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Posted: Oct 20 2009 10:51 pm

"Heene believes the world is going to end in 2012," she said. "Because of that, he wanted to make money quickly, become rich enough to build a bunker or something underground, where he can be safe from the sun exploding."

ha HA!

Title: Pretty Sweet Guy Joined: Oct 21 2009 Posts: 139

lol wut? Do people really believe that 2012 theory. God, it's Y2K all over again.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 12:50 pm

Yeah, everyone believes the Aztecs predict the end of the world will be 2012 except the Aztecs themselves who have stated countless times that no, the world is NOT going to end.

Title: Pretty Sweet Guy Joined: Oct 21 2009 Posts: 139

I just think it's stupid people being stupid again. This whole balloon fiasco is the reason I try not to watch the news on tv. This whole stupid event interrupted an Obama speech. How can this be news?

Posted: Oct 21 2009 01:24 pm

it was the mayans actually. and their calendar restarts 2028, but it doesnt say what happens during those 16 years

Posted: Oct 21 2009 01:39 pm

Whatever. The point is that no one with half a brain believes the world will end.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

Whatever. The point is that no one with half a brain believes the world will end.

I don't know...

CERN scares me. I don't like the idea of creating artificial black holes. What if one eats us up? I figure that in about 3 years or so that project will be really moving forward. My prediction is that if the world does end in 2012, CERN did it.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 01:52 pm

GPFontaine wrote:

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

Whatever. The point is that no one with half a brain believes the world will end.

I don't know...

CERN scares me. I don't like the idea of creating artificial black holes. What if one eats us up? I figure that in about 3 years or so that project will be really moving forward. My prediction is that if the world does end in 2012, CERN did it.

i guess i was just splitting hairs between the mayans/aztecs, but if the world ends, i blame the Bush family

Posted: Oct 23 2009 08:01 pm

Not that we doubted it, but the mother just confirmed this was bullshit.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

I really doubt the Mayans predicted people would be creating artificial black holes gp

Posted: Oct 23 2009 10:17 pm

I don't see why people prepare for the end of the world, stocking up supplies and such. If you can survive the end of the world with a bunker and supplies then it must not be the end of the world.

If the world ends, you are going to die pretty well regardless if you stay on the planet so there no point really in spending your life savings on an underground bunker and supplies. You may as well live life like the world is not going to end because there is nothing you can do if it does and on top of that the world is not going to end in 2012.

Posted: Oct 23 2009 10:36 pm

I don't think people are worried about the "end of the world" as some sort of sudden and absolute end to life on our planet, or even human life on the planet. End of the world scenarios focus more on nuclear holocaust/disaster scenarios that wipe out large portions of the population and destroy society as we know it by knocking out most power sources and communication networks.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Syd Lexia wrote:

I don't think people are worried about the "end of the world" as some sort of sudden and absolute end to life on our planet, or even human life on the planet. End of the world scenarios focus more on nuclear holocaust/disaster scenarios that wipe out large portions of the population and destroy society as we know it by knocking out most power sources and communication networks.

Well I doubt that will happen anytime soon either.

Posted: Oct 24 2009 05:39 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

I don't think people are worried about the "end of the world" as some sort of sudden and absolute end to life on our planet, or even human life on the planet. End of the world scenarios focus more on nuclear holocaust/disaster scenarios that wipe out large portions of the population and destroy society as we know it by knocking out most power sources and communication networks.

In all honesty, I would love for something like this to happen. I would do excellently.

Posted: Oct 24 2009 05:50 pm

Eddie_Hyde wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote:

I don't think people are worried about the "end of the world" as some sort of sudden and absolute end to life on our planet, or even human life on the planet. End of the world scenarios focus more on nuclear holocaust/disaster scenarios that wipe out large portions of the population and destroy society as we know it by knocking out most power sources and communication networks.

In all honesty, I would love for something like this to happen. I would do excellently.

Agreed. There are far too many people on this world, and I think I could do just fine in a situation like that, especially if it's from natural disasters and not nuclear war, cause I don't wanna deal with fallout.

Posted: Oct 24 2009 06:22 pm

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

Eddie_Hyde wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote:

I don't think people are worried about the "end of the world" as some sort of sudden and absolute end to life on our planet, or even human life on the planet. End of the world scenarios focus more on nuclear holocaust/disaster scenarios that wipe out large portions of the population and destroy society as we know it by knocking out most power sources and communication networks.

In all honesty, I would love for something like this to happen. I would do excellently.

Agreed. There are far too many people on this world, and I think I could do just fine in a situation like that, especially if it's from natural disasters and not nuclear war, cause I don't wanna deal with fallout.

as long as power is still around and as long as high speed is available, i'll be ok.

