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Subject: A thought to make many that bit more paranoid...

I don't believe in this World ending stuff myself, but...

...if they really did "run out of stone" or somthing, surely they would have found a way to fit on a mere 10 Days more surely to make it a full year?

Considering how much time is actually fortold by them, they wouldnt even need to sketch out 2012 really either for the sake of having a "Complete" calander.

Right?

  • 12.19.2012 4:42 AM PDT

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I gotta say halo 4 threads were abit better.

  • 12.19.2012 4:43 AM PDT

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No, the mayan calendar ends on the 21st.. then starts again.

  • 12.19.2012 4:44 AM PDT

They didn't 'run out of stone', they recorded dates thousands of years from now.

  • 12.19.2012 4:44 AM PDT

you realize half of that stoneis cracked right so we Fabricio even read it. what Jr they just got tired of planning so far ahead. or they died out.

it's the beginning of the new cycke for them, also they probably didnt take nto account leap years so that ass actually 6-7 months ago.

Hell, we might have just not found the other tablets yet. Also why are you so hung up on 10 extra days? why would they add them? why dont we make the december calender go up to January 10th? might as well its just 10 more days.

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  • 12.19.2012 4:48 AM PDT


Posted by: Covy Killer
They didn't 'run out of stone', they recorded dates thousands of years from now.

Still does not change the fact they could have just added that 10 days more though right? Its just 10 days...

So it is either the World Ends or we go straight to 2013 and dont get Christmas.

  • 12.19.2012 4:48 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dark Jay 10125
So it is either the World Ends or we go straight to 2013 and dont get Christmas.


Option C

  • 12.19.2012 4:49 AM PDT


Posted by: Big Black Bear
This thread makes me sad.


We all know nothing big is gonna happen, it is just weird that merely 10 days aint added though.

  • 12.19.2012 4:49 AM PDT

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The calendar is cyclical. It doesn't have an end. The 21st is when the last day of this long count. The calendar then restarts at the beginning on the following day.

The Mayans picking the 21st as the end of the year makes sense considering they worshipped the Sun and so the Winter Solstice when the days start to get longer again would be a good date to pick as the end of the year/start of a new year.

Similar to how the Gregorian calendar ends on December 31st, but restarts on January 1st with a new year.

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  • 12.19.2012 4:51 AM PDT

Well, I've been economical with the truth.

They never though of leap years, and their year span, if they had one, may have been different. Nothing we know could actually be true.

  • 12.19.2012 4:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: Big Black Bear
This thread makes me sad.

  • 12.19.2012 4:52 AM PDT


Posted by: darthrevan96
right so we Fabricio even read it. what Jr they
I don't think that's what you meant to type.

  • 12.19.2012 4:52 AM PDT


Posted by: Dark Jay 10125

Posted by: Big Black Bear
This thread makes me sad.


We all know nothing big is gonna happen, it is just weird that merely 10 days aint added though.


No, it isn't.

  • 12.19.2012 4:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dark Jay 10125

...if they really did "run out of stone" or somthing, surely they would have found a way to fit on a mere 10 Days more surely to make it a full year?


Their calendar isn't the same as ours. An extra 10 days wouldn't make a full "year" to them because they didn't record it that way.

The calendar also doesn't end. It rolls over because it's made to go on forever.

  • 12.19.2012 4:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: Qbix89
Talking about Sweden is an ultrabannable offense.

Posted by: Achronos
Too bad being completely and utterly wrong isn't a bannable offense.

You're assuming a Mayan year had 365 days.

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  • 12.19.2012 4:55 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garshne
You're assuming a Mayan year had 365 days.

It did though. It just ended on the Winter Solstice and started the day after.

Which is the most logical start date for a culture that worshipped the sun. As the Solstice is the shortest day of the year. The following day is like a rebirth as the days start to get longer again.

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Posted by: Qbix89
Talking about Sweden is an ultrabannable offense.

Posted by: Achronos
Too bad being completely and utterly wrong isn't a bannable offense.

Posted by: Marinade
Posted by: Garshne
You're assuming a Mayan year had 365 days.

It did though. It just ended on the Winter Solstice and started the day after.

Which is the most logical start date for a culture that worshipped the sun. As the Solstice is the shortest day of the year. The following day is like a rebirth as the days start to get longer again.
Okay well: *"You're assuming a Mayan year is the same as ours."

Happy?

  • 12.19.2012 5:00 AM PDT

If you're a zombie and you know it, bite your friends.

The Flood Theory of Deterioration: q(p)=(qi)e^(-p/r)

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Posted by: Garshne
Posted by: Marinade
Posted by: Garshne
You're assuming a Mayan year had 365 days.

It did though. It just ended on the Winter Solstice and started the day after.

Which is the most logical start date for a culture that worshipped the sun. As the Solstice is the shortest day of the year. The following day is like a rebirth as the days start to get longer again.
Okay well: *"You're assuming a Mayan year is the same as ours."

Happy?

Yes. Much better. Thank you.

  • 12.19.2012 5:03 AM PDT

Well, I've been economical with the truth.

So beside the calender ending, what other evidence do people have indicating the world will end? (apparently)

  • 12.19.2012 5:05 AM PDT

If you're a zombie and you know it, bite your friends.

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Posted by: Batchnator95
So beside the calender ending, what other evidence do people have indicating the world will end? (apparently)

There is none. There are existing Maya and they don't know where this end of the world nonsense came from. Well, actually, that's not entirely true, they seem to think most of it started with crazy people in the U.S..

  • 12.19.2012 5:17 AM PDT

Well, I've been economical with the truth.


Posted by: Marinade
Posted by: Batchnator95
So beside the calender ending, what other evidence do people have indicating the world will end? (apparently)

There is none. There are existing Maya and they don't know where this end of the world nonsense came from. Well, actually, that's not entirely true, they seem to think most of it started with crazy people in the U.S..
So America, and the American media machine. I'll take that as my answer.

  • 12.19.2012 5:18 AM PDT

The World IS gonna end one day mate... All Stars explode, become White Dwarfs etc...

Not on the 21st though.

  • 12.19.2012 5:25 AM PDT
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*crickets*

*tumbleweed*

  • 12.19.2012 5:27 AM PDT

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Posted by: Prototype117
I gotta say halo 4 threads were abit better.

  • 12.19.2012 5:28 AM PDT

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