Could the 2012 hubbub be a self-fulfilling prophecy,by exciting people to...

[Tux]

...attempt sudden world-changing action?
Assassinations, coups, terrorism, hippie megaparties?
There is astronomical rarity when there is a moment where the sun blocks the galactic center.

 

[ByronBojanglesIII]

I think most people do not pay attention to such predictions.

 

[Don]

That stuff was written long before the lie about 2012.

 

[Gantzby]

I second hippy megaparties

 

[Pedestal421]

More like headless chickens running around so fast that the friction caused bumping into each other means they heat up and burst into flames.

Exciting people?
The sensible ones are uttering weary sighs and borrowing the words of the bowl of petunias.
"Oh no, not again."

Who bothers to count end-of-the-world scenarios these days?
I'd rather go Camping on October 21.

 

[Bored]

It's probably just that they turned out to be full of shit with the 2011 hubbub, so they revised the date.