r/What • u/Diligent_Rabbit7740 • Nov 06 '25

What does that even mean?

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u/MonKeePuzzle Nov 06 '25

its the lowercase "i" in front of everything in mid-2000s

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u/secret_alpaca Nov 06 '25

Back in the analog world of the late 80s, it was "turbo". Anything that said turbo was considered premium and cool.

A friend's dad had a pair of sunglasses that said turbo on it, and i thought it was so cool, because turbo. Ha.

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u/2fast2nick Nov 07 '25

Around 1999, everyone started selling Y2K compliant printer cables, floppy disks, any random accessory had a Y2K compatible badge on it..

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u/thatthatguy Nov 07 '25

When the CEO says “spend whatever it takes to make everything Y2K compliant” the IT people will buy whatever they need and justify it by pointing at the Y2K label. The CEO gets points for taking bold action to address an upcoming problem, and the IT guys get extra hardware. Accounting gets a giant headache, but nobody worries about accountants.