Hey ATS, I guess you are all like me, a little disappointed that we've made it through this most recent of 'End Times' unscathed.

A quick check in the Prophecies board and a few others revealed the statistics in the title. I'm sure there are plenty more I didn't see! 1375 replies and 189 flags, wasted, or not?

Is it doom and gloom scares like this that make ATS such a great place? When it boils down to it, is ATS any different from countless other newspapers, tabloids or media services; Thriving on sensationalism?

What will be the next one, lets have some prophecies on this! What does it say about us, and maybe, just maybe have I spoken too soon!? (Still October isn't it lol!)

And most importantly, would you have it any other way? Hope you have time to reply before the end comes!


All the best, Kiwifoot!







[edit on 29-10-2009 by kiwifoot]

Sounds like the global brain was Busy analizing & connecting-the-dots
to me.


It dosen't matter if the image being created in our collective mind
was of a 'MasterPiece' quality... its the effort of the community that was the most important.... warts and all

I purposefully steer clear of this forum, today i will make an exception.

It seems to me that many people on here seem obsessed with the idea of 2012 and the worlds end. What a waste of time!

Why not try spreading some ideas of love and peace instead of hate and fear?

Religion has a part to play in all this too, go figure

Ingraining us all with the idea of the Apocalypse etc etc...

Surely the idea of the worlds end should make us want to live every day like its our last. Do good. Help eachother. No?

Instead we become paranoid and fearful.

The way i see it, the end of the world is the least of our problems......

Peace.

Ah you know what its like here



All Aboard......

I can feel a flaming coming for that

i think the largest problem with ATS is that it is populated by mostly humans.
Humans have counterproductive wants they determine are needs, thusly, becoming need.
If "we" didn't want it, it wouldn't be.

ATS is exactly like life.

Some people look at world events, pull in information from various sources, and come to conclusions. Then they post a thread and some of the members speculate. It's all a matter of perspective. I have a world map and a US map next to my work space. When something happens in the world that I feel might be significant, I correlate locations, events, and try to decide what the significance is in the grand scheme of things. It's a just like wargaming. I am trying to anticipate what the next move will be.

S & F for this.

I think the vast majority of us were 110% sure we'd get by October without any issues. Especially that whole October 25th thing. It was funny to see everyone scrambling about it, trying to guess what was going to happen. Then when the day came, everyone pointed to EVERY. LITTLE. THING. and wondered if that was the start of a massive cataclysm that would change global dynamics.

But...we can't change the believers. They'll continue to be SHEEP to the webbot millionaire, and other profiteers who claim doom & gloom.

Well it just shows people will believe anything they are told. I dont think we will ever really know when something BIG will happen, it will happen just like it did with 9/11, we wont see it coming.

Im waiting for 2012, so I can wake up the next day and laugh at everyone on here who thought it was going to end. but that's just me

If every single Doom prophecy had been true, we should have died... 19989 times, more or less.

Plus most of the ¨Prophets¨are either seeking attention, an extremely nutty conspiracy theorist, or they´re just doing it for fun.

People are just stupid and gullible unfortunately.

And ATS people, ironically, are much more stupid and gullible than most.


Not all obviously, there are many bright and intelligent and rational people on here, but they're ridiculously outnumbered by the loonies.


The thing with these doom prediction threads, and now all this TWZ and webbot crap, is that people say "hey it's not a prediction, we're actually looking into the past and comparing" or "better to be prepared in case something does happen... instead of being ignorant" I mean... you can't argue with deluded people!!

You just can't.





I'm so glad for the rational, non-gullible people on here.....otherwise this site would just be a joke.

I think people secretly like these threads. They provide something to hope for or fear, depending on who you are. Even the people who like to bash them probably likes them for giving them something to bash.

Its not like I feel the need to go into every religious thread and scream about God not existing. I just dont read them. Call me crazy.

Originally posted by Copernicus

I think people secretly like these threads. They provide something to hope for or fear, depending on who you are.

I definitely think there's an element of that going on.

But to star and flag these threads, when essentially there is no real evidence, just the hunch of the OP, and for the threads to be so popular, speaks volumes for the mentality and maturity of some members, I feel.