I Found a Super Weird Instructional Video from 1999

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This week, we look at a very strange instructional video about how to prepare your family for Y2K. What sucks about that is Y2K never really happened so the video was all for nothing! Let's laugh at them!!!
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[@PossiblyAlena]

"Why are you filling up your car?" "Out of gas." Is the funniest fucking thing I've seen in months

[@orangecat9559]

yeah what would they expect from someone fuelling up their car

[@maddyc2412]

Such a dumb question lmao

[@tunafish5462]

when she asked that I was so confused like "why do you think?". It was so funny lol.

[@muxshy]

gives off the same energy as “how do you keep your pants up when you’re performing? it’s incredible!” “belt.”

[@hommefataltaemin]

I’m so glad I’m not alone in thinking that was fucking hilarious

[@opthomas09]

"Why are you filling up your car?" "Outta gas"

[@troublewakingup]

Simple man, simple problem, simple answer.

[@tiffanygibbons3043]

Same energy as “how do you keep your pants up when you’re performing?” “Belt”

[@foxbuns]

Ted Nivison looked the same in y2k as he does now

[@rachelklinkhamer441]

Logic

[@bluelockscenepacks]

6:35

[@ssfbob456]

To be clear, the Y2K bug absolutely was a thing and a lot of talented programmers and computer engineers worked their asses off to fix the problem. It wouldn't have been the end of the world, but it would have caused a lot of problems if left unchecked.

[@playcube4564]

yeah, even when I was little I realized that either A) Its a scaremonger or B) They are going to fix it before its an issue, no one is going to theorize that this can happen and just only prep

[@michylapershell9182]

Lots of problems would have arose, however I'm not sure the toasters malfunctioning were among those problems 💀

[@HarukaLPs]

@@michylapershell9182Futurama be like

[@NuttyMongrel]

This. A lot of time and money was spent trying to ensure there were no major issues when 2000 rolled around. It was a very real thing, but there was also a lot of ridiculous fearmongering around it.

[@jrhackman7414]

@@NuttyMongrel most of us understood the problem and knew that any important computers had been updated. I don’t remember it being any real concern for most people by the time the year 2000 rolled around.

[@jordanaureliajoy9491]

“Women don’t have much to do with computers” Literally the first ever computing machine was partially made by a woman, Ada Lovelace in THE EIGHTEEN FORTIES!!, who is also considered to be the first if not one of the first programmers, like. My dude. Check your mfuckin facts

[@annwethenorth]

Men don't tend to think women can handle the crazy world of pcs. Yes, women trailblazers 👏👏👏 it's a difficult industry for women to work in still.

[@kososka]

Wasn't she lord Byron's daughter or something? Iirc the reason why she even studied math was because her mom hated poets so much (because they're all sluts) that she decided to teach her daughter science instead of arts.

[@tired1923]

!! the word computer initially referred to the person who programmed, or computed, the machines. it was a job mostly given to women for a number of years because it was considered to be adjacent to being a secretary, which was also essential and extremely undervalued work.

[@annwethenorth]

@@tired1923 it's definitely not easy to be a woman working in the industry. My friend (f) got asked by her assistant (m) if she knew how to turn on her laptop because it's" tricky". She was running the whole section of the programming company. Again, his boss. Happened a few months ago. It's happened many, many times to her. Never happened to any man I've met in the industry. You're completely right, secretaries ran all the machinery in the office. I'm glad young guys have Kurtis 🇨🇦. He's wonderfully refreshing and he doesn't live too far away ❤️ . ***Not stalking you Kurtis, I just know the scenery.***

[@ancientttt]

Grace Hopper is one of my heros. Someone else mentioned Ada Lovelace. Catherine Johnson. Anybody who ever thought women couldn't understand computers had no knowledge of the history of the industry. I get it, there seem to be fewer women than men who want to make a career working with them, but history and personal experience tell me that some of the sharpest minds in tech are female.

[@papercrane25]

Reporter: "why are you filling up your car?" Man: "Outta gas!" Wow, riveting journalism!

[@CaptainNamikaze]

My thoughts exactly, what a dumb question to ask.

[@auferen]

Better than saying the world is gonna end tbh

[@justintreadue4075]

Has anyone found a link to the clip?

[@MaxToner59]

That's honestly my favorite part of the video

[@lirio784]

time stamp: 6:36 nooneaskedbutit'stherelmao

[@semogecarg]

that clip of "why are you filling up your car?" "out of gas" is so fucking funny i can't believe it's real

[@sketchysketchin3361]

I replayed it so many times, I want a shirt, I want something

[@sheek_side]

😂 meme worthy

[@helllobren]

IT MAKES ME CRY LAUGH

[@guy-sl3kr]

what answer was the reporter expecting, honestly lol

[@ZijnShayatanica]

That give me the same vibe as "How do your pants stay up?" "Belt." 😆🤣

[@Thepopcornator]

I remember we were having a New Year’s party on 12/31/99, and the moment the countdown finished, my dad turned off all the power to the house. The panic from all involved was palpable.

[@calebcudi5459]

thats really funny lol

[@TheGh0st_Cat]

I love that oh my god 😭

[@Commander_Appo]

If I was a father in 1999 that’s exactly what I would do

[@everythingpony]

Best dad of that year

[@AliceArnaud-zs8sq]

my uncle did the same hehe

[@electrogeek77]

The "threaten your physician" part is batshit, but the whole thing about not being able to get a reasonable amount of extra medication to keep on hand for emergencies is an actual concern for the disability community. A disaster can mean pharmacies not receiving stocks of meds, or us not being able to pick up our refills, but thanks to excessive gatekeeping our lives are put at risk by not being able to plan ahead.

[@riftlee]

Lots of us just skip meds to stockpile, risking our safety

[@waffles3629]

​@@riftlee yep. It's horrible. I just order everything as soon as I can, and if I need to miss doses for any reason it contributes to my stockpile.

