Only 36 days until the end of the world - Page 3

xtifr · 17th November 2012, 05:58 PM

I think the main thing that people forget is that even if all the Mayan computers crash on Dec. 21, there are so few actual running Mayan computers still in use that the impact will be negligable.

Orphia Nay · 17th November 2012, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by xtifr

I think the main thing that people forget is that even if all the Mayan computers crash on Dec. 21, there are so few actual running Mayan computers still in use that the impact will be negligable.

Jodie · 17th November 2012, 07:03 PM

Well Israel is calling in their reserves, do you think nuclear Armageddon is a possibility in the next couple of weeks? We might actually beat the deadline of Dec. 21st.

Travis · 17th November 2012, 09:13 PM

Well I doubt Israel has that many to use and Hamas would have only one if they are lucky and it would be smuggled in from Iran so who knows if it would work.

So a minor nuclear war? Possible. Nuclear Armageddon? Doubtful unless other nuclear states start launching too.

RSLancastr · 18th November 2012, 02:12 AM

This all reminds me that LAST month was Harold Camping's Rescheduled Rapture (from its previous April 2012 date).

Has he re-rescheduled?

Nowhere Man · 18th November 2012, 06:42 AM

Your dates are off. Camping predicted for May 2011, then rescheduled for October 2011. Per Wikipedia,

Quote:

In March 2012, Camping admitted that his predictions were in error, stating: "We humbly acknowledge we were wrong about the timing."

and

Quote:

In October 2012, the Christian Post reported that Family Radio was re-broadcasting recordings of Camping's teachings.

Camping's church collapsed and he suffered a stroke. Family Radio, meanwhile, trundles on.

Fred

23_Tauri · 18th November 2012, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by Orphia Nay

Just came across this at that page:

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...work181112.jpg

Quoted for ease of reply:

"As someone who was actually at a Mayan site last year and spent many hours with a Mayan scholar who was my guide at the ruins. I have personal knowledge of what actual Mayans believe what will occur on 12/21/2012. First off he told me that this is not an end of the world scenario yet it is a period of time where all inhabitants on the earth will be experiencing an energy field that only occurs when the planets align in the center of the milky way. There is a three day period of time from mid day on the 21st till the mid day 24th that nothing will work electronically and this will be a period of thought where people will be enlightened to a new level of understanding. Many will not understand what is happening and will go insane, kill themselves, kill others so he said that you should prepair to stay inside for those three days to avoid being victimized. Do not look outside, this is a time to pray and achieve a higher level of consciousness. Ultimately the survivors that pass through this time will achieve a higher understanding of the universe and its powers that can be harnessed with the human brain and to be able to live a much greater existence amongst all people in the planet with the same higher level of enlightenment, intelligence and knowledge. He said the 3 days of darkness are not necessarily literally without light but the darkness they refer to is the evil and madness that will occur amongst the people incapable of achieving a higher level of consciousness or understanding of what is occurring and that is why you must remain inside and pray. He said anyone can achieve this enlightenment but must understand and truly believe it those who don't will not survive. Good luck and Gods speed to all who believe this and to those who don't as well..."

HansMustermann · 18th November 2012, 08:51 AM

You know, at least pagans have the excuse of not being told by their gods to cut it out. But for Christians, for example Matthew 24:36 says:

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

Basically it's such a secret that not even Jesus knows it, not even the angels in heaven know it, but Camping does. It's him and God who are in on it. He's soo BFF with God, that God tells him what he didn't even tell Jesus. How cute

Furthermore, Matthew 24:37-39 makes it clear that it's intentionally supposed to be unexpected:

37. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

39. and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

So, you know, something that's supposed to be a surprise, God would tell it to Camping. Or to the Mayans. I guess god is worse than the stereotypical village gossip at keeping a secret

Seriously, do these people even read their own frikken bible?

I Ratant · 18th November 2012, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by 23_Tauri

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...yinkitty-1.gif

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Reported!
NO KITTENS!

