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
    @PossiblyAlena 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10942

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

    • @orangecat9559
      @orangecat9559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +460

      yeah what would they expect from someone fuelling up their car

    • @maddyc2412
      @maddyc2412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      Such a dumb question lmao

    • @tunafish5462
      @tunafish5462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

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

    • @muxshy
      @muxshy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +454

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

    • @hommefataltaemin
      @hommefataltaemin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

  • @anomaly7853
    @anomaly7853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7272

    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
      @aswarmofbees5009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +335

      why is this so funny-

    • @A_Ducky
      @A_Ducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +734

      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
      @LuanaSantos-rl4sb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I thought exactly that huauhahua

    • @mastermarkus5307
      @mastermarkus5307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      I mean, that was probably the case, realistically.

    • @shadowdecidueye
      @shadowdecidueye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      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"

  • @jordanaureliajoy9491
    @jordanaureliajoy9491 ปีที่แล้ว +4387

    “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
      @annwethenorth ปีที่แล้ว +270

      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
      @kososka ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @tired1923 ปีที่แล้ว +322

      !! 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
      @annwethenorth ปีที่แล้ว +175

      @@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
      @ancientttt ปีที่แล้ว +68

      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.

  • @ssfbob456
    @ssfbob456 ปีที่แล้ว +2334

    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
      @playcube4564 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

      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
      @michylapershell9182 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

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

    • @HarukaLPs
      @HarukaLPs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@michylapershell9182Futurama be like

    • @NuttyMongrel
      @NuttyMongrel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

      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
      @jrhackman7414 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@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.

  • @sileylav
    @sileylav 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2719

    "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
      @lluciassuarez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      LITERALLY SO GENIUS

    • @rilaxkumah
      @rilaxkumah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I think YT should send him a trophy for that one

    • @scrambldrabbit
      @scrambldrabbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LITERALLY

    • @walkingindlite
      @walkingindlite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @kiukiura
      @kiukiura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao I'm dying over it

  • @hommefataltaemin
    @hommefataltaemin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2147

    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
      @yourannoyinglittlebrother8595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @stayfrostyroyalmilktea
      @stayfrostyroyalmilktea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

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

    • @ej6975
      @ej6975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@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
      @getrekt791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @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
      @zeinaw9226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @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

  • @Thepopcornator
    @Thepopcornator ปีที่แล้ว +1068

    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
      @calebcudi5459 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      thats really funny lol

    • @TheGh0st_Cat
      @TheGh0st_Cat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      I love that oh my god 😭

    • @Commander_Appo
      @Commander_Appo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

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

    • @everythingpony
      @everythingpony 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Best dad of that year

    • @AliceArnaud-zs8sq
      @AliceArnaud-zs8sq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      my uncle did the same hehe

  • @electrogeek77
    @electrogeek77 ปีที่แล้ว +982

    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
      @riftlee ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @waffles3629
      @waffles3629 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@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
      @doingitwelldotbiz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      *sobs in ADHD*

    • @chaos-sy1kq
      @chaos-sy1kq 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      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
      @portalbuilder7021 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@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

  • @meghanpfeiffer
    @meghanpfeiffer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5934

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

    • @mysunshine492
      @mysunshine492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      wow spoiler much

    • @rhino7731
      @rhino7731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/yylLF6e7BXo/w-d-xo.html

    • @yellowplate4539
      @yellowplate4539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Why’d you have to spoil it man

    • @jay-mt5do
      @jay-mt5do 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      no frickin way

    • @clarapena8053
      @clarapena8053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

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

  • @hannahlamb4673
    @hannahlamb4673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2931

    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
      @haha-lj5sq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That’s legitimately the reason I liked the video

    • @baileysmith1246
      @baileysmith1246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @spencer3891
      @spencer3891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @slatehound1812
      @slatehound1812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @myacoyote5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @theron2119
    @theron2119 ปีที่แล้ว +1307

    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
      @aloeleaf ปีที่แล้ว +107

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

    • @Random-sk6hm
      @Random-sk6hm ปีที่แล้ว +55

      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
      @pinheadlarry2921 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      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
      @stephanj306 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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

    • @jsas2047
      @jsas2047 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      ​@@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

  • @caliesehii
    @caliesehii ปีที่แล้ว +140

    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.

  • @rach_forthestar
    @rach_forthestar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18150

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

  • @opthomas09
    @opthomas09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3376

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

    • @troublewakingup
      @troublewakingup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      Simple man, simple problem, simple answer.

