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It will, in my opinion, be like Dec 31, 1999.

Prince will now re-release his song "1999" to now read "We're gonna party like it's Dec 20, 2012"... Not the same ring to it though.

The only thing that will (at least hopefully) end on 2012/12/21 is all the predictions that the world will end then. Unfortunately, people’ll just pick another date.

The Tofu Islands wrote:The only thing that will (at least hopefully) end on 2012/12/21 is all the predictions that the world will end then. Unfortunately, people’ll just pick another date.

Yep, they'll choose 2028,2030,2038,2036,2050,2060,2065,2068,2090,2100-and so on.

definitely not dooms day. even i it was we didnt have to make such a tragedy from it

Namabia wrote:Yep, they'll choose 2028,2030,2038,2036,2050,2060,2065,2068,2090,2100-and so on.

Hey, at least 2038 has something happening.

I hope the world doesn't end on December 21st. It'd totally fuck up the Solstice Orgy.

The Tofu Islands wrote:

Namabia wrote:Yep, they'll choose 2028,2030,2038,2036,2050,2060,2065,2068,2090,2100-and so on.

Hey, at least 2038 has something happening.

At least it can be prevented. I don't see how computers failing is gonna destroy us all.

It's a meaningless day that people have completely misunderstood. Although you do bring up a point about a "new moon effect" occurring, wherein there is a spike in crime on that day by opportunists. I think I'll be wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying an AK-47 that day.

Sel Appa wrote:It's a meaningless day that people have completely misunderstood. Although you do bring up a point about a "new moon effect" occurring, wherein there is a spike in crime on that day by opportunists. I think I'll be wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying an AK-47 that day.

*Grabs shotgun* Don't worry the first looter get on our lawn will be in a world of pain.

Namabia wrote:At least it can be prevented. I don't see how computers failing is gonna destroy us all.

It depends which computers fail, and how dependent you are on them.

Of course, it's probably going to be another Y2K, in that people realise the potential issue, and actually fix it beforehand, so that everyone comes out on the other side saying "what is there to worry about with all these computer bugs?" One of these days, that's going to bite them all in the ass.

UNIverseVERSE wrote:

Namabia wrote:At least it can be prevented. I don't see how computers failing is gonna destroy us all.

It depends which computers fail, and how dependent you are on them.

Of course, it's probably going to be another Y2K, in that people realise the potential issue, and actually fix it beforehand, so that everyone comes out on the other side saying "what is there to worry about with all these computer bugs?" One of these days, that's going to bite them all in the ass.

I see that happening. I really don't depend on cps. The ones that keep the food safe I do. The ones that keep the water safe maybe, you can boil the water for an hour then put it through a strainer and you'd have healthy water.