Y2K Survival Kit Ad

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • See all the clips here: • Y2K EVERYONE PANIC! Some of the best moments from a video that warned of the coming catastrophe of Y2K. EVERYONE PANIC. The basic "problem" in 1999 was that for various historical reasons, programmers had generally stored years like "1999" as "99". The "crisis" would result because the flip to "2000" would be to "00" which is technically before "99" causing a range of potential issues. According to the video, no matter how much we were to prepare, it was not enough, it was going to be bad. We were doomed, DOOMED, so prepare for the end of society. As we all know, the problems were not "insurmountable" and even though they were not fixed 100%, nearly all of them were just annoyances like bad dates on web sites. The big lesson here is that people generally work together. A crisis does not mean that everything descends into chaos. If everyone faces a crisis, the tendency is to pull together, not every man for himself, as that simply won't work for anyone, and most people know it.

Komentáře • 98

  • @frdrcksncn
    @frdrcksncn Před 10 lety +130

    I wonder how much money the people who invented this kit made..

    • @500erider
      @500erider Před 4 lety +5

      Just ask the U.N. inventors of covid 19. I'm sure they can give you a ballpark figure.

    • @zedlz
      @zedlz Před 3 lety +5

      @@500erider Arby's

  • @swarthybullxxx
    @swarthybullxxx Před rokem +14

    "it's 2am, you need light". Pretty sure most would have been black out drunk on New Years night.

    • @aries898
      @aries898 Před rokem +1

      At midnight where I was that night, I was out on the town with work friends (as a teen) and one was trying to light a firecracker- some drunk guy came along, to ‘help’ he put it in his mouth as he thought it was a cigarette, it went off and we bolted- pretty sure that dude blacked out the worst 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @johnnyzondo3478
    @johnnyzondo3478 Před 8 lety +148

    Ok i bought 4 of these, when is Y2K?

    • @ryanfriedman4329
      @ryanfriedman4329 Před 8 lety +9

      16 years ago dip shnicke

    • @johnnyzondo3478
      @johnnyzondo3478 Před 8 lety +39

      hey everybody, look! this asshat didnt get the joke!

    • @destinydubs70
      @destinydubs70 Před 8 lety +7

      +Johnny Zondo I don't know I bought 5 so I guess let's just wait for y3k

    • @Peyethon
      @Peyethon Před 6 lety +4

      Johnny Zondo All of you that replied don't have a sense of humor.

    • @rhapidfyre68
      @rhapidfyre68 Před 5 lety +2

      R/ woooossshh

  • @FlorafoxNights
    @FlorafoxNights Před rokem +18

    Honestly as someone who was born in the 2000s, I can say that it’s crazy that a glitch that can cause broken computers and banks nearly ended the world.

  • @picsnportraits
    @picsnportraits Před 5 lety +32

    This was my favourite time to be alive.

  • @ULTRADJ4EVER
    @ULTRADJ4EVER Před 9 lety +60

    The people who made the kit probably made a lot of money XD

    • @MegaCODEOFCONDUCT
      @MegaCODEOFCONDUCT Před 5 lety +5

      ULTRADJ you’re forgetting about the 30 day money back guarantee

  • @broden4838
    @broden4838 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Crazy part is when I went to attend my great-grandfather's funeral, there were barely anyone on it because they were in panic of Y2K

    • @ArsakaD1
      @ArsakaD1 Před 8 měsíci

      horrible
      rest in peace

    • @broden4838
      @broden4838 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@ArsakaD1 I meant to say that there were barely anyone on the plane to Ohio

  • @dominics.8796
    @dominics.8796 Před 5 lety +37

    VHS and food you would need electricity to use/prepare... This was so exploitative of people’s fears.

    • @alehandroramirez9643
      @alehandroramirez9643 Před 3 lety +5

      the vhs tape was for preparing yourself for Y2K and there's more than one way to cook soup... but yes this was definitely exploiting some people

  • @CrazyandLazy
    @CrazyandLazy Před 5 lety +7

    man, the background music is killer

  • @acgaming1932
    @acgaming1932 Před 7 lety +16

    OK I wasn't around when this Y2K thing was going down. I was born in 2001 How did everyone react about this

    • @Excelsior10000
      @Excelsior10000  Před 7 lety +13

      It was hyped up in the press a fair amount. There were some genuine concerns about critical infrastructure going down due to software bugs, BUT a lot of people really worked hard well in advance to analyze the software and patch it. There was a loud fringe element out there who believed it was an inevitable disaster and linked it with the 2nd coming of Christ (given the round number of 2000 - similar sentiments occurred in the year 1000). And there were others that saw it as a great profit opportunity, like this ad that ran among what I think was a full hour long show. I have to wonder if the people that made that program were really that dumb the way they misused statistics or deliberate to amp up the panic and sell more kits. For example, saying that even if they fixed 99% of the code, that last 1% meant that 20 planes would crash, that 15 babies would be given to the wrong families every day. It's just soooo dumb.

    • @TVTruther
      @TVTruther Před 6 lety +3

      me and family partied in a city 2 hours away, no one talked of Y2K, no preparations were made

    • @fluffyseals9571
      @fluffyseals9571 Před 3 lety

      I was born in early 2000. Around 2 months after this Y2K scare thing in January

    • @fluffyseals9571
      @fluffyseals9571 Před 3 lety +1

      @@PriceRacing51x Oh wow another conspiracy theorist who makes up shit lol

    • @reesetube
      @reesetube Před 3 lety +1

      @@PriceRacing51x Not a fake virus, but still, everyone is overreacting about it.

  • @831santacruzloc
    @831santacruzloc Před 8 lety +30

    What happens if you call them today?