    • @tiffanygibbons3043
      @tiffanygibbons3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

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

    • @foxbuns
      @foxbuns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Ted Nivison looked the same in y2k as he does now

    • @rachelklinkhamer441
      @rachelklinkhamer441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Logic

    • @bluelockscenepacks
      @bluelockscenepacks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      6:35

  • @84green841
    @84green841 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +256

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

    • @rosiejl2798
      @rosiejl2798 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

    • @jinxshijinx
      @jinxshijinx 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Omg so real. I already have carpal tunnel from piping so much, add hand mixing and I would simply cease to exist I think. I already have to hand mix color into my frosting and that's killer enough as it is lol

  • @Lee-ox2vn
    @Lee-ox2vn ปีที่แล้ว +509

    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
      @JayChaos-lx8gi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      source? not like i care but-

    • @waffles3629
      @waffles3629 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      ​@@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
      @petosorus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      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.

  • @semogecarg
    @semogecarg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15207

    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
      @sketchysketchin3361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +610

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

    • @sheek_side
      @sheek_side 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      😂 meme worthy

    • @helllobren
      @helllobren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      IT MAKES ME CRY LAUGH

    • @guy-sl3kr
      @guy-sl3kr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +434

      what answer was the reporter expecting, honestly lol

    • @ZijnShayatanica
      @ZijnShayatanica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +600

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

  • @eggmon420
    @eggmon420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6940

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

    • @czreigrut1122
      @czreigrut1122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Why two k?

    • @ino6739
      @ino6739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      the gasp i let out when hearing that@

    • @prageruwu69
      @prageruwu69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      same

    • @OiOi-kk5ti
      @OiOi-kk5ti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      SAME

    • @imani8699
      @imani8699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

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

  • @liefdeltora3088
    @liefdeltora3088 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    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
      @BigKicksMix 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      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

  • @scottlemay3386
    @scottlemay3386 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    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
      @azurabbit12 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @demo2823 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Psst... Ebola.

    • @classic345
      @classic345 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @Unproductivenonsense ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Weirdiohw
      @Weirdiohw 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      what was the blackout

  • @rylee1048
    @rylee1048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2631

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

    • @dia8183
      @dia8183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +487

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

    • @valdciva9705
      @valdciva9705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +284

      female editor here. what are computers

    • @sxsx1240
      @sxsx1240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      female here. what are you guys talking about?

    • @the0.01germsleft8
      @the0.01germsleft8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

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

    • @alexdeithwen9146
      @alexdeithwen9146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Have you tried labelling food as "computers"?

  • @doris.9230
    @doris.9230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +882

    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
      @buzz4205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Memento Mori!

    • @Tamara-ju3lh
      @Tamara-ju3lh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @lebonemagagane
      @lebonemagagane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ah a fellow [redacted] enjoyer, memento mori

    • @LurpakSpreadableButter
      @LurpakSpreadableButter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Memento Mori

    • @missy2375
      @missy2375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Momento mori, unus annus

  • @kylespevak6781
    @kylespevak6781 ปีที่แล้ว +67

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

    • @kyrazz128
      @kyrazz128 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Shadowhurtz
    @Shadowhurtz ปีที่แล้ว +76

    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?

  • @gideongivesharrowboners
    @gideongivesharrowboners 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8886

    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
      @lucky-wb3pk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

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

    • @brookfalkins5127
      @brookfalkins5127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

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

    • @christopherbenoit5585
      @christopherbenoit5585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @identitycrisis7886
      @identitycrisis7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      He’s a real country boy 🤠

    • @gabbyreck9347
      @gabbyreck9347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      YOURE NOT SUPPOSED TO PERCEIVE HIMMMM

  • @ScatWilliams69
    @ScatWilliams69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2450

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

    • @JT-fu7zz
      @JT-fu7zz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      You did NOT just write kkurtis i refuse

    • @mrfriendlolo4971
      @mrfriendlolo4971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Why two k?

    • @kayladean597
      @kayladean597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Why two k?

    • @sen4624
      @sen4624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      why two k ?

    • @user77797
      @user77797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      why two k ???

