Apple investors may be cashing in shares in preparation for the end of the world.
As predicted by the Mayan calendar, the world will end in less than two weeks on 21 December 2012. As a result of the pending apocalypse, Apple's shareholders are selling their shares.
Whether investors are using the money they cashed in to build arcs or spaceships is unclear. However, the stock sell off wiped $35bn off Apple's market value in one day last week and that is enough to build a few spaceships (according to Nasa The Space Shuttle Endeavour cost approximately $1.7 billion). Places in the spaceship would obviously only be available to Apple fans and followers.
The 21 December 2012 is the end of a 5125-year-long cycle in the Mayan calendar. The end of the Mayan calendar is said to coincide with the sun falling into alignment with the centre of the Milky Way. Another suggestion is that a planet called Nibiru (or Planet X) is hiding behind the sun, ready to go on a collision course with the Earth.
Possible scenarios for the end of the world can be watched on iTunes. These include:
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Suggestions of ways to escape Armageddon include heading to the small French village of Bugarach, said to be the ideal location to weather the Apocalypse. Luckily Bugarach can be found on Apple Maps, but we would advise against travelling there, or relying on Apple Maps to locate it.
To prepare, should disaster strike, it may be worth investing in a battery pack for your iPhone and a torch app.
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MW said on Mon, 10 Dec 2012
Maybe I'm missing something, but if the end of the world is nigh, what's the point of turning your Apple shares into cash? If global disaster is going to befall us, cash won't be in use any way. Perhaps to buy a very big gun and LOADS of ammo!
Perhaps just pour another Scotch, sit back and enjoy the view - it could be spectacular! Or, as is far more likely, get ready to split your sides laughing at the poor idiots who believed this nonsense and will be looking a bit sheepish on Dec. 22nd, while you thank whatever god you worship that you held on to your Apple shares.
Have a really great Christmas.
Baskaran said on Tue, 11 Dec 2012
The so called morons keep saying that the end of the world is coming. The world is intact and will be intact for hundreds of thousands of years. Srimadh Bhagawadam says Kali Yuga has just started 5100 years ago. It will go on for (432,000 - 510X) years - and this age is full of machines. Climate will change, but the earth will remain prosperous. Lord Krishna has aligned Sun and Moon at the turn of this Yuga. So so called Mayan calendar is invalidated.
MW said on Tue, 11 Dec 2012
Phew!
Thank you, Baskaran, I was really getting worried there.
Must remember to throw last year's Mayan calendar in the trash.
;–)
MW said on Tue, 11 Dec 2012
Sorry!!
I did mean 'recycling bin'!
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