One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End

[Dan Dixon]

Then it was Halley's Comet...

Now it's so-called Mayan Prophecies and 2012.

Both are complete nonsense.

Article from 1910 calming unfounded fears about Halley's Comet:
http://sundaymagazine.org/2010/05/fears-of-the-comet-are-foolish-and-ungrounded/

[atomic7732]

I've lived through 6 doomsdays.

1997
2000 (Y2K)
2003
2004
2007
2009

 

Let's go for another!

[deoxy99]

I've lived through 6 doomsdays.

1997
2000 (Y2K)
2003
2004
2007
2009

 

Let's go for another!

Those aren't doomsdays. Those are random years.

[atomic7732]

Ummm... Sure...

[deoxy99]

Ummm... Sure...

Plus, they aren't every 1, 2, or 3 years.

[Dan Dixon]

Here's a list of predictions from the last 10 years:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/skeptic/predictions.shtml

[deoxy99]

Here's a list of predictions from the last 10 years:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/skeptic/predictions.shtml

That's a bunch of baloney.

[atomic7732]

That's alot of predictions.

[atomic7732]

That's a bunch of baloney.

That's a bunch of "Failed" if you read it. They aren't what is going to happen.

[deoxy99]

That's a bunch of baloney.

That's a bunch of "Failed" if you read it. They aren't what is going to happen.

That's a bunch of Epic Fails if you read it.

[atomic7732]

I did read it, that's how I knew to tell you what I told you.

[deoxy99]

I did read it, that's how I knew to tell you what I told you.

I added "If you read it" just in case it sounded like I was telling your quote was an epic fail.