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The Y2K-- what REALLY happened?
Replies: 17 — Last Post Aug. 5, 2008 9:30pm by BlooHook
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Would there have been a huge difference if people hadn't gone in and upgraded all those computers?

Was Y2K a disaster narrowly avoided or a bunch of false propaganda?

Discuss.

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Nah, it was just a trick to try to make people pay more.. again.
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Y2K was a bunch of scared idiots hiding in their basements

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I don't think it would have made a difference.
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the man in the hat pushed the big red button just in time.

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I never understood why computers would go crazy just cause the year turned to 00
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Y2K was meant to calm people down till 2012.  It will be like the boy who cried wolf.

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Quote: from HannahBEE at 7:33 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Y2K was a bunch of scared idiots hiding in their basements
Much like the, "End of the Mayan Calendar"

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However.. We might not have gotten the movie Office Space if there was no Y2K problem.
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Quote: from tkedwn119 at 7:35 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Quote: from HannahBEE at 7:33 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Y2K was a bunch of scared idiots hiding in their basements
Much like the, "End of the Mayan Calendar" will be?
Fixt and yes

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Quote: from ReelStreetlights at 4:35 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
However.. We might not have gotten the movie Office Space if there was no Y2K problem.

office space PWNS  
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Y2K ACTUALLY HAPPENS OMFG
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they wanted to see haw manny ppl would shit their pants

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Quote: from HannahBEE at 7:36 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Quote: from tkedwn119 at 7:35 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Quote: from HannahBEE at 7:33 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Y2K was a bunch of scared idiots hiding in their basements
Much like the, "End of the Mayan Calendar" will be
Fixt and yes
It's not a question, it's a statement

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Quote: from tkedwn119 at 8:09 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Quote: from HannahBEE at 7:36 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Quote: from tkedwn119 at 7:35 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Quote: from HannahBEE at 7:33 pm on Aug. 4, 2008
Y2K was a bunch of scared idiots hiding in their basements
Much like the, "End of the Mayan Calendar" will be
Fixt and yes
It's not a question, it's a statement
The End of the Mayan Calendar hasn't happened.
So it can't be a statement without the words will be.

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