Just got finished reading an article over on INDYSTAR- The End is Near: Beware of the Coming 2012 Hysteria. The author believes that the hype is going to reach Y2K proportions. I can say with certainty that the hype going into December of 2012 is going to be 10x the hype of Y2K, as it should. Let me tell you the big difference between the two scenarios. Scenario A (Y2K) was completely fake. Scenario B (the end of the world) is completely real.