[@doingitwelldotbiz]

*sobs in ADHD*

[@chaos-sy1kq]

Currently on titration for meds and yeah.. its been stopped in its track. I've found meds that help but not the perfect dose and now I've not even had that for a month :,)

[@portalbuilder7021]

@@doingitwelldotbizone time I lost 3 30 day scripts right after the doctor had written them. Luckily I had just left it on a table at the hospital, but if I had lost it and not found it I would be fucked for 3 months

[@anomaly7853]

I love to think that some ancient Mayans were creating their calendar and thought "Right, all the way to 2012. This was hard to make, but I'm sure that the people of 2012 won't mind making a new calendar once this one's time is up.".

[@aswarmofbees5009]

why is this so funny-

[@A_Ducky]

Some Mayan councilman decided there's no more budget for the calendar stonemason & cut off his funding. On his last day, after the 2 weeks notice of course, he quit at a random place, put his tools in a cardboard box, and left the premises. People in 2012: WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!

[@LuanaSantos-rl4sb]

I thought exactly that huauhahua

[@mastermarkus5307]

I mean, that was probably the case, realistically.

[@shadowdecidueye]

I like to imagine the made it thinking; "I wish I could see the reaction of the people from 2012 when they see that it ends"

[@sileylav]

"They put two k's instead of one. Which begs the question... Y2K?" That is the best pun Kurtis has ever made, maybe ever

[@lluciassuarez]

LITERALLY SO GENIUS

[@rilaxkumah]

I think YT should send him a trophy for that one

[@scrambldrabbit]

LITERALLY

[@walkingindlite]

I had to literally pause the video and breathe. THE GENIUS OF THAT PUN OOF

[@kiukiura]

Lmao I'm dying over it

[@84green841]

as a pastry cook, i think i would genuinely pass away if all stand mixers stopped working

[@rosiejl2798]

As a kid we used a mechanical hand mixer that worked by hand cranking it. Whipping cream took forever with it so my sister and i took turns when our hands got tired. We did have an electric mixer but my parents probably thought it would be too dangerous for us kids to use.

[@theron2119]

Yes we were fine - however it wasn’t because it wasn’t an issue - it is because thousands of people in the IT industry patched all of the systems in time. Believe me it was a major effort that everyone worked on until the final hours. I was present in the healthcare industry during Y2K.

[@aloeleaf]

Honestly shout out to all the workers who fixed all that shit under that much pressure

[@Random-sk6hm]

This is so true, I was working at Apple at the time and we barely managed to get the code fixed in time for the midnight switch.

[@pinheadlarry2921]

It still was never gonna be the end of the world lol everything just would’ve broke for a while. Houses were never gonna catch fire, coffee pots were never gonna explode, etc.

[@stephanj306]

I remember NHS sent pregnant women a bunch of emails saying their babies were stillborn.

[@jsas2047]

​@@pinheadlarry2921 yeah worst case data would just get mixed up. Which can be really bad in a hospital that stores patient data digitally, but it won't cause computers to just explode lol

[@noone3216]

Lmao , Kurtis that "why two K?" joke was legitimately the funniest thing I've seen in months lol

[@kai_fatallysapphic]

Aw dang it, your comment was in the comment section preview, and you spoiled the joke for me lol

[@namename7868]

@@kai_fatallysapphic FORREAL Lmaooo

[@lavender8568]

Okie dokie artichokie!

[@MadieTaylar]

It was a joke, years in the making.

[@jachymholas8513]

that prolly was the most boring 2 months

[@LILY-fo7qx]

that fucking “y2k?” joke was so insanely perfect i think died for a second.

[@ellie-pt7mg]

Literally tho i gasped with excitement when i realized

[@notamberp]

“I think died” ...yeah, I think you really might’ve lmao

[@ami5marion]

@@notamberp I was actually dead but that joke revived me

[@Vulpilux]

What, you too?

[@filthywife7983]

I like to think that joke brought us all together with excitement and expectation

[@caliesehii]

I remember hearing my grandparents talking about how we would have to get horses after y2k, because all the cars would stop working, and let me tell you... I was so. Fucking. Excited. I wanted that damn horse.

[@aimeewank7859]

😂😂😂

[@hridanjalneupane1903]

Lmaoo

[@Lee-ox2vn]

Fun fact Y2K was a diverted emergency. Things really were going to stop working but a team of computer engineers worked together to fix the issue with the computers and diverted the problem

[@JayChaos-lx8gi]

source? not like i care but-

[@waffles3629]

​@@JayChaos-lx8gi "“The Y2K crisis didn’t happen precisely because people started preparing for it over a decade in advance. And the general public who was busy stocking up on supplies and stuff just didn’t have a sense that the programmers were on the job,” says Paul Saffo, a futurist and adjunct professor at Stanford University."

[@petosorus]

It's more teams of software people all around the world updated all software so software continued working. Not just one team solving everything magically. Source : my colleagues did that kind of work at the time.

[@Clara-vx2zp]

if kurtis had a second name starting with “f” his initials would be “KFC”. end of the communication.

[@Clara-vx2zp]

kurtis fungus connor

[@noodlearg9745]

kurtis fucking connor

[@sage1269]

BAHAHAHDHA

[@leannna]

@@noodlearg9745 this is the best one, nothing can top this

[@theweirdo0708]

But now he is only KC “Kentucky chicken” 😔

[@ScatWilliams69]

Dude. That “Why two k?” joke may have been one of the greatest jokes ever written. Not just YOUR greatest joke, kkurtis.

[@JT-fu7zz]

You did NOT just write kkurtis i refuse

[@mrfriendlolo4971]

Why two k?

[@kayladean597]

Why two k?

[@sen4624]

why two k ?

[@user77797]

why two k ???

[@scottlemay3386]

My anxiety definitely stems from growing up with the media constantly going through apocalyptic messaging. It's just ingrained in me now. Y2k, the blackout, 2012, Sars, 911, covid 19... I'm not sure if there's more but I can remember each of these issues like it was yesterday.

