mootannie t1_iy23n8r wrote on November 28, 2022 at 3:53 AM

Reply to comment by not_falling_down in Somewhere, during the countdown to Y2K, someone's power went out and they probably thought the world was ending. by YourAverageTylerFan

That's not exactly true. My stepdad thought everything was going to shut down and began disaster prepping that summer. He would also occasionally talk about the pope being the antichrist, so... You know... Not everyone but y2k hysteria definitely affected some people.

not_falling_down t1_iy24r11 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:03 AM

>Not everyone but y2k hysteria definitely affected some people.

Oh, the hysteria was definitely a thing - but what I am saying it that it was not entirely unfounded; things would have been bad if not for a lot of people putting in a lot of time to fix it.