The Y2K Apocalypse

Today marks 20 years since the Y2K incident Still little to no signs of intelligent life

Unfortunately I remember y2k oh so clearly. At the time I secretly hoped chaos would emerge but alas on that day even my bedside alarm clock still functioned...

The funniest story I heard on the Y2K bug (or maybe more appropriately, the Y1.9K bug) was in the late 90s, a 105 year old man in Germany receiving a letter in the mail addressed to his parents. The letter said that he was required to be enrolled in school. And it was because the local government still had birthdays in 2 digit year format, so it assumed he was only 5 years old.

Y2k is a case study on cramming for a test, then passing, then being like "pssh! that was a breeze i probably don't even need to study next time"!

my parents didnt believe it was going to happen but they still bought a shit load of water and stored it in the basement. we still have it. lmfaoo

My hometown had a festival for Y2K and some smart guy turned off all the lights just as the countdown reached 0. Needless to say there was panic.

My dad was a computer programmer up to a couple of years ago when he retired. From 1997 to 2000 he spent over 3 years fixing code and editing records to fix Y2K. Our next door neighbor buried 10K and all his family's jewelry and valuables in his backyard on Dec 31. My dad woke up to him digging it up on Jan 1, and laughed at him. Good times.

Thank god we all learned from the mistakes of yesterday and the media no longer whips the masses into a panicked frenzy.

"everyone thinks the water will stop working, so they stock up on water, and suddenly there's no more supply, which makes more people panic..." Suuuuuuuuuuuper familiar sounding.

Daddy's home

I was born in 2002 and I recently found out that neighbor growing up had a cow because of y2k. I just think that’s hilarious. Now a cow is just chilling in their yard

Funny story, my aunt was up watching the ball drop, and once midnight hit, the tv shut off, making her think that the apocalypse was happening. However, she noticed that the electricity was still on and her neighbors had power. She then remembered that my uncle had the TV set to turn off at midnight because he likes to fall asleep to the tv.

You think there’s anyone who is actually still in their Y2K bunker to this day? They didn’t tell anyone, they didn’t bring a radio, they’re just still isolated.

My favorite Y2K story is one a teacher of mine told me... He was in college and had gone to a huge party hosted by his friend for Y2K. He and another friend snuck away to the breaker box and waited for midnight. The moment the clock hit 12, they cut the power to the house and laughed their asses off as they heard people screaming from the main room. They rejoined the group just in time to see one dude dart out of the house and run down the street screaming, "It's the end of the world!" You would have the street lights still being on would have tipped him off. Anyways, thanks Mr. A, your class was awesome!

I can't help but wonder if someone somewhere is unironically living in an underground bunker, completely oblivious to the fact that world hasn't ended yet...

Can’t believe I have to wait until 2999 until I can get my hands on a Y3K kit.

Have you been drinking sir?

My aunt built a bunker for Y2K. It wasn't finished until 2009. Then she started telling everyone it was prep for the 2012 Mayan apocalypse. Stupid problems require stupid solutions

Met a man October 1999. He asks me to marry him two weeks later. We jokingly say if the world doesn’t end on Y2K. We planned a small wedding. The World didn’t end...we married and we are still married. What started as a joke became 21 years and two children. I think I really was an idiot and thought something would happen.

I remember the panic when the Mayan calendar ended at 2012, so everyone went insane on apocalypse setups I specifically remember waking up early the morning of 2012, walking into my parents room, and saying "welp... no apocalypse."