Countdown to Doomsday - Dec 21, 2012 (Mayan calendar)

The Mayan calendar did not take Leap Years into account since that idea was created after they finished their calendar, so actually the world should have already ended by now, according to their day count....but im just sayin. . . . . .haha

 

Ditto.

 

die mota faka dieee

 

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You'd think whoever discovered this end of the world thinger would of taken that into account.

 

The Mayans? They didn't have google back then

 

^^

 

In reality, one solar year is ~365.24219878 days. In order to correct Caesar’s mistake, it was changed in 1582 to a calendar year equal to 365.2425 days. This was done by skipping leap years that were divisible by 100 unless they are also divisible by 400. For instance, the following years would have been leap years under the Julian calendar, but are now skipped: 1500, 1700, 1800, 1900. Likewise, the following leap years were not skipped because they were also divisible by 400: 1600, 2000. This system, known as the Gregorian calendar, is what we use today.

The Mayan calendar is very inaccurate when calculating years. Not only did they not account for leap years, they were completely wrong about how many days were in a year. The Mayan “tun” is 360 days long, equivalent of 0.986 years.

However, the date of December 21, 2012, is not based on Mayan tuns. It is based on the total accumulation of days since the beginning of the Mayan calendar. It is commonly accepted that the first date on the Mayan calendar is August 11, 3113 BCE on the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, we must start on that date and count forward in time.

 

Any other information we should all know?

 

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The Mayans were all but erased, suddenly like .....

 

or were they

 

Wow, I never considered that or even thought of it that way.

 

Theres only 2 certainties in life, you come in on your own & exit the same way

 

Welp, still here

 

California just had a massive earthquake.




















































I farted....

 

Ooooh, You guys mind if I tear off a piece of this discussion too?
The way I see it, the Mayans made a calender and then all died. If they were so good at predicting the future why aren't they still here?? The only reason why the mayan calender stops at 2012 is because there was no one left to continue it.

Just my thoughts!

 

why did they choose a start date for their long count calender 3000 years before their civilization ?

 

hahahaha. that made me laugh. it’s 1:08 i’m going to try and go to bed. and go get my hair cut and do christmas shopping in the am. and yes it’s 3 days a way and i’m not done yet don’t hate.

 

That is a terrific question.