A person who believes so strongly in the apocalypse of
2012, that they totally throw their lives away to whatever thinking that even trying is to no avail towards a happy, "normal"
life.
Teenage apocalypticans usually drop out, become assholes towards other people, or just do whatever they please at an attempt to be happy thinking their lives are going to
end soon anyway.
But positive apocalypticans usually try to make haste with their "short" lives and try to do good in the world,
like trying to
help the environment, or protest the war, or just try to be a good person altogether.
John tries to be the best person he could be, he's a vegetarian, he cares for the environment, and he's really friendly, and at the same time,
Mathew is just sitting in class staring at the ceiling while he waits impatiently for the
bell to ring so he can get out and
hang with his friends at the mall, both very different, but they're both apocalypticans.