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Who's up for some infotainment?






but seriously though... the flares will happen a lot this year and it will be intense.... don't believe me?






he's most likely promoting his book... which btw I'm reading... which is where all of this came from.... (aaand its fox news...)


But my random digressing... babbling question is this... Tinfoil hat time? or something we should really worry about?

First off: Fox News and Jesse Ventura are NOT, nor will the EVER BE credible sources. Kaku, maybe.

And prepare for the "It's a Conspiracy!" image 30,000 times.

Sounds fishy to me.

Actually, last Sunday I believe, there was quite a big solar flare despite scientists saying that the sun is in a 30 year quiet phase that happens once a century.

Doctadeth wrote:Actually, last Sunday I believe, there was quite a big solar flare despite scientists saying that the sun is in a 30 year quiet phase that happens once a century.

Thats not actually correct...

we had two solar flares hit us. Sunday we got hit and tuesday/weds we got hit. The cycles happen over a period of 11 years. several NASA scientists have predicted this would be a particularly powerful cycle based on their models which have been 90% accurate for the last 3 cycles.

Well, I haven't looked at the news for well on 4 or 5 days.

Seems legit.

The "Operation Repo Marathon" pop up in the middle of the Ventura thing was a really nice touch.

I hope this fits.

Dec 21st, 2012 does mark an amazing occasion however. It marks the day that numerology and psuedo-science can finally become exposed for what it is, and perhaps afterwards, if we're lucky, we can cast aside all of the reality shows long enough to finally get some real science and innovation done.

daedalus wrote:Dec 21st, 2012 does mark an amazing occasion however. It marks the day that numerology and psuedo-science can finally become exposed for what it is, and perhaps afterwards, if we're lucky, we can cast aside all of the reality shows long enough to finally get some real science and innovation done.

jWhat do you mean FINALLY?

We've been disproving them for a long goddamned time.

daedalus wrote:Dec 21st, 2012 does mark an amazing occasion however. It marks the day that numerology and psuedo-science can finally become exposed for what it is, and perhaps afterwards, if we're lucky, we can cast aside all of the reality shows long enough to finally get some real science and innovation done.

Oh man, yes, that was a good laugh I just had reading this.

Yeah no, there have been plenty of apocalypse theories over the years and they won't stop just because one didn't happen. Plenty of them have not happened.

Hey, a guy can dream, right?

Timewave Zero.

I think I have a name for a band or something.

The wonderful thing about numerology and psuedo science is it's all just pure, grade A bs. When your predictions go tits up its easy to spin bs.

"Whoops! Mixed up my Mayan number translation. The apocalypse is actually 2021!"

Michio Kaku is a sock puppet. Don't listen to anything he says.

warpcrafter wrote:Michio Kaku is a sock puppet. Don't listen to anything he says.

Really? With hair like that, I can't help but think he's on the level.

Will Harold Camping be making an appearance to give his version of events?

warpcrafter wrote:Michio Kaku is a sock puppet. Don't listen to anything he says.

Yea... its not like he made a particle accelerator in his garage while he was 15.... oh wait... he did

frgsinwntr wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:Michio Kaku is a sock puppet. Don't listen to anything he says.

Yea... its not like he made a particle accelerator in his garage while he was 15.... oh wait... he did

A particle accelerator? In his garage? Don't insult me like that. Pffft!

The world doesn't end this year... This year is just gonna suck so bad, we wish it had.

DeadlySquirrel wrote:The world doesn't end this year... This year is just gonna suck so bad, we wish it had.

Sigged. ^^'

I see Dec 21st 2012 as a supermillenium, a chance to double the fun, especially for those who missed out on 1999.

daedalus wrote:Dec 21st, 2012 does mark an amazing occasion however. It marks the day that numerology and psuedo-science can finally become exposed for what it is, and perhaps afterwards, if we're lucky, we can cast aside all of the reality shows long enough to finally get some real science and innovation done.

Nope, it wont prove anything to fruit baskets like that. They will simply come up with a new date. Ive lived through......3-5 supposed end of the world dates in my 27 years that I can rememberish. Soooooo either Im incredibly lucky (yea tell that to the Lotto tickets I buy) or its just another day

Jesse Ventura is a blithering idiot who cashed in on gullible shut-ins.

I'm willing to bet the new theory(after Dec 12 2012) will be this:

"*gasp* We read it BACKWARDS this whole time!! It will actually occur on Feb 12 2102!!!!"

warpcrafter wrote:
A particle accelerator? In his garage? Don't insult me like that. Pffft!

He entered it in the national science fair, there's probably pictures floating around somewhere.

He basically build one of these.

I won't believe it until David Icke says it.

(Kidding, obviously.)

DickBandit wrote:I'm willing to bet the new theory(after Dec 12 2012) will be this:

"*gasp* We read it BACKWARDS this whole time!! It will actually occur on Feb 12 2102!!!!"

Nah, that's too far off. Won't occur in any of our lifetimes, so it won't see air time for at least 70 years. Tragically, by then we'll have the discovery, history, tlc, sci-fi, and spike channels all merged into one, so the entire doomsday conspiracy scenario will be aired as a cage match between a washed up celebrity hack who openly admits he is an alien and his octuplet detractors. The detractors will be dressed like nazis. The doomsday scenario will never actually get mentioned during the duration of the show, and they all talk like the people from Idiocracy. This channel shows nothing but episodes of this conspiracy show 24/7.


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Oh, and the TV industry lobbied to make watching at least one hour of it legally mandatory. All of the commercials are for Brawndo.

daedalus wrote:

DickBandit wrote:I'm willing to bet the new theory(after Dec 12 2012) will be this:

"*gasp* We read it BACKWARDS this whole time!! It will actually occur on Feb 12 2102!!!!"

Nah, that's too far off. Won't occur in any of our lifetimes, so it won't see air time for at least 70 years. Tragically, by then we'll have the discovery, history, tlc, sci-fi, and spike channels all merged into one, so the entire doomsday conspiracy scenario will be aired as a cage match between a washed up celebrity hack who openly admits he is an alien and his octuplet detractors. The detractors will be dressed like nazis. The doomsday scenario will never actually get mentioned during the duration of the show, and they all talk like the people from Idiocracy. This channel shows nothing but episodes of this conspiracy show 24/7.


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Oh, and the TV industry lobbied to make watching at least one hour of it legally mandatory. All of the commercials are for Brawndo.

LOL

But seriously.... they would do this