  • @Sardonyx-gem
    @Sardonyx-gem ปีที่แล้ว +342

    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
      @countolaf_lover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

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

    • @waffles3629
      @waffles3629 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

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

    • @kassiogomes8498
      @kassiogomes8498 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @waffles3629
      @waffles3629 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @zeniascreativespace3890
    @zeniascreativespace3890 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    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
      @atlanticamnesia ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @zeniascreativespace3890 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@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
      @atlanticamnesia 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@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!

  • @SmoothOperator739
    @SmoothOperator739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8046

    “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
      @andrewguerra9343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +593

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

    • @jessicamattes4208
      @jessicamattes4208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +284

      That guy is a true icon

    • @karan_for_you
      @karan_for_you 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      That's some Sigma male energy right there.

    • @yuckylaundryjuice
      @yuckylaundryjuice ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@karan_for_you dork

    • @BrookeAndCoStudios
      @BrookeAndCoStudios ปีที่แล้ว +51

      "belt"

  • @papercrane25
    @papercrane25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3786

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

    • @CaptainNamikaze
      @CaptainNamikaze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      My thoughts exactly, what a dumb question to ask.

    • @auferen
      @auferen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Better than saying the world is gonna end tbh

    • @justintreadue4075
      @justintreadue4075 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Has anyone found a link to the clip?

    • @MaxToner59
      @MaxToner59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That's honestly my favorite part of the video

    • @lirio784
      @lirio784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      time stamp: 6:36
      nooneaskedbutit'stherelmao

  • @c.r.k.7162
    @c.r.k.7162 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    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.

  • @JotaSE30
    @JotaSE30 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    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
      @hennegivensunday ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for stopping the end of the world my dude👍

  • @LILY-fo7qx
    @LILY-fo7qx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7303

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

    • @ellie-pt7mg
      @ellie-pt7mg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Literally tho i gasped with excitement when i realized

    • @notamberp
      @notamberp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

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

    • @ami5marion
      @ami5marion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

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

    • @Vulpilux
      @Vulpilux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What, you too?

    • @filthywife7983
      @filthywife7983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

  • @Clara-vx2zp
    @Clara-vx2zp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6380

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

    • @Clara-vx2zp
      @Clara-vx2zp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1292

      kurtis fungus connor

    • @noodlearg9745
      @noodlearg9745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +911

      kurtis fucking connor

    • @sage1269
      @sage1269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      BAHAHAHDHA

    • @leannna
      @leannna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

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

    • @theweirdo0708
      @theweirdo0708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      But now he is only KC “Kentucky chicken” 😔

  • @zaodacrusher7498
    @zaodacrusher7498 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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.

  • @SamEsss
    @SamEsss ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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.

  • @bagandbroad
    @bagandbroad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

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

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Contents 100% Completely Edible For Humans

    • @MrKoyama2004
      @MrKoyama2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      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
      @DDub04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Asbestos-Free Food.

    • @mintkay1084
      @mintkay1084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@alisaurus4224 Food, edible tasty eating food

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@mintkay1084 Suitable for Mealtime Use

  • @noone3216
    @noone3216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5777

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

    • @kai_fatallysapphic
      @kai_fatallysapphic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

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

    • @namename7868
      @namename7868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@kai_fatallysapphic FORREAL Lmaooo

    • @lavender8568
      @lavender8568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Okie dokie artichokie!

    • @MadieTaylar
      @MadieTaylar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It was a joke, years in the making.

    • @jachymholas8513
      @jachymholas8513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that prolly was the most boring 2 months

  • @UnspokenOldOne
    @UnspokenOldOne ปีที่แล้ว +50

    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
      @annwethenorth ปีที่แล้ว

      Completely 👏👏✌️♥️🇨🇦 genx

    • @BigKicksMix
      @BigKicksMix 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @PROG-MAN
    @PROG-MAN ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @carterdavis3556
    @carterdavis3556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5181

    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.

  • @prajakthamallya9818
    @prajakthamallya9818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1593

    Imagine kurtis just sitting in front of his computer, writing the new script, and he notices the 2 ks. A single tear rolls down his face.