[@azurabbit12]

@@IDAHOJAKE wow, I thought you were just an inensitive asshole without any care for other people's lives but seeing you copy the same thing in multiple comments just makes me feel sad for you

[@demo2823]

Psst... Ebola.

[@classic345]

I don’t know what “the blackout” is lol if you can then mind explaining I searched it up and a movie came up

[@Unproductivenonsense]

I was the exact opposite and I just live in if I die i die mode

[@Weirdiohw]

what was the blackout

[@kylespevak6781]

17:00 Completely right. In Fallout games, bottle caps are used as money because they decided they're valuable

[@kyrazz128]

Isn't something in the first game about 1 bottle cap being 1 bottle of clean water?

[@DPadGamer]

The thrown baby bit's audio was way too good it caught me off guard.

[@lloyddragon2036]

i was watching this video without headphones and my mom heard that bit out of context and she was like "what ARE you watching??"

[@xchara6996]

YEAH

[@danc893]

@KevinBB it ain't gonna work lol

[@invisibleghost3820]

@KevinBB I don’t know why you are begging for people to hate you but I hope you have a great day friend! I hope you get over whatever you are dealing with :)

[@anonymeese]

@@invisibleghost3820 it's a bot

[@izzylynn8632]

“Women no understand computers, date, time.” The woman who invented wi-fi: 🤨

[@Raven-wq4li]

the woman who coined the term "bug": hmm

[@thatoneinternetguy9258]

so that's why it's called wi-fi and not husb-andi

[@mel-jz7uz]

@@thatoneinternetguy9258 hub-by

[@samlol5161]

@@thatoneinternetguy9258 No comment should be this funny

[@perlebabin7115]

@@thatoneinternetguy9258 omgggg 🤣🤣🤣🤣 underrated comment

[@liefdeltora3088]

Aight not to be a nerd but basically, the concern with Y2K was that when the digits flip over to 00, it doesn't just look weird, the computer actually reads it as 1900 rather than 2000. So if you had a medical record of someone born in 1901, then when they visited the hospital next, the computer would think granny caught a cold a year before she was born. It COULD'VE been an issue, but thankfully it's a fairly easy fix. Helps that we had a good amount of warning in advance, seeing as we don't change centuries terribly often.

[@BigKicksMix]

The knock on effect could also have cause underflow errors in other systems that used the date for calculations but yeah ultimately not anything harmful just software errors

[@Shadowhurtz]

I was 6 when Y2K hit. Thankfully my family was sensible, and my father at the time was a sysadmin so he was actively working on making sure systems wouldn't break - and so we knew it was going to be harmless. Fun fact - Y2K only affected Windows workstations, as at the time Unix systems ran a 32 bit integer of seconds since January 1st 1970 (no, that date has no meaning, it was chosen randomly) - which means they would have been fine until 2038. (And now we're running 64 bit systems so we're good for a LONG time) 2012 hit different though. Has anything really felt real since then?

[@functionatthejunction]

Not all unix stations...

[@rach_forthestar]

Missed opportunity in the trailer to use “it’s a whisk I’m willing to take”

[@HeightofMediocrity]

I love this 😭

[@hermitqueenjude]

omg kurtis needs to see this

[@payaldhauria5483]

Omfg-

[@inexorable100]

Oh noooo lol

[@JoyOfCreativeService]

Nice I'm the 621st like

[@gideongivesharrowboners]

his moustache-hat-mullet combo makes him look like a trucker that'll give me some solid life advice while also teaching me the ways of the eighteen-wheeler world

[@lucky-wb3pk]

yeah no if i saw him at a rest stop id run

[@brookfalkins5127]

looks like he gives life advice then offers you a crack pipe

[@christopherbenoit5585]

@@brookfalkins5127 well with the home improvement hat you’re not far off

[@identitycrisis7886]

He’s a real country boy 🤠

[@gabbyreck9347]

YOURE NOT SUPPOSED TO PERCEIVE HIMMMM

[@zeniascreativespace3890]

My mother was very nonchalant about the whole thing- I was 10, and our whole family grew up in the woods near a major river here in Alaska, so we were used to expecting difficult events and my own mom survived multiple events to include the Alaskan 1964 earthquake. We woke up the first morning Jan 1, 2000, shrugged, moved on, and about ten years later I saw my first internet cat video. We all turned out to be fine after all 😂 🐈

[@atlanticamnesia]

hey what's it like living in alaska? is it super cold and isolated like the way I usually imagine haha I live in Georgia I'm curious

[@zeniascreativespace3890]

@@atlanticamnesia large parts of it are pretty isolated, but where I live it's mostly pretty much like living in a normal town. in the winter as it can get to be about 20 below zero as well, but it can also get pretty hot in certain parts in the summer. The trickiest part for me is the daylight shifting because it can impact your mood, being super dark for most of the 24 hour day in the winter time, and mostly light out all day in the summer late into the night. Sorry this comment is late :)

[@atlanticamnesia]

@@zeniascreativespace3890 COOL I never even knew that Alaska got to be dark and freeezing but sounds pretty normal like towns and nice summers and stuff that's so cool!

[@JotaSE30]

I worked as an IT professional in the late 90's, and let me tell you that the reason Y2K never became an issue is because we worked around the clock from about 95'-97' to patch every single system with updates that fixed the potential issues. It "didn't happen" because we fixed it. Also I'm a bit late to the party. Do I need a patch?

[@hennegivensunday]

Thanks for stopping the end of the world my dude👍

[@meghanpfeiffer]

I've actually seen "The Last Stand Mixer." It turns out that they were actually Adam and Eve.

