New Financial Apocolypse Date: Feburary 9, 2009

[LightinDarkness]

I don't know about you, but I've been rather upset that every single financial apocalypse the woo's have predicted has failed utterly. They started decrying the end of the financial world in September, then October, then January. Fear not friends, for we have been promised a new date of financial doom: February 9, 2009.

What is the source of this great date, who is the seer of this prophecy? Surely someone with great financial knowledge and a track record of being correct - or surely at least someone with a college degree in economics.

Or not.

Apparently the source of this date is someone named "Reinhardt" - an anonymous forum poster who made a long, rambling post describing the beginning of the end of the world due to the economy for September 15, 2008 on a google finance board. Of course he didn't get it quite right - the nothing that horrible occurred, but because lots of bad financial stuff happened around this date the woos now believe this guy is a true prophet. Its sort of like me predicting that in December, people will shop in the malls.

Reinhardt apparently also predicted that the final apocalypse (September 15 was just a mini financial apocalypse) would occur on February 9, 2009. The woos on abovetopsecret are taking this seriously man of them are planning to literally flee for the hills and skip school/work for this.

If it wasn't so sad that so many clueless people have fallen for this kind of insanity, it would be funny.

[Ohnoes]

Sounds good to me...I'm sure my boss will understand me skipping out of work on Monday due to total economic failure.:rolleyes:

Anyway, I predict someone is going to buy me some waffles...I hope it turns out to be true!:D

[ktesibios]

Reminds me a bit of the Millerites (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerites) in the mid-19th Century. Quite a few of them did withdraw from normal life, put on their "ascension robes" and climb hills in the expectation of being taken up to heaven. They also weathered more than one predicted date for the Second Coming passing without anything happening, until October 1844, when the Great Disappointment set in.

Miller's followers ultimately gave rise to the Seventh Day Adventists, who are still with us and doing OK. I wonder whether any group of apocalypse-expecting CTers will turn out to have that kind of staying power.

[dudalb]

Just warming up for the 2012 apocalypse hysteria.

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Didn't we have 6 or 7 financial apocalypses (apocalypsai?) back in september and october?

[LightinDarkness]

Didn't we have 6 or 7 financial apocalypses (apocalypsai?) back in september and october?

Indeed, but you see it isn't really Apocalypse level material until all of the things that CTers dream of occurs - riots, wars, food shortages, etc. Since none of those really happened on any scale that would cause concern, we have to keep creating new Apocalypse dates. If you predict them often enough, you are bound to be right - eventually...

[Z]

Well, it may be true. I'm expecting to get my college grant check on Monday. Something usually always conspires to prevent me from getting expected government money.

For example, it's been five days since my H&R Block 1-2 day loan was supposed to appear on my Emerald Green card... :(

[Foolmewunz]

Didn't we have 6 or 7 financial apocalypses (apocalypsai?) back in september and october?

I'm waiting for the apocalypso. If we're going out, we might as well go out to a pleasant beat, some nice fruity drinks with umbrellas in them, and dancing on the beaches in Jamaica.

[Björn Toulouse]

I tend to think of these guys as reverse bellwethers. Any time they give us a date, I feel assured that will be the best day of the week for me.

Thank you, all of you prognosticators.

[Horatius]

I'm waiting for the apocalypso. If we're going out, we might as well go out to a pleasant beat, some nice fruity drinks with umbrellas in them, and dancing on the beaches in Jamaica.



7-r1d0l5IP4


Don't ask how I knew about this.

[Frying Dutchmen]

Oh my god, THAT'S TODAY!

[LightinDarkness]

I hope everyone is strapped in, our eminent Financial Apocalypse is surely today - the conspiracy theorists have confirmed it all because some anonymous poster on google financial has proclaimed it so.

So what will we see first?
- City wide riots
- Stocks dropping 20%+
- Conspiracy theorists fleeing for the hills in RAMBO uniforms

The end is at hand. Time to throw all that cash you have on hand into the fire place. It won't be worth anything by the end of tomorrow anyways.

Or so that anonymous internet poster told me. But I'm sure hes right..

[zaphod2016]

I expect we'll see a drop today, as people take profits from Friday's rally and digest the employment numbers. We hit bottom at 7,500, and we'll be back over 9,000 by June.

Place your bets...

[Chaos]

I hope everyone is strapped in, our eminent Financial Apocalypse is surely today - the conspiracy theorists have confirmed it all because some anonymous poster on google financial has proclaimed it so.

So what will we see first?
- City wide riots
- Stocks dropping 20%+
- Conspiracy theorists fleeing for the hills in RAMBO uniforms

The end is at hand. Time to throw all that cash you have on hand into the fire place. It won't be worth anything by the end of tomorrow anyways.

