I have always thought the story of 2012 was a myth,

[MoonRiver]

now, after recent apocalyptic events, I'm starting to wonder.

[mdmc]

1. up next - hot war on the Korea peninsula

[leftstreet]

2. I forget what's supposed to happen. The Mayans take the Dem primary?

:-)

[RKP5637]

4. Nope, Palin runs for prez. and wins. Then all hell breaks out with the 2012 stuff... n/t

[Kievan Rus]

3. If Sarah Palin gets elected President, it's proof the Mayans were right

[ZombieHorde]

6. The Myans did not predict the world end in 2012, this is just an urban legend. nt

[ZombieHorde]

5. The Myans did not predict the world would end in 2012, New Agers did. nt

[TransitJohn]

7. "Klytus, I'm bored…"

Klytus: Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this Earth?

Ming the Merciless: Later. I like to play with things a while before annihilation.

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. It does make one wonder whats going on.

[eShirl]

9. and I always thought the story of 1984 was a myth

[pinboy3niner]

10. Nope--that's when the world ended

Your "reality" is merely a vestigial remnant. :evilgrin:

[alphafemale]

21. It did end in 1984. Everything since then has been a collective hallucination.

:hi:

[Forkboy]

11. I think the Mayans intended to make their calender go past 2012.

They just stopped at 2012 because, really, how far out do you need your calender to go? They were going to add to it as 2012 approached but history stepped in. ;)

[johnaries]

12. Actually, the Mayan calendar was based on astronomical cycles.

2012 is just when the major cycle ends, and then it all starts over again.

[Forkboy]

13. I know.

Tough room. ;)

[pinboy3niner]

16. LOL. The Mayans would have been a better audience...

:rofl:

[AsahinaKimi]

17. Frankly I am not worried...

Godzilla will save us all..

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

14. I always imagined that their head calandar chiseler/engraver guy died

and they just thought, well, we're good until 2012 anyway.

[DavidDvorkin]

15. It's baseless nonsense.

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. OH MY GOD

the Vogans are coming!!

[laconicsax]

19. LOL! Prophecy from a calendar that dates the creation of the Earth in 3114 BC.

Bad things happen all the time; it doesn't mean that a stone-age civilization predicted the end of the world.

[onager]

20. Real Mayans say its hokum, are pissed...

MEXICO CITY — Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world.

Or is it?

Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. "I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff..."

Archaeologist Guillermo Bernal of Mexico's National Autonomous University interprets the last eroded glyphs as maybe saying, "He will descend from the sky."

Spooky, perhaps, but Bernal notes there are other inscriptions at Mayan sites for dates far beyond 2012 – including one that roughly translates into the year 4772.

And anyway, Mayas in the drought-stricken Yucatan peninsula have bigger worries than 2012.

"If I went to some Mayan-speaking communities and asked people what is going to happen in 2012, they wouldn't have any idea," said Jose Huchim, a Yucatan Mayan archaeologist. "That the world is going to end? They wouldn't believe you. We have real concerns these days, like rain."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/11/2012-mayan-year-2012-stir_n_316599.html