[@mysunshine492]

wow spoiler much

[@rhino7731]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6rPfXlsmpx1jtE

[@yellowplate4539]

Why’d you have to spoil it man

[@jay-mt5do]

no frickin way

[@clarapena8053]

I swear I didn’t even see it coming it was such a good plot twist

[@naya9076]

can we all just appreciate how the universe came together specifically so Kurtis could make the best y2k joke of all time

[@raeva]

Yes we can.

[@lindy1846]

we need to stop this comment at 2000 likes

[@sarmontana]

Thousandth like congrats dude

[@LunarEleven]

I was proud of myself because I thought of the joke the moment I saw that 😆 I would have lost my mind if he missed it. 👏 His pun detector never fails though!

[@jocote1062]

Maybe the only possible y2k joke in the world indeed

[@Sardonyx-gem]

Y2K WAS a real thing, it took hundreds of people thousands of hours to update every system so nothing would crash when the clocks ticked over. If they did nothing, then everything woulda been fucked.

[@countolaf_lover]

NO?! y2k wasnt real to the grade where the world was gonna end. it was a rumor, it wasnt real

[@waffles3629]

​@@countolaf_lover I think bank computers deducting a century of interest from your accounts would've been a problem.

[@kassiogomes8498]

​@@waffles3629the bank you just put the money back in. It wouldn't dissappear from the face of the earth.

[@waffles3629]

@@kassiogomes8498 oh yeah, it would've been fixed, but it would have caused problems.

[@c.r.k.7162]

I was 16. I think I remember this exact BS video. My poor grandmother was terrified. She bought cases of Coleman propane tanks and some -20 degree sleeping bags. Maybe we were going to die, but weren’t going to die cold.

[@Dizzydollie7]

My 4th grade teacher believed in Y2K catastrophes and when kids said they’d “see her next year” for Christmas break, she just said “no you won’t.” First day back: awkward

[@largeboi4678]

Teachers shouldn’t be allowed to believe in dumb shit

[@alex-fs9yt]

💀💀💀

[@omgitzpaige2013]

even if she believed that you don’t say that to children what the fuck lol

[@Dizzydollie7]

@@omgitzpaige2013 public school in Louisiana = never again

[@koolkat-hq5xc]

I have to know what that first day back was like

[@rylee1048]

As a female Computer Engineering student, I can confirm that I know nothing about computers.

[@dia8183]

female web developer here. not sure what a "computer" is but all these dates and times sure are confusing

[@valdciva9705]

female editor here. what are computers

[@sxsx1240]

female here. what are you guys talking about?

[@the0.01germsleft8]

As a female learning code, I know nothing about these “ computers “ and times 😕

[@alexdeithwen9146]

Have you tried labelling food as "computers"?

[@alistair.in.wonderland]

fun fact: the US federal reserve actually had a Y2K disaster response team that worked to keep the economy from collapsing in the event that all the computers stopped working and poured billions of dollars of US government money into modernizing financial computer systems across america. the team had a command post in the fed's william mcchesney martin building on the night of the new year, where approximately 100 people monitored the world's transition into the 2000s. the government prepared for a complete recession, stockpiling cash at 90 locations around the US and releasing billions of dollars worth of liquidity into the US banking system. the disaster team stayed up all night to make sure that the country transitioned smoothly into Y2K.

[@bluflavouredpudding]

"women don't understand y2k" My mother, a software engineer, literally was part of the team that spent months solving the date problem in the company she was working in at the time

[@carterdavis3556]

When my great grandma died my parents went to go clean out her house. They didn’t keep much, but what the did keep was a 2 liter bottle of 7 up filled with water labeled Y2K. We still have it in our house 20 years later. It is my favorite family heirloom.

[@annebruecks7381]

‘Don’t drink until Y2K’ lol

[@sezzyridge]

Wow that's funny and interesting

[@arthurpietrogarcia1057]

Your great-great...son shall drink it on y3k

[@iamhydration9263]

@Happy Camper 😟

[@cydneyhunter5259]

@Happy Camper my lord

[@eggmon420]

I’m kinda upset that I’ll never get to hear that “why two k?” joke for the first time ever again.

[@czreigrut1122]

Why two k?

[@ino6739]

the gasp i let out when hearing that@

[@prageruwu69]

same

[@OiOi-kk5ti]

SAME

[@imani8699]

I’m kinda upset that several people spoiled it in the comments before I got a chance to hear it 🤧

[@PROG-MAN]

I would totally watch 25 minutes of Kurtis listing names of apocalyptic movies

[@zaodacrusher7498]

Truth about y2k was that it was set to happen, but everything that didn't matter was dropped so that the main computers that actually mattered were updated to avoid it. Didn't stop my dad from shutting off the TV around midnight. He had a ear to ear smile when my 10 year old face turned to wonder and shock that it actually happened. At which point he pointed out the lights were still on and just started laughing.... old man definitely got me there.

[@garbageboystinkman]

that “why two k?” joke is perhaps the funniest thing anyone’s ever written… john mulaney who??? i only know kurtis conner

[@cactusxd]

john mulaney? hardly know her

[@meiguess6765]

I’m glad we can agree that, canonically, John Mulaney is the funniest comedian to never exist.

[@kissszonjab]

@@meiguess6765 Wait... other comedians exist? 🤯

[@a3u132]

Idk i think the "keep it down joke" was better tbh

[@genericname2747]

Kurtis is better than John Mulaney, because Kurtis didn't KILL PRINCESS DIANA

[@ConnorPugs]

It’s so wild that Y2K was an actual thing lmaoo

[@froggysenator1144]

Bruhhh imagine panicking over a date

[@meli_lemon_real]

HI CONNOR!!!!

[@calredwine7001]

@@froggysenator1144 sweats in date with crush

[@courtney9180]

connor!!!!

[@MathewWalls]

@@froggysenator1144 It wasn't "panicking over a date", it was panicking over a whole lot of critical software designed around the assumption that it would all be replaced before the end of the century, which it wasn't. It was a genuine problem that, if unaddressed, could have caused a lot of damage. The only reason it seems like a lot of fuss over nothing is because a lot of people did a lot of work to actually solve the problem before any damage as done.

