20th, 21th & 22th May

Khris · Fri 20/05/2011 17:05:45

This is going to be an awesome weekend, in case you have missed what three events are going down today and the two days after:

20th May:
The second Draw Mohammed Day.
People are killed over cartoons, so let's teach Islam a lesson about tolerance: http://dmd2011tf.net/

21th May:
At 6 PM, a global earthquake will herald Armageddon. Harold Camping didn't want to nail down the time zone, but 6 PM is pretty much when it's going to go down. So according to the blabbering, senile old fool, apparently the earthquake will start in the Pacific and then run around the globe, slowing down or getting faster according to how wide the time zones are.
This guy has gotten media coverage without end and has thousands of followers. And, this time, he's absolutely 100% positive it's going to happen.

22th May:

(click for bigger version)

Have fun

Ali · Fri 20/05/2011 17:53:20

I'm not sure about Draw Mohammed Day. I love drawing and blasphemy alright, but it doesn't seem right to celebrate free expression by victimising a particular faith.

What value is there in provoking the many moderate Muslims who are offended by depictions of their prophet?

A day of drawing something forbidden would have been far more imaginative and open to free expression.

Still, the rapture sounds like fun.

Edit: On second thoughts, if there was a day making fun of Catholic beliefs I'd be all for it. So maybe I'm being over sensitive. Or under sensitive towards Catholics.

Stupot · Fri 20/05/2011 18:32:59

Fucking idiots. Seriously. Most people are joking about it, but it scares me that some people actually believe this shit. It makes me ashamed to be part of the same race as these fucking morons.

Atelier · Fri 20/05/2011 18:49:40

It will be a global earthquake, but will happen at around 6pm? Then it won't be 6pm on the other side of the world when the 6pm earthquake is happening, therefore it won't happen? Help, paradox!

Babar · Fri 20/05/2011 19:19:24

IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW!

People will draw Muhammad on Draw Muhammad Day, then muslims around the world will get seriously pissed off, launch nukes, predictably miss, and hit the pacific, starting off Armageddon, and then the next day our alien overlords will show up, exasperated that their human experiment on earth went so tragically wrong, and thus pull the plug and destroy everyone with...triangular formations!

Khris · Fri 20/05/2011 20:59:27

A few tips for those of you who'll get raptured:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmX-lZOYcVA

Ali:
The point of DMD is ultimately to make drawing the prophet so banal that the free press no longer bows to dogma.
There are people who say that the mere concept of "being offended" by something is utterly useless and ridiculous. I share this opinion.

Atelier:
Sure, Camping doesn't even realize the contradiction. I wish I could see his face when he realizes that nothing happened. But he will find an excuse of course.

My favorite is the UFO thing though. Fooling morons might be petty, but it's still great fun.

Phemar · Fri 20/05/2011 21:05:16

Bad news, the UFO thing has been reported to a few UFO sighting sites, so they're all pretty much aware of the joke

Makes me sad.

Snarky · Fri 20/05/2011 21:36:18

Yeah, I don't get how they expected to keep that a secret from the UFO people. You can't really crowdsource a conspiracy.

And as for Camping, I mostly feel sorry for him. He's just an old guy who's been waiting for the end of the world for most of his life, and this is pretty much his last chance. Of course, once you start asking why he's so keen on doomsday, you find the same old homophobia and xenophobia, but still...

There's no telling how he and his followers are going to take it. Some apocalyptic movements dissolve or at least reform their beliefs once their prophecies fail, others come up with even crazier explanations and become more confirmed than ever in their faith.

Christianity of course has a long history of end-of-the-world-is-nigh doomsaying. Jesus himself explicitly promises that the Kingdom of God will appear in the lifetime of some of those around him. In fact, failed prophecy is my (not-so-original) interpretation of how the whole religion got started in the first place. Jesus goes around saying that the world is about to be turned upside down. God is going to fix everything for the Jews, especially the poor and downtrodden. He'll throw out the Romans and set up a holy kingdom, and Jesus and his disciples will be its rulers. Then the authorities simply arrest and execute him, and all his promises look ridiculous. It's a crisis for anyone who believed in him. How do the disciples deal with this? They freak out, trying to make sense of it, until one of them has a revelation... The idea of the Resurrection and an imminent Second Coming becomes the linchpin of their new belief, and the foundation of what eventually becomes a new religion (once they conclude that Jesus was actually God himself).

