Re: Leap Years, 2012 & The Mayan Calendar
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Hello, Internet. A lot of you sent me this image making the rounds which concerns theMayan prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012. The claim is that the Mayancalendar short counted the years because they forgot about leap days so the world shouldhave already ended. This is followed by Mind = Blown, which I'm not sure how to take. Dopeople think that the world forgot to have its apocalypse or that were it not for leapdays that we'd already be living in the future? Either way, it's spawned many an argumentthat people ask me to explain, which I'm happy to do, because my next big video was delayedby pestilence, which struck me down into the depths of unproductive misery for the lastfew weeks. So, if you haven't already, ...
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Hello, Internet. A lot of you sent me this image making the rounds which concerns theMayan prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012. The claim is that the Mayancalendar short counted the years because they forgot about leap days so the world shouldhave already ended. This is followed by Mind = Blown, which I'm not sure how to take. Dopeople think that the world forgot to have its apocalypse or that were it not for leapdays that we'd already be living in the future? Either way, it's spawned many an argumentthat people ask me to explain, which I'm happy to do, because my next big video was delayedby pestilence, which struck me down into the depths of unproductive misery for the lastfew weeks. So, if you haven't already, ...
