Anticipation For Psy’s 1 Billion Overtakes End Of World Fears

December 21, 2012—"the end of the world"—is less than 48 hours away. For decades people around the globe have looked forward to the fateful day with nervous anticipation. But over the past couple of months something has happened to change all that, at least for online video enthusiasts. The end of the world has fallen by the wayside as anticipation for a new YouTube milestone has come riding in on its invisible horse—Psy’s Gangnam style is going to hit 1 billion views any day now and that has become far more exciting for many than the end of days.

December 21, 2012—”the end of the world”—is less than 48 hours away.  For decades people around the globe have looked forward to the fateful day with nervous anticipation.  But over the past couple of months something has happened to change all that, at least for online video enthusiasts.  The end of the world has fallen by the wayside as anticipation for a new YouTube milestone has come riding in on its invisible horse—Psy’s Gangnam style is going to hit 1 billion views any day now and that has become far more exciting for many than the end of days.

Gangnam Style currently stands at just over 983 million views and, raking in an average of about 10 million views a day over the past couple of weeks it’s looking like the video is going to hit its milestone on, or shortly before…wait for it…December 21, 2012.

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