He's correct.
Flattering photo btw; that wasn't done on purpose.

That doesn't sell newspapers.

Mugato: How does one train oneself as a Mayan timekeeper? I'm picturing a Rocky-style montage

Try RTFA:
"Leonzo Barreno, who immigrated to Canada from Guatemala in 1989, was trained by Mayan elders to read the ancient calendars."

You're a bum!

Relatively Obscure: And who is alive from those other four times? NO ONE!

Makes yuo suspuct all teh histry moar than 100 yars old is all maed up, amirite?

_{/derpy is as derpy does}

Dammit... I was hoping to use my zombie survival kit this upcoming year.

Would have gone with the "unlikely" tag for the lolz

Look, I have been promised Apocyclops after Apocalypse since 1999...

2012 better put out OR ELSE!

^ "It's a streetlight."

Well, my calendar ended on Dec 31, and nothing happened.

reminds you to buy his Mayan dayplanner expansion pack

Monday Nov 13, 2013. Build pyramid. Perform human sacrifice. Get mushrooms - go great with heart.

He's right.

It's depressing none of these educational channels ever mention this about the Mayan calendar.

soooooo......who's drafting up the new one

nicoffeine: Well, my calendar ended on Dec 31, and nothing happened.

I guess that's what's different between us and the Mayans. We're actually around to make new calendars.
I suppose they could probably just start counting backwards with the Mayan one now.

m3000: My wife watched a few of those "documentaries" that the History channel now plays all the time, and is actually worried about the end of the world now. She's normally pretty smart, but man, this next year is going to be a headache as she tries to keep buying survival gear.

My GF watches the same shows. The history channel got really dumb.

I'm still getting hammered on December 21st. Might not have to deal with a hangover.

I think we'd get much less stupid "end of the world" warning if we executed those who promote them seriously. It would be the end of their world, so they would be right for themselves (that include scientists and their "flu"). Besides Essenes who lived near the time of supposedly jesus had more credibility and it still didn't happens even thought it was predicted to happens every 5 years back then. The mayas that still lives in guatemala (they're the majority there because spain didn't care about the place) also have more credibility when they think it's BS.

BTW according to the Maya being alive at the end of a calendar cycle is fortuitous and a sign of good luck. And they party hard when a calendar cycle ends.

Gilligann: My wife's friends husband believes in this shiat. He's currently unemployed and doesn't think he should bother looking for a job since the world is going to end in 2012.

Yes he's a moron

I have a doomproof vest he can buy from me...

Ryan2065: I'm mostly looking forward to the "DNA upgrade" we may be getting!

DNA 8.0, with the new "Metrosexual" personal interface that's been in testing for the last 20 years or so.

Polyron--REALLY? Excecute them? Jeeze. Alcohol is an amazing thing.

Since Dec. 22 is my wedding anniversary, I'm kinda hoping I won't have to buy another one this year.

m3000: My wife watched a few of those "documentaries" that the History channel now plays all the time, and is actually worried about the end of the world now. She's normally pretty smart, but man, this next year is going to be a headache as she tries to keep buying survival gear.

On the upside, you'll be ready to go camping every weekend for the rest of the decade.

Hmm...world might/might not end in 2012...
...should I chance it on the extended warranty or not?
Decisions, decisions.

Ryan2065: Who are we going to believe? Someone trained by Mayans as a Mayan timekeeper or someone who made their own Youtube movie?

Link

I'm mostly looking forward to the "DNA upgrade" we may be getting!

I hear we will go from single twisted-pair to Cat5e.

Polyron: I think we'd get much less stupid "end of the world" warning if we executed those who promote them seriously. It would be the end of their world, so they would be right for themselves (that include scientists and their "flu").

I think you're failing to grasp the important distinction between "ZOMG alien zombie jeebus 'pocalypse you gotta convert to my hokey religion" types and "we've identified a plausible threat and think it's worth doing the science to avoid it" types.
If you're not mentally capable of making that distinction, let me humbly suggest that you have more in common with the former group.

m3000: My wife watched a few of those "documentaries" that the History channel now plays all the time, and is actually worried about the end of the world now. She's normally pretty smart, but man, this next year is going to be a headache as she tries to keep buying survival gear.

My sister watched a few of their 'documentaries' too. She's normally able to correctly operate a pair of pants, but now she believes aliens built the pyramids and that ancient native americans built monuments to help point out to aliens where rare mineral deposits were so that they could fix their spaceships.

Then she told me she was so glad she never wasted money on college.

Holidays are always awkward, aren't they?

But seriously though, for the good of the country, PBS needs to do some rebuttal documentaries to help reduce our national level of stupidity. It's getting embarrassing out there.

if it didn't mean being an awkward social misfit, i'd totally do 2012 with a meaty, handwritten DayPlanner. too self-conscious about not acting like one of the cool young people though.

ambercat: m3000: My wife watched a few of those "documentaries" that the History channel now plays all the time, and is actually worried about the end of the world now. She's normally pretty smart, but man, this next year is going to be a headache as she tries to keep buying survival gear.

My sister watched a few of their 'documentaries' too. She's normally able to correctly operate a pair of pants, but now she believes aliens built the pyramids and that ancient native americans built monuments to help point out to aliens where rare mineral deposits were so that they could fix their spaceships.

Then she told me she was so glad she never wasted money on college.

Holidays are always awkward, aren't they?

But seriously though, for the good of the country, PBS needs to do some rebuttal documentaries to help reduce our national level of stupidity. It's getting embarrassing out there.



I actually love watching those documentaries - for the entertainment value, of course.

Here's a couple of documentaries to get her to STFU about not sayin' it's aliens...but it's aliens:


The Case of the Ancient Astronauts (BBC Horizon/PBS NOVA 1977) (new window)

National Geographic - The Truth Behind The Crystal Skulls (new window)

I am more afraid the world will end due stupid humans with access to nuke weapons button rather the stupid human who misread on the Mayan Calendar. I'll bet instead of 2012 it says the world will end in infinity +1. Imagine how big the calendar would be if they tried to count any further?

Ryan2065: Who are we going to believe?

You don't abandon your career and get exiled to Canada because you were competent at your job. At best he is a Mayan propagandist sent to calm the panic to buy time for the Mayans to power their crystal laser death ray with enough sunlight to carve up North America and muck up the weather patterns.

fark. it's January

The world will not end. It will change, maybe a lot.
But it will not end.
Not sure if anyone will notice.

The world will end in my time because I'm important.
In fact I'm the most important person to me.