> This is a near-totally pointless rant about how sick I am about hearing of the Impending Global Meltdown that is Y2K.
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> The media has hyped the possible disasters so much that I think they've created self-fulfilling prophecies.
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> The other day a friend of mine even went so far as to say to me, "I wonder if my car will start?".
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> Thankfully, I managed to maintain enough self-control to sit on my hands before I could punch him in the face.
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> GRRRRRRRRR!

My mother asked me the other day, in all seriousness, if I thought the lights would work. You know all that date-sensitive computer work involved in a lightbulb, after all...