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Sony Armageddon Hoax in Crashing Bad Taste

World will end in 2012: Sony site

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(Newser) – The latest Armageddon hoax has a marketing spin that LiveScience's Robert Roy Britt describes as a "sick twist." Sony Pictures went to elaborate lengths to disguise its movie plug on the "Institute for Human Continuity" website, which warns of "cataclysmic events that will devastate our planet" in 2012—a date that is also, not so coincidentally, the title of an upcoming Sony film.

The site mentions the movie, but that hasn't prevented legions of earthlings from worrying themselves silly. "An unsuspecting person who doesn't recognize the actors on the page might think the IHC is real, that the end is near, and that buying a ticket (to somewhere, on something, who knows?) is the only hope of survival," Britt notes.

The site had some worry warts thinking new evidence had emerged that the world will end in 2012.
The site had some worry warts thinking new evidence had emerged that the world will end in 2012.   (Shutterstock)
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Netstorm2k9
Jun 15, 09 2:08 AM CDT
LOL. The weak-minded are always so amusing. Reply
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BoZo
Oct 17, 09 9:31 PM CDT
"An unsuspecting person who doesn't recognize the actors on the page might think the IHC is real" Can we replace unsuspecting with idiotic?
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TerrifiedCitizen
Jun 15, 09 2:54 AM CDT
Sony is our go-to on what the future portends? I guess we should have checked with them for economic forecasts. Reply
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mindgammon
Jun 15, 09 5:25 AM CDT
Dec 21 2012 is the end of the world according to the ancient Mayan calendar right?? I am almost certain... Reply
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Citrixguy
Jun 15, 09 6:30 AM CDT
but is it EST, Daylight savings, or PST?
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