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    Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/12/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    Man, GOATS is just about the worst, most horrible, most self-indulgent webcomic ever. I can't believe you linked to it. #2012
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/11/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    I'm hoping big bunches of yutzes go all 'Heaven's Gate' and free up resources for the rest of us. #2012
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/11/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    I hope its not eco-apocalypse. After seeing The Happening, that whole idea became. unappealing. My vote, aliens! #2012
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/11/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012

    Actually, what everyone thinks is the mayan calendar was actually a graphical warning of what would cause the end of the world. Here, take a look at the "calendar": #2012
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    11/11/09


    @Skunky: Now, let's look at what they had seen when they looked into the future. #2012
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    Image of Gemini2 Gemini2
    11/11/09

    @Skunky: I could do the same with a spiral graph. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Gemini2: All the secrets of the ancients have been revealed! #2012
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    11/11/09


    @Skunky: #2012
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    11/11/09


    @mr_dude: #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Skunky: Truly the apocalypse is upon us. #2012
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/11/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    I imagine the guys that carved out that calendar way back in olden days figured that 2012 was far enough away that it wouldn't make any difference. It is like making a business plan. You can make 5 year plans and 10 year plans maybe even a 20 year plan, but what is the point of making plans any longer than that. #2012
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/10/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    I shall forever remember 2012 as the year that Seymour died. That poor, poor dog. :( #2012
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    11/10/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: ;_; He waited for Fry. BUT FRY NEVER CAME. ;_; #2012
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    Image of Erix_Cale Erix_Cale
    11/10/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: He's walking on Sunshine now #2012
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/10/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Thank you for making me cry a bit.
    ...for a thousand summers... #2012
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    Image of The Mikekearn of La Mancha The Mikekearn of La Mancha
    11/11/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Saddest thing ever. Even thought they retconned it better, seeing the original episode still brings manly, unshed tears to my eyes. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Yeah that was actually the saddest thing I ever saw on Futurama! #2012
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    Image of SkaHimself SkaHimself
    11/11/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell:

    Saddest. Cartoon. Episode. Ever. #2012
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/10/09

    In reply to Robot Detectives Battle Superhero Bastards For Your Comics Dollars
    It just occurred to me: Are new comics coming Thursday because of Veterans' Day?

    Edit: Oh holy crap, how did I miss this? S.W.O.R.D. #1 comes out this week! Abigail Brand is the second best thing to come out of Joss's run on Astonishing (the best being Armor).
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/10/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    It's the end of the world as we know it!

    [www.shibumi.org] #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: and I feel fine... #2012
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/10/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    10 ways the world could *really* end:

    [www.ted.com]

    A TED talk by editor-in-chief of Discover magazine, Stephen Petranek. #2012
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/11/09

    @Roklimber: That was a great lecture. Thanks. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @reddingofish: Glad you enjoyed it. TED has some awesome talks. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @reddingofish: By the way, I recently posted links to several very interesting TED talks. Check the tips forum. #2012
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/10/09

    In reply to Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
    For the love of all that's good and holy--look. As an archaeologist, I'm getting tired of explaining this. Ok, it's like this: the calendar doesn't "run out." It's like the odometer on your car rolling over to 100,000, or the calendar rolling over from 1999 to 2000. It's not a date full of mystical prophesies or anything. The 13th baktun (a time period of about 394 years) ends and the 14th baktun begins. Last time a baktun rolled over in the early 1600s, the world didn't end.

    I mean, how many centuries does our calendar have? When does it "run out"? Well, it doesn't. Neither does theirs. #2012
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    Image of Mrugby08 Mrugby08
    11/10/09

    @cletar: Saw an interesting article that had an interview with some local Mayan Indian descendants and they basically said, 'Damn you people are stupid.' (paraphrasing) #2012
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/10/09

    @cletar: Plus, all these calendars just started on a freaking random date. #2012
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/10/09

    @cletar: Wait, what? You mean I should not be stocking up on gas masks, water, and canned beans. Darn, haven't felt this stupid since that pesky Y2K thing. #2012
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    11/10/09

    @TotalFanGirl: You should still have all those things from Y2K. You shouldn't have to buy new ones, unless in a fit of imprudence you've eaten your bean stash over the last ten years, or made a stupid steam-punk costume out of your gas mask or something. #2012
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    11/10/09

    @cletar: It really isn't that bad of a choice. The money saved my living off of my old bean rations will go towards better tasting foodstuffs in 2012. If nothing happens I will eat that, and eventually I'll just keep a lobster tank in my bomb shelter. #2012
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    Image of w1llk w1llk
    11/10/09

    @TotalFanGirl: I think you should keep them around anyway pending a zombie apocalypse, which I might add, will not happen on a date linked to some prophecy or date of doom. It will just happen, and we'll need guns. #2012
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/10/09

    @TotalFanGirl: Of course you should be stocking up on those things. As well as ammunition for your pump shotgun, assault rifle, survival poaching rifle, and all your handguns. But not for 2012... for the next natural disaster in which FEMA tries to help you.

