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Welcome to the chronicles of history that was never covered in high school. This is for the extreme, the unexpected, the untold and the flat-out weird parts of history. Because as weird as people seem today, we don't hold a candle to history.
Why Did Everyone Care About Y2K?
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While the world collectively held their breath through December 31, 1999, the Y2K hysteria predated the new millennium by decades. Prince was singing about “two thousand, zero zero, party over, oops, out of time” as early as 1982, and preparations for the great unknown of the 2000s intensified throughout the 1990s.
In hindsight, it was a new year like any other. Why were people scared of Y2K? To put it simply, it was the sobering realization that we had permanently crossed the threshold into a computerized world, and the possibility of even a brief widespread technological issue could signal the end times.
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While the world collectively held their breath through December 31, 1999, the Y2K hysteria predated the new millennium by decades. Prince was singing about “two thousand, zero zero, party over, oops, out of time” as early as 1982, and preparations for the great unknown of the 2000s intensified throughout the 1990s.
In hindsight, it was a new year like any other. Why were people scared of Y2K? To put it simply, it was the sobering realization that we had permanently crossed the threshold into a computerized world, and the possibility of even a brief widespread technological issue could signal the end times.
To Read more about the Y2K Hysteria, go here:
www.ranker.com/list/y2k-hysteria-why-were-people-scared/oliver-pretl-drummond
Be sure to subscribe to the Weird History Newsletter: www.ranker.com/newsletters/weird-history?CZcams&WeirdHistory&WHnewsletters&
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It wasn't that overstated. look up many man-hours and billions of dollars was thrown at fixing this. How many retired cobal programmer suddenly double their retirement saving by un-retiring for a bit. It was big, just the work was good enough and quite enough everyone assumed it was like the 2012 end of the world nonsense.
I don't stay anywhere that doesn't have a shower next to the toilet. I don't understand how certain civilized places don't have it. I think it's absurd.
As a kid I was always hungry, Food was short, I would return bottles for pennies with which I bought "Pie & Mash".
Everytime I hear Y2K, brings me right to that Family Guy episode LOL
This one of my childhood movie, if they had remove the love triangle aspect it would be 100% better.
your video has some BS ~ I grew up with them and primarily used them for feminine cleaning (not poop, you need toilet paper for that and then you use a toilet), and being that in other countries it is expensive and especially low or no hot water plumbing, and instead of cold showers! and no bathtubs ~ the easiest and daily convenience for women is the bidet. yes you are right for US citizens it's all about $$$$$
Still need to dry your butt.
My feet hurt now
Cant believe people believe this lol.
Indoor plumbing.
I love how many people use this topic to subtly brag (they think) about how many toilets they have in their home.
The rainbow flag was attributed to the Rainbow Coalition, an anti-racism organization founded by Jessie Jackson in '69.
Oh, voici donc la mère de « Ça ». 😅 Here is It’mother. 👹🤡😱
So these gangs, which attacked opponents and stuffed ballot boxes, were associated with the Democrat party. So it's been their MO since at least the 1860s.
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A+ video! LOVE IT! What a year! ---TIMELINE ROCKS---
I saw Alice Cooper perform at Comstock Rock, a festival around 10 miles away from my hometown. It was incredible!
Gerald Ford was born in Nebraska (in Omaha).
The Real World was the beginning of the end of what MTV was all about - MUSIC
Being from the South, none of this is unfamiliar. I make hardtack for camping trips. It's nutrient dense, lightweight, and requires no refrigeration. By itself pretty bland. But it can be made tasty is any number of ways.
A sacrifice to your deity isn't much of a sacrifice if it doesn't hurt to give it up
AI Voice? Don’t like listening to it
I'm speechless about his insanity .... totally out of reality ... 😬
Of course, despite Snider's eloquent speech, the Music Industry was still coerced into applying the content labels, so not sure you can really count it as a win for Snider. You can't accomplish anything by embarrassing Congress. You don't get to that level of politics by having a sense of shame.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a great film!
Having ANOTHER Weird History drink! Drinking Stash Orange Spice tea with lemon*†...while watching this Weird History video! Nothing says no to spirit possession like Stash Orange Spice tea!† * From the Weird History videos about the Royal Family. † That is another example of using humorous ridiculous claims for the sake of getting people's attention...but maybe Emily Rose should be Stash's mascot!
People CARED bc it was a legitimate issue that needed to be addressed . People were SCARED bc the media told them they needed to be.
A+ video! LOVE IT! What a unique and memorable history!
This is one of my favorite Weird History videos!
Frau Troffea would be an amazing Halloween costume!
The house belonged to Beyonces Parents and I actually visited during that era around 2003-2004 and it looked the same as it did on cribs. Kelly and Beyonce and Solange lived there not Michelle.
Having ANOTHER Weird History drink! Drinking Stash Orange Spice tea with milk and sugar*†...while watching this Weird History video! Nothing prevents the Dancing Plague more than Stash Orange Spice tea!† * From the Weird History videos about the Royal Family. † That is an example of using humorous ridiculous claims for the sake of getting people's attention! lol
Sounds like the unibombers essay makes sense
A+ video! Fascinating topic and history!
That is one huge sub! The Russians should create a Kursk Sandwich that is big enough for a party! It would be a "sub sandwich."
I only remember Y2K in one sense. I was 6 years old, I didn’t know about anything happening in the world, so I was mostly unaware of the panic. What I do remember though was my mom and I filling up gallon jugs with water and storing them under our trailer. I asked why we were doing it, and my mom responded with, “Y2K is going to make computers not work so we won’t have water.” Anyway, as we all know, no big catastrophes happened, and those jugs of water lived under our trailer until we moved into a house. It’s possible they’re still there today, since someone bought our trailer from us and it hasn’t moved since it was put there in 1998.
Having ANOTHER Weird History drink! Drinking Stash Orange Spice Tea with milk added*†...while watching this Weird History video! Russians should drink this tea from one of those samovars, it's a delight! * From the Weird History videos about the Royal Family. † In the writing of the great Russian author Ivan Turgenev, he uses a samovar for socials!
wish we had more bidets.
I remember the Y2K episode for Family Guy, very funny!
Joe Biden..."I used to baby sit for Hugh Glass when I lived in Scranton! My mom said 'hey u remember when u babysat that kid and the grizzly almost ate him? And I was like 'yeah i DO remember that Mom!" -
What an awful video. Seriously. The tacky music and stock photos/videos and the corny bait line just to say we interbred with our cousins a long time ago. Just a joke.
May 19 was a Tuesday in 1536!
Could leave out most of the jokes.
Having ANOTHER Weird History drink! Drinking Stash Orange Spice Tea*†...while watching this Weird History video! 1999 was my first full year as a college student at Doane University (since I started in the fall of 1998) and orange and black are our school colors! (the tea is a black tea with orange peel in it). * Inspired by the Weird History videos about the Royal family † The tea is great!
She brought me a million dreams, then stripped me of everything, sick to my guts, I'm hers eternally
Ass, read some books.
Y2K was just the start of the cult of panic. Like anti-vaxxer popularity, taking a little bit of real info and concerns and blowing it up. It doesn't help there is so much money in cultivating fear for the alt fact industry.
But, but, but ... what about Jan. 19 2038?
Hi, great videos, amazing topics! Can you please do a bit on Kuda Lumping ?
The “full of bull” line really made me lol