Y2K Comes Earlier And Earlier Every Year
On the one hand I think it's weird that it's not even Thanksgiving yet and the stores are already putting up their Y2K decorations. But on the other hand, it's not a bad idea to be reminded as early as possible in the year to stock up on your Y2K ham and paper plates, because next thing you know it's December 31st and the stores are closing early and your guests will be here any minute, and you just don't have time to install a water-purification unit in the backyard. And remember, you're not going to get too far if you can't open your cans! "Hi, I'm a roving gang of cannibals, what is that in your hand, an electric can opener? Nice try, I just raped your face. With my teeth." That's the kind of thing you're going to be hearing if you don't Y2PREPARE!
Posted by Gabe at 10:15 AM in Video Skeletons
Tags: Apocalypse | Y2K
LOL @ those 90's morons not knowing that the real apocalpyse is in 2012!!! Morons! Pardon while I go store some water in these empty bleach containers.
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You CAN never have too much toilet paper, just sayin. You can never have too much canned ham either. Or canned milk, or Twix bars. You can have too much common sense though, apparently.
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My mom once told me the only thing you need to stock up on is toilet paper. She is so right.
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I thought I was the only one, but face raping cannibals is also my main concern in a post-apocalyptic future.
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Me too. Like The Road? AUGH SO TERRIFYING.
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I won't be stocking up on Y2K ham or paper plates, but I WILL be getting a pedi at Y2K Nail Salon, which is a thing that exists. (in Austin)
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As I steadily race towards death, I've been reflecting a lot on how quickly time has flown, and thought, "Gee, 2000 doesn't feel that long ago, and yet! It is nearly a whole new decade! How can that be?"
Then I look at these twerps from 1999, who look like they're from 1989, and think, "No, I am wrong. That was a completely different time that was so, so many years ago, and we are definitely in the future now."
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Sometimes, I like to imagine that there were actually people stupid enough on December 31st 1999 to down into their bunker and completely isolate themselves from society - a bunker where, to this day, they remain eating canned foods and utterly unaware of the fact that up above life goes on as it did before. Unfortunately, at that point I remember that, since Glenn Beck exists, has a TV programme and an audience, they are all too busy watching Fox to care about their rusting shelters.
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Y2K?
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My mom totally bought into the hype in '99... She was all "I'm a computer programmer. You don't know how much computers do stuff. Blah Blah Blah & technology and such."
We had a garage full of cases of water, & things like canned and dried goods. Among other ridiculous things we had a crank radio that was also solar powered. Because you never know when you will have to use a radio when there isn't a power supply to listen to NPR who apparently doesn't need electricity to broadcast their signal.
She was so stressed that New Years Eve... and when midnight came and passed and the lights didn't flicker we all just laughed at her and banged pots in her face... B/c she was wrong.
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I was too lazy to stock up before hand, so I just waited till January 1st and then rushed through Costco grabbing piles of worthless bulk goods along with the riotous crowds of frantic people. Boy did I feel silly when I had to pay for them.
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Wait, DON'T store my clean water in bleach containers? Shoooot.
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Re: the opening sequence: I am glad to see my childhood Casio keyboard is still finding work.
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I really like that his generator-powered computer was able to immediately boot up/show him the date first thing. The raptors are in the kitchen!
I also have a friend who invested in bottled water before Y2K. He's still living off of it. He probably got the idea from Dick Cheney.
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"it's a Unix system! I know this!"
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I love all the error messages where they've just typed something after a C: prompt (with the blinking cursor at the end).
10 PRINT "FIRE YOUR PRODUCTION DESIGNER"
20 GOTO 10
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Why does this video look like it was made in 1989?
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