  • @alistair.in.wonderland
    @alistair.in.wonderland ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @decameter
    @decameter ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @izzylynn8632
    @izzylynn8632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4738

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

    • @Raven-wq4li
      @Raven-wq4li 3 ปีที่แล้ว +526

      the woman who coined the term "bug": hmm

    • @thatoneinternetguy9258
      @thatoneinternetguy9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1179

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

    • @mel-jz7uz
      @mel-jz7uz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      @@thatoneinternetguy9258 hub-by

    • @samlol5161
      @samlol5161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@thatoneinternetguy9258 No comment should be this funny

    • @perlebabin7115
      @perlebabin7115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@thatoneinternetguy9258 omgggg 🤣🤣🤣🤣 underrated comment

  • @lonelyfriday6022
    @lonelyfriday6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3940

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

    • @oslojohnson6737
      @oslojohnson6737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

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

    • @FondueTheGoober
      @FondueTheGoober 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@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
      @Tw0Dots 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @FondueTheGoober
      @FondueTheGoober 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      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!

  • @julieneff9408
    @julieneff9408 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

  • @bluflavouredpudding
    @bluflavouredpudding 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "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

  • @remetorrico1740
    @remetorrico1740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1505

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

    • @micnik3573
      @micnik3573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I prefer it though. Its just better for many reasons

    • @soapysoph524
      @soapysoph524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@micnik3573 how

    • @yesieatedbutnosoap6927
      @yesieatedbutnosoap6927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @yourdad3275
      @yourdad3275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@raperepublicanwomentheysee1786 jesus christ dude what is that username about

    • @ffg2020
      @ffg2020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@raperepublicanwomentheysee1786 your username 😀

  • @garbageboystinkman
    @garbageboystinkman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3165

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

    • @cactusxd
      @cactusxd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      john mulaney? hardly know her

    • @meiguess6765
      @meiguess6765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

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

    • @kissszonjab
      @kissszonjab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @a3u132
      @a3u132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @lisavandenhoven5672
    @lisavandenhoven5672 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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?

  • @xChaosFlower
    @xChaosFlower ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @rachaelpargmann8709
    @rachaelpargmann8709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1309

    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
      @jessmallory6591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Wait did your dad not take you into the bunker

    • @srushed
      @srushed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Yeah, that, did they leave you outside?

    • @therook3008
      @therook3008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Maybe she wasnt born yet lmao

    • @cherryblossoms6605
      @cherryblossoms6605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Loll

    • @jihyosspicytoenail9921
      @jihyosspicytoenail9921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@therook3008 I like to imagine she was

  • @alex-fs9yt
    @alex-fs9yt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5184

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

    • @auntbill8166
      @auntbill8166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      What other y2k jokes have you heard

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@auntbill8166 y2k itself is one

    • @alexhelton5451
      @alexhelton5451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      alex?

    • @fireball626
      @fireball626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tw0Dots roasted

    • @ryankennedy9703
      @ryankennedy9703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @conalflood7895
    @conalflood7895 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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

  • @bibinubis
    @bibinubis ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i would pay for kurtis to review every single apocalyptic movie

  • @Local_Hank_Simp
    @Local_Hank_Simp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1765

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

    • @luca553
      @luca553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Oh my god I just got war flashbacks reading that

    • @awkward0w1
      @awkward0w1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I can see the fan art again smh

    • @BurnTheTeddy
      @BurnTheTeddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @jaydenp.1690
      @jaydenp.1690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@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
      @BurnTheTeddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @victoriachristina1
    @victoriachristina1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2004

    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?

  • @leahabc
    @leahabc ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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(?)

  • @mckmitte
    @mckmitte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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”

  • @DPadGamer
    @DPadGamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6474

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

    • @lloyddragon2036
      @lloyddragon2036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      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
      @xchara6996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YEAH

    • @danc893
      @danc893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @KevinBB it ain't gonna work lol

    • @invisibleghost3820
      @invisibleghost3820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @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
      @anonymeese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@invisibleghost3820 it's a bot

  • @ryanwilliams7388
    @ryanwilliams7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1174

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

    • @Maialeen
      @Maialeen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      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
      @memeju1ce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @tess6330
      @tess6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAMEEEE

    • @orbeezeater
      @orbeezeater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @dakotadad8835
      @dakotadad8835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @Marlyjade
    @Marlyjade ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @theresamclaird1572
    @theresamclaird1572 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @discoursewithhanna
    @discoursewithhanna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2050

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

    • @DankrumStar
      @DankrumStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      He’s peaked

    • @dsamuel2116
      @dsamuel2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @jamietheangryoctopus5938
      @jamietheangryoctopus5938 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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
      @ohaatageldi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ceoofbananaco.9960 egoistic much?