Or so that anonymous internet poster told me. But I'm sure hes right..

That last bullet point would actually be a good thing if it happened... at least as long as they don´t have internet access in those hills.

[JoeyDonuts]

That last bullet point would actually be a good thing if it happened... at least as long as they don´t have internet access in those hills.

I could see the armed woo movement turning on itself in the total absence of internet access.

[Agatha]

Is this apocalypse likely to happen before 11.30 am (my time, in about 40 minutes or so?) Only if it is, I won't bother finishing off the preparation for the budget meeting, I'll have another cup of tea instead.

[ArmillarySphere]

Apocalypse, what? I'm not seeing anything - just sitting here in my office (in a medical research facility), minding my own business ... wait, what's that noise?

OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT THING?!!??
sdffgn ,lzs.-
.

[EvilBiker]

Apocalypse, what? I'm not seeing anything - just sitting here in my office (in a medical research facility), minding my own business ... wait, what's that noise?

OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT THING?!!??
sdffgn ,lzs.-
.



(the humour is sort of lost when you realise that the "Submit Reply" button must have been hit after supposed vaporisation...)



:D

[Horatius]

(the humour is sort of lost when you realise that the "Submit Reply" button must have been hit after supposed vaporisation...)



:D



Yes, but I they wanted you to know I they had vapourized him, so I they hit "Submit" afterward.



Bwahahahaha!

[Foolmewunz]

OMG, IT'S HAPPENING! THE DJIA LOST 40 POINTS IN THE FIRST EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THE OPENING BELL.

Of course, it already recovered half of that in the ensuing four minutes, but that's no fun.

[Ohnoes]

The dow is still in the green...I guess it will happen after lunch. He didn't want to ruin the CTers local 402 lunch meeting at Taco Bell.

[mikehh]

my portfolio is up 2% on the day right now. Should i Liquidate??

[fitzgibbon]

Or be liquidated.

[Pantaz]

Can we put off the collapse until Monday? I have plans tomorrow.

[roger]

Well, I think we can all agree that was pretty horrific.

[Foolmewunz]

It's already the tenth over here.

Bloomberg's obviously covering up the big news because they're afraid we can't take it. Won't someone just tell us the truth??!!!

There are a few hours left to the 9th in the USA. Is there a secret meeting going on right now in New York with the elders of the illuminati of Bilderberg changing the world off of the gold standard and onto the turnip standard?

[IMST]

It's still coming! Just before the close of business in Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time!!! That's where it'll all start!!!!!!!!! Hide while you still can !x27

[Foolmewunz]

It's still coming! Just before the close of business in Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time!!! That's where it'll all start!!!!!!!!! Hide while you still can !x27

Oh gawd! It's worse than I thought. We'll be on the poi standard!

[Peace]

I love how you guys try and stick every nut job, with someone that might believe in conspiracies in one way or another.

So to be fair, every insane person that doesn't believe in conspiracies, represent you?

[Foolmewunz]

I love how you guys try and stick every nut job, with someone that might believe in conspiracies in one way or another.

So to be fair, every insane person that doesn't believe in conspiracies, represent you?


Well, thank you. I love how you jump into a thread with nothing to add on the actual subject of same.

Let's see.... nut job posts financial apocalypse visions. Conspiracy fans around the web jump on it. Q.E.D. - we're the bad guys for joshing a little bit as a form of recreation to alleviate the stress of trying to save the world from woos. Got it. Thanks so much for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts.

[Biscuit]

I love how you guys try and stick every nut job, with someone that might believe in conspiracies in one way or another.

So to be fair, every insane person that doesn't believe in conspiracies, represent you?

Don't worry about us having a little fun at the woos expense. For you see so long as woos keep exponentially creating CT, and the interwebs aid in this greatly, they are bound to one day get one right if only because the odds will be in their favor.

On that fateful day when it is proven the Ronald McDonald is the secret leader of the N.N.W.O. (new new world order) a shadowy secret government behind slightly light speckled secret government thats behind our government the skeptics will all eat their hats! Run you fools! Run!

As I lay in bed this morning I was imagining the news reports I was going to hear when the radio clicked on.

"Mass riots across the U.S."
"Martial law is now in effect."
"Stock market crashes"

Instead it was the same old stuff and I smiled a little knowing that the world would be around for one more day.

[Peace]

Well, thank you. I love how you jump into a thread with nothing to add on the actual subject of same.

Let's see.... nut job posts financial apocalypse visions. Conspiracy fans around the web jump on it. Q.E.D. - we're the bad guys for joshing a little bit as a form of recreation to alleviate the stress of trying to save the world from woos. Got it. Thanks so much for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts.


