I got the following from Zeke in response to me "people suck" post yesterday:
Don't feel too bad about people and the world. People suck. Yes. It will keep getting worse. Yes. But everything will change when the final tick in the Mayan calendar says that the world will end. That's December 21, 2012. Of course, by "end" we probably mean "change to the point that everything is radically different". Much like the Death card in tarot stands for change, not an ending.
Don't know what the change will be, but it'll sure be a doozy. Unless it isn't. You never know with this sort of bunk.
The sad part is, I know what he's talking about. I think it was in Fingerprints of the Gods, which I haven't read yet pretty much because I know it says that the world ends in 2012. And because it's probably bullshit. But no matter how much I like to tell myself I'm a hard-headed, cynical pragmatist, but I get far too easily wigged by things like that.
So I wrote Zeke back and told him how it pissed me off to when I found out that the world would end or go all apocalyptic or shift or whatever when I was only 42. That, apparently, was the wrong thing to say, because it just got Zeke thinking:
I've just figured out why the world will end in 2012. It has everything to do with you. Try this one out: Mayans say world "ends" in 2012. Jersild is 42 in 2012. Douglas Adams says answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. Tie it together and we get "Jersild causes world to end when she discovers the Ultimate answer to Life the Universe and Everything". Bad news for the world. But great news for Jersild, as she'll finally know what everything was all about before she goes.
Ah. Well that's... I was going to say comforting, but that's a lie. That sucks. Not only will the world end, but it will be my fault? Thanks a hell of a lot, Zeke. We have discussed my guilt issues, haven't we? Harumph.
On the upside, I will be able to put "Sarah Jersild, Probable Destroyer of Worlds" on my business card now.
Don't feel too bad about people and the world. People suck. Yes. It will keep getting worse. Yes. But everything will change when the final tick in the Mayan calendar says that the world will end. That's December 21, 2012. Of course, by "end" we probably mean "change to the point that everything is radically different". Much like the Death card in tarot stands for change, not an ending.
Don't know what the change will be, but it'll sure be a doozy. Unless it isn't. You never know with this sort of bunk.
The sad part is, I know what he's talking about. I think it was in Fingerprints of the Gods, which I haven't read yet pretty much because I know it says that the world ends in 2012. And because it's probably bullshit. But no matter how much I like to tell myself I'm a hard-headed, cynical pragmatist, but I get far too easily wigged by things like that.
So I wrote Zeke back and told him how it pissed me off to when I found out that the world would end or go all apocalyptic or shift or whatever when I was only 42. That, apparently, was the wrong thing to say, because it just got Zeke thinking:
I've just figured out why the world will end in 2012. It has everything to do with you. Try this one out: Mayans say world "ends" in 2012. Jersild is 42 in 2012. Douglas Adams says answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. Tie it together and we get "Jersild causes world to end when she discovers the Ultimate answer to Life the Universe and Everything". Bad news for the world. But great news for Jersild, as she'll finally know what everything was all about before she goes.
Ah. Well that's... I was going to say comforting, but that's a lie. That sucks. Not only will the world end, but it will be my fault? Thanks a hell of a lot, Zeke. We have discussed my guilt issues, haven't we? Harumph.
On the upside, I will be able to put "Sarah Jersild, Probable Destroyer of Worlds" on my business card now.
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