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Brett307 wrote: 1. Society of the Blind Eye - McGucket says anything past 1982 was a blur, and mentioned later he has lost his memories for 30 years. 1982 + 30 = 2012. To reverberate IceHard, math indeed does not lie. Again, that it could've happened in December 2012. It wasn't necessarily 30 years ago. 3. Mailbox - Dipper questions the Mailbox on the date of the apocalypse, and it responds with "3012." He reads the date in emphasis on the "3000," and while it is a clear allusion to the speculation of the 2012 apocalypse, why would he care about this speculation if it was past 2012 and he had no reason to care about it? So you wouldn't care about the end of the world at any point after 2012?

But yeah, I think it was meant to be clear the show takes place in 2012. There are cultural references to the date and the show revolves around this 30 year anniversary (McGucket memory loss, the Universe portal, author's disappearance, and the activity on the machine). I wouldn't say there's an equal amount of evidence for the date 2013, and until another date is officially given, what is the harm in sticking with this date? It's less "harmful" to just leave the year ambiguous. Also, saying "12 years old (born 1999)" as opposed to "12 years old" is pointless and just rubbing in a fact that we don't know. Dragonian King wrote: It's weird how you keep bugging people about how they say "I think" or "I believe" yet when people give their reasons because of the disaster 30 years prior, you come back with your "could've been December" theory, which is a much weaker theory. No offense of course, I just wanted to point that out. I'm not saying we should assume that the series takes place in 2013. I'm saying that since we don't know what year the series takes place in, we should just leave it ambiguous on the articles. So no, I don't think it was necessarily in December, but since it could have been, that would mean that the show doesn't necessarily take place in 2012. Just like I don't think that Stan has a twin brother, but he could have (BTW, I haven't seen Not What He Seems yet, so if anything is revealed DO NOT reply telling me that)