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In reply to the discussion: I don't know how many of you all remember late 1999. [View all]niyad
(122,596 posts)79. You misunderstand me. I was referring to the charlatans, gurus, snake-oil
huckster types who promised "protection", "safety", or whatever, so long as you gave them large amounts of cash. Like the villain in the video piece this morning, from a 1958 tv episode. "I alone can fix this ". (sound familiar? and the villain's name was, I kid you not, t####!)
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Well just the extreme hand wringing over Kamala loosing. I think she has a very good chance of winning.
Srkdqltr
Oct 2024
#5
Agree -- it could most definitely have been disaster in the making. Luckily the worst that ended up happening
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
Oct 2024
#18
I remember President Clinton made it a priority. I worked in a steel mill at the time, they hired extra people
doc03
Oct 2024
#88
Thank you! The OP fails to understand WHY nothing of consequence happened!
markpkessinger
Oct 2024
#58
Y2K wasn't a catastrophe because people worked through the issues and fixed them.
paulkienitz
Oct 2024
#31
I remember working a lot of overtime so people wouldn't be affected by the problem
0rganism
Oct 2024
#34
There were a tremendous amount of people working to update software to prevent that problem
IronLionZion
Oct 2024
#35
The success of our Y2K response further highlights the failure of our climate change response
0rganism
Oct 2024
#37
I still have cans of freeze-dried food. I also remember this Seattle WTO late 1999.
spike jones
Oct 2024
#39
iOS (or iPadOS) if you have an iPad, or android if it's just about anything else
da svenster
Oct 2024
#65