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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jan 5, 2009 19:29:42 GMT -5
Oh yeah, that's right all the things we discussed were the Aztecs....now those guys were STUPID. Thinking Cortes was one of their Gods reincarnated.... The Aztecs weren't stupid. Hernán Cortés had a translator, La Malinche, who told him about Quetzalcoatl, which allowed him to use this as a way to take over the Aztec. Though, I should point out that this has now been disputed by many modern historians. Also, it's believed that Moctezuma let Cortés and his army into Tenochitlan in order to learn their weaknesses to later crush him. And, Cortés allied his army with many native tribes that were enemies of the Aztecs. Sure, Cortés outsmarted him, but Moctezuma wasn't stupid. He just got a little unlucky.
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Post by domrep on Jan 5, 2009 19:30:09 GMT -5
Well, I'm gonna have a flashlight and toilet paper just in case...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2009 19:39:37 GMT -5
Oh yeah, that's right all the things we discussed were the Aztecs....now those guys were STUPID. Thinking Cortes was one of their Gods reincarnated.... The Aztecs weren't stupid. Hernán Cortés had a translator, La Malinche, who told him about Quetzalcoatl, which allowed him to use this as a way to take over the Aztec. Though, I should point out that this has now been disputed by many modern historians. Also, it's believed that Moctezuma let Cortés and his army into Tenochitlan in order to learn their weaknesses to later crush him. And, Cortés allied his army with many native tribes that were enemies of the Aztecs. Sure, Cortés outsmarted him, but Moctezuma wasn't stupid. He just got a little unlucky. I think Moctezuma was inept as an administrator in the face of enemies. Why try and learn the weaknesses of such an obviously weaker opponent? As soon as Cortes went into the city would've been the best moment to strike an ambush; it would have caught him and his allies off-guard and would've probably ended things swiftly and decisively.
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Post by CuJ0 Will Keep Dancing on Jan 5, 2009 19:43:28 GMT -5
You know, I really love the world is ending theories. They add a little drama for New Years. This year was so dull. Everybody was too busy recycling instead of getting supplies and waiting in their bunker. Nobody was afraid for their lives, just their wallets. Where was the craziness? I can't wait 3 more years to have an exciting New Years. Jeez, and am I the only one that likes the thought of being around when the world ends. It would be like I'm apart of something. Why die from old age in your bed when you can see how the excretory matter went down.
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Post by The Line on Jan 5, 2009 19:47:40 GMT -5
You know, I really love the world is ending theories. They add a little drama for New Years. This year was so dull. Everybody was too busy recycling instead of getting supplies and waiting in their bunker. Nobody was afraid for their lives, just their wallets. Where was the craziness? I can't wait 3 more years to have an exciting New Years. Jeez, and am I the only one that likes the thought of being around when the world ends. It would be like I'm apart of something. Why die from old age in your bed when you can see how the excretory matter went down. New years will still be dull, then because according to the theorists, the world is supposed to end December 21st, 2012.
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Post by CuJ0 Will Keep Dancing on Jan 5, 2009 20:04:29 GMT -5
New years will still be dull, then because according to the theorists, the world is supposed to end December 21st, 2012. Damn. Well I think we might as well get the ball rolling by starting some unsubstantiated theories for the end of the world in 2010. Hopefully they'll spread and then I won't have to wait till December 2012 for a whole lot of nothing, just get it out of the way now. I'll start off with Asian Giant Hornet uprising. Could happen, right? Yikes.
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Post by Janitor From Mars on Jan 5, 2009 20:05:31 GMT -5
I find it hilarious that people find it necessary to waste negative energy on something that they don't believe in.
You can mock it all you want but you have to admit that society is highly pacified and anyone who thinks outside of the box is immediately mocked.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 5, 2009 20:21:19 GMT -5
New years will still be dull, then because according to the theorists, the world is supposed to end December 21st, 2012. Damn. Well I think we might as well get the ball rolling by starting some unsubstantiated theories for the end of the world in 2010. Hopefully they'll spread and then I won't have to wait till December 2012 for a whole lot of nothing, just get it out of the way now. I'll start off with Asian Giant Hornet uprising. Could happen, right? Yikes. Great. That's right up there in scariness with that spider goat hybrid that a lab in Canada made. And I've been reading and getting prepped for an apocalypse. Everyone should have a plan in case of a Zombie Apocalypse.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 5, 2009 21:15:30 GMT -5
yeah, but I'm thinking that its more likely that the cause of the Earth "ending" being man-made rather than some anomoly predicted by an ancient civilization hundreds of years ago. You'd think if the Mayans were so good at predicting excretory matter, they'd be able to predict their own demise. Plus even if you want to go by the Mayan calander, it doesn't say anything about the world ending. Exactly. They just stopped the calendar at that date since it was a little retarded to carve out a stone calendar that won't be useful until a few thousand years pass.
