Sometimes things are so bad around the world that I get kind of craigmatic Oct 2012 #8
remember the floods, famine and disease that happened last time Viva_La_Revolution Oct 2012 #10
Listen to InLight Radio by Cosmic Vision News NBachers Oct 2012 #11
Only if you've got a Mayan Calender on your wall Harry Monroe Oct 2012 #12
remember, the Greek Orthodox Mayan Calander gets you another month... brooklynite Oct 2012 #13
No, no no... Scootaloo Oct 2012 #14
Oh, SHIT! Tithing?! This whole time I've been TEETHING!!! Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #17
the Mayan Calendar is false cheezmaka Oct 2012 #15
Well, I CAN tell you this... Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #16
Your title had me worried teabaggersarestupid Oct 2012 #18
If it is true there is nothing you can do about it so why worry? kickysnana Oct 2012 #19
That's The Way I Feel About The Election DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #30
no worries shireen Oct 2012 #20
There are only two things to worry about ... Kennah Oct 2012 #21
if Romney wins, that will turn out to be good news CreekDog Oct 2012 #22
No problem -- here ya go, take some of this for that. Waiting For Everyman Oct 2012 #23
much like some of the Bible that the fundamentalist thumpers use to clobber us gays with, Divine Discontent Oct 2012 #24
What really pisses me off is.. ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #25
then you must have your BD party on thursday Divine Discontent Oct 2012 #26
The Mayans don't know what they're talking about. Kablooie Oct 2012 #27
The date was miss-translated. jeff47 Oct 2012 #28
It's true. Oh, it's true. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #29
CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!11!!!!!1!!! NT Coexist Oct 2012 #32
Obama has earned four more years JOEBIALEK Oct 2012 #33

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
2. How soon?
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:07 PM
Oct 2012

My Star Membership is up for renewal in about a month.

otoh - If they can't figure out what happened to Advanced Search I can't think of a reason to pay up.

Guitarzz

(105 posts)
6. That's Funny, My Pharmicist Just Gave Me A Couple Of 2013 Calendars....
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:10 PM
Oct 2012

and, according to them, we're good till 2014.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
31. The freepers say that's all propaganda! Fake calendars designed to trick us into believing in 2013!
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:06 PM
Oct 2012

Cha

(297,211 posts)
9. I knew that was coming..and
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:13 PM
Oct 2012

I think you're right because it would be a slow excruciatingly painful end.

 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
8. So what's the problem? Sometimes things are so bad around the world that I get kind of
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:12 PM
Oct 2012

ready for it to end but it hasn't yet and it won't in December. If the Mayans were so smart why didn't they see the Spanish as a threat or an end to their own civilization?

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
10. remember the floods, famine and disease that happened last time
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:14 PM
Oct 2012

you switched out your calendar?

It's gonna happen again, only..... WORSE!

Harry Monroe

(2,935 posts)
12. Only if you've got a Mayan Calender on your wall
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:30 PM
Oct 2012

Otherwise look at your Gregorian Calender. You'll be fine, trust me. The whole thing is a crock of shit.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
14. No, no no...
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:41 PM
Oct 2012

We just enter a new baktun, which will be marked by Kukulkan rising from the sea and remaking the world anew. Nothing about the world ending, sheesh.

This is a face you can trust!


So don't sweat it, so long as you've been tithing regularly to Xibalba - corn is good, gold is better - then you will not be sent to the depths of the caverns underneath to be devoured by Camazotz when the blessed rain-bringer renews his creation.

You... have been tithing, right?

Grown2Hate

(2,011 posts)
17. Oh, SHIT! Tithing?! This whole time I've been TEETHING!!!
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:52 PM
Oct 2012

Goddamn Mayan to English Altavista translator...

cheezmaka

(737 posts)
15. the Mayan Calendar is false
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:48 PM
Oct 2012

Even in the Scriptures, Jesus told his disciples "no man knows the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will return..." In that SAME passage, Jesus stated that he HIMSELF doesn't know the time of his return except the Father. If Jesus, himself doesn't know the time of the end of the world, the Mayan's DEFINITELY don't know. What's important is that we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior in the pardoning of our sins, so if the end of the world comes soon or later in the future we'll be prepared whenever it happens...

