Actually, December 21, 2012, but who's counting?

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

At least there was a real issue with Y2K. Sure, it wasn't going to be the end of the world, but there would have been big problems if a lot of programmers hadn't fixed problem software. Unfortunately, the mass media had a habit of wildly misstating the issue (in one case I remember, the reporters were calling it "the Y2K computer virus"!) so it wasn't a great surprise that the scare stories received more traction than they deserved.

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I say there is an invisible elf in my backyard. How do you prove that I am wrong?

Disclaimer: Avatar is not an official NASA image and does not imply any specific interplanetary or interstellar capability.

The Leif Ericson Cruiser

I think one of the best things we can do when we meet people who believe the doomsday theories is to say "And if the world doesn't end, do you promise never to believe anything like this ever again?"

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

I doubt that could be enforced.

But just to put the idea into their heads would have merit, I believe.

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Unfortunately, that's true, LaurelHS.