contentbotB to Cool [email protected]English • 1 month agoA cool guide some special panicsi.redd.itimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@schtephlinkEnglish3•1 month agoIt was kinda a hoax. Not the problem itself, it did exist, but everything in 1999 was “y2k compliant”. Especially things that couldn’t be affected by the issue (like toasters and what have you). It was not a hoax, but it was hoax adjacent.
minus-square@FeathercrownlinkEnglish2•1 month agoGiven I wasn’t alive when it went down, I appreciate your perspective
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThere were Y2K compliant flashlights for sale
It was kinda a hoax. Not the problem itself, it did exist, but everything in 1999 was “y2k compliant”. Especially things that couldn’t be affected by the issue (like toasters and what have you).
It was not a hoax, but it was hoax adjacent.
Given I wasn’t alive when it went down, I appreciate your perspective
There were Y2K compliant flashlights for sale