Posted: Oct 24 2009 07:37 pm

You know, I wish this kid had actually stolen the balloon, and fallen out and died. Nothing personal against Falcon, it's not his fault his parents are complete fucktards. Then again, he's almost certainly inherited the "complete fucktard" gene from them, so maybe it is personal; better he die now then grow into an adult fucktard and pull equally moronic stunts with his own children.

Anyway...

If Falcon had just died, this story would be over. It would be tragic, it would heartbreaking, but it would be over. We all would have moved on with our lives, except the parents, who would be in jail for criminal negligence. Instead, we'll be listening to bullshit about those crazy Heenes for the next year. And if they don't end up in jail, they'll certainly get their own reality show. Which is fucking awful.

So yeah, the world would be a better place if Falcon had actually died.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

I agree Syd

Natural Selection...Falcon should've been selected to die. Carlin was onto something when he said that "Johnny" doesn't deserve to live if he forks an electrical outlet. Instead he, along with many other fuck up children will inherit the Earth because we're so concerned with the poor children. The kids of today aren't the kids of 50 years ago and honestly these spineless, emotion ridden kids of today are only going to fuck up even more as time goes on. Sorry to sound like a dick, but maybe if shit like this happened more often, we'd have people act like more responsible parents;

dead children = campaigns parental responsiblity = less stupid kids

Posted: Oct 24 2009 11:52 pm

I know that is a joke, but I'm sorry, I don't want to see any kid die to prevent a crappy reality show that will bomb if it ever gets created. Children are innocent and ignorant to the idea of good and evil. Plenty of kids grow up normal that come from fucked up families. A child shouldn't die for their parent's sins. I hope he grows up normal, even if it against the odds. I also hope the parents star in a reality show in hell involving the devil torturing them in a different way each day. I would set my Tivo in hell to record it.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

It's partly a joke, but part of it is true. At the age of 5 or 6, a child should know the basic rights and wrongs of the world. We live in an age where we over protect our children and it leads to severe problems when they enter the real world. We don't teach them right and wrong, nor do we punish them or put restrictions on them, so when they get to middle school, they're really fucked up.

It's human nature to want to sympathize with children, but I can tell you first hand from working around them for 2 years that the next 15 years or so, we're going to see a lot of mentally regressed people.

And yes, it is happening. It happened in my generation, and it's progressively getting worse.

Posted: Oct 25 2009 12:31 am

As it turns out, Falcon actually didn't do anything wrong. He was guided by the only people that he would learn right and wrong from, if they told him to go hide in the attic, then it is on the parents.

A 6 year old has no reason to question what they are being told by their parents, nor should they grasp the idea of right or wrong. Should a curious child be held responsible if they played around a hot air balloon in their backyard? no, it would be the dumb ass parents for having one who are the ones who did wrong, not the kid.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Rydog wrote:

As it turns out, Falcon actually didn't do anything wrong. He was guided by the only people that he would learn right and wrong from, if they told him to go hide in the attic, then it is on the parents.

A 6 year old has no reason to question what they are being told by their parents, nor should they grasp the idea of right or wrong. Should a curious child be held responsible if they played around a hot air balloon in their backyard? no, it would be the dumb ass parents for having one who are the ones who did wrong, not the kid.

Well, while that might be the case, they're going to pass along all the things they taught him. So honestly...is he better off following the institutions of his parents? I don't want to see dead children either, but I think it might help allow people to wake the fuck up. Maybe if something happened to him, his other two siblings would have a better upbringing.

Posted: Oct 25 2009 12:59 am

The thing is no child should be denied a chance to find himself and grow up to find his way. Wanting a child die just because they come from fucked up parents is not cool and is not a good thing. It is not natural selection, wanting a child to die because they come from fucked up parents is no different than aborting a child that comes from a fucked up situation. Life is precious. If a child grows up and goes wrong I have no problem with punishing him. Falcon either knows it is wrong to lie which is why he outed his parents or doesn't understand the difference between right and wrong which means he has hope. His parents are assholes, but as of this point Falcon has a chance. We have freewill, that is what is great about being human. I have seen devils turn to angels, so it is never too late.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

I'm not saying I want a child to die, but treating it like it's the worst thing ever, doesn't do any good to have shitty parents though. More now than ever we have these people who treat their kids like their "friends" and don't teach them right and wrong, and I don't even think an event like this will help Falcon, in fact he'll probably be ridiculed by his class mates leading to years of cutting himself.

Posted: Oct 25 2009 01:25 am

So what the fuck is their great idea for a reality show, Criminally Negligent Full House? Confused