Re: Leap Years, 2012 & The Mayan Calendar

[Telawin]

The Mayan society is a great example of "if you don't finish something, it's not the end of the world"

[ca-ke]

This video made me realise that as a citizen dwelling in a too hot too humid climate near the equator, the only reason we are using your standard Gregorian calendar is to trade with nations which have too many sets of clothes and too confusing sunrise/set times.

[Blade.]

If you're wondering how you're watching this video in 2021, some kid from Japan with the power of friendship defeated the main villain and averted the catastrophe.

[thatfamiiiarnight]

This was the first video where grey was personified as the stickman with glasses.

[poprocksxxcoke]

I tried to explain this to my friends... they thought I was crazy and said "Youtube isn't a credible source".

[ravensquote]

"Death is not fooled by your February 29th"

Can confirm, died laughing at this joke.

[davegreenlaw]

Now THAT was a blast from the past! (I'm talking about the Civ II improvements chart.)

[hadgeron]

its so weird seeing the old YouTube site when referring to YouTube

[BeetaroniPizza]

Whenever I try to explain things like this to my friends they act like I am slow and dont believe me because they are so set in their stubborn ways, so its nice to have something to show them to get them to shut up and listen instead of sit and not believe.

Love your videos. :)

[josephjackson]

I like how he went around the fact that Caesar didn’t create the leap day, especially in 45 B.C.

[anthillmobstars]

it's 2016...did i miss the destruction of the world?

[therisenchampion]

Now that almost a decade has passed since this video was made, can we all accept that the REAL tragedy here is that the Maya thought that they needed a calendar that went that far forward into time?

[ansomer]

hello!!
There are some things that should be reconsidered in this video:
1. It is true that the Maya and the Aztec calendars are very similar. BUT: the theory of the 2012 is based in the long count (baktuns, katuns, tuns, winals and days) and not the short count. The Azted only used the short count and not the long count, so yes, the Aztec calendar was weird to use (not only because it is not a calendar)
2. The Maya didn't have seasons, but their agricultural system was based on the change between the humid and the dry season, which relies at the same time in the solar year. Thus, it was important for them to have an adjusted calendar.
3. There are some theories that in Mesoamerica they had some kind of adjustment: The Mesoamerican solar calendars (and here I include both the Aztec and the Maya calendars) are base in a 18 month system (each having 20 days). That makes 360 years, to which a 5 day period was added to adjust it to the solar year (wayeb in Maya, nemonteni in Aztec). These were considered dark days. Some experts argue that sometimes, an additional day was added to this period so the adjutment could be done. This has not been proved in a satisfactory way yet, and it is still a vivid academic discussion, but it is worth considering it.
4. Yep, the Maya did never say the world was going to end in 2012.
Thanks for the video!!
A Mayanist

[matthewpolmanter]

seriously? People got upset about referring to the Maya as stone age? That's exactly what they were! and he even went on to explain it! Very sad that people had to get upset about something so small and essentially pointless to argue.

[DeanFang]

Props for having the Pestilence magic card thrown in there. I loved that! Cheers!

[Alex]

Who here in 2020 when the world feels like its gonna explode soon

[chillin]

What I have always found hilarious is that the Mayan calendar that we have found could be just one of many more that keep going even longer.

[trymon]

Me, 10 years later, still waiting for world to end

[kerentan]

hi... who's here in 2020? I'm not in the comment section to say the world is ending, but i guess there's plenty of "up" to go to at this point. right? the world won't end, it'll just get bad in a few waves then go back to becoming better every day...?

[dorandraco]

CGP, you have made my day by using the Civ2 tech tree. That game was my childhood.