    • @destinydubs70
      @destinydubs70 Před 8 lety +16

      they will say will ship them to you in about 984 years okay

    • @ULTRADJ4EVER
      @ULTRADJ4EVER Před 8 lety

      Really?

    • @JordansMom769
      @JordansMom769 Před 7 lety +12

      I just tried it "the number you dialed is not a working number" 😄😄

    • @andycordova77
      @andycordova77 Před 6 lety +1

      Jew Macintosh the lines busy 😂😂

    • @MrJrockzus
      @MrJrockzus Před 4 lety +6

      they will sell you a covid kit for $19.99

  • @duckiegurl12
    @duckiegurl12 Před 9 lety +9

    This is INCREDIBLE

  • @danibeki
    @danibeki Před 6 lety +11

    i wonder if there will be the same panick and stuff in Y3K

    • @PriceRacing51x
      @PriceRacing51x Před 4 lety +6

      Why wait, we have coronavirus to overreact about now lol

    • @fluffyseals9571
      @fluffyseals9571 Před 3 lety +3

      @@PriceRacing51x Welp if you die from it you wouldn't say it's "fake" then lol

    • @Programm4r
      @Programm4r Před 3 lety

      @@fluffyseals9571 The Y2K bug was real, the media exaggerated and completely blew the thing out of proportion. They're doing the same thing with covid, and, clearly, you haven't learned your lesson. According to pennmedic.org, the accuracy of the test results have never been evaluated. In other words, no one knows how accurate the test results are, and, yet, the media is claiming that every positive test result is confirmation. Corona is a real virus. The pandemic is completely exaggerated.

    • @_RayNotHere_
      @_RayNotHere_ Před 3 lety

      no but theres a possibility for y2k38 at january because that will be the last number on the 32 bit interger

    • @paloalto5965
      @paloalto5965 Před 2 lety

      @@_RayNotHere_ a lot of new tech runs on 64 bit integers though

  • @profesae
    @profesae Před 6 lety +18

    We won’t need to wait for Y3k since will be in heaven watching the whole thing lol

  • @bitelaserkhalif
    @bitelaserkhalif Před 3 lety +5

    Is there's any unboxing video of this?

  • @copperhead577
    @copperhead577 Před 4 lety +2

    The cheery music made this extremely uncomfortable

  • @lululemonade_
    @lululemonade_ Před 3 lety +4

    i wish I experienced the thrilled 😂

  • @58twright
    @58twright Před rokem +3

    Wonder how much these would go for on eBay??

  • @Tylerburnham306
    @Tylerburnham306 Před 2 měsíci

    January 1st 2000: "THAT WAS A RIP OFF!"

  • @andromeda9340
    @andromeda9340 Před 6 lety +7

    Prepare for the 2038 problem....smh

    • @earthmama9597
      @earthmama9597 Před 6 měsíci

      What is happening in 2038?

    • @hockeyislife2
      @hockeyislife2 Před 2 měsíci

      @@earthmama9597it's another computer thing en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

  • @TVTruther
    @TVTruther Před 6 lety +15

    many made some damn decent money off of Y2K scare hype....wow...I wonder what next date and event will by plugged and how much will the suckers be taken for again?

  • @ryanfriedman4329
    @ryanfriedman4329 Před 9 lety +1

    Why did WCIU HD use this commercial on Jul 2nd of 2015? This commercial aired on that channel around 4:30 PM

  • @awsomegenius06
    @awsomegenius06 Před 6 lety +2

    What did everyone do with that shit after January 1, 2000 came and nothing fuckin happened?

  • @TechWithSean
    @TechWithSean Před 4 lety +1

    It worked - I’m still here

  • @smileyfacegr6691
    @smileyfacegr6691 Před 7 lety +2

    Just wtf? I was watching the Y2K bug and the ad makes no sense😂😂

  • @melissamatsuoka
    @melissamatsuoka Před 3 lety +2

    kurtistown citizens??

  • @photadyta
    @photadyta Před 7 měsíci

    I was 15. I didn’t care what happened. I was down for the ride.

  • @JillyMaysHere
    @JillyMaysHere Před 6 lety +1

    I tried calling that number today.

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan Před 3 lety

    No refunds if the apocalypse doesn't happen.

  • @imsonicnoob2112
    @imsonicnoob2112 Před rokem

    This commercial makes me laugh

  • @davidnetix
    @davidnetix Před 4 lety +1

    ok what about y3k

  • @DavidOfeldt
    @DavidOfeldt Před 6 lety

    True internet history

  • @swissmediastuff
    @swissmediastuff Před 2 lety

    I‘m still waiting on my refund!

  • @samsong24
    @samsong24 Před 3 měsíci

    I want my money back! 😠

  • @ArsonRaboot
    @ArsonRaboot Před 6 lety +1

    0:14

  • @MegaCODEOFCONDUCT
    @MegaCODEOFCONDUCT Před 5 lety

    30 day money back guarantee

  • @joebean3399
    @joebean3399 Před rokem

    Covid 19 anyone?...🤣

  • @skeleytonz5319
    @skeleytonz5319 Před 3 lety

    can i get one

  • @Sweet_Scorpiana
    @Sweet_Scorpiana Před 4 měsíci

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tomh3744
    @tomh3744 Před 3 lety

    lmao

  • @PriceRacing51x
    @PriceRacing51x Před 4 lety +2

    And now we have coronavirus to freak out about lol #FakeNews

    • @tranixter
      @tranixter Před 2 lety +1

      This was in like 1998 lmao

  • @Peyethon
    @Peyethon Před 6 lety

    So unnecessary