The apocalypse, or, why 2012?

Um, we here at End Times don't necessarily know why the apocalypse. The Mayans? Maybe there was a History Channel special on it.

But, this is the reason we even have trending topics on Twitter. Zeitgeist. Graphs pointing upwards.

I personally think cultural myths are fascinating and illustrative. And, as some of my friends were so kind as to point out, just as Y2K acted as a signpost of our increasing reliance on computers (and concomitant unease about them running our bank accounts), the 2012 apocalpyse and its associated end-of-the-world cult is yet another way to express our discomfort with the acceleration of modernity.

Here is a list of some things:

1. 9/11
2. The Millenium Force, arguably the dopest roller-coaster at Cedar Point
3. Iraq(/Afghanistan)
4. Abu Ghraib
5. Global warming
6. Hurricane Katrina
7. Food deserts
8. Sitcoms based on Twitter feeds
9. Kanye/Lady Gaga tour cancelled
10. Glenn Beck's 9/12 project
11. The state of the auto industry, generally

These things are likely to cause the apocalypse.

Also, I happen to get that young diploma in 2012. Just sayin'.