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Title: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: Dan Dixon on May 11, 2010, 11:39:14 AM
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/
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: atomic7732 on May 11, 2010, 03:42:17 PM
I've lived through 6 doomsdays.

1997
2000 (Y2K)
2003
2004
2007
2009

 ;D ;D ;D

Let's go for another!
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: deoxy99 on May 11, 2010, 03:43:01 PM
I've lived through 6 doomsdays.

1997
2000 (Y2K)
2003
2004
2007
2009

 ;D ;D ;D

Let's go for another!
Those aren't doomsdays. Those are random years.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: atomic7732 on May 11, 2010, 03:43:31 PM
Ummm... Sure...
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: deoxy99 on May 11, 2010, 03:44:13 PM
Ummm... Sure...
Plus, they aren't every 1, 2, or 3 years.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: Dan Dixon on May 11, 2010, 03:50:42 PM
Here's a list of predictions from the last 10 years:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/skeptic/predictions.shtml
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: deoxy99 on May 11, 2010, 03:55:28 PM
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.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: atomic7732 on May 11, 2010, 03:58:19 PM
That's alot of predictions.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: atomic7732 on May 11, 2010, 03:59:07 PM
That's a bunch of baloney.

That's a bunch of "Failed" if you read it. They aren't what is going to happen.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: deoxy99 on May 11, 2010, 04:00:53 PM
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.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: atomic7732 on May 11, 2010, 04:22:54 PM
I did read it, that's how I knew to tell you what I told you.
Title: Re: One Hundred Years Ago People Thought the World Was About To End
Post by: deoxy99 on May 12, 2010, 08:04:24 AM
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.