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viewmaster_pi 06/14/21 3:50:20 AM #1:	--- They don't want a hero, they just want a martyr A statue to raise <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:954983775] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
catboy 06/14/21 3:54:38 AM #2:	not really. it was only really old systems that were affected --- damn mods sure are really putting on some overtime tonight huh Then by that logic, real women are pixels. -Kisai <cite>catboy posted [p:954983826] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>not really. it was only really old systems that were affected </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/14/21 3:57:37 AM #3:	I never believed it would amount to anything. It was dumb. --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:954983866] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>I never believed it would amount to anything. It was dumb.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 3:58:06 AM #4:	Machete posted... I never believed it would amount to anything. It was dumb. Was it though? Why didnt you believe it would amount to anything? <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954983873] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Machete posted... </cite> <quote>I never believed it would amount to anything. It was dumb.</quote>Was it though? Why didnt you believe it would amount to anything? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 06/14/21 4:00:05 AM #5:	it affected me --- They don't want a hero, they just want a martyr A statue to raise <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:954983898] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>it affected me </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/14/21 4:06:05 AM #6:	Kloe_Rinz posted... Was it though? Why didnt you believe it would amount to anything? Yes. The panic peaked way too early and too hard and I'm not prone to believing conspiracy theories. By the time the date was close, the panic had died down and the only people still talking about it were tin foil hat types and people talking about stuff being updated so nothing would happen. --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:954983980] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted...</cite> <quote> Was it though? Why didnt you believe it would amount to anything? </quote> Yes. The panic peaked way too early and too hard and I'm not prone to believing conspiracy theories. By the time the date was close, the panic had died down and the only people still talking about it were tin foil hat types and people talking about stuff being updated so nothing would happen.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 4:37:23 AM #7:	Machete posted... Yes. The panic peaked way too early and too hard and I'm not prone to believing conspiracy theories. By the time the date was close, the panic had died down and the only people still talking about it were tin foil hat types and people talking about stuff being updated so nothing would happen. you realise that there was little impact of y2k due to the panic right? tons of developers worldwide were hired to rewrite code so it wouldnt break. its wasnt anywhere close to a "conspiracy theory" <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954984380] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Machete posted... </cite> <quote>Yes. The panic peaked way too early and too hard and I'm not prone to believing conspiracy theories. By the time the date was close, the panic had died down and the only people still talking about it were tin foil hat types and people talking about stuff being updated so nothing would happen.</quote>you realise that there was little impact of y2k due to the panic right? tons of developers worldwide were hired to rewrite code so it wouldnt break. its wasnt anywhere close to a "conspiracy theory" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Strider102 06/14/21 5:56:20 AM #8:	I wonder what happened in the alternate timelines. --- Last Cloudia ID: 188850453 <cite>Strider102 posted [p:954985335] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>I wonder what happened in the alternate timelines. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 06/14/21 5:58:17 AM #9:	Kloe_Rinz posted... you realise that there was little impact of y2k due to the panic right? tons of developers worldwide were hired to rewrite code so it wouldnt break. its wasnt anywhere close to a "conspiracy theory" You actually believe that planes would have dropped out of the sky and such? --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:954985358] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted... </cite> <quote>you realise that there was little impact of y2k due to the panic right? tons of developers worldwide were hired to rewrite code so it wouldnt break. its wasnt anywhere close to a "conspiracy theory"</quote> You actually believe that planes would have dropped out of the sky and such? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
action52 06/14/21 6:04:24 AM #10:	spikethedevil posted... You actually believe that planes would have dropped out of the sky and such? No but that doesn't mean nothing bad would happen. Did I think we would have world-ending catastrophe like the most panicked emails said? No. But I did think there might be problems and headaches as we went into the new millennium. --- Go to this website for the TRUTH--if you can handle it! howbidenstoletheelection.com <cite>action52 posted [p:954985430] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>spikethedevil posted... </cite> <quote>You actually believe that planes would have dropped out of the sky and such?</quote>No but that doesn't mean nothing bad would happen. Did I think we would have world-ending catastrophe like the most panicked emails said? No. But I did think there might be problems and headaches as we went into the new millennium. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 06/14/21 6:10:18 AM #11:	action52 posted... No but that doesn't mean nothing bad would happen. Did I think we would have world-ending catastrophe like the most panicked emails said? No. But I did think there might be problems and headaches as we went into the new millennium. Kloe your alt? @action52 --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:954985501] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>action52 posted... </cite> <quote>No but that doesn't mean nothing bad would happen. Did I think we would have world-ending catastrophe like the most panicked emails said? No. But I did think there might be problems and headaches as we went into the new millennium.</quote> Kloe your alt? @action52 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