[@SamEsss]

I remember this, well, not this instructional video but the whole Y2K crisis. I remember all the older generations saying “see this is what happens when you rely on all this ‘TECHNOLOGY’” usually with dramatic air quotes around technology. People thought everything in the world was just gonna stop and we were gonna go back to the Stone Age. And then midnight rolled around and literally nothing changed. I remember my uncle who was chemical engineer but was also like brilliant about everything really didn’t think anything was going to happen. So I wasn’t that scared. Everything scientific wise I have ever asked him has been right from what my memory serves me. But it was a huuuuuuuuuge deal.

[@bibinubis]

i would pay for kurtis to review every single apocalyptic movie

[@victoriachristina1]

Kurtis, your parents went to an “end of the world party” instead of hanging out with their kid... on the night when the world may have ended. Are you ok?

[@crocodile6694]

wow. thats hilarious.

[@becauseimafan]

😂

[@michellelindeberg6652]

Poor Kurtis, I didn’t even reflect over what he said. Big Oof

[@giannarose2801]

💀

[@giannarose2801]

@@cheesencrackers5257 bestie i love ur more 🤨

[@hannahlamb4673]

the why two k joke is legendary. i don’t make the rules. no one will ever make a better joke. this is it.

[@haha-lj5sq]

That’s legitimately the reason I liked the video

[@baileysmith1246]

@@haha-lj5sq I ducked out and hit like immediately hahaha

[@spencer3891]

The dislikes are from people who don't have a sense of humor.

[@slatehound1812]

but it makes me sad tho, cause that was obviously the peak of humanity and it's just gonna get worse from now on

[@myacoyote5930]

i can’t explain why this joke is the best one ever made

[@UnspokenOldOne]

I'm sure others have said this but the only reason nothing happened on the year 2000 was because there was a ton of attention that went to the problem. Countless numbers of people worked really hard to prep computer systems, update software, and set up new systems in order to ensure that everything kept working. The risks were very real although some, like all the nukes launching were complete fiction, but if we hadn't done anything there would've been significant problems. So credit to all the people who worked hard to avert any issues with Y2K.

[@annwethenorth]

Completely 👏👏✌️♥️🇨🇦 genx

[@BigKicksMix]

it was a lot of work but very menial just increasing the number of bits used to store the date

[@decameter]

Y2K is a joke because 300 billion dollars was spent to ensure nothing happened. Lots of updated firmware, my dad was working in factory robotics at the time, apparently it was a big deal for corporate and industry but not nearly as big a deal for average people. It was better in the long run, cause it meant we stopped using systems from the 1960s.

[@hommefataltaemin]

I’m fucking dying at that clip where everyone thinks the world’s ending and this absolute legend is just like “outta gas” with some dumb lady asking him why he’s getting gas as if there’s any other possible reason....

[@yourannoyinglittlebrother8595]

Hey hey she's not dumb people will think your dumb for thinking corona was the end of the world

[@stayfrostyroyalmilktea]

@@yourannoyinglittlebrother8595 corona literally has killed thousands. Y2K killed no one.

[@ej6975]

@@stayfrostyroyalmilktea I haven’t watched the vid yet and I’m excited to figure out if you actually mean the early 2000s aesthetic or not. Because if you do, this is the funniest thing I’ve ever read

[@getrekt791]

@indp. iv “a few thousand deaths” that’s so fucking disrespectful. People have lost their loved ones and you only see those people as a number. People dying constantly isn’t something to be calm abt.

[@zeinaw9226]

@indp. iv corona MAY not be the thing that will end the world but literally you dont know that? the virus is progressing more and more getting more dangerous since its start so there is a chance corone will just wipe us out. also "a few thousand deaths" how absolutly insensitive and rude

[@alex-fs9yt]

That "why two k?" joke was the best y2k joke I have ever heard.

[@auntbill8166]

What other y2k jokes have you heard

[@Tw0Dots]

@@auntbill8166 y2k itself is one

[@alexhelton5451]

alex?

[@fireball626]

@@Tw0Dots roasted

[@ryankennedy9703]

I rarely laugh out loud at KZbin videos. This was one of those seldom times. Well done

[@julieneff9408]

In 1999, I was 25 and working in medical records. I was largely sure that Y2K wouldn't change anything, but in the back of my mind I was worried about having to use paper medical charts again. Those things suuuuuck. Also, I got blackout drunk that NYE and was hungover for a full 48 hours. Good times.

[@conalflood7895]

What's funny to me is that people were probably freaking out about Y2K right up until midnight, meanwhile it's almost 24hours ahead in Australia and they were straight chilling and nobody seemed to think about calling over to ask if everything was good over there

[@karmasmatic5074]

“the last stand mixer” was like an snl level sketch dude holy shit

[@trinityolusola394]

Yes!!!! 👏👏

[@ashleysheree7057]

Right? And I just came from Drew's SNL video where he said that some KZbinr skits are better than some SNL skits and I immediately thought of Kurtis

[@user-ws8fw6ti7o]

@@ashleysheree7057 same lmao

[@Beezlebub6913]

That's not saying much.... It's SNL

[@nope8083]

@@ashleysheree7057 yO I JUST CAME FROM THERE TOO

[@alissavogue]

kurtis is the only man with a mullet, mustache, and home improvement hat combo that i trust

[@crypticshadows]

Same

[@cartooncottage2024]

Same.

[@soph5232]

@@cartooncottage2024 zs2,, a bee

[@bribri7212]

Absolutely

[@ninagoldsmith]

y e s

[@lisavandenhoven5672]

I wish I could find anything about Jim Lord after the year 2000, but everything I can find about him is from the 90s. Did he blip out of existence on Jan 1, 2000? Was HE the one that was not Y2K compatible ALL ALONG?

