Another Doomsday

For those of you who haven't figured it out already, (which is no one here now, since the people who read my blog are more intelligent than that) the world ending in 2012 is a hoax.

We've seen this nonsense spread everywhere from the Interwebs to the History Channel to the glossies, and a good question to ask ourselves right about now would be, "Why?"

Why what? Why didn't someone laugh in the face of the person who suggested it, why do people continually give into doomsday predictions (see: Y2K), why wasn't this simply a Weekly World News headline we could snicker at while waiting in the checkout line at the market?

People like to feel important. They like to believe that the time they live in is a special one where interesting and grand cosmical events will take place. Take for example the Evangelicals who believe we're living in the "end of days" (note: not the same end of days as 2012 mind you).

What's downright bizarre is how the events these people look forward to are ones that will destroy them and everyone they care about.

Chances are doomsday predictions have a sort of social effect that could be beneficial.
For instance, I've made attempts to get people who claim to believe the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012 to write me a check the size of their bank account that will only clear on Dec. 22, 2012.

Peoples apprehension in whipping out the checkbook tells me there is someone inside there that has made the automatic calculation of 2012 being a hoax and that giving me their life savings is a bad move.
Why this someone hasn't been brought to the forefront of this person's thinking is currently beyond me.

Doomsday predictions can also act as a way to get someone to express their fears or ignorance on a particular topic. Y2K struck when people knew less about computers than they do now.

Before it came back from the future to stop itself, I've heard people suggest that the Large Hadron Collider and 2012 are somehow linked.

Why do you suppose some people require the world to constantly be on the brink of destruction?

Your Movie

Suddenly one day two unauthorized movies about your life pop into existence.

The first movie is an independent documentary featuring random snippets of you going about your every day life, completely unaware of the camera crew that must've been hiding in the bushes (or as the bushes) in order to obtain this footage. It also includes utterly honest interviews with all your friends, family and enemies.

The Second movie is a major motion picture from Hollywood. It has all the people you would have suspected playing you and all of your friends and family and enemies. Critics and audiences find they like the film very much and it has accumulated both a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 9 star rating on IMDB.

The question is, which film are you more interested in watching?