Ali · Fri 20/05/2011 22:20:36

Quote from: Khris on Fri 20/05/2011 20:59:27
Ali:
The point of DMD is ultimately to make drawing the prophet so banal that the free press no longer bows to dogma.
There are people who say that the mere concept of "being offended" by something is utterly useless and ridiculous. I share this opinion.

I agree that people have no right not to be offended by drawings of Mohammed, but the concept of being offended is hardly ridiculous. I do agree that orchestrated outrage from extremists is useless and ridiculous.

The drawing on the DMD video showing Mohammed as an octopus with a bomb for a hat spreading his tentacles around the globe is flatly provocative and borderline racist. It chimes with the 'Islamic Conspiracy' theorists who make up the European far right and hardly embodies the spirit of free expression which ought to lie behind a project like this.

Quote from: Snarky on Fri 20/05/2011 21:36:18
In fact, failed prophecy is my (not-so-original) interpretation of how the whole religion got started in the first place.

If you haven't read it, you'd like Philip Pullman's the Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, in which he retells the story giving Mary two sons.

Edit: Alright, you probably wouldn't like it. But I do!

Snarky · Fri 20/05/2011 22:44:06

I'm not sure I would. I don't really get the point of making up something like that when a plausibly historically accurate version could be so fascinating. And I find Pullman at his most insufferable when he's dealing with religion. The last book in His Dark Materials turned into a shrill anti-religious screed (while at the same time apparently promoting Gnosticism, weirdly enough).

What I am really interested in is groups like these various sects we've discussed that live in a reality entirely unlike what the rest of us (here in the modern western world) know. I just find it so mindblowing that within this vast homogeneous landscape of iPods and Lady Gaga and swine flu or whatever, there are pockets of people who might almost as well be undiscovered Amazonian tribes for all they have in common with such concerns. The closest I've found to something that really explores this paradox is Never Let Me Go, but I wasn't quite satisfied with its treatment of the theme (let's not talk about The Village). I've long wanted to make a game with a setting like that, but have never come up with a good story for it.

Snake · Fri 20/05/2011 23:43:28

Idiots.

"We all know that the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are called Fountain of Youth, Run Hot, The Legend of the Lost Lagoon and The Legend of Leitor's Edge. When you see any of them appear, you know that hell has frozen over and the end of time is nigh." -SSH

\\--EDIT--//
I'm truly sorry, LimpingFish. Every time I read this, "It's less of a joke, and more of a hilarious tragedy. Like a clown being kicked in the balls.", my bowl full of jelly jiggles, but I think it is appropriate that until October 21st that I change my signature to the above

Khris · Fri 20/05/2011 23:49:57

I don't feel sorry for Camping, more for the people who fell for him.

Quote[Family Radio] received $80 million in contributions between 2005 and 2009.

Quote from: Ali on Fri 20/05/2011 22:20:36I agree that people have no right not to be offended by drawings of Mohammed, but the concept of being offended is hardly ridiculous. I do agree that orchestrated outrage from extremists is useless and ridiculous.

I think the perfect analogy for being offended is a child who hurts its knee but doesn't start to whine until its mom is within earshot.

DMD: What's more important? Free expression without fear from religious bullying or not hurting the feelings of a few fundamentalists?

Domino · Sat 21/05/2011 00:34:47

Any Facebook members here who want a good laugh, check this page out.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121968371215699

It is hilarious, and have even commented a few times.

Calin Leafshade · Sat 21/05/2011 00:47:18

I don't see why the rapture thing is so absurd...

Surely Christians believe judgement is going to happen at some point. I fail to see why this saturday is any less likely than any other day.

