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Because of an alignment of planets.
Or perhaps a pole reversal.
Comet?
Reptilian humanoids from the fourth dimension?
Y'know what, I can't explain the 2012 thing, but y'know what it reminds me of?
Back in 82 we had something called The Jupiter Effect.
And I don't mean A Flock of Seagulls.
Needless to say, nothing that was predicted actually occurred.
Then in 87 we had Harmonic Convergence.
Definitely. 87 was... good times.
[Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" plays]
By the way, guess when the Harmonic Convergence era ends?
That's right... 2012!
Aha!
Then again maybe 2012 make me think of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
They had a failed armageddon prediction in 1994...
and then before that in 1974...
another one before that in 1941...
Uh, and about five more before that.
Keep swingin' Jehovahs, that streak's gotta end someday!
It could be argued that our culture suffers from...
Just look at the world of conspiracy theories.
And I've got my own theory about why.
Thanks for his forged birth certificate!
Of course, the forgery was actually a forged forgery, but the point is the fiction is more fun than the fact.
9/11 was a covert operation of the U.S. shadow government!
Now that's juicy.
The conspiracized versions of these stories are just better stories.
That's why conspiracy theories are making their way up the media ranks.
They've graduated from mom's basement and late night AM talk radio to...
partisan politics and... daytime AM talk radio.
Now we're all drinking from the well of pseudoscience and misinformation and fallacious arguments.
It's enough to make Nostradamus blush.
And you can read all about it in my new book, "The Conspiracy Conspiracy!"
"How the conspiracy movement keeps us distracted with conspiracy theories while secretly plotting to institute a new world order."
Buy my book!
Thank you.
Hi, this is Josh from Syracuse, New York. You're watching Goodie Bag. You can find us on the web at GoodieBag.tv.