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Seems a lot of people think the end is indeed, nigh.
One in 10 people around the world, including 9% of Canadians, may be readying their bucket list this year, saying they believe the “end of the world” will come at the end of 2012, according to the results of a global survey.
China topped the list of end-times believers at 20%, followed by several countries at 13%, including Mexico, Turkey and the U.S., according to the findings of an Ipsos Reid survey conducted on behalf of the Reuters news agency and released Tuesday. Canada ranked 15th of 21 countries surveyed.
Turkey and the U.S. (22%) reported the highest numbers of those who agreed that the world is coming to an end during their lifetime, followed by South Africa (21%), Argentina, Mexico and Indonesia (19%).
Originally posted by openeyeswideshut
This just goes to show you the ignorance some people have.
I wonder how many of those people watched 2012.
Now I wonder how many of those people watched 2012 and know anything at all about the mayans
Yikes, you may have just stumbled upon something.
This is a great riddle, one I would never have been able to figure out on my own, but I've heard this one before. Though I kind of wish I hadn't. The way you put it is genius, and I would've considered myself lucky to have first come across it here in your thread!
Originally posted by openeyeswideshut
This just goes to show you the ignorance some people have.
I wonder how many of those people watched 2012.
Now I wonder how many of those people watched 2012 and know anything at all about the mayans
Originally posted by AnIntellectualRedneck
Considering everything that's going on in the world, can you blame them?
Also, the fact that 20% of Chinese believe this really makes my eyebrow raise. I mean, these aren't exactly people known for your typical religious end of the world hysteria or paying attention to other culture's myths. So what, exactly, have they been told?
Originally posted by Sachyriel
Any other nation is almost more populous than us for sure and honestly I'm boldly going to state that there is likely to be more people who think the world is ending soon in the urban areas rather than the rural; the urban grind kinda makes it seem like any day now, any day...
Originally posted by ColAngus
What percentage of those 9% have ATS accounts?
Hosers.
Ipsos questioned people in China, Turkey, Russia, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Argentina, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Italy, South Africa, Great Britain, Indonesia, Germany.