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lambchopsil
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12:49 pm, Apr 24 2011
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Here's a quick fact about Easter 2011. Eastern and Western Christianity usually celebrate Easter on different days because they follow different calendars. However, for two years in a row (2010-2011), Easter has been celebrated on the same day by both East and West. This super rare. In fact, it's so rare that some people attribute it to the theory that the world will end soon (like the 2012 thing with the Mayan calendar).
At least that's what my professor told me on Friday right when class ended.
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JohnHomos
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JohnHommos
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4:42 pm, Apr 24 2011
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Unrelated: So lambchopsil, what are you studying?
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hobbitelf518
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10:00 pm, Apr 24 2011
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New things I learn every day. Happy Easter, everyone! 
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lambchopsil
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Archon Solon
10:49 pm, Apr 24 2011
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Computer Science
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1:52 am, Apr 25 2011
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You do know that 2012 thing is just the end of the Mayan calendar cycle, right? It's kind of like saying the world would have ended in 1999 because 2000 began a new millennium.
If that was a joke then by all means ignore me 
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2:07 am, Apr 25 2011
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...He is aware of this... hence the "some people".
Of course, for some people, the world will end in 2012.
'Cause they'd be dead.
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rawr
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4:56 am, Apr 25 2011
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That's roughly 60m people.
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mattai
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5:24 am, Apr 25 2011
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You'd think after all the false alarms on "the world is going to end in year XXXX!" people would stop falling for it.
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6:10 am, Apr 25 2011
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The "some people" part does not refer to the 2012 end of the world theory, it refers to people attributing the coincidence to some higher meaning.
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7:06 am, Apr 25 2011
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You underestimate human stupidity.
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Toto
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7:24 am, Apr 25 2011
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Yep, not even one percent of the population.
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8:03 am, Apr 25 2011
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correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the world suppose to end in 1985, 1993, 2000. so whens the next time the world's gonna end after 2012 doesn't happen?
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Toto
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8:27 am, Apr 25 2011
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I vote for 2020 on February 20th at 8:20 pm... or 20:20.
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JohnHommos
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10:13 am, Apr 25 2011
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So 2020 02/20 20:20:20
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That's not so perfect
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12:41 pm, Apr 25 2011
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That's some professor you have there.
What a way to end a class!
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