Peak was 2011 change my mind.
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I'm not old enough to remember that time. What was it like?
Lots of stuff in the news how things could go wrong and it could be the end of civilization. Because of all the scaremongering however there was enough money to go around to fix all critical systems.
In the end only minor things happened, like a library charging people 100 years of interest on their late fees. It could've been a lot worse. Banks charging 100 years of interest were avoided, no infrastructure went down. But the checks and fixes done were needed. Some computers in production systems would just brick themselves when the date was set to 2000.
Then after new year came the comments of people complaining that all the money was spent and nothing happened.
Can't wait for Y2K38!
And everybody trying to get AI to fix the issue
Obviously this is just my perspective on things... I'm a UK millennial probably old enough to be your mother
The millennium was hyped up but came to nothing weren't as big as it was supposed to be.
Terrorism barely got mentioned before 9/11. In the UK we had the IRA so we had more awareness.
Internet wasn't really around as much. Online shopping definitely wasn't a big thing, big stores had few or no shopping options. It was absolutely NOT used by everyone, and not everyone used computers. Mobile charges were expensive.
I've noticed a big generation gap between millennial and Gen Z. Better awareness towards MH, inclusiveness etc. Also seem to be more health conscious and drink less.
Did UK people smoke much more back then? I recently went on vacation to Germany and was appalled at how acceptable it is there. Here in the Netherlands we have a program called "Smoke-free generation", which forbids smoking in places that children often visit, such as schools and sports fields. From what I heard, the bottom kinda fell out when vaping became popular under teenagers.
Never come to South East Asia lmao. China, SK, Japan have been taking measures, like its banned in most hotels and restaurants now, but theres so many restaurants in Japan that are grandfathered in and literally everyone smoking, hotels in China that are technically apartments or something to skirt the law, and people smoking in the streets even when its banned.
Yes, loads. I think you could still smoke on planes but not totally sure. Absolutely nobody vaped it was all ciggies, and they were WAY cheaper. There weren't the scary signs on them, they had branded packs and loads more people smoked. I remember the smoking ban in pubs coming in, it was controversial
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The Y2K was a different kind of virus, a virus of the mind.
During updates the unit goes into swamp mode.
It was already around the peak of the US empire, yeah. You may be biased.