• Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Actually, the Mayan calendar stated that 2012 is the start of a new epoch under their date system, it never said anything about the world ending. The claim that they predicted the world ending was based on nothing but “indigenous mysticism” by white people and Hollywood.

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      1 year ago

      Given how the Mayans are usually portrayed as an ancient, vanished people, I was surprised to find out that if you want to know about Mayan beliefs you can just ask them. They’re the guys stood outside the archeological sites selling t-shirts.

    • Cronyx@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Actually, the Mayan calendar stated that 2012 is the start of a new epoch

      The end of The Fifth Age and the beginning of the Sixth Age, the reawakening of the great dragons, and the start of goblinization, and the return of magic to the world.

      You know, basic Shadowrun lore XD

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        1 year ago

        Still waiting for the magic, not sure if I want a deck port in my brain given how many add I see on my phone.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah but the world ending in 2012 had nothing to do with the Mayan calendar and everything to do with aliens destroying the moon and using it to end all life on Earth, just after scanning us all for re-creation in their matrix in the year 29000 AD