I'm shaking my head. I can't understand how any of this is important. You know what historical parallels that fit astronomical predictions I find interesting? It snows every year. Yup, that's right, every year, and it's been doing it for thousands of years in a row. Where it not for the very precise alignment of the cosmos, that snow would not come. The cool thing about it is I can predict the future with great accuracy. Next year it will snow. You heard it here first. And I've committed my prediction to print too so you'll all be able to call me out on it next year if I'm wrong. I also believe very strongly that snow has had a cyclical impact on human history. Snow is way better than 2147. It only has one syllable. It starts with S. It has the words no, now, on, won, son and sow in it... how many words does 2147 have in it? Yea.. that's right... none. Snow is so much more interesting and a better predictor of human behavior. I'll bet if I took a vote, more people would vote for snow than 2147 as a major impactor on human history. And then there's Santa Claus. Did Santa ever ride his sleigh on 2147... no. Did Santa come every time it 2147'd or did he come every year it snowed? Ask any kid, 2147 or Santa, and guess what. Thumbs down for 2147. Ever make a sphere out of 2147? I didn't think so. Ever play with 2147... yes, you obviously play with your 2147 way too much. But other people don't like to, so you're probably better off keeping it to yourself. That's just my opinion. I'm not very enlightened. I think snow is fun. I think 2147 isn't. Santa doesn't like it either... and neither do kids. But they all like snow. Snow is good. It comes every year, it's dependable, predictable, it is even water. The amazing thing about water is the impact water has had on human history. Caesar, he drank water. Newton, he drank water too. All our current technology has been provided throughout history by people who drank water. Without water, life can't exist. Can you say the same about 2147? Nooo... you most certainly can't. Did Jesus turn 2147 into wine? Did Columbus sail across an ocean of 2147? Does 2147 resonate in harmony with the moon? I think not. Can 2147 produce lightning? Can it supply power to parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona? Can you fill a balloon with 2147 and throw it at your sister? Have you ever written your name in the snow with 2147? See the synchronicity there, where water can be both pen and paper, can 2147 do that? Have you ever had Whiskey and 2147? The only benefit from 2147 I can see is if she's 21 and I'm 47... that's good. But then, if I'm 21 and she's 47, that's not so good, so it sort of cancels itself out. Now the thing that amazes me the most, is that someone who sounds like he's a fairly intelligent person, would spend so much of his time trying to crowbar facts to fit some theory that seems totally irrelevant and useless to me. But it clearly hides genius I am incapable of comprehending. For truly no rational person would put so much energy into developing a hair brained theory for no reason. So the fault is clearly mine for being too simple to understand the grand picture. There is obviously some significance that I am without sufficient capacity to grok. Or perhaps it just wasn't mentioned... I really don't know.

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