Cainkane1 · 18th November 2012, 10:02 AM

There are two types of prophesy which should be ignored. Whatever the Jehovah Witnesses say and whatever the Mayans say.

xtifr · 18th November 2012, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Cainkane1

There are two types of prophesy which should be ignored. Whatever the Jehovah Witnesses say and whatever the Mayans say.

Y'know what? I can actually bring myself to ignore a whole bunch of other types of prophesy.

(Not to mention the fact that there is no "Mayan prophecy" at play here. The idea that the short-form of their calendar running out has any sort of significant meaning is wholly an invention of those who came after the Mayans. The Mayans have enough problems; lets not blame them for something that's not-at-all their fault.)

shmameron · 18th November 2012, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by ehcks

So who's planning on having an It's Totally (not) The End of the World party?

I've been planning mine since late last year! Turns out I'll be going on a trip to Florida instead, from Dec. 13-24. It'll actually be better though, since I'll be on the beach. Great front seats to watch the 1000 ft wave come crashing down like in that one movie.

Mark F · 18th November 2012, 04:33 PM

Now that Twinkie's are gone I don't really see what there is to live for anyway.

pakeha · 18th November 2012, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by Orphia Nay

As someone who was actually at a Mayan site last year and spent many hours with a Mayan scholar who was my guide at the ruins. I have personal knowledge of what actual Mayans believe what will occur on 12/21/2012. ...

It MUST be true. A tourist guide said so.

Andrew Wiggin · 18th November 2012, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

I just want to remind folks that the penis stuff is not a joke. The formal prayer ritual in the Mayan culture required a man to cut his penis with a sharp stone.

If there was any doubt about why they aren't around any more...

I'd be more likely to blame penile infection driving the birth rate down than a magic calendar making them go away.

SezMe · 18th November 2012, 11:12 PM

From the Facebook quote via Orphia:

Quote:

...that only occurs when the planets align in the center of the milky way...

Since the galactic plane and the solar plane do not coincide, the planets can NEVER align with the center of the galaxy. Whew! We're good to go onward enjoying human stupidity are every trip around our orbit.

psionl0 · 18th November 2012, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Orphia Nay

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w194/orphia/EOTW.jpg

What a CAT-astrophy!

23_Tauri · 19th November 2012, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by I Ratant

.
Reported!
NO KITTENS!

It's not a kitteh, it's a grown cat, crying in despair at human stupidity.

Here's an article from that heavy-weight of news reportage, England's Daily Mail, on a mountain that can save beleevers from the coming apocalypse. Only the French gendarmes have decided not to let the woosters up there:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...afe-haven.html

My favourite bit is how the article is all about how the police don't expect many New Agers to turn up, but that the area will be flooded by sightseers and the curious, followed by a map of France with BIG RED DOT denoting the location of the mountain.

I saw what they did there....

Brainache · 19th November 2012, 07:02 PM

It seems pretty obvious to me that the world won't be ending this December, that will be happening next year with all the Comets and stuff. Obviously whoever calculated the Mayan to European date conversion was out by one year. So relax everyone, we've got another twelve months yet.

Cheers. Glad I could help.

Sonny2 · 19th November 2012, 07:03 PM

What comets? Link.

I've been focused on this year ending so didn't notice.

23_Tauri · 19th November 2012, 07:31 PM

I thought Comet went bust only last week.

Oh. Hang on. Does that mean....?

Brainache · 19th November 2012, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Sonny2

What comets? Link.

I've been focused on this year ending so didn't notice.

You can see a discussion about it here:
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=244625

If it lives up to expectations, it should be a "once in a civilisation" event, apparently.

Traveler Steve · 21st November 2012, 06:55 AM

I'll laugh if, like around 64 million years ago, a huge-*** asteroid slams into us on Dec. 21st.

I'll die soon afterwards, of course. But I'll still laugh.

George152 · 21st November 2012, 11:49 AM

What's the kooks excuse going to be when nothing happens ?
Wrong date?
Not enough water for their claimed tidal wave?
Or the solar flare that didn't?

