2012 (not the movie)

[CFH]

The whole 2012 hysteria is nothing but a marketing scheme exploiting peoples paranoia in order to make money combined with the ravings of lunatics, attention seekers, and the misguided.

If there's hysteria happening on anything more than a tiny scale, then it's escaped my attention. The movie is pure escapism, I doubt many people are fooled.

I'll have to look up what the Mayan lore says is gonna happen, after all it's their calendar that is ending I believe.

I didn't know we were just talking about the movie. Nonetheless, they're still making money by capitalizing on peoples interest in a manufactured issue.

[CGM]

The whole 2012 hysteria is nothing but a marketing scheme exploiting peoples paranoia in order to make money combined with the ravings of lunatics, attention seekers, and the misguided.

If there's hysteria happening on anything more than a tiny scale, then it's escaped my attention. The movie is pure escapism, I doubt many people are fooled.

I'll have to look up what the Mayan lore says is gonna happen, after all it's their calendar that is ending I believe.

I didn't know we were just talking about the movie. Nonetheless, they're still making money by capitalizing on peoples interest in a manufactured issue.

huh? who's we? who were you talking about? ok, I wasn't referring to the history channel and discovery channel stuff you mentioned. Anyways, yeah they're making money, but I think you're being a little too cynical here. History/Discovery channels are pretty level headed as tv goes. I don't think people are being exploited, they have an interest in the subject, and so people make shows about it, even if it is bullshit or speculation. I 'd say the number of people who really buy into the doom and prophesy thing is not sufficient to justify these shows. It's just interesting, or maybe just entertainment.

[Spicoli]

Tend to go year by year personally.

[Andre]

Im reasonably sure that the Mayans meant change.
That the world will not ever be ran the same starting from that date.
Or this way will have ran its course by then,
something like that.

[Andre]

Tend to go year by year personally.

Sounds good, but minute by minute would have you seated right at the control center!