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2012: Tsunami of StupidityWhy the latest apocalyptic cult is a silly scam.

By Ron RosenbaumUpdated Friday, May 22, 2009, at 1:10 PM ET

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Ron Rosenbaum is the author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.
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My friends and I like to joke about 2012 occasionally and will probably have an apocalypse party on the special day. I highly doubt that everyone on the internet that's chattering about this is serious though, perhaps more tongue-in-cheek?

In fact, I almost think it's becoming an internet meme more than anything else. I'm sure some day (long before 2012) we'll all get bored of it, but for now it's worth a chuckle. Maybe somebody can combine a 2012 joke with the Russian reversal and Chuck Norris... any takers?

-- Ridry
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