Stupot · Sat 21/05/2011 00:53:40

What is absurd is that they think this saturday is MORE likely than any other day, when the Bible clearly states no man can know when it will be. They've chosen to believe this because of one old man's dodgy maths. As a Lost fan, I'm used to people coming up with wild theories based on an arbitrary set of numbers, but I'm also well aware that Lost is FICTION!

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By 'they' I don't mean all Christians, but the select few morons who actually believe it's gonna happen. If it does happen... then Thank God... the world will be better off without them (although they'll have turned out to be right and I'll look like the moron... d'oh

)

Mati256 · Sat 21/05/2011 01:00:35

Be aware in case of Zombie Apocalypse!
http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

m0ds · Sat 21/05/2011 01:55:08

Nice quote Snake! And SSH. Based on that information, I can assure you the apocalypse is still a way off yet

Good to see you stoke the paranoia/conspiracy hype though, Khris!

And yeps - us "UFO people" were well aware of that hoax about a week ago. That kind of thing can still catch out the idiots, but most "UFO people" with common sense would be able to spot a hoax/hoax material like that if it surfaced

As for Camping - well, too bad. Whatever money he made from his campaign should just about cover the cost of the "end is nigh" signs on his fleet of camper vans...

Personally, it's all about the 23rd, 24th and 25th May for me.........AMSTERDAM!!!!

SSH · Sat 21/05/2011 02:12:04

Hi folks, sorry the pastor is right. Being in an Asia timezone, I'm already raptured and I can exlusively reveal... Heaven has free ipads and wifi which may reveal which is the ONE TRUE RELIGION.

Spoiler

It's no coincidence that the tree of knowledge was an Apple

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RickJ · Sat 21/05/2011 03:27:06

Here's a rapture ad from craigslist

http://spokane.craigslist.org/zip/2393561754.html

Ponch · Sat 21/05/2011 04:09:12

Quote from: SSH on Sat 21/05/2011 02:12:04
Hi folks, sorry the pastor is right. Being in an Asia timezone, I'm already raptured and I can exlusively reveal... Heaven has free ipads and wifi which may reveal which is the ONE TRUE RELIGION.

Spoiler

It's no coincidence that the tree of knowledge was an Apple
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How am I supposed to enjoy heaven if Steve Jobs is there? I don't want to spend eternity with such a tool.

Snake · Sat 21/05/2011 06:06:41

Quote from: Ponch on Sat 21/05/2011 04:09:12
How am I supposed to enjoy heaven if Steve Jobs is there? I don't want to spend eternity with such a tool.

Yeah... ah... my mother-in-law informed my wife tonight that I can't bring my Atari into Heaven. What the fuck is that shit?

No Atari + Steve Jobs =

, $:-\$ & :'(

Ponch · Sat 21/05/2011 06:11:52

Quote from: Snake on Sat 21/05/2011 06:06:41
Yeah... ah... my mother-in-law informed my wife tonight that I can't bring my Atari into Heaven. What the fuck is that shit?

No Atari + Steve Jobs = , $:-\$ & :'(

I can't bring my Atari 2600 with me? But I already packed Dark Caverns and Raiders of the Lost Ark! What sort of heaven is this supposed to be? This sounds more like some sort of government subsidized heaven. Is there going to be a nicer, gated community heaven down the street from us filled with Game Boys and non-apple PCs? At least tell me I can bring my Amiga 500! I need something to cling to for comfort during the rapture! It's all becoming very upsetting!

Snake · Sat 21/05/2011 06:18:58

I was also informed that there's no electricity, which is one of the reasons for no Atari 2600. No electricity in Heaven?? What kind of magical place is this supposed to be anyway!?

I told her I'd rather stay here with the zombies

Ponch · Sat 21/05/2011 06:31:13

Quote from: Snake on Sat 21/05/2011 06:18:58
I was also informed that there's no electricity

What? Well, screw that. You know what west Texas has? Me. Me and my gasoline powered generator and lots and lots of guns. If you think you can make it through the undead hordes of the damned, then bring your Atari and come to El Paso. We'll hole up in the compound and spend the rest of eternity trying to figure out how to host a LAN party using two Atari 2600s. But be sure to bring some decent games. God help you if you show up with nothing but Pong and Night Driver!

