Y2k is the ultimate Darwin Award

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Y2k will be the "Doh!" heard 'round the world. We oughta just print out several billion Darwin Awards right now and hand 'em out to every polly on the planet.

-- R (riversoma@aol.com), October 10, 1999

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Yup. The sheer stupidity of it IS pretty awesome, isn't it!

As a fellow forumite named Michael said awhile back, "If it all wasn't so glow-ball I would have to laugh. God help us!!!"

Sometimes, I just get stuck in stunned astonishment at it all.

-- Faith Weaver (suzsolutions@yahoo.com), October 10, 1999.


Don't underestimate us, this can't be the stupidest thing we'll ever do. If you think y2k will be the end all, be all of dumb things then you just don't have very much imagination. I predict massive stupidity and rampant incompetance in the next few hundred years at the very least.

-- (don't just do something@sit. there!), October 10, 1999.

don't just do,

Ah, words of comfort and truth. You are right, we human beings may never totally exploit our potential for stupidity, but we will keep on reaching for that ultimate goal.

-- R (riversoma@aol.com), October 10, 1999.


"the stupidest thing"??? this is one of the wisest things humanity has ever pulled off it maybe unconsious technocide but it is technocide its time to get local, time to communicate, time get real... "a time will come soon maybe this moment hence when dull madness is usurped by outrageous common sense" anarchy

-- lofty tone (gvidioy@hotmail.com), October 10, 1999.

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