“For as long as I could remember, the weather had felt apocalyptic. Y2K fever and the War on Drugs and the War on Terror. The death of bees and the death of bats and radioactivity in the oceans and ravenous hurricanes. I thought the country was like a fire that would rage and rage until the embers lost their heat....” AmericaUnited StatesWar On TerrorWar On DrugsY2kEnvironmental Disaster Book:Find Me Source: Find Me
“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.” Internet21st CenturyComputersY2k Author:Douglas Adams
“Do you think the Y2K thing is going to mess everything up? Katie asked. "I don't know. I think everything's already messed up after Columbine. Like, what kind of world do we live in if you can get shot up in your high school?" "That was horrible. But I think it's kind of a one-time thing. People won't stand for that kind of tragedy to keep happening.” Gun ViolenceColumbineSchool ShootingsY2k Book:All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages Source: All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages
“Dad called it Y2K. On January 1, he said, computer systems all over the world would fail. There would be no electricity, no telephones. All would sink into chaos, and this would usher in the Second Coming of Christ.” ChristMormonSecond ComingY2k Book:Educated Source: Educated
“He seemed smaller to me than he had that morning. The disappointment in his features was so childlike, for a moment I wondered how God could deny him this. He, a faithful servant, who suffered willingly just as Noah had willingly suffered to build the ark