Ali · Sat 21/05/2011 09:12:00

Sorry to stay on the un-funny branch of this topic!

Quote from: Khris on Fri 20/05/2011 23:49:57
DMD: What's more important? Free expression without fear from religious bullying or not hurting the feelings of a few fundamentalists?

Definitely the former!

But the belief that Mohammed should not be depicted is held by many Muslims, not just fundamentalists. If DMD was attacking death by stoning, or some attitudes to women within Islam then I would support it. As it is, it strikes me as an effort to antagonise Muslims (including moderates), and it's unlikely to promote the tolerance which free expression depends on.

Atelier · Sat 21/05/2011 10:19:25

I'm so getting a tshirt printed saying "I Survived Armageddon"

mkennedy · Sat 21/05/2011 11:54:04

Has anybody here seen episode 1406 of South Park? I missed the 10 PM airing and when I went to watch the reapeat at midnight they showed a different episode instead. If the prophet Mohammed is depicted respectfully then I have no problem with it. If however he is portrayed in a way that is meant to be offensive then it bothers me. We'd probably be better off sticking to making fun of Bin Laden anyway.

As for the world ending on the 21st if that was going to be the date of rapture now God would change it to make all the doom speakers look like fools, and I imagine that would not leave him too happy.

Snarky · Sat 21/05/2011 17:36:21

Well, it's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel... a bit hungry.

If I had the artistic chops, I'd like to draw a bio-comic of Mohammad using Disney characters for all the parts. Then the fundamentalists and corporate lawyers could fight over who'd get me first. When I was a kid there was a whole series of books like that, with Goofy as Columbus, Da Vinci, Galilei, etc. (Biased towards Italian figures since they were made in Italy.)

Ponch · Sat 21/05/2011 18:34:33

I have to say this rapture thingie was a bit of a let down. Oh well, I wasn't looking forward to fighting off waves of zombies anyway. Does anyone know when the next end of the world is going to occur?

Calin Leafshade · Sat 21/05/2011 22:13:22

I don't want to piss on anyones strawberries but eh.. I've just been raptured.

Yeah, basically what's happened is that everyone else on earth got their religious practises slightly wrong. Purely by luck, it seems that I lived my life *exactly* as the Lord God intended.

Don't worry too much though. The Big G tells me that your deaths wont be *too* painful and agonising and that hell is only slightly awe-inspiringly horrifying.

Wyz · Sat 21/05/2011 23:47:46

My first impression is that hell doesn't look that much different from earth. See, we were screwed even before the Armageddon, so now it actually doesn't make much difference, so it actually worked in our favour.
Well good luck in heaven, I hear they don't have computer games there, oh well, tough.

Stee · Sun 22/05/2011 00:28:53

I hope these guys are some of the ones to get cast into the abyss:

Phemar · Sun 22/05/2011 01:24:03

Quote from: Stee on Sun 22/05/2011 00:28:53
I hope these guys are some of the ones to get cast into the abyss:

What's a MAG?

Ponch · Sun 22/05/2011 01:43:45

God hates MAGS? Why? Some really fun games have come out of that. I don't think this guy is legit. Let me go get a bible and look it up...

Nope. Turns out God doesn't care for a whole lot of things, but He (apparently) has no beef with MAGS.

Also, Calin, congrats on living the perfect life. I can only assume it was linux based or something. Well done.

Dualnames · Sun 22/05/2011 02:24:46

I finally realized that god doesn't exist.
I've been an atheist before, but recently (last 3-4 years) I was truly believing in God.

How i came into this conclusion has nothing to do with this topic or anything said, i just wanted to say something irrelevant somewhere and let it out.