    • @alanajones3275
      @alanajones3275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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

  • @liarose91
    @liarose91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5140

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

    • @lucijarobic8677
      @lucijarobic8677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      well hello there, fellow directioners

    • @juliacarolyn8720
      @juliacarolyn8720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @lucvalor
      @lucvalor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lucijarobic8677 heyyyyyyy

    • @freshavocados5910
      @freshavocados5910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I love that the 1D fandom is literally everywhere loll

    • @indieoregano
      @indieoregano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hello friend

  • @sammihart274
    @sammihart274 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    20:09 WHAT LMAO

  • @Leviathan_17
    @Leviathan_17 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @RedCaio
    @RedCaio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +622

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

    • @Owen-fh1de
      @Owen-fh1de 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I mean , it’s not though

    • @DianaB-vm1hj
      @DianaB-vm1hj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Owen-fh1de it is though

    • @Owen-fh1de
      @Owen-fh1de 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Ashleigh-di5ri
      @Ashleigh-di5ri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @anikajoy5739
      @anikajoy5739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @faithparker3085
    @faithparker3085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2317

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

    • @TheKaurK
      @TheKaurK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Asteroids harboring big space sharks

    • @Thumbdinky
      @Thumbdinky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TheKaurK oh no

    • @tunafish5462
      @tunafish5462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I'm convinced he watched Jaws before recording lol.

    • @xXMsCrazy9Xx
      @xXMsCrazy9Xx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @Geoffrey454
      @Geoffrey454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Sam-xn9dm
    @Sam-xn9dm ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @juno2794
    @juno2794 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

  • @karmasmatic5074
    @karmasmatic5074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2172

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

    • @trinityolusola394
      @trinityolusola394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes!!!! 👏👏

    • @ashleysheree7057
      @ashleysheree7057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

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

    • @user-ws8fw6ti7o
      @user-ws8fw6ti7o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ashleysheree7057 same lmao

    • @Beezlebub6913
      @Beezlebub6913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @nope8083
      @nope8083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ashleysheree7057 yO I JUST CAME FROM THERE TOO

  • @Sedow1231
    @Sedow1231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

    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
      @shrubgrass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @soinu foig what.

    • @squiid4731
      @squiid4731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@shrubgrass what'd they say?

    • @kev1257ful
      @kev1257ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@squiid4731 your pfp sent me lmfao

    • @uhohstinky9783
      @uhohstinky9783 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @boomfanfic-a-latta8996
    @boomfanfic-a-latta8996 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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?

  • @artg3ne
    @artg3ne ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @Dizzydollie7
    @Dizzydollie7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6606

    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
      @largeboi4678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +696

      Teachers shouldn’t be allowed to believe in dumb shit

    • @alex-fs9yt
      @alex-fs9yt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      💀💀💀

    • @omgitzpaige2013
      @omgitzpaige2013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +806

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

    • @Dizzydollie7
      @Dizzydollie7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      @@omgitzpaige2013 public school in Louisiana = never again

    • @koolkat-hq5xc
      @koolkat-hq5xc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I have to know what that first day back was like

  • @IkaMusume813
    @IkaMusume813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +575

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

    • @sophia-pl4qu
      @sophia-pl4qu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Literally lmal

    • @ashikjaman1940
      @ashikjaman1940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I love really obvious answers to dumbass questions

    • @SM-yz4hi
      @SM-yz4hi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @spicycherrymilk9058
      @spicycherrymilk9058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He’s a legend

    • @bushdenae
      @bushdenae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg same lol

  • @samshaw2388
    @samshaw2388 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    9:52 I truly thought this was gonna break into “mmm whatcha say”

  • @NotaArtist
    @NotaArtist 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @alissavogue
    @alissavogue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21237

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

  • @shawn.spencer
    @shawn.spencer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +956

    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

  • @Recoverino
    @Recoverino ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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 🤣 🤣

  • @0BucketMask0
    @0BucketMask0 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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"

  • @catman6089
    @catman6089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +925

    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
      @jenniferh9612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

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

    • @jcwhiterabbit6631
      @jcwhiterabbit6631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is that the elusive roachdogg jr?

    • @DavidFlowers777
      @DavidFlowers777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

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

    • @phoney2627
      @phoney2627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      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
      @yorukaadams940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is a Katherine Thompson call out

  • @lfdeftonesbae86
    @lfdeftonesbae86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1895

    y2k can never be not funny, it’s like the early, “a.i. turning against humanity” scare

    • @perlebabin7115
      @perlebabin7115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Joshua Roehl Lol what’s with the youtube link?

