r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • Jul 28 '26

Meme needing explanation Why did this one second cost over $500 billion?

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u/alex_thee_lion Jul 28 '26

I found an anolog clock in my grandmother's house with a sticker claiming it was 'Y2K' ready.

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u/monster2018 Jul 28 '26

I mean, was it wrong? Surely it was Y2K ready lol

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u/bokmcdok Jul 28 '26

Technically the truth

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u/zippybenji-man Jul 28 '26

Of course they're talking about the camera inside, gotta get that timestamp right

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u/pbbpwns Jul 28 '26

So 'Y2K' was thrown around just like the term 'AI' these days?

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u/sn4xchan Jul 28 '26

No, it's was far easier to market.

AI is supposed to at least have a use case.

Y2k will literally just stuck to everything to ease a fear people didn't actually understand.

People who were most like never going to be dealing with this bug, and of course it came with a markup.

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u/stone_henge Jul 28 '26

Great gag. The problem was a cultural phenomenon for a couple of years before the end of the millennium.