LUniqueDan · Sun 22/05/2011 02:34:25

What if this is being staged to cover something else? Always watch both hands

[ facepalm ]

Khris · Sun 22/05/2011 20:09:19

Quote from: Dualnames on Sun 22/05/2011 02:24:46
I finally realized that god doesn't exist.
I've been an atheist before, but recently (last 3-4 years) I was truly believing in God.

Welcome back, and enjoy the ride

Snake · Mon 23/05/2011 02:23:11

Quote from: Ponch on Sat 21/05/2011 06:31:13
Quote from: Snake on Sat 21/05/2011 06:18:58
I was also informed that there's no electricity

What? Well, screw that. You know what west Texas has? Me. Me and my gasoline powered generator and lots and lots of guns. If you think you can make it through the undead hordes of the damned, then bring your Atari and come to El Paso. We'll hole up in the compound and spend the rest of eternity trying to figure out how to host a LAN party using two Atari 2600s. But be sure to bring some decent games. God help you if you show up with nothing but Pong and Night Driver!

I was going to reply to this yesterday, but my brother came over and we ended up listening to AC/DC records and getting drunk.

I laughed and laughed when I read your replies

Especially the LAN idea. Hell, we've got eternity, why the hell not, eh?

I've got a few good games for Atari, but rest assured, I will be getting more. Here is the list of my games (in Alphabetical order, of course!):

***
Asteroids
Berzerk
Bowling
Combat
Defender
Donkey Kong
Dragonfire (the fucking most intense and joyful game ever created)
Frogger
Haunted House (scary! perfect for being surrounded by zombies)
Jungle Hunt
Night Driver (I laughed almost out of my seat when I read, "God help you if you show up with nothing but Pong and Night Driver!")
Missile Command
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Pitfall! (I need to find Pitfall 2)
RealSports BASEBALL
RealSports FOOTBALL
Space Invaders
Super Breakout
Vangaurd
Video Olympics (PONG PONG PONG PONG PONG!!! Endless fun - which is needed for the extent of eternity)
Warlords (very very fun!)
***

Also, I would bring my turntable and records, but I fear that would be too heavy, thus risking my life even more:

But... even though in the event of a zombie apocalypse would I LOVE to make it to your hole in the ground and spend eternity playing Atari and picking off zombies with cool guns whilst listening to If You Want Blood (You Got It) by AC/DC, I will not be traveling to a higher populated area. FUCK that. I'm staying right here in good old secluded St. Albans, Maine

Ponch · Mon 23/05/2011 03:10:21

You'd rather stay in Maine? :o Haven't you ever read a Stephen King book? Only bad things happen in Maine.

If you should change your mind next summer when Rapture 2: Apocalypse Boogaloo rolls around, then you're still welcome in the compound. (Berzerk is the same as a "Get In Free" card as far as I'm concerned. But if you want to shoot at zombies with the bigger guns in my collection, you'd better do us both a favor and leave Night Driver in Maine for the mist monsters to eat).

InCreator · Mon 23/05/2011 06:19:14

I'd love to see Operation UFO succeed.

Atelier · Mon 23/05/2011 18:42:37

Rebecca Black supports Doomsday.

Khris · Mon 23/05/2011 21:25:13

The stupidity of many of the Doomsday people is absolutely mind-blowing.

There are those who started to live differently a few months or years ago, assuming that they won't need money after the 21st, i.e. they don't have a penny left now and no income.
Then there's a 60 year old guy from New York who spent his complete life savings of $140,000 on subway advertisements for the Apocalypse.
To some extent I can tolerate this, they were more or less lost and confused already for a long time, so what the hell.

But there are apparently thousands of people who canceled lease agreements and/or quit their jobs right before the 21st.
As if anybody would care about rent if people suddenly started rising bodily into the sky and the planet was destined to utter destruction.
I gotta admire their commitment, but it's a total no-brainer not to do something utterly pointless that's going to ruin your life if you're wrong.

Jesus Christ.

Ali · Mon 23/05/2011 21:32:22

My favourite was a guy interviewed by the BBC who drove 4000km and took a week off work for the apocalypse.

