Due to some of my duties as a fictional spirit-guide I've always had a fascination with archaeology and with Mesoamerican cultures. Even as a fictional spirit-guide I wouldn't claim to be an expert on the Maya, but I do think that I am probably more knowledgeable concerning the subject than the average person on the street. Because of this I've always had a good laugh when I've read articles or heard talk about the supposed Mayan Apocalypse on December 21. At least I had a good laugh until today when I came across this while reading another post here at the cave.
response to dballance (Original post)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 05:00 PM
nadinbrzezinski (113,817 posts)
33. two things
1.- This current version of the long count does end where it ends (they found a longer stone with a longer count this year)
2.- You are correct. We know this since this BS, and BS it is, is a creation of the Western Mind. Bakums were months, period, And the end of the long count, means the end of THIS CYCLE, not the end of the world.
I congratulate you for getting it, by the way.
Me. end of the WORLD PARTIIIIIYYYYYY! on the 20th... com'on, any excuse to party.
I expect to wake up the next day, uncover the parrot's cages like every day, and have two conures beg for their waffles. Life will go on.
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10021939156#post33nadin says that the world will not end. Considering her track record of being consistently wrong, I'm now just a bit concerned. I know that even a blind hog can occasionally find an acorn, but still.
Maybe her being correct will start the apocalypse. Maybe at her end of the world part
iy she will fire off one of the many weapons that she's collected from all the gun battles she's encountered. Like maybe a 6-gauge riffle with a 2 inch 5 millimeter adamantium shell that travels at 299,792,458 metayards per metric second that will rip open the space-time continuum. I don't know. I just know I'd feel safer if nadin would have predicted the end of the world.
