nevaehdreamz wrote:
I don't get why so many people are fearing a Mayan calendar ...as if we as a culture have always considered Mayan traditions legitimate or important in some way.
This.

Jay Leno made a joke I thought was funny:
"According to the Mayans, the world is supposed to end in the year 2012. Are you buying that? When’s the last time you even ran into a Mayan? They couldn't even predict their own end!"

Don't know how true it is but it was funny.