Vortigern99 · 21st November 2012, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by George152

What's the kooks excuse going to be when nothing happens ?
Wrong date?
Not enough water for their claimed tidal wave?
Or the solar flare that didn't?

The truly prayerful and repentant will have saved us all with their telepathic wishing. Invisible zombie rabbis are suckers for telepathic wishing. It is known.

HansMustermann · 21st November 2012, 01:19 PM

Planetary alignments, however, are known to not give a screw about wishful thinking

So, hey, those guys won't stop us from waking up Great Cthulhu

mike3 · 22nd November 2012, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by smartcooky

This is a sad consequence of CT lunacy.

Its a mistake to think that CTs are always completely harmless. The effects that CT bollocks and off-the-wall belief systems can have on the weak minded fools that go for this stuff hook, line and sinker, can often lead to this kind of tragic scenario.....Heaven's Gate for example.

So what should be done about not just CTs, but "weak minded fools"?

HansMustermann · 23rd November 2012, 12:28 AM

Not sure that there's much you can do. In the immortal words of Dorothy Parker, "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think"

Soapy Sam · 23rd November 2012, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Cainkane1

There are two types of prophesy which should be ignored. Whatever the Jehovah Witnesses say and whatever the Mayans say.

You overlooked bus schedules.

I Ratant · 23rd November 2012, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by mike3

So what should be done about not just CTs, but "weak minded fools"?

.
Know them when you see them and avoid them if they're harmless.... to you.

17th November 2012, 05:58 PM	#81
xtifr Muse Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sol III Posts: 563	I think the main thing that people forget is that even if all the Mayan computers crash on Dec. 21, there are so few actual running Mayan computers still in use that the impact will be negligable.
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17th November 2012, 06:32 PM	#82
Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 28,382	Originally Posted by xtifr I think the main thing that people forget is that even if all the Mayan computers crash on Dec. 21, there are so few actual running Mayan computers still in use that the impact will be negligable.
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17th November 2012, 07:03 PM	#83
Jodie Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1,909	Well Israel is calling in their reserves, do you think nuclear Armageddon is a possibility in the next couple of weeks? We might actually beat the deadline of Dec. 21st.
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17th November 2012, 09:13 PM	#84
Travis Misanthrope of the Mountains Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tuolumne City, CA Posts: 17,945	Well I doubt Israel has that many to use and Hamas would have only one if they are lucky and it would be smuggled in from Iran so who knows if it would work. So a minor nuclear war? Possible. Nuclear Armageddon? Doubtful unless other nuclear states start launching too.
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18th November 2012, 02:12 AM	#85
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,543	This all reminds me that LAST month was Harold Camping's Rescheduled Rapture (from its previous April 2012 date). Has he re-rescheduled?
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18th November 2012, 06:42 AM	#86
Nowhere Man Scholar Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 108	Your dates are off. Camping predicted for May 2011, then rescheduled for October 2011. Per Wikipedia, Quote: In March 2012, Camping admitted that his predictions were in error, stating: "We humbly acknowledge we were wrong about the timing." and Quote: In October 2012, the Christian Post reported that Family Radio was re-broadcasting recordings of Camping's teachings. Camping's church collapsed and he suffered a stroke. Family Radio, meanwhile, trundles on. Fred
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18th November 2012, 06:50 AM	#87
23_Tauri Illuminator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 4,947	Originally Posted by Orphia Nay Just came across this at that page: http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...work181112.jpg Quoted for ease of reply: "As someone who was actually at a Mayan site last year and spent many hours with a Mayan scholar who was my guide at the ruins. I have personal knowledge of what actual Mayans believe what will occur on 12/21/2012. First off he told me that this is not an end of the world scenario yet it is a period of time where all inhabitants on the earth will be experiencing an energy field that only occurs when the planets align in the center of the milky way. There is a three day period of time from mid day on the 21st till the mid day 24th that nothing will work electronically and this will be a period of thought where people will be enlightened to a new level of understanding. Many will not understand what is happening and will go insane, kill themselves, kill others so he said that you should prepair to stay inside for those three days to avoid being victimized. Do not look outside, this is a time to pray and achieve a higher level of consciousness. Ultimately the survivors that pass through this time will achieve a higher understanding of the universe and its powers that can be harnessed with the human brain and to be able to live a much greater existence amongst all people in the planet with the same higher level of enlightenment, intelligence and knowledge. He said the 3 days of darkness are not necessarily literally without light but the darkness they refer to is the evil and madness that will occur amongst the people incapable of achieving a higher level of consciousness or understanding of what is occurring and that is why you must remain inside and pray. He said anyone can achieve this enlightenment but must understand and truly believe it those who don't will not survive. Good luck and Gods speed to all who believe this and to those who don't as well..."
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18th November 2012, 08:51 AM	#88
HansMustermann Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,847	You know, at least pagans have the excuse of not being told by their gods to cut it out. But for Christians, for example Matthew 24:36 says: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Basically it's such a secret that not even Jesus knows it, not even the angels in heaven know it, but Camping does. It's him and God who are in on it. He's soo BFF with God, that God tells him what he didn't even tell Jesus. How cute Furthermore, Matthew 24:37-39 makes it clear that it's intentionally supposed to be unexpected: 37. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39. and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. So, you know, something that's supposed to be a surprise, God would tell it to Camping. Or to the Mayans. I guess god is worse than the stereotypical village gossip at keeping a secret Seriously, do these people even read their own frikken bible?
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18th November 2012, 09:21 AM	#89
I Ratant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,305	Originally Posted by 23_Tauri http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...yinkitty-1.gif . Reported! NO KITTENS!

