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This Friday, the poles will switch, the planets will align, Planet X will collide with the earth, a total blackout will cast us in eternal darkness or sun flares will knock out our power grid, thereby shutting down power plants and factories and disrupting Internet and cellphone service indefinitely.
Conspiracy theorists and the paranoid will tell you that any or all of the above will occur on December, the 21st, per Mayan prophecy. That ancient civilization predicted that the end of their 5,125-year calendar—which you can find below, impressed onto a serving plate—meant the end of the world.
If you’ve seen any post-apocalyptic thriller, whether it be humans against zombies in The Walking Dead or humans against humans in The Road, you know that desperate times are a-comin’, and so it’s time to get ready—in style.
Mayan Calendar – brass and abalone plate made in Mexico
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Mayan Shaman Priest
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The Scream – COPING MECHANISM Art Glass Pendant
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Zombie Rifle Axe – Standard Version – Zombie Apocalypse WeaponBy PlanBArmoryThis exists. You can’t knock the artist for lack of originality, can you? Plan B may have designed this rifle-axe with zombies in mind, but it’ll do in any post-apocalyptic scenario, after civilization crumbles and you’re left defenseless. The blade “comes sharpened,” so please be careful as you remove from the box. |
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Barbarian Axe
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Traffic Sign Breastplate (Fallout, Mad Max, Post Apocalypse)
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Steampunk Goggles Glasses Cyber post Apocalypse mad professor Gear wheels watch
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Black Knucklez Case (iPhone 4 4s)
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Miniature Playable Harmonica Necklace
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I Survived 2012 Mayan Apocalypse T-shirtBy Shirts4UIf you’ve made it this far, congratulations are in order. This “I Survived the Apocalypse” t-shirt is printed on American Apparel. And it’s cheap, too, at $15 a pop. |
Are many of the items above violent? Morbid? Creepy? Sure, but no one ever said the apocalypse was all sunshine and puppies.
End of the world or not, each of these items makes for an excellent conversation piece.
Written by Mike Anderson, a freelance writer and contributor to NerdWallet Shopping.