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 5, 2009 21:17:04 GMT -5
There's a few viable reasons that a large chunk of the earths population could be wiped out (super volcanoes, magnetic poles swapping, mad scientists, sun storms etc), they could happen tomorrow or in a few thousand years time, 2012 just ties it in nicely. I'm thinking about making some "I survived 2012" merchandise but I would feel pretty silly if we all died. Four words: BIGGEST. SOLAR. MAXIMUM. EVER. If that doesn't cause you to be at LEAST a little concerned, you haven't done enough research into what will, at the very least, be a HUGE inconvienience, and at the worst, could cripple global communications and life sustaining devices. And yeah, I love how the OP is getting away with his blanket statement, (which I feel the need to remind everyone is his OPINION and not a fact) that everyone who lends a bit of credence to the apocalyptic events prophecized for 2012 is a blithering idiot. Well, if I am an idiot, sir, you are a narrow minded buffoon for dismissing something out of hand without the slightest research. Let's be stupid together, shall we? ;D ;D
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Post by mrrotten on Jan 5, 2009 21:58:53 GMT -5
I'm buying my 2012 end of the world merchandise now, just because it would be fun to have it either way.
If the Aztecs thought Cortes was a god, just imagine what they would of thought JBL, considering he is a WRESTLING GOD!!!!
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 5, 2009 22:01:03 GMT -5
I'm buying my 2012 end of the world merchandise now, just because it would be fun to have it either way. If the Aztecs thought Cortes was a god, just imagine what they would of thought JBL, considering he is a WRESTLING GOD!!!! Actually, the image of Bradshaw, sitting on a horse and berating an Aztec, is kind of funny. Even funnier is picturing the six Aztec warriors, spears upraised, sneaking up behind him.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 6, 2009 0:15:30 GMT -5
There's a few viable reasons that a large chunk of the earths population could be wiped out (super volcanoes, magnetic poles swapping, mad scientists, sun storms etc), they could happen tomorrow or in a few thousand years time, 2012 just ties it in nicely. I'm thinking about making some "I survived 2012" merchandise but I would feel pretty silly if we all died. Well thats easy make a second of shirts that say I didn't survive 2012.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Jan 6, 2009 0:27:06 GMT -5
Let's just wait and see. If it's the end than it will just happen. I am willing to bet nothing will happen
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 6, 2009 0:28:53 GMT -5
Thier Calender does not even end then. It has dates a thousand or so years from now celebrating the rise to the heavens of one of their kings.
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Post by Cela on Jan 6, 2009 2:44:03 GMT -5
And remember the Zulus beat the British once in a while without guns and those british guns were a hell of a lot better. (Now that I missed that boat by two pages, onto the topic at hand).
With 2012, I know plenty of people freaking out and preparing for it. But I'm a bit jaded by the whole thing. Y2K, Cold War MAD, Nostradamos, and the seeming belief that Jesus is coming back this year every year. The world is most likely not going to end this time either.
So get off your damn couch and enjoy life instead of not caring cause we're all ascending later this month anyhow.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 6, 2009 3:00:00 GMT -5
Well you might want to start saving your beer bottle caps just in case But really no it won't to be time to crack each other's heads open and feed on the gooey inside.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 6, 2009 3:09:36 GMT -5
And remember the Zulus beat the British once in a while without guns and those british guns were a hell of a lot better. (Now that I missed that boat by two pages, onto the topic at hand). With 2012, I know plenty of people freaking out and preparing for it. But I'm a bit jaded by the whole thing. Y2K, Cold War MAD, Nostradamos, and the seeming belief that Jesus is coming back this year every year. The world is most likely not going to end this time either. So get off your damn couch and enjoy life instead of not caring cause we're all ascending later this month anyhow. Then they got handed to them later that week by a unit of less then 200 people. ;D
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Post by The Line on Jan 6, 2009 3:12:32 GMT -5
And remember the Zulus beat the British once in a while without guns and those british guns were a hell of a lot better. (Now that I missed that boat by two pages, onto the topic at hand). With 2012, I know plenty of people freaking out and preparing for it. But I'm a bit jaded by the whole thing. Y2K, Cold War MAD, Nostradamos, and the seeming belief that Jesus is coming back this year every year. The world is most likely not going to end this time either. So get off your damn couch and enjoy life instead of not caring cause we're all ascending later this month anyhow. Exactly. I'm not going to live the next almost 4 years in fear of something that probably won't happen when there are millions of seemingly normal things that can kill me on a daily basis between now and then. And great Fallout reference, Goji.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jan 6, 2009 4:09:38 GMT -5
There's a few viable reasons that a large chunk of the earths population could be wiped out (super volcanoes, magnetic poles swapping, mad scientists, sun storms etc), they could happen tomorrow or in a few thousand years time, 2012 just ties it in nicely. I'm thinking about making some "I survived 2012" merchandise but I would feel pretty silly if we all died. Four words: BIGGEST. SOLAR. MAXIMUM. EVER. If that doesn't cause you to be at LEAST a little concerned, you haven't done enough research into what will, at the very least, be a HUGE inconvienience, and at the worst, could cripple global communications and life sustaining devices. And yeah, I love how the OP is getting away with his blanket statement, (which I feel the need to remind everyone is his OPINION and not a fact) that everyone who lends a bit of credence to the apocalyptic events prophecized for 2012 is a blithering idiot. Well, if I am an idiot, sir, you are a narrow minded buffoon for dismissing something out of hand without the slightest research. Let's be stupid together, shall we? ;D ;D Of course it is an opinion but it is a damn good one. There is absolutely no solid evidence of any thing that will happen in 2012 besides the astronomy significance which has already happened before. I have done tons of research on 2012 which is why I'm not afraid. Look at it this way. Every person who had ever predicted the world to end was never right. Now they are predicting it to end after they are dead so they don't look stupid while they are still alive.
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