That's right, he didn't quit his job, he took a week off work. I'm not sure how impressed God is supposed to be by that.

mkennedy · Tue 24/05/2011 04:53:02

Quote from: InCreator on Mon 23/05/2011 06:19:14
I'd love to see Operation UFO succeed.

Well, it would be a good day for the military to test fly their top secret aircraft that they've been developing.

Mati256 · Tue 24/05/2011 17:28:10

Looks like it was rescheduled to October. :

http://gawker.com/5804846/rapture-predictor-harold-camping-apocalypse-rescheduled-to-october-21

RickJ · Tue 24/05/2011 18:51:59

@HaroldCamping: Harold, I have some good news and bad news.

The good news:

Spoiler

The rapture did indeed happen as you predicted. Those deemed worthy were in fact taken up to heaven.

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The Bad news:

Spoiler

You and your followers were not on the list.

[close]

Khris · Wed 25/05/2011 03:38:34

He's not too happy about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHxt0O5w7qA
(parody)

Snarky · Mon 17/10/2011 14:39:39

The end of the world is coming up again. This Friday for sure!

Snake · Mon 17/10/2011 15:10:12

Hahaha, ~~Khris~~ Snarky! I was wondering if someone was going to bump this

But Friday? Hmm, I've got an inkling that it'll start on Saturday.

I'm going to be shining up the old baseball bat and gathering up some planks for boarding the doors and windows to keep those pesky zombies out this weekend.

Anian · Mon 17/10/2011 15:28:53

This week? But I have a hotel reservation in Prague for the end of the month.

cat · Mon 17/10/2011 15:34:49

Why Friday? Monday would be nicer instead of ruining my weekend with apocalyptic stuff...

Khris · Mon 17/10/2011 15:54:20

Weee! Any official word from Camping yet?

bicilotti · Mon 17/10/2011 16:10:07

Quote from: LeKhris on Mon 17/10/2011 15:54:20
Weee! Any official word from Camping yet?

http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-05-24/news/30222656_1_family-radio-harold-camping-radio-preacher

Quote"We don't need to talk about it anymore," Camping said. "The world has been warned - my it has been warned. We have done our share and the media picked it up. The world has been warned that it is under judgment."

Let me smile and say: who really is the fool?

Spoiler

A: he is.

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Calin Leafshade · Mon 17/10/2011 16:21:58

pfft you guys are quick to mock.

You'll look *pretty stupid* if the world ends on friday...

Monsieur OUXX · Mon 17/10/2011 16:50:56

m0ds · Mon 17/10/2011 18:27:38

I'd actually go with next Friday myself (28th Oct) ..

As I just got my 666th AGS PM, I'm going with it !!

About the Mayan Long Count calendar, which is where the 2012 thing comes from:

QuoteDespite the publicity generated by the 2012 date, Susan Milbrath, curator of Latin American Art and Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, stated that "We have no record or knowledge that [the Maya] would think the world would come to an end" in 2012.

"For the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle," says Sandra Noble, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies in Crystal River, Florida. To render December 21, 2012, as a doomsday event or moment of cosmic shifting, she says, is "a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in."

"There will be another cycle," says E. Wyllys Andrews V, director of the Tulane University Middle American Research Institute (MARI). "We know the Maya thought there was one before this, and that implies they were comfortable with the idea of another one after this."

Calin Leafshade · Mon 17/10/2011 19:20:26

"In contrast, the October 28, 2011 date is based on massive scientific evidence that the Nine Underworlds and Thirteen Heavens known from ancient Mayan sources indeed describe cosmic evolution in all of its aspects."

Well i'm convinced.

I love the fact that "massive scientific evidence" is followed quickly by "Nine Underworlds and Thirteen Heavens"

Darth Mandarb · Mon 17/10/2011 19:42:48

I don't understand how anybody can actually believe the end is coming this (or next) week.

The Mayans clearly outlined 21 December 2012 as the end.

And they believed the people before them were made of leaves ... so how could they have been wrong?

