FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhen Y2K happened were there people burning their passports and walking barefoot to Jerusalem or something along those lines?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down112
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareWhen Y2K happened were there people burning their passports and walking barefoot to Jerusalem or something along those lines?FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·10 months agoI was doing tech work back then (still do, but I used to, too!) It was a lot of low scale doomsday prepping. Making sure you had enough canned goods and water and stuff. Majority of folks had no clue and did no prep at all. Tiny minority went end times level. I made sure that I had 6 gallons of water in the fridge and groceries.
minus-squareAshyr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·10 months agoMy favorite Mitch Hedburg joke. I use it all the time.
minus-squareULTIMATE_FUCKTRUMPET@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoYou mean you used to use it (you still do, too!).
minus-squareFizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoLow to mid-grade prepping got me through COVID without having to buy Lysol and TP at outrageous prices for like 8 months. :)
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoMy parents loaded up on water and toilet paper. We lived like fucking kings.
I was doing tech work back then (still do, but I used to, too!)
It was a lot of low scale doomsday prepping. Making sure you had enough canned goods and water and stuff.
Majority of folks had no clue and did no prep at all. Tiny minority went end times level.
I made sure that I had 6 gallons of water in the fridge and groceries.
My favorite Mitch Hedburg joke. I use it all the time.
You mean you used to use it (you still do, too!).
Low to mid-grade prepping got me through COVID without having to buy Lysol and TP at outrageous prices for like 8 months. :)
My parents loaded up on water and toilet paper.
We lived like fucking kings.