New Years Eve Anxiety

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:14:25 +0000

Since the whole world is pretty much interconnected businesswise, I think we all use the Gregorian calendar to keep track of the date. There are other calendars where they celebrate a New Year, though. There is the Chinese New Year. That is a 13 month lunar calendar, so that celebration is about a month after our New Year celebration.
There is also Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. It is also a lunar calendar, but it marks the beginning of spring.
So there are other calendars with accompanying celebrations, but no New Year like ours that is celebrated at different times as far as I know. Except for the time zones and the International Date Line. It just happens an hour later for each time zone, starting at the International Date Line.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:48:45 +0000

As it was mentioned before, Earth does not give a damn about numbers or calendars. In fact, earth was at least a million years old before calendars even existed. Not sure if that's correct but humans definitely were not around at that time.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:21:02 +0000

I should have a award for man of 1000 questions.

New year's can't arrive at every country at the same time can't it?
If so, Whats the first country to enter the new year and what date will they…

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:01:41 +0000

Where the heck did that come from?

Anyway, it's called triskaidekaphobia.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:57:07 +0000

Thanks' Why is the number 13 considered a bad number?

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:42:46 +0000

The clock doesn't stop when it reaches 12:00 or 2400. It just starts over again. There is no countdown, except for the one before the ball drops in Times Square EVERY YEAR (and any one that people in other countries might do to celebrate coming of the new year). You see this happen every year. The Earth isn't governed by manmade things like calendars and clocks. People use them to keep track of time.
Nearly everyone in the world learned this on December 21, except for those who already knew such things are preposterous. How is it that you are going back to thinking these things have any effect on the world?

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:25:30 +0000

like i said, "i will never believe another damn conspiracy theory ever again." :L and i think that nothing will happen on new years, except a lot of partying. :D

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:34:59 +0000

Wouldn't 59 be the highest number on a clock? Just because traditional clocks don't always show the number of seconds, doesn't mean that they shouldn't be considered a number.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:14:06 +0000

Funny. I remember like it was yesterday when you came up with a similar question, and Artelis and me told you 'total existence failure' is impossible. Never gonna happen. Remember?

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:02:47 +0000

The only thing that has me in a struggle is some kind of existence failure when 2013 comes along.

I don't even know what that means. So the universe has existed for almost 14 billion years and you think it might sporadically cease to exist because of a man made calendar? Think about it.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:49:30 +0000

The only thing that has me in a struggle is some kind of existence failure when 2013 comes along.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:28:31 +0000

One of the evidence i can think of for this is that 12 is the final number on the clock therefore that's when it stops.

You need to rethink your definition of "evidence". 12-hour clocks point to 12 o'clock twice a day, every day… why should this time be different?

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:27:29 +0000

On the last New Year's Eve, did everything go into pitch black? Them, why worry about it this year?

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:24:07 +0000

One of the evidence i can think of for this is that 12 is the final number on the clock therefore that's when it stops.

That's not evidence, it's ridiculous. Let it go.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:16:51 +0000

In my part of the world we use the 24-hour clock, so the year will change when 23:59 changes into 00:00 (12:00 is midday/noon to us).

And hereabouts it will be quite dark. Not pitch black, because of all the street lights and annoying fireworks.

In other words: the physical universe does not follow human-made calendars or clocks. Never has, never will.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:04:14 +0000

I think it's the 0 people shout Happy new year's.

Re: New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:58:22 +0000

Don't people count down from 10 to 0 these days?

New Years Eve Anxiety

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:24:17 +0000

Im constantly thinking off everything going into pitch black once the countdown finishes. One of the evidence i can think of for this is that 12 is the final number on the clock therefore that's when it stops.