action52 06/14/21 6:16:58 AM #12:	spikethedevil posted... Kloe your alt? @action52 No I was just agreeing with kloe. --- Go to this website for the TRUTH--if you can handle it! howbidenstoletheelection.com <cite>action52 posted [p:954985579] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>spikethedevil posted... </cite> <quote>Kloe your alt? @action52</quote>No I was just agreeing with kloe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 6:28:55 AM #13:	spikethedevil posted... You actually believe that planes would have dropped out of the sky and such? No, but it could have crippled banking systems and other systems and such. <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954985716] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>spikethedevil posted... </cite> <quote>You actually believe that planes would have dropped out of the sky and such?</quote>No, but it could have crippled banking systems and other systems and such. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 06/14/21 7:32:49 AM #14:	It was pretty dumb. Computers aren't going to explode bc of a date change. --- #FeelTheBern https://imgur.com/q5z4CUu https://imgur.com/6B9oFXh https://imgur.com/sy42Dlf <cite>lilORANG posted [p:954986574] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>It was pretty dumb. Computers aren't going to explode bc of a date change.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/14/21 7:47:56 AM #15:	Kloe_Rinz posted... you realise that there was little impact of y2k due to the panic right? tons of developers worldwide were hired to rewrite code so it wouldnt break. its wasnt anywhere close to a "conspiracy theory" "I'm gonna wait a while to get (the covid vaccine) until more long term studies have been done. Y'all can be the guinea pigs." Just a reminder to anyone replying to this user that they said this in another topic... --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:954986808] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted...</cite> <quote> you realise that there was little impact of y2k due to the panic right? tons of developers worldwide were hired to rewrite code so it wouldnt break. its wasnt anywhere close to a "conspiracy theory" </quote> "I'm gonna wait a while to get (the covid vaccine) until more long term studies have been done. Y'all can be the guinea pigs." Just a reminder to anyone replying to this user that they said this in another topic...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 06/14/21 7:50:06 AM #16:	imagine being born after the year 2000 lol --- They don't want a hero, they just want a martyr A statue to raise <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:954986846] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>imagine being born after the year 2000 lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/14/21 7:51:42 AM #17:	viewmaster_pi posted... imagine being born after the year 2000 lol this is a good point. I wonder how old the Kloe user was in 2000 --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:954986875] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted...</cite> <quote>imagine being born after the year 2000 lol </quote> this is a good point. I wonder how old the Kloe user was in 2000 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 06/14/21 8:21:03 AM #18:	Kloe_Rinz posted... No, but it could have crippled banking systems and other systems and such. No it really couldnt of. Machete posted... "I'm gonna wait a while to get (the covid vaccine) until more long term studies have been done. Y'all can be the guinea pigs." Just a reminder to anyone replying to this user that they said this in another topic... /facepalm. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:954987387] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted... </cite> <quote>No, but it could have crippled banking systems and other systems and such.</quote> No it really couldnt of. Machete posted... </cite> <quote>"I'm gonna wait a while to get (the covid vaccine) until more long term studies have been done. Y'all can be the guinea pigs." Just a reminder to anyone replying to this user that they said this in another topic...</quote> /facepalm. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 9:04:40 AM #19:	spikethedevil posted... No it really couldnt of. because of the aforementioned preparation due to the aforementioned panic <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954988347] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>spikethedevil posted... </cite> <quote> No it really couldnt of.</quote>because of the aforementioned preparation due to the aforementioned panic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 06/14/21 9:24:19 AM #20:	Not at all. Dates may have said 1900 and thats it. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:954988781] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Not at all. Dates may have said 1900 and thats it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 9:26:44 AM #21:	yep, thats literally all that happen. /facepalm <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954988848] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>yep, thats literally all that happen. /facepalm </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 06/14/21 9:30:08 AM #22:	catboy posted... not really. it was only really old systems that were affected This is false Machete posted... I never believed it would amount to anything. It was dumb. It wasn't dumb. It didn't amount to anything because people took it seriously and fixed issues. