NOSTRADAMUS: IN THE SKY WILL BE SEEN A GREAT FIRE DRAGGING A TRAIL OF SPARKS.
He was just trying to describe the opening ceremony of IPL 5 or maybe the Olympics, with all the fireworks. Nothing to worry about!
RAPTURE READY (A WEBSITE): THE WORLD WILL DEFINITELY END IN OR BEFORE DECEMBER 2012.
We would readily believe this if they hadn’t predicted the end of the world wrongly in 1988, 1994 and 2011!
MOST CONSPIRACY THEORISTS: THE MAYAN CALENDAR ENDS IN 2012.
How exactly would that kill everyone on earth? The calendar on my wall ends in December every year, but the human race hasn’t really gone extinct yet.
INDIA TV: THERE WILL BE FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, ASTEROIDS AND VOLCANOES AND THE DEVIL HIMSELF WILL APPEAR IN THE LAST DAYS TO KILL ALL OF US.
Wait, isn’t that too much? They’ve packed every disaster into their prediction and it’s bound to fail. Just look at what happened with K3G when it packed in too many stars!
CRAZY PSEUDO SCIENTISTS ON YOUTUBE: THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC NORTH AND SOUTH POLES WILL SUDDENLY BE REVERSED AND WE WILL ALL DIE.
This cannot happen suddenly, unless you count 7 millennia as suddenly. And even if it could, the worst that could happen is the arrival of polar bears at the North Pole. Everyone uses Google Maps anyway and not compasses, so it’s not even like we would ever get lost!
CRAZY 2012 CULTS: GIVE US ALL YOUR MONEY BEFORE YOU DIE
And what exactly will you do with it, if you’re going to die too?
BRITNEY SPEARS (IN 2011): SEE THE SUNLIGHT WE AIN’T STOPPIN’ KEEP ON DANCING TILL THE WORLD ENDS
OK, now I’m scared. Let me go find a cult to give all my money to.
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