[@Sam-xn9dm]

19:55 that was such a good joke! i did not see that coming bruh!

[@SmoothOperator739]

“Are you filling up your car because of Y2K?” “Not at all, I’m not worried.” “Why are you filling up your car?” “ *Out of gas.* “

[@andrewguerra9343]

Sarcastic answer: I’m filling up my car because my car is an alcoholic and vodka doesn’t cut it anymore.

[@jessicamattes4208]

That guy is a true icon

[@karan_for_you]

That's some Sigma male energy right there.

[@yuckylaundryjuice]

@@karan_for_you dork

[@BrookeAndCoStudios]

"belt"

[@bagandbroad]

To be fair, putting the word FOOD on a label makes me immediately suspicious that the contents are not really food.

[@alisaurus4224]

Contents 100% Completely Edible For Humans

[@MrKoyama2004]

I think the point of that is to get a diversity of stuff, and not just stock up on like 500 cans of the same food which can make you go into a vitamin deficency of whatever that food doesn't have.

[@DDub04]

Asbestos-Free Food.

[@mintkay1084]

@@alisaurus4224 Food, edible tasty eating food

[@alisaurus4224]

@@mintkay1084 Suitable for Mealtime Use

[@xChaosFlower]

My parents mentioned next to nothing about Y2K until the 2012 scare when my mom offhandedly mentioned it. Neither of my parents believed any of the doomsday crap anyway. I graduated high school in June of 2012. 2012 was all what half my school was talking about. My senior class started calling us the "Doomsday Class" since we were going to graduate then "die" in the fall. The graduation parties that were held was wild.

[@Leviathan_17]

I almost ate radium the other day because it had the label "food" on it but then i remembered this video. Thanks, Kurt.

[@endeavor1664]

It makes me so livid when men claim women don’t understand computers when it was women who pioneered computer science in the first place, it wasn’t a respected field until men noticed how useful it was and swooped in to steal the credit 😐

[@ErinLastNameRedacted]

The actress Hedy Lamarr is responsible for the technology that eventually became Wi-Fi.

[@lianair4383]

exactly😩

[@vivii__]

@@ErinLastNameRedacted Our queen

[@monsteraddict6212]

Someone told me a woman MADE the first computer

[@lhk3112]

@@monsteraddict6212 Actually, a woman did write the first algorithm!

[@faithparker3085]

Kurtis: “the world could end from an alien attack, or like a big...” Me: Asteroid? Kurtis: “Shark.”

[@TheKaurK]

Asteroids harboring big space sharks

[@Thumbdinky]

@@TheKaurK oh no

[@tunafish5462]

I'm convinced he watched Jaws before recording lol.

[@xXMsCrazy9Xx]

gonna be honest i thought kurtis said shart but either way it's fitting

[@Geoffrey454]

Tbf "Nibiru" was sometimes described as an asteroid and sometimes as a planet

[@theresamclaird1572]

I was working for a small company as a database developer during Y2K. I was pretty much the only tech/ developer, and management insisted I spend the night at work on 12/31/1999 to make sure everything was okay. Being alone at work with high speed Internet all night gave me the perfect opportunity to download music and play games. We did have some issues with our billing system, but I had fixed those months in advance. And yes, all I had to do was test our code with future dates to figure out what needed to be fixed.

[@Marlyjade]

My grandma bought a replica Aztec calendar for decor in 2012 for the aesthetic. My family had a great sense of humor tbh

[@liarose91]

I don’t even care, that “why two k” joke was the peak of his career. I’m unsubscribing now

[@lucijarobic8677]

well hello there, fellow directioners

[@juliacarolyn8720]

@Bella Mantz i was abt ti say the same thing haha

[@lucvalor]

@@lucijarobic8677 heyyyyyyy

[@freshavocados5910]

I love that the 1D fandom is literally everywhere loll

[@indieoregano]

Hello friend

[@doris.9230]

Fun thing: My dad absolutely believed that Y2K was going to happen, and he placed gallons of water all throughout the house. My mom called him an idiot on January 1st, 2000.

[@buzz4205]

Memento Mori!

[@Tamara-ju3lh]

My dad filled up jugs of water too. But he's always been a bit of a conspiracy theorist.

[@lebonemagagane]

ah a fellow [redacted] enjoyer, memento mori

[@LurpakSpreadableButter]

Memento Mori

[@missy2375]

Momento mori, unus annus

[@leahabc]

I remember in 2012 on the day the world was supposed to end my 2nd grade teacher decided we should, instead of school stuff, watch Ice-Age to prepare or something(?)

[@chironpictures]

Haha! Great video! Couple of points: I think Y2K wasn't as bad as we thought because for like the last few months of that year, people worked their ass off testing and patching systems. Also, companies don't want people to know what worked and what didn't, so it's not like we really can know how bad it actually was, and how bad it could have been. But I think the concern, although over-hyped, wasn't that out there. The government in the USA still uses super old systems for processing taxes, so don't underestimate how good organizations are at *not* dealing with technology. Second point, gold is valuable because it's rare, soft and easy to work with, looks pretty, and also doesn't rust. It's always been valuable to people for centuries, so the likelihood that it would turn into a defacto medium of trade and store of value makes sense.