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:954988916] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>catboy posted... </cite> <quote>not really. it was only really old systems that were affected</quote>This is false Machete posted... </cite> <quote>I never believed it would amount to anything. It was dumb.</quote>It wasn't dumb. It didn't amount to anything because people took it seriously and fixed issues. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 06/14/21 9:33:04 AM #23:	spikethedevil posted... Not at all. Dates may have said 1900 and thats it. Yes, you know better than the experts <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:954988983] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>spikethedevil posted... </cite> <quote>Not at all. Dates may have said 1900 and thats it.</quote>Yes, you know better than the experts </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
luigi13579 06/14/21 9:35:17 AM #24:	Here's a list of a few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem#Documented_errors The worst seems to be: In Sheffield, United Kingdom, incorrect risk assessments for Down syndrome were sent to 154 pregnant women and two abortions were carried out as a direct result of a Y2K bug causing miscalculation of the mothers' age. Four babies with Down syndrome were also born to mothers who had been told they were in the low-risk group. I also remember reading about pension calculations that were affected years before 2000, possibly as early as the 80s. That's despite over $300 billion being spent on Y2K remediation worldwide. <cite>luigi13579 posted [p:954989045] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Here's a list of a few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem#Documented_errors The worst seems to be: <quote>In Sheffield, United Kingdom, incorrect risk assessments for Down syndrome were sent to 154 pregnant women and two abortions were carried out as a direct result of a Y2K bug causing miscalculation of the mothers' age. Four babies with Down syndrome were also born to mothers who had been told they were in the low-risk group.</quote> I also remember reading about pension calculations that were affected years before 2000, possibly as early as the 80s. That's despite over $300 billion being spent on Y2K remediation worldwide. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 9:37:14 AM #25:	luigi13579 posted... Here's a list of a few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem#Documented_errors The worst seems to be: I also remember reading about pension calculations that were affected years before 2000, possibly as early as the 80s. That's despite over $300 billion being spent on Y2K remediation worldwide. it also caused a malfunction at a nuclear plant, although thankfully that didnt end in a disaster "it's just a date lamo who cares if it rolls over to 00" - some tech illiterates whos eyes glaze over whenever they see the word "computer" show up on their iphone <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954989090] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>luigi13579 posted... </cite> <quote>Here's a list of a few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem#Documented_errors The worst seems to be: I also remember reading about pension calculations that were affected years before 2000, possibly as early as the 80s. That's despite over $300 billion being spent on Y2K remediation worldwide.</quote>it also caused a malfunction at a nuclear plant, although thankfully that didnt end in a disaster "it's just a date lamo who cares if it rolls over to 00" - some tech illiterates whos eyes glaze over whenever they see the word "computer" show up on their iphone </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/14/21 10:12:15 AM #26:	Lay off the adrenachrone or however it's spelled. --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:954990047] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Lay off the adrenachrone or however it's spelled.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/14/21 10:21:27 AM #27:	Machete posted... I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. lmao righty-o buddy boy <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:954990342] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Machete posted... </cite> <quote>I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic.</quote>lmao righty-o buddy boy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlockAddition 06/14/21 10:36:42 AM #28:	Machete posted... Just a reminder to anyone replying to this user that they said this in another topic... Right on, I too thank the guinea pigs Have you not seen the reports of people getting spoons stuck to their faces after having the vaccine? --- signature <cite>BlockAddition posted [p:954990809] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Machete posted... </cite> <quote>Just a reminder to anyone replying to this user that they said this in another topic...</quote>Right on, I too thank the guinea pigs Have you not seen the reports of people getting spoons stuck to their faces after having the vaccine? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/15/21 8:39:04 PM #29:	I dont' know if it would have been as bad as people feared. but I did never understand why the early computer developers would make such a short sighted mistake in the dating system. did they think we wouldn't still be using computers by 2000? <cite>Zikten posted [p:955066225] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>I dont' know if it would have been as bad as people feared. but I did never understand why the early computer developers would make such a short sighted mistake in the dating system. did they think we wouldn't still be using computers by 2000?