Comments on: If the Mayans were right, it was probably about Internet comments

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:05:45 +0000

Samara Lectures? I’d hate to have an appointment there.

(Okay, so the story is “The Appointment in Samarra” with two r’s. I still like the joke.)

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:05:08 +0000

Wzrd1 (55) said:

Nope, Nigel. April 12, 1945. FDR died and the world ended.

Who?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:51:47 +0000

Actually people, I ate the bees.

I had the munchies.

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:54 +0000

Nope, Nigel. April 12, 1945. FDR died and the world ended.
Well, since people love picking arbitrary dates, why not when a real person died?

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:32:39 +0000

Wzrd1 (52) said:

I’m forced to side with Phil on this issue. The 2012 thing is the most purest, distilled nonsense imaginable.

I don’t know. I think Young-Earth Creationism gives this a run for its money on the distilled nonsense front. Also the Moon Hoax. And homeopathy.

It’s outlandish, improbable, indeed, totally impossible. After all, HOW can the world end in December 2012 when it had already ended on April 12, 1945!

April the 12th ’45? I thought it was August the 6th 1945.

By: Number 6

Number 6 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:01:34 +0000

Wow, those Mayans! OK, they blew it on the calendar, but hey, you gotta hand it to them in one major area…..They figured out a way to create a marketable brand centuries into the future…..Talk about Genius!!….Maybe the marketing gurus at various corporations could learn a thing or two from this lost civilization.

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:46:28 +0000

I’m forced to side with Phil on this issue. The 2012 thing is the most purest, distilled nonsense imaginable.
It’s outlandish, improbable, indeed, totally impossible. After all, HOW can the world end in December 2012 when it had already ended on April 12, 1945!

By: Keith Bowden

Keith Bowden — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:14:09 +0000

My birthday is 21 December. I keep telling people that either my party will not be earth-shattering or simply that I promise not to destroy the world. This year. C’mon, it’s only my 49th. NEXT year, however, all bets are off!

By: erok81

erok81 — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:39:14 +0000

Phil – I am from salt lake. Please don’t read ksl comments. I often go there for laughs but usually end up leaving pissed. Don’t judge us all by those comments. For some reason all of the idiots of Utah collect there and comment to each other. Sometimes after reading those comments, I wish the world was ending in December.

By: Dr Cy Coe

Dr Cy Coe — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:16:25 +0000

One more thought on ‘I know some people have deep beliefs they hold true, and are willing to deny what’s right in front of their face if they have to’:

I think this might stem from a general human quality of taking exception to being pointed out that they back up a notion that is false. In other words, people don’t like to be called stupid.