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Well, the eclipse came and went, and the world didn't end. What did we do wrong? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Meuzzin@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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How can we secure a solar eclipse induced apocalypse next time? More virgin sacrifices? Less? Virgins are quite abundant these days. We could go either way...

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was a great photo of a guy who bought into the Mayan calendar bullshit in 2012 (I think?). He'd given away or sold his home and all his stuff. In the photo, he was checking his watch while young people next to him were laughing. I imagine his life was ruined.

But some cults just keep pushing the date back. See Millerites in USA:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Ooo, I'll get to live through 3 more ends of the world! Excellent. That was a wild read, thanks for the links.