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ABSOLUTELY 100%!!! IT staved off disaster, a disaster that most of us at the time had no involvement in creating, and what did we get for our herculean efforts
by taylodl 3y ago
ABSOLUTELY 100%!!!
IT staved off disaster, a disaster that most of us at the time had no involvement in creating, and what did we get for our herculean efforts and SUCCESS?
We got told it was all a hoax.
I immediately lose all respect for anyone saying Y2K was a hoax. That just tells me you're another dumb ass falling for conspiracy theories.
- brianmcc 3y agoI don't know; for several years afterwards it seemed to be a given that it was a real thing, and efforts to avoid disaster were well directed and successful and that IT folks "did the world a solid". I choose to take it as a (rather dispiriting) lesson about humanity that only ~20 years later there's such scepticism. Certainly explains why the cranks cast doubt on moon landings and other historical events.
- taylodl 3y agoI recall the Y2K hoax story appearing very early on. It soon got supplanted by the 9/11 "hoax."