    IIRC, Mrs. Overclock (a.k.a. Dr. Overclock, Medicine Woman) and I got dressed up and went out dancing in Downtown Denver on December 31, 1999. After quite a bit of champagne, after midnight we peeked outside, saw the traffic lights were still working, and went back to the party.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/10/09

    @w1llk: True that! #2012
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    11/10/09

    @cletar: If she ate all her Y2K beans, then the gas mask may be worn out. #2012
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/10/09

    @cletar: I think all this confusion comes from people grafting the Christian/Islamic obsession with the end of the world onto Mayan mythology. Also, most people who are obsessed with 2012 haven't bothered to read actual Mayan mythology or tried to understand the Long Count calendar. #2012
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    11/10/09

    @cletar: So I won't get to have an elf baby and use jaguar magic in the war of Native American succession? DAMN! #2012
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    Image of Emanuel Fuentes Emanuel Fuentes
    11/11/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: I was hoping to sling some spells too man....damn it! #2012
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    Image of Craig Dawson Craig Dawson
    11/11/09

    @Chip Overclock:
    Hey Chip, good to see a fellow Denver resident here! #2012
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    Image of Burke Burke
    11/11/09

    @cletar: Heh.. Iwas playing a gig on Y2K New Years... and as the clock hit midnight, one of the bartenders sneaked downstairs and tripped the breaker for the power in the bar. freaked us the f*** out.

    Jerk. Funny, in hindsight, but not at the time. #2012
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/11/09

    @Burke: "Adventure is adversity recounted at leisure" as someone once said. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Craig Dawson: We live amongst Wheatridge, Golden, Arvada, Lakewood, depending in which direction you walk. Mrs. Overclock (etc.) and I go Downtown about once or twice a month for a concert or something (going to see WICKED at the matinee on Saturday).

    We should try to round up some other Denver/Boulder/Longmont IO9oids in meatspace sometime. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @cletar: I must admit, the beans were just too tasty to ignore...and my steam-punk costume totally rocked the con so it was worth it! #2012
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    11/11/09

    @w1llk: Amen! Between 2012, Zombies and Visitors we should all be stockpiling weapons. I prefer flamethrowers. Burn your foes and create a nifty burning pile of bodies for their comrades to breach. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Chip Overclock: Ugh, I wasn't even thinking about FEMA...must make another bean run right now... #2012
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    Image of Paul Taylor Paul Taylor
    11/11/09

    @cletar: When someone's writing fiction, that doesn't mean that the author actually believes what they're writing. 2012 will be like every other day. #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Paul Taylor: This has been oft quoted, but I actually heard Larry Niven say this in person (he was talking about the reaction readers had to a gay character in one of his short stories): "There's a term we use for people who think authors believe everything they write. We call them idiots." #2012
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    11/11/09

    @TotalFanGirl: "We're the government and we're here to help you. " #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Chip Overclock: Ack! Run away! Run away! #2012
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    11/11/09

    @Chip Overclock: I like that quote. =) Sorry about the double post. #2012
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    11/15/09

    @TotalFanGirl: Oh I enjoy the idea of flamethrowers as well, but it's a dangerous zombie weapon to wield without projectile weapon backup. The only thing worse than being attacked by zombies is being attacked by flaming zombies... #2012
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    11/16/09

    @Chip Overclock: Hey Chip,
    Out of town for a long weekend - just saw this message.
    I live, with my fiancee, in northwest City of Denver in the west highlands neighborhood, and I work out in western Lakewood near the Denver West area, so we are not so far away from you.

    yeah, if there are a few other Io9 people in the area that would be cool.
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    11/16/09

    @Craig Dawson: We're over by Denver West about once a week for something (at the Einsteins or the Office Max for example). Sounds like you're near the Common Grounds coffee shop, which is one of my faves, and the original Heidi's Deli. #2012
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    11/16/09

    @Chip Overclock:
    We are a little closer to the old Elitch Gardens location near 38th & Tennyson than we are to 32nd & Lowell, But Common Grounds is a great coffee shop, and I have been to that Heidi's a few times! #2012
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/10/09

    In reply to Robot Detectives Battle Superhero Bastards For Your Comics Dollars
    Pushing two words together is more Punishing... to grammer.
    Plus it makes things look cool..like JeremyMax..or InternetMax... or TentaclePorn #avengers
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    Image of DocSeuss DocSeuss
    11/10/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: You talk about punishing grammar, but then you spell it wrong. Was that irony? #avengers
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/10/09

    @DocSeuss: Ah! Its Muphry's Law in effect. {^_^}!!!
    "Muphry's Law: If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."

    [en.wikipedia.org] #avengers
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    Image of DocSeuss DocSeuss
    11/10/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Win in a casket. #avengers
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/10/09

    In reply to Robot Detectives Battle Superhero Bastards For Your Comics Dollars
    Whilst I'm on entirely the wrong side of the Atlantic to have a hope of getting it before the trade, the Wall-E series actually has me really excited, as does Supergod. Although I'm reasonably sure a Supergod movie done by Pixar isn't going to be happening aaaaany time soon... #avengers
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/10/09

    In reply to Robot Detectives Battle Superhero Bastards For Your Comics Dollars
    This week is Phonogram week! #avengers
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/10/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Thank god for that. Now, I just hope my local Forbidden Planet actually have enough issues to last until lunchbreak. #avengers
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    11/10/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Unfortunately Phonogram had to be pulped & delayed a week or so - [www.bleedingcool.com] #avengers
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    11/10/09

    @pi8you: I hate you for ruining my day! :(( #avengers
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    Image of shadownode shadownode
    11/04/09

    In reply to V Is Not Doomed, And You Should Still Watch
    Why do we have to keep impaling poor Wash on sharp things? #v
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/04/09

    In reply to V Is Not Doomed, And You Should Still Watch
    I thought it was good for a pilot episode, and very similar to what I recall from the original series.

    Is anyone from io9 going to do recaps? #v
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