Considering the OP is using words like the 'woos', and 'they' (who are they?) I think my post did add to the actual subject. I don't believe in all conspiracies, so trying to portray all of us as the same, is absurd.

I would like proof so many people thought a financial apocalypse was happening today, until then I think you're just making this up. Funny how you want proof for every conspiracy, and when presented with it, you still don't believe, at the same time you'll believe any old tripe someone has to say about these so called woos.

[Zep]

Well, I had a financial apocalypse. I left my wallet at home in my other pants when we went shopping yesterday. :rolleyes:

[roger]

I would like proof so many people thought a financial apocalypse was happening today, until then I think you're just making this up. Funny how you want proof for every conspiracy, and when presented with it, you still don't believe, at the same time you'll believe any old tripe someone has to say about these so called woos.It was offered. The site was named (abovetopsecret), the poster was named (Reinhardt), type it in your browser and away you go.

Oh, heck, I'll do a bit of your work for you:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread435215/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread433690/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread395831/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread428484/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread401761/pg1

And if you just google for him, you find tons of things like:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message619447/pg3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4176612
http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/general-chit-chat/41161-anyone-here-heard-reinhardt.html


etc., etc., etc.

Funny how when presented with actual evidence woo's claim nothing is proved, but yet draw conclusions when no evidence is present. (I'm actually with you, I don't like the term woo, but I used it in this sentence to keep the same terminology used in your post).

[fitzgibbon]

Plus with the varying timezones around the world, is the Apocalypse supposed to happen 24 times over? The old joke in Canada is that the World will end at 7pm; 7:30 in Newfoundland.

[LightinDarkness]

It was offered. The site was named (abovetopsecret), the poster was named (Reinhardt), type it in your browser and away you go.

Oh, heck, I'll do a bit of your work for you:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread435215/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread433690/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread395831/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread428484/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread401761/pg1

And if you just google for him, you find tons of things like:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message619447/pg3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4176612
http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/general-chit-chat/41161-anyone-here-heard-reinhardt.html


etc., etc., etc.

Funny how when presented with actual evidence woo's claim nothing is proved, but yet draw conclusions when no evidence is present. (I'm actually with you, I don't like the term woo, but I used it in this sentence to keep the same terminology used in your post).

What is it the kids say nowadays? Peace just got "Owned."

Moving on -

***BREAKING WOO NEWS***
The woos have determined that the markets were to collapse today, but the NWO has decided to wait 24 hours. You see, the "bank bailout" overview by the new treasury department was to be the catalyst that would spiral us into doom, which was scheduled for Monday but moved to Tuesday.

New date for the End of the Financial World As We Know It: February 10, 2009.

I am sure the CTs are right, hopefully they all go ahead and flee for the hills (without internet access, as suggested above) soon. The end is nigh!

[LightinDarkness]

Plus with the varying timezones around the world, is the Apocalypse supposed to happen 24 times over? The old joke in Canada is that the World will end at 7pm; 7:30 in Newfoundland.

Silly Fitz, applying logic to crazy people.

[JoeyDonuts]

You know, I had the truck all loaded up with 50 gallons of potable water, 3 month's worth of non-perishable food supplies, eight pistols, three land mines, four rifles and an anti-tank rocket this afternoon all ready to go find a hole in the forest and wait out the money apocalypse...

And then I found $5 in the laundry. Crisis averted.

[sleeplessdwarf]

You know, I had the truck all loaded up with 50 gallons of potable water, 3 month's worth of non-perishable food supplies, eight pistols, three land mines, four rifles and an anti-tank rocket this afternoon all ready to go find a hole in the forest and wait out the money apocalypse...

And then I found $5 in the laundry. Crisis averted.

I was right there with you bro. I mean I did get a nice 5k refund from the fed but I blew that on a 3% down payment for my first home. So with all this talk I just assumed they would be taking my home soon enough so I packed up the family ready to head to mountains. Checking the mail on my way out I found 300 more dollars from my AL state refund. I figured hell, if AL has enough reserve to send me 300 bucks then we are surely safe for a few more weeks. I can enjoy my home for a bit longer I guess.

[Corsair 115]

I expect we'll see a drop today, as people take profits from Friday's rally and digest the employment numbers. We hit bottom at 7,500, and we'll be back over 9,000 by June.


I can't speak to the Dow, NASDAQ, or S&P500 because I don't follow them that closely, but the TSX300 index hit its low back on Nov. 20th with a value of 7,724.76 (the high for 2008 was 15,068.83 on June 17th) and hasn't returned to it yet. On Monday, Feb. 9th, it closed at 9,047.28.

[Z]

I got my money. I has a laptop now. I is happier today.

Apocalypse good.