Somebody needs to tell this Camping fellow (and his followers) to chill out and have a beer. They have over a year to go.

Khris · Mon 17/10/2011 22:20:21

Here's a list of many failed doomsday predictions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predicted_dates_of_the_end_of_the_world_or_similar_events

m0ds · Thu 20/10/2011 15:04:28

From ATS, list of upcoming doomsdays...

Quote
October 21st, 2011 - The End of the World

Harold Camping's original prediction of the Rapture had tons of hype with media coverage and the Internet quivering in anticipation. As expected, it was a huge let down. There is virtually no talk of Camping's second date, and this is obviously because it holds very little credibility. However, Camping has never retracted the statement, so his prediction is still a prediction to be noted.

October 26th, 2011 - ELEnin Dwarf Star Warning

According to YouTube user TerralO3, Comet Elenin (which I think melted or blew up or something) is going to be at a point near Earth where it will cause seismic destruction. This prediction will most likely fail.

October 28th, 2011 - D4rk Kn1ght's Doomsday Prediction

With almost five years in the making, this is the penultimate prediction date on ATS. Much hype and anticipation has surrounded this date, and it could be the biggest date to fail in ATS's history. It will make good practice for 12/21/12, and it will give us a glimpse into how ATS will react come that date.

October 28th, 2011 - The End of the Mayan Calender

Carl Johan Calleman holds the unpopular belief that the end of the Mayan Calander is not on December 21st, 2012, but actually October 28th, 2011. What few people know is that Calleman's 10/28/11 date actually precedes D4rk Kn1ght's prediction by many, many years as proven by this Google search that shows a Calleman reference to October 28th, 2011 all the way back on January 17th, 1995. With over 16 years believing that the Mayan Calendar ends on this date and that all the cycles will finally come to an end, this prediction will be an interesting one to watch fail -- if it does indeed fail.

November 5th, 2011 - Bank Transfer Day

Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Unlike Operation Facebook (also happening on the 5th) that will have very little effect on the real world, Bank Transfer Day could effectively take down Bank of America if enough people participate. WaMu was, in part, taken down due to bank runs that occurred a week before its forced seizure. However, there are those saying that Bank Transfer Day could be the catalyst that starts something big. We'll have to wait and see if it lives up to the hype.

November 8th, 2011 - Asteroid YU55 Disaster

It has been stated by A'shayana Dean that if the Illuminati has their way, the Metatronic-55 will be activated. This will cause mass chaos to ensue for a little over a month. I was always more interested in YU55 than Elenin, since I always thought the Elenin hype was to divert attention away from YU55, an asteroid that will come much closer to Earth. Even with all the coincidences, YU55 will probably not cause any harm.

November 9th, 2011 - Emergency Alert System Nationwide Test

This, in conjunction with the YU55 prediction, has people concerned that the US's first ever nationwide test was chosen to happen on this date specifically for the purpose of President Obama addressing the nation after an asteroid impact. Throw in FEMA involvement with this test, and you have all the makings for a tasty prediction date. I don't think it will live up to the hype, but who knows?

November 11th, 2011 - 11/11/11 Day

There is no specific event predicted for this day. Despite it being 11/11/2011, followers of this date are adamant that this is the date they were born to be a part of and that their whole lives of seeing 11:11 synchronicity everywhere will finally culminate into fruition. There is no telling what will happen on this date, but akin to 10/28/11, it should provide some good insights on what will happen leading up to 12/21/12.

InCreator · Thu 20/10/2011 15:44:47

Quote from: Mods on Thu 20/10/2011 15:04:28
November 11th, 2011 - 11/11/11 Day

There is no specific event predicted for this day. Despite it being 11/11/2011, followers of this date are adamant that this is the date they were born to be a part of and that their whole lives of seeing 11:11 synchronicity everywhere will finally culminate into fruition. There is no telling what will happen on this date, but akin to 10/28/11, it should provide some good insights on what will happen leading up to 12/21/12.