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      HELP MY!!! My muscles are too big! I am a big tall man and my muscles are even BIGGER! I use them to get views but they HURT so much!!! Because they are heavy. Do you have any advice, dear ar

    • @m4rcy126
      @m4rcy126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I forgot Y2K was like a thing and i was like ?people have to prepare for the guy who made that one song??? what did he do?

    • @MathewWalls
      @MathewWalls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Except that it was actually a legitimate problem that a lot of people did a lot of work to fix. The only reason it wasn't a huge disaster is because it was actually taken seriously by businesses and governments.

    • @whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin
      @whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@MathewWalls Yeah, you can tell who was there and who wasn’t. And they think covid presented supply chain issues, uncertainty and hoarding. 🙄 The whole world held its breath at 11:59:59 in each region. The. Whole. World.

  • @Militant_Vegan
    @Militant_Vegan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @Jade-jg7su
    @Jade-jg7su 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    9:30 if life as you knew it, came to a STANDSTILL
    It was right there

  • @CinnapopisGay
    @CinnapopisGay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

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

    • @buttinurnut
      @buttinurnut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same-

    • @zmaj12321
      @zmaj12321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      cuz its clever af

    • @near4462
      @near4462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @TheRedRobin96
      @TheRedRobin96 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lilarths But it's also Monday.

    • @CinnapopisGay
      @CinnapopisGay 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @endeavor1664
    @endeavor1664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2403

    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
      @ErinLastNameRedacted 2 ปีที่แล้ว +292

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

    • @lianair4383
      @lianair4383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      exactly😩

    • @vivii__
      @vivii__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@ErinLastNameRedacted Our queen

    • @monsteraddict6212
      @monsteraddict6212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Someone told me a woman MADE the first computer

    • @lhk3112
      @lhk3112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

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

  • @tehhymnofvalefor
    @tehhymnofvalefor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @whatsupinspace854
    @whatsupinspace854 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @boomia6305
    @boomia6305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +818

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

    • @meredithdenisco5365
      @meredithdenisco5365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@ceoofbananaco.9960 You good bro?

    • @boomia6305
      @boomia6305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @ohaatageldi
      @ohaatageldi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@ceoofbananaco.9960 bad day?

    • @chlojo1231
      @chlojo1231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@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
      @hogmuncher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @evthegiraffe1867
    @evthegiraffe1867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1966

    I’m disappointed that Kurtis didn’t make a “mixer? I hardly know her” joke

    • @sairamk
      @sairamk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      1.2 k likes yet no replies

    • @sleepyclowns
      @sleepyclowns 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      well there's two now

    • @breannaliszak1763
      @breannaliszak1763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pee

    • @evthegiraffe1867
      @evthegiraffe1867 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@breannaliszak1763 I like that multiple people liked that

  • @MaggieMorrissey1916
    @MaggieMorrissey1916 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah, memories. New years 2000. I was in Belfast with a man on each hand. Fire works went off and we were all delighted we weren't dead

  • @ericbrown2666
    @ericbrown2666 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @gabbykingmusic
    @gabbykingmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    my grandparents literally had a new years eve party where they handed out tshirts that said ‘i survived Y2K at mick and annes house!’ like it was a whole thing

    • @CChissel
      @CChissel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, it was a real thing so.. lol

    • @MsKJackson831
      @MsKJackson831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I would kill for one of those shirts now omg

    • @Robotneonunicorn
      @Robotneonunicorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Imagine seeing some kid walking down the street wearing one they found at a thrift store 😂

    • @gabbykingmusic
      @gabbykingmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MsKJackson831 dude me too, I wanna ask my grandma if she still has any bc I’ve only ever seen them in photos

    • @gabbykingmusic
      @gabbykingmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Robotneonunicorn I would freak the fuck out and ask them if I could buy it off them then and there lol

  • @trina4205
    @trina4205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3533

    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
      @vaishnavisingh9244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      lmao sounds kinda badass tbh

    • @CharlieApples
      @CharlieApples 2 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      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
      @dorkfishie8923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @truckerdave8465
      @truckerdave8465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @pokaay3163
      @pokaay3163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      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.

  • @bobbyrosken
    @bobbyrosken ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:37 😞literally me when no beans

  • @chironpictures
    @chironpictures ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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.