[LightinDarkness]

I am constantly amazed at how CTers will use anything - and I mean anything - to confirm what they want to believe. Even if it makes no sense.

Today was to be the "financial apocalypse" - when I hear that term, I think of riots, hyperinflation or deflation, and the breakdown of civilized society as we know it.

Instead, most major markets dropped 2-3.5% today, and the conspiracy theorists are claiming victory. The CTers seem to follow the DOW (even though ITS NOT A GOOD MEASURE OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS), and they think a almost 400 point drop is the beginning of the apocalypse - when such drops happened countless times in 2008.

Talk about confirmation bias.

[Macgyver1968]

Dang...I guess homeboy is a day late and dollar short. :)

[Foolmewunz]

What is it the kids say nowadays? Peace just got "Owned."

Moving on -

***BREAKING WOO NEWS***
The woos have determined that the markets were to collapse today, but the NWO has decided to wait 24 hours. You see, the "bank bailout" overview by the new treasury department was to be the catalyst that would spiral us into doom, which was scheduled for Monday but moved to Tuesday.

New date for the End of the Financial World As We Know It: February 10, 2009.

I am sure the CTs are right, hopefully they all go ahead and flee for the hills (without internet access, as suggested above) soon. The end is nigh!

Hell, he got owned by me when he opened his pie hole. There were a couple of dozen posts and he obviously hadn't read them!

Roger's post was more like he was then cut up into tasty bite sized morsels, slathered with a rich gravy, then chewed up and spit out all over the indoor-outdoor carpet.

[Hellbound]

dang...i guess homeboy is a day late and dollar short. :)

See!

Financial Apocolypse!!!

:D

[eromitlab]

I am constantly amazed at how CTers will use anything - and I mean anything - to confirm what they want to believe. Even if it makes no sense.

Today was to be the "financial apocalypse" - when I hear that term, I think of riots, hyperinflation or deflation, and the breakdown of civilized society as we know it.

Instead, most major markets dropped 2-3.5% today, and the conspiracy theorists are claiming victory. The CTers seem to follow the DOW (even though ITS NOT A GOOD MEASURE OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS), and they think a almost 400 point drop is the beginning of the apocalypse - when such drops happened countless times in 2008.

Talk about confirmation bias.

They'll take any proof they can get, so long as someone believes it and falls into the cesspool of woo without knowing any better.

[JoeyDonuts]

I just filed my tax return and I OWE the government 1000 dollars...and my wife just got laid off three weeks ago and still hasn't found a job. Our unemployment assistance hasn't come through yet and we're struggling to survive one day to the next.

Guess the revolution's back on, then.

[LightinDarkness]

So the guy who predicted the doomsdate - and was completely wrong, as usual with woo doomsday dates - apparently has a website:

www.enterprisecorruption.com

And even though he was completely wrong about his date, hes decided to start a subscription only blog - charging

$740 A YEAR

for access to his investment "advice" when he has just shown he hasn't a clue.

Looking at abovetopsecret and godlikeproductions, quite a few woos are happily throwing money at him to get access to his blog! Unbelievable. I need to get into the woo business - you don't even have to give the illusion of being right anymore. Just predict doom, and people will hysterically throw their money at you.

[timhau]

Plus with the varying timezones around the world, is the Apocalypse supposed to happen 24 times over?

Yes. That's what makes it a killer. One apocalypse where the stock market loses 10% is bad, but globally that makes for a 240% drop, and the economy just can't survive that.

[JoeyDonuts]

My wife just landed a job, so we're solvent again.

That's too bad. I was really looking forward to staking out a nice little spread in the woods and seceding from the soon-to-be-defunct United States.

[Foolmewunz]

My wife just landed a job, so we're solvent again.

That's too bad. I was really looking forward to staking out a nice little spread in the woods and seceding from the soon-to-be-defunct United States.


Hey, that's good to hear, Joey! (The wife landing the job bit, not the bit where you're not seceding. I was thinking you could join Alex L and go Seasteading. You know, like form your own country on an unsinkable oil platform and stuff. Where'd that thread disappear to?)

[JoeyDonuts]

Hey, that's good to hear, Joey! (The wife landing the job bit, not the bit where you're not seceding. I was thinking you could join Alex L and go Seasteading. You know, like form your own country on an unsinkable oil platform and stuff. Where'd that thread disappear to?)

HELL no. I'd hoist the Jolly Roger and start pirating around the Gulf of Mexico before I did something ridiculous like live on a freaking oil rig with some Andrew Ryan loony.

[Travis]

I have a friend in Nevada who thinks he can procure an MP5 in case civilization implodes. Of course he's also stated I will not be welcome in his survival bunker but that 5-6 women or reproductive age would be.

I'm reconsidering his status as a "friend."