[@Local_Hank_Simp]

Normal people in 2012: OH GOD WE'RE GONNA **DIE** Tumblr in 2012: ayo the oncler is kinda hot

[@luca553]

Oh my god I just got war flashbacks reading that

[@awkward0w1]

I can see the fan art again smh

[@BurnTheTeddy]

This thing is returning nowadays btw, I just need to know why

[@jaydenp.1690]

@@BurnTheTeddy probably because a lot of people that were kids when the movie first came out are in their teens or early twenties and so they're only now getting into the fandom for it

[@BurnTheTeddy]

@@jaydenp.1690 that makes sense, a friend of mine is reeealy into the Onceler and she is a teenager

[@cornmann8423]

This guy is cool. He should be a mayor of a town or something

[@AnAwkwardHuman]

He is. Of Curtis town. 🙂

[@ashley4321]

Or maybe a KZbinr⁉️

[@someone6126]

right? i feel like he'd be a great comedian

[@xtriemusic6259]

Issa joke

[@mimiqtt]

or maybe a *commentary* youtuber‼️‼️

[@mckmitte]

So my Grandma was working as a head IT in a huge food distribution warehouse leading up to and after 2000, and she once told me that one of her coworkers asked her what they were going to do on y2k, to which she responded “I’m going to come to work, and you’re going to come to work, and if anything is wrong we’ll fix it before the warehouse workers get here”

[@ericbrown2666]

People definitely hoarded toilet paper during Y2K. I know this because there was a King of the Hill episode about it.

[@ryanwilliams7388]

'Why are you filling up your car?" "Outta Gas" Took me out

[@Maialeen]

If I were that reporter I would never get over it. I'd stay up at night thinking about how I asked that question on tv.

[@memeju1ce]

@@Maialeen she’s probably sitting in her bed right now staring blankly at a wall. i’d never forgive myself tbh

[@tess6330]

SAMEEEE

[@orbeezeater]

“Are you filling up your car with gas because of the soon to be fall of all technology?”

[@dakotadad8835]

“Why are you buying bottled water?” “Life”

[@catman6089]

Men: "women don't understand computers or math or time or dates" Women in the early 1900's who literally held the job description of Computer: "Sorry what was that? I was busy running complex mathematical operations by hand." Women in the 1960's: "Sorry, what was that? I was busy doing math for NASA to make sure the moon landing will actually work."

[@jenniferh9612]

Don’t forget hedy lamar, who basically invented the foundation for Bluetooth and wifi

[@jcwhiterabbit6631]

Is that the elusive roachdogg jr?

[@DavidFlowers777]

@@jenniferh9612 or Ada Lovelace, who basically invented an early computer in the mid 1800s

[@phoney2627]

Ada Lovelance in 1840's: Excuse me good sir, could you repeat that? I was focusing on programming an algorithm for the worlds first mechanical general-purpose computer.

[@yorukaadams940]

This is a Katherine Thompson call out

[@NotaArtist]

10:15 im gonna CRY WTF IS THIS KURTIS YOU WERE OUR MAYOR I TRUSTED YOU NOT TO SLIP IN A VIDEO OF A MONKEY PISSING KURTIS WHYYYYYYY

[@sammihart274]

20:09 WHAT LMAO

[@RedCaio]

My jaw dropped at the "Why two 'k'?" joke. I'm blown away. best joke ever.

[@Owen-fh1de]

I mean , it’s not though

[@DianaB-vm1hj]

@@Owen-fh1de it is though

[@Owen-fh1de]

@@DianaB-vm1hj it worked perfectly, but it wasn’t very funny lol

[@Ashleigh-di5ri]

mmm and i saw this comment before the joke so it wasnt funny anymore 😄

[@anikajoy5739]

I need to know if that was actually misspelled or did he add the K for the joke? Pressing questions here😄

[@discoursewithhanna]

“why two k?” ...what are we going to do now that kurt has made the best joke he’ll ever make?

[@DankrumStar]

He’s peaked

[@dsamuel2116]

Lol

[@jamietheangryoctopus5938]

@n he cares lol it’s kinda weird to like ur own comment like do they think they’re that funny that they have to like the comment they just wrote

[@ohaatageldi]

@@ceoofbananaco.9960 egoistic much?

[@alanajones3275]

@@ohaatageldi They pressed a button that has no real value nor power. Why are you so bothered by that? Yall are down horrendous if that truly bothers you

[@juno2794]

I had a college job at a call center for Bank of America. For about 6 months they had a number for people to call for ytk. They got me. Weird time in my life

[@artg3ne]

I was born in 1998 so I don’t remember Y2K but I do remember 2012 and it was absolutely hilarious being in English class as a freshman and us watching the clock as it ticked past the minute the world was supposed to end

[@Sedow1231]

dude with his most 2000s chill ever responded "outta gas" as casual as his lack of fear is my spirit animal from now on

[@shrubgrass]

@soinu foig what.

[@squiid4731]

@@shrubgrass what'd they say?

[@kev1257ful]

@@squiid4731 your pfp sent me lmfao

[@uhohstinky9783]

I don't even watch Ted nivision but he looks exactly like him it weird

[@shawn.spencer]

That "why are filling up your car?" question had the EXACT energy of the "how do you manage to keep your pants from falling?" vine

[@pizzadohpaz]

. . . . . . . Belt

[@flygirl6048]

b e l t

[@london2518]

ʙ ᴇ ʟ ᴛ.

[@user-zb6rl7yq8f]

ᵇᵉˡᵗ

[@redacted8418]

ʙᴇʟᴛ

[@user-hs8le2vn8x]

They knew nothing was gonna happen, they just trolled the world to see what people would do. 😂😂😂

[@whatsupinspace854]

The Prince song had nothing to do with the Y2K bug. The lyrics were just "party like it's 1999". That was lunacy people made up about it in 1999 when the general population started hearing about it (it was brought up in sitcoms and local news segments as filler content). In '95-'97 it was only computer geeks who knew about it. By the time the public heard about it computer engineers were relieved that it would (probably) not be a problem.

[@rachaelpargmann8709]

Thinking about how my dad saw this, believed it, followed it and then locked himself in a bunker with my mom that night. Anyways my parents got divorced.

[@jessmallory6591]

Wait did your dad not take you into the bunker

[@srushed]

Yeah, that, did they leave you outside?

[@therook3008]

Maybe she wasnt born yet lmao

[@cherryblossoms6605]

Loll

[@jihyosspicytoenail9921]

@@therook3008 I like to imagine she was

[@boomia6305]

"Why are you filling up your car?" *"outta gas"*

[@meredithdenisco5365]

@@ceoofbananaco.9960 You good bro?