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pepys Monster 06/15/21 8:57:57 PM #30:	I wonder if pre-2000 computers are worth money as collectible items now. --- Ryzen 3700X \| Evga GTX 1070 Ti \| 16GB DDR4 3200 \| Crucial MX500 2TB <cite>Pepys Monster posted [p:955066961] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>I wonder if pre-2000 computers are worth money as collectible items now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/15/21 9:13:12 PM #31:	Kloe_Rinz posted... lmao righty-o buddy boy If you post an @ to someone, you can click on it, but if they have notifications shut off or have a low user level (warned, suspended etc.) or the username is invalid, you can't. It can be highlighted but not clicked on. Test it out for yourself. You can see I'm not warned etc and my username is valid. Try typing in a username that doesn't exist. Try @ ing yourself. Try @ ing me. See what happens. You might learn something, if you are capable of that, which given your shittalking here and anti vaxx q anon stances, is debatable. Anyone else can test the @ feature this way too. --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:955067585] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Kloe_Rinz posted...</cite> <quote> lmao righty-o buddy boy </quote> If you post an @ to someone, you can click on it, but if they have notifications shut off or have a low user level (warned, suspended etc.) or the username is invalid, you can't. It can be highlighted but not clicked on. Test it out for yourself. You can see I'm not warned etc and my username is valid. Try typing in a username that doesn't exist. Try @ ing yourself. Try @ ing me. See what happens. You might learn something, if you are capable of that, which given your shittalking here and anti vaxx q anon stances, is debatable. Anyone else can test the @ feature this way too.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/15/21 11:06:10 PM #32:	Machete posted... If you post an @ to someone, you can click on it, but if they have notifications shut off or have a low user level (warned, suspended etc.) or the username is invalid, you can't. It can be highlighted but not clicked on. Test it out for yourself. You can see I'm not warned etc and my username is valid. Try typing in a username that doesn't exist. Try @ ing yourself. Try @ ing me. See what happens. You might learn something, if you are capable of that, which given your shittalking here and anti vaxx q anon stances, is debatable. Anyone else can test the @ feature this way too. Nobody cares. I was mocking your misplaced arrogance and superiority complex in spite of how wrong you are on multiple counts <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:955072099] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>Machete posted... </cite> <quote>If you post an @ to someone, you can click on it, but if they have notifications shut off or have a low user level (warned, suspended etc.) or the username is invalid, you can't. It can be highlighted but not clicked on. Test it out for yourself. You can see I'm not warned etc and my username is valid. Try typing in a username that doesn't exist. Try @ ing yourself. Try @ ing me. See what happens. You might learn something, if you are capable of that, which given your shittalking here and anti vaxx q anon stances, is debatable. Anyone else can test the @ feature this way too.</quote>Nobody cares. I was mocking your misplaced arrogance and superiority complex in spite of how wrong you are on multiple counts </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 06/15/21 11:09:18 PM #33:	I was 17 and I still don't know if it was legit or total nonsense but I assume it was a bit of both. I didnt care enough then and its irrelevant now, but at the very least I'm sure the media portrayal of what could happen was stupidly sensationalized. It was ridiculous at the time new wise, but I don't remember anyone irl actually worrying. --- " Adesanya's stiff tissue" https://files.catbox.moe/gqwlkg.jpeg ~ by JimCarrysToe. Be amaze. <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:955072238] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>I was 17 and I still don't know if it was legit or total nonsense but I assume it was a bit of both. I didnt care enough then and its irrelevant now, but at the very least I'm sure the media portrayal of what could happen was stupidly sensationalized. It was ridiculous at the time new wise, but I don't remember anyone irl actually worrying. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 06/15/21 11:24:39 PM #34:	CanuckCowboy posted... I was 17 and I still don't know if it was legit or total nonsense but I assume it was a bit of both. I didnt care enough then and its irrelevant now, but at the very least I'm sure the media portrayal of what could happen was stupidly sensationalized. It was ridiculous at the time new wise, but I don't remember anyone irl actually worrying. Any claims of planes falling out of the sky or similar were obviously nonsense, but theres been examples posted itt where there were real and disastrous consequences. its not entirely irrelevant today, we will have a similar problem in 2038 iirc, although not to the extent of y2k. <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:955072818] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>CanuckCowboy posted... </cite> <quote>I was 17 and I still don't know if it was legit or total nonsense but I assume it was a bit of both. I didnt care enough then and its irrelevant now, but at the very least I'm sure the media portrayal of what could happen was stupidly sensationalized. It was ridiculous at the time new wise, but I don't remember anyone irl actually worrying.</quote>Any claims of planes falling out of the sky or similar were obviously nonsense, but theres been examples posted itt where there were real and disastrous consequences. its not entirely irrelevant today, we will have a similar problem in 2038 iirc, although not to the extent of y2k. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WalkingLobsters 06/15/21 11:55:00 PM #35:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukEI8ud8WrI --- https://imgur.com/fsYJcFn https://imgur.com/SZie71I Starcraft 2 Username = Gears <cite>WalkingLobsters posted [p:955073935] in y2k was cr... [t:79511651]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukEI8ud8WrI </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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