18th November 2012, 10:02 AM	#90
Cainkane1 Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The great American southeast Posts: 7,198	There are two types of prophesy which should be ignored. Whatever the Jehovah Witnesses say and whatever the Mayans say.
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18th November 2012, 12:41 PM	#91
xtifr Muse Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sol III Posts: 563	Originally Posted by Cainkane1 There are two types of prophesy which should be ignored. Whatever the Jehovah Witnesses say and whatever the Mayans say. Y'know what? I can actually bring myself to ignore a whole bunch of other types of prophesy. (Not to mention the fact that there is no "Mayan prophecy" at play here. The idea that the short-form of their calendar running out has any sort of significant meaning is wholly an invention of those who came after the Mayans. The Mayans have enough problems; lets not blame them for something that's not-at-all their fault.)
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18th November 2012, 04:25 PM	#92
shmameron New Blood Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Here and Now Posts: 5	Originally Posted by ehcks So who's planning on having an It's Totally (not) The End of the World party? I've been planning mine since late last year! Turns out I'll be going on a trip to Florida instead, from Dec. 13-24. It'll actually be better though, since I'll be on the beach. Great front seats to watch the 1000 ft wave come crashing down like in that one movie.

18th November 2012, 04:33 PM	#93
Mark F Thinker Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 184	Now that Twinkie's are gone I don't really see what there is to live for anyway.

18th November 2012, 10:38 PM	#94
pakeha Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,001	Originally Posted by Orphia Nay As someone who was actually at a Mayan site last year and spent many hours with a Mayan scholar who was my guide at the ruins. I have personal knowledge of what actual Mayans believe what will occur on 12/21/2012. ... It MUST be true. A tourist guide said so.
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18th November 2012, 10:47 PM	#95
Andrew Wiggin Master Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: A small planet named for its dirt. You'll find it filed under 'mostly harmless' Posts: 2,914	Originally Posted by Ladewig I just want to remind folks that the penis stuff is not a joke. The formal prayer ritual in the Mayan culture required a man to cut his penis with a sharp stone. If there was any doubt about why they aren't around any more... I'd be more likely to blame penile infection driving the birth rate down than a magic calendar making them go away.
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18th November 2012, 11:12 PM	#96
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 16,369	From the Facebook quote via Orphia: Quote: ...that only occurs when the planets align in the center of the milky way... Since the galactic plane and the solar plane do not coincide, the planets can NEVER align with the center of the galaxy. Whew! We're good to go onward enjoying human stupidity are every trip around our orbit.

