Uncensored2008
Libertarian Radical
What does this have to do with Y2K?![]()
This entire thread is a flaccid attempt to support newer hoaxes by supporting long debunked hoaxes.
Most of you morons don't know the first thing about the facts, you just think it might lend credence to the steaming shit you're shoveling now.
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The Hidden Origin of the Y2K Disaster Scenarios
In addition to the three reasons above (which were widely publicized), there were two less-publicized reasons the "experts" were so convinced a Y2K disaster was inevitable:Reason 1: the Y2K "experts were making big money selling books, seminars, and consulting. The more dire the danger, the more money they could charge. That's why the "experts" quickly wiped the Y2K stuff from their bios and websites when nothing happened. What had been an asset--"I'm a Y2k Expert" became an embarrassing liability. (Uh oh... I printed hard copies and filed them away.)
Reason 2: some Y2K "experts" predicted an apocalypse is because the Bible told them so.
(OK, remember the pin you put in the name "Gary North"? We're going there now.)
While there had been several bestselling books published on the Y2K threat, the nexus of online information about Y2K was GaryNorth.com, whose site was like a Reddit thread (this was before Reddit) where he posted links to every article or news report about Y2K that hit the Web, along with his commentary.
Because North was at the center of the online Y2K world, North became the "go-to" source for reporters looking for new wrinkles on the Y2K beat, where he was usually quoted in Y2K "the end is near" articles as a "computer expert" or "programming expert."
Few of those reporters ever bothered to check on North's background. A better description of North than "computer expert" would be "world-class wing nut."
For example, in 1976, North published None Dare Call It Witchcraft, which asserted that witchcraft was real--the real-live broomstick-flying kind--who were summoning the devil on a daily basis. This is not a joke. North thought witchcraft was as real as science.
But that's not all. North's other writings identify him as a "Christian Reconstructionist." For those who aren't familiar with it, Christian Reconstructionism is an ultra-right-wing sect that believes that the second coming of Christ is imminent. The Reconstructionists (and many, many evangelicals) went BIG for the idea that "since God created the world in 4,000 B.C., the world would end on 2,000 A.D." (Each millennium being one of the six days of creation... get it?)}
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The Y2K Disaster Scenarios Were a Hoax
The Y2K bug was real but the predictions of a world-shaking disaster were utter nonsense.
You're all a bunch of fucking cretins without a hint of a clue what you're talking about. Doesn't matter, you have a political agenda.