People will disappear from the streets, workers will call in sick, students will skip the class, motivation to do anything but sit at home lowers by tenfold.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Snake · Thu 20/10/2011 16:01:16

My prediction for the end of the world is in about 4 and a half billion years when the sun finally expands into a Red Giant and fries the shit out of everything. It will have nothing to do with this Jesus character these people are talking about.

InCreator · Thu 20/10/2011 16:54:41

No it's all part of the divine plan

mkennedy · Fri 21/10/2011 15:55:24

If you're Moammar Gadhafi then the world did end, at least for you anyway.

selmiak · Thu 27/10/2011 18:49:54

what is so interesting about November 11th, 2011 - 11/11/11 Day?
there will be 11/11 in 2111 too and this is 2011/11/11. If it were 1111/11/11 it would be more interesting. or the 2222/22/22

RickJ · Thu 27/10/2011 21:11:22

Hhehe, Snake ...

What a colossal display of either arrogance or cowardice!

Either you are so arrogant to think you are destined to become so famous that people will remember you after 4.5 billion years or you are so cowardly that you don't want to be held accountable for you prediction and so put it 4.5 billions years from now when nobody will remember or care. If you had even a minute bit of courage of your convictions you might have at least shortened it to say a billion years ... but noooooo, you're a big chicken

Besides everyone knows that the earth is destined to be devoured by the giant celestial goat sometime in 2012. That's why the Mayan calendar ends; why go to all the trouble (i.e. complicated math without a computer) to make a calendar for a pile of goat poop?

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m0ds · Tue 01/11/2011 00:44:18

Apparently on Nov 9th in the US the internet, TV, radio & phone systems will be shut down for 3 minutes at 1pm CST, as part of their Emergency Broadcast test. Have fun Americans! We all saw what happened when Samuel L Jackson tried to momentarily shut down Jurassic Park

"FEMA, FCC Announce Nationwide Test Of The Emergency Alert System"

"The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time and may last up to three and a half minutes."

"Under the FCC's rules, radio and television broadcasters, cable operators, satellite digital audio radio service providers, direct broadcast satellite service providers and wireline video service providers are required to receive and transmit presidential EAS messages to the public."

http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=55722

The internet and phone part may just be hype.

Ponch · Tue 01/11/2011 00:45:58

Quote from: m0ds on Tue 01/11/2011 00:44:18
Apparently on Nov 9th in the US the internet, TV, radio & phone systems will be shut down for 3 minutes at 1pm CST, as part of their Emergency Broadcast test. Have fun Americans!

What? Why am I only just now hearing about this! :o

m0ds · Tue 01/11/2011 00:50:10

Hehe, because you're still hungover from your birthday?

You may not know but they're also apparently doing a massive tsunami response test on the 8th or 10th of Nov in the US.

"Exercise Pacific Wave 11 will be held on 9 and 10 November 2011, and will involve multiple scenarios, played out in real time."

As this info was made public the day after NASA released an emergency preparedness video for families of NASA, the general conspiracy angle is a meteor is going to hit the pacific sometime soon. Have fun!

(In all fairness, it's probably just a mature reaction to the Japan tsunami incident)

mkennedy · Wed 02/11/2011 12:52:27

3 minute internet shutdown? Remind me not to be playing any online games in permadeath mode.

As for Nov 11, on a UFO conspiracy forum I heard that the Mayan elders will be performing some ceremony with their crystal skulls in Los Angeles.

http://wakeup-world.com/2011/10/20/the-mayan-elders-the-13-crystal-skulls-the-importance-of-their-upcoming-ceremonial-pilgrimage-across-the-usa/

Personally I'm going for the whole 2012 winter solstice as the human race's first official with aliens.

m0ds · Mon 07/11/2011 06:52:13

QuoteI heard that the Mayan elders will be performing some ceremony with their crystal skulls in Los Angeles.

True! But apparently now we should expect the possibility of an asteroid impact in the Atlantic on 9th November around 11:30pm UT. In which case, no point in playing with crystal skulls

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