18th November 2012, 11:30 PM	#97
psionl0 Illuminator Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 31°58'S 115°57'E Posts: 4,784	Originally Posted by Orphia Nay http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w194/orphia/EOTW.jpg What a CAT-astrophy!

19th November 2012, 04:37 PM	#98
23_Tauri Illuminator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 4,947	Originally Posted by I Ratant . Reported! NO KITTENS! It's not a kitteh, it's a grown cat, crying in despair at human stupidity. Here's an article from that heavy-weight of news reportage, England's Daily Mail, on a mountain that can save beleevers from the coming apocalypse. Only the French gendarmes have decided not to let the woosters up there: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...afe-haven.html My favourite bit is how the article is all about how the police don't expect many New Agers to turn up, but that the area will be flooded by sightseers and the curious, followed by a map of France with BIG RED DOT denoting the location of the mountain. I saw what they did there....
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19th November 2012, 07:02 PM	#99
Brainache Nasty Brutish and Tall Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Knob Hill. Posts: 9,086	It seems pretty obvious to me that the world won't be ending this December, that will be happening next year with all the Comets and stuff. Obviously whoever calculated the Mayan to European date conversion was out by one year. So relax everyone, we've got another twelve months yet. Cheers. Glad I could help.
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19th November 2012, 07:03 PM	#100
Sonny2 Muse Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dust on the Wind Posts: 669	What comets? Link. I've been focused on this year ending so didn't notice.

19th November 2012, 07:31 PM	#101
23_Tauri Illuminator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 4,947	I thought Comet went bust only last week. Oh. Hang on. Does that mean....?
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19th November 2012, 07:51 PM	#102
Brainache Nasty Brutish and Tall Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Knob Hill. Posts: 9,086	Originally Posted by Sonny2 What comets? Link. I've been focused on this year ending so didn't notice. You can see a discussion about it here: http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=244625 If it lives up to expectations, it should be a "once in a civilisation" event, apparently.
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21st November 2012, 06:55 AM	#103
Traveler Steve Scholar Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 82	I'll laugh if, like around 64 million years ago, a huge-*** asteroid slams into us on Dec. 21st. I'll die soon afterwards, of course. But I'll still laugh.
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21st November 2012, 11:49 AM	#104
George152 Master Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hamilton New Zealand Posts: 2,043	What's the kooks excuse going to be when nothing happens ? Wrong date? Not enough water for their claimed tidal wave? Or the solar flare that didn't?
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21st November 2012, 12:18 PM	#105
Vortigern99 Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5,020	Originally Posted by George152 What's the kooks excuse going to be when nothing happens ? Wrong date? Not enough water for their claimed tidal wave? Or the solar flare that didn't? The truly prayerful and repentant will have saved us all with their telepathic wishing. Invisible zombie rabbis are suckers for telepathic wishing. It is known.
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21st November 2012, 01:19 PM	#106
HansMustermann Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,847	Planetary alignments, however, are known to not give a screw about wishful thinking So, hey, those guys won't stop us from waking up Great Cthulhu
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22nd November 2012, 05:57 PM	#107
mike3 Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,944	Originally Posted by smartcooky This is a sad consequence of CT lunacy. Its a mistake to think that CTs are always completely harmless. The effects that CT bollocks and off-the-wall belief systems can have on the weak minded fools that go for this stuff hook, line and sinker, can often lead to this kind of tragic scenario.....Heaven's Gate for example. So what should be done about not just CTs, but "weak minded fools"?
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23rd November 2012, 12:28 AM	#108
HansMustermann Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,847	Not sure that there's much you can do. In the immortal words of Dorothy Parker, "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think"
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23rd November 2012, 08:12 AM	#109
Soapy Sam NLH Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 25,885	Originally Posted by Cainkane1 There are two types of prophesy which should be ignored. Whatever the Jehovah Witnesses say and whatever the Mayans say. You overlooked bus schedules.
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23rd November 2012, 08:59 AM	#110
I Ratant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,305	Originally Posted by mike3 So what should be done about not just CTs, but "weak minded fools"? . Know them when you see them and avoid them if they're harmless.... to you.