An interesting phenomenon seems to be occurring during this holiday season that I was unprepared for. Among other things, people are celebrating the end of the calendar year and the beginning of the new one, and some are behaving as though it is the end of the world.
My research tells me this stems from the “Y2K” phenomenon when the calendar year changed from 1999 to 2000, and people feared that their precious technology that ran their lives would be unable to handle the millennium change and revolt. This is of course preposterous, but many still cite religious thought that the end of the year is a time to repent for the End of Days, as they call it.
I can tell you here, with little uncertainty. The god of this world (or whatever higher deity you worship) is very unlikely to bring about a world wide cataclysm when you all most expect it. It is a simple strategy we in military intelligence refer to as, “catching you off guard.” As far as I can tell, there are not battle fleets out there about to wage war on the Earth, either. Trust me, I’ve been looking.
This all being said, enjoy your holiday. You should feel free to celebrate the coming New Year in whatever style suits you, but “partying like there is no tomorrow” may be going a bit far. The world is not going to end.
If for some reason, you all decide to commit mass suicide by waging sudden war around the world, that is your concern, but if there are any alien invasion armies out there—be they Sagittarian, Vegan, or even Martian—I will know about them first.
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