BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
It’s been said, foretold, and joked that the world is going “end” on December 21st, 2012. The whole thing is that the Mayan calendar end’s its last cycle that day. Let’s get this all out of the way… Mayans did not invent the concept of time or it’s “day” measurement. They carried on with it, but it wasn’t theirs to begin with. Even if you want to buy into their mythical powers then let’s include the “leap day” issue. Caesar created leap day in 45BC. This means we’ve had 524 EXTRA days compared to what the Mayans were expecting. There is probably a simple answer to why they didn’t keep going, but does it matter? Who the hell were the Mayans? They were pretty smart and had some awesome innovation, but let’s be fair. Wouldn’t a Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, or even a John Madden be more qualified to answer this stuff? These men are geniuses in fields that the Mayans couldn’t even dream of dreaming of. They had no logical way to decipher what will happen in the future. If they did don’t you think they would have lasted longer themselves? Fake. Fake. Fake At least in professional wrestling you’re getting to see someone fall and take a move. This is all a big illusion and distraction.
The problem is that people are dumb. On one hand there are those who are skeptical about it and worried. The other hand sees those who “embrace it”. My issue is the distraction. The day will come and go and then why? All of those “end of the world” talks, jokes, and parties are going to be a joke. Remember the whole “Y2K” thing? The fear mongers were scaring dumb people into paying people to “update their computer”, going out and buying extra batteries and water, and really just buying into it. I’m not angry, I’m sad. It’s sad that people can be that dumb, that naive, and that sad.
A group of dumb people buying into a conspiracy theory does not give you the excuse to party it up. This is not the time to pull out the “YOLO” shirts and go for the credit card limits. Put away your party hats and don’t think you don’t still have to buy Christmas presents. Christmas or whatever your December holiday is coming up and then we have New Year’s. There is plenty more drinking to do…
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