Grown2Hate

(2,011 posts)
16. Well, I CAN tell you this...
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:50 PM
Oct 2012

according to my 2012 calendar, a miniature version of January still continues on after December, so I'm THINKING we'll be good (albeit maybe a little scrunched?).

 
18. Your title had me worried
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:06 AM
Oct 2012

Because you are one of the people keeping me from jumping off the ledge with your reasonable poll analysis. Please don't fuck with me like that. I have no sense of humor until after election day.

kickysnana

(3,908 posts)
19. If it is true there is nothing you can do about it so why worry?
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:52 AM
Oct 2012

If it is false nothing will happen.
You won't know until something happens.
By then it won't matter.
Go watch a cartoon.

Kennah

(14,265 posts)
21. There are only two things to worry about ...
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:23 AM
Oct 2012

... you'll be so damned busy shaking hands with all your friends, that you won't have time to worry.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
24. much like some of the Bible that the fundamentalist thumpers use to clobber us gays with,
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 02:33 AM
Oct 2012

I've read that the Mayans meant something entirely differ and that it's been misinterpreted by people what their message really meant. shock. lol... it's okay, you're okay, we're all okay, come down from the ledge, my friend.



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Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
26. then you must have your BD party on thursday
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 02:44 AM
Oct 2012

I know it's not as glamorous as a saturday birthday, but at least you get to eat an entire chocolate cake, and not worry about it! lol...

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
27. The Mayans don't know what they're talking about.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 02:45 AM
Oct 2012

But the rogue planet Nibiru will crash into the earth on December 23 of this year and will end civilization as we know it.
The Mayans didn't know anything about Nibiru so they are full of bunk.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
28. The date was miss-translated.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 03:09 AM
Oct 2012

The Mayans didn't have leap years.

We do.

The people who translated the end of their calendar to 2012 didn't take that into account.

If you account for leap years, the date already passed. And the world's still here.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
29. It's true. Oh, it's true.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:08 AM
Oct 2012

Aliens will land in D.C. and take Congress hostage, the Founders will rise from their graves, Abe Vigoda will croak, George Bush will confess to having a gay lover, Rush Limbaugh will become a Communist, and Earth will turn into Venus.......yes, it's all true.

JOEBIALEK

(7 posts)
33. Obama has earned four more years
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:15 PM
Oct 2012

It has often been said {and written} that a person's vote for a incumbent should be based on what he or she believes that candidate has done to benefit them personally. Well, for the first time in my 49 years on this planet I can honestly state that I personally benefited from the actions of President Barack Obama. Because of him I am a official HAMPster. It may
have taken two and one-half years along with a lot of blood, sweat and tears {well maybe not blood unless you include paper cuts} but the effort required to jump through every financial hoop possible proved to be more than worth it in the end. The interest rate on my mortgage is now the same or similar
to what is being offered on the refinance market today. In full disclosure I supported Hilary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination back in 2008 and became somewhat disillusioned and embittered by her defeat. Still in all President Obama has done very well in staying the course of our economy all the while being gridlocked by a party that offers no alternative ideas of
it's own.

As for Mr. Romney; he appears to be the "Dagwood Bumstead" of American politics. One pratfall after another leads me to believe that this is the last person we need in the White House. As the old adage instructs "think before you speak." Mr. Romney’s over reactive quips demonstrate a pattern of
someone who clearly has not thought the issues through but rather views public service as a business; something to be tinkered with until the right outcome is achieved and then on to the next issue at hand. I can recall Nixon admonishing Reagan’s “war on the poor” as too severe even for his standards. Mr. Romney’s policies will be far worse and drive this country even deeper into division than even the rich are willing to risk.

This election is about a definite choice between someone who represents the few who have never had it so good and someone who represents the many that know we can {and will} do better. His name is Barack Obama and he deserves another four years.

Joe Bialek
Cleveland, OH

PS: The loss of Sesame Street in favor of Wall Street does not resonate well
with Main Street.




"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." Bertrand Russell

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