[@boomia6305]

@@ceoofbananaco.9960 I just thought it was funny lmao

[@ohaatageldi]

@@ceoofbananaco.9960 bad day?

[@chlojo1231]

@@ceoofbananaco.9960 I watched the video alone and laughed at that part alone. Then I saw BooMia's comment and I was like haha I love laughing with other people about this part. And if you still think it's dumb to do that in the comment section then come up with something funnier than what you hate instead of just hating it.

[@hogmuncher]

@@chlojo1231 ty I second this! Thanks for the comment BooMia :)

[@Recoverino]

My aunt had a Y2K party, My cuz and i went at midnight and shut off the fuse box & ooooh do i remember the sounds of peace and laughter that did not come out of that house at all. lmao 🤣 🤣

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

The “Why are you filling up your car?” “I’m out of gas!” exchange has the same energy as when someone asked my mom what she’d be doing on December 21 2012 for the end of the world, and her response was “Celebrating my son’s birthday, because IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD!” Can we all give my mom a round of applause?

[@lonelyfriday6022]

That “outta gas” guy is a most chill person I’ve ever seen

[@oslojohnson6737]

Bro i can't be the only one who thinks that's ted nivison

[@FondueTheGoober]

@@oslojohnson6737 I was thinking the same thing then I realized he is in his twentys so he wouldn't be old enough to drive

[@Tw0Dots]

@@FondueTheGoober he’a a time traveler, that’s why he wasn’t worried

[@FondueTheGoober]

@@Tw0Dots oh yeah I think hes the reason why my dog is divorced

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

The insistent way the woman asked "So why are you getting gas?!" like there can'r be any other reason, just makes me want to shake her, lol!

[@trina4205]

I was 20 during y2k. I remember when the clock struck midnight we all just kinda whispered *happy new year* when nothing happened we all cracked up and went on partying 😂😂

[@vaishnavisingh9244]

lmao sounds kinda badass tbh

[@CharlieApples]

I was 7 and my mom was mortally terrified for our lives, but I was just super psyched about getting to ~stay up late~

[@dorkfishie8923]

I like how the scam bots are commenting on this exact post, with the exact same comment, word-for-word.

[@truckerdave8465]

I was 19 and my aunt was so upset I was going out. Like she had went full on prepper for it 🤣

[@pokaay3163]

I wasn’t born yet, in fact my parents weren’t even living in the region to experience the “scare.” This whole thing just escaped our family entirely so it’s insanely amusing to learn about.

[@tehhymnofvalefor]

History video said one of the three creators of ibm found y2k in the mid 60s and pointed it out. And they all continue to do nothing. The adults who were afraid of Y2K are just people who figured out how to use a computer when Facebook came out. If at all

[@polishcow.]

i remember writing paragraphs with strangers on the internet during 2012 to keep each other calm, lol i was so scared, i told my online friend about it and he told me how scared he was during Y2K, because or all the media and stuff that overdramatized that stuff

[@IkaMusume813]

I died at the "why are you filling up your car?" "Out of gas" that guy is my hero.

[@sophia-pl4qu]

Literally lmal

[@ashikjaman1940]

I love really obvious answers to dumbass questions

[@SM-yz4hi]

his tone and comedic timing was impeccable i hope he’s doing well in 2021

[@spicycherrymilk9058]

He’s a legend

[@bushdenae]

Omg same lol

[@HannaShmanna]

I was ten when this went down. My parents literally cried and said their goodbyes to us. It was really traumatic and my four year old brother was so scared so I lied and said they're all just overreacting and we'll be fine. Little did I know..

[@brit6979]

Best older sibling. Mine would have looked me dead in the eye and said “you’re the only one who is going to die because you’re not 10 yet.”

[@notatrollll]

Thats horrible for parents to do over something so speculative. Awful on your kids.

[@MN-zh2vd]

@@brit6979🤣 Oh my god, I was that asshole. Oh noooo! 🤣🤣🤣

[@trash_irl3314]

@@brit6979 im going to ask you a question do you make terezi loco?

[@HornyIndianMan]

Hahahahah

[@Militant_Vegan]

11:08 these ppl telling u not to panic over the apocalypse reminds me of the media telling us to not be anxious or depressed during the Covid-19 pandemic, and then going on to tell us how many people were currently dying while we were simply trying to enjoy our instant noodles.

[@leslieallforjeno5011]

Kurtis is literally 18 during 2012 lmao made me question our age gap

[@CinnapopisGay]

I’m so dumb the “why two k” joke is the most I laughed this entire week LMAO

[@buttinurnut]

Same-

[@zmaj12321]

cuz its clever af

[@near4462]

How did you laugh the entire week if the video was posted hours ago?

[@TheRedRobin96]

@@lilarths But it's also Monday.

[@CinnapopisGay]

@@TheRedRobin96 oh that’s fair I didn’t realize but honestly I don’t have any concept of time LMAO it’s the most I laughed the past 7 days

[@remetorrico1740]

So tired of Hollywood casting adults as kids on movies, that kid in "The Last Stand Mixer" was obviously over 15.

[@micnik3573]

I prefer it though. Its just better for many reasons

[@soapysoph524]

@@micnik3573 how

[@yesieatedbutnosoap6927]

@@soapysoph524 because I’m pretty sure most minors don’t do it 24/7or do drugs 24/7

[@yourdad3275]

@@raperepublicanwomentheysee1786 jesus christ dude what is that username about

[@ffg2020]

@@raperepublicanwomentheysee1786 your username 😀

[@squishybones4021]

no cuz that why 2 k was literally the best joke ive ever heard like it was perfect

[@0BucketMask0]

Y2K actually did almost happen, programmers and pretty much anyone whose job was computer related were working their asses off day and night to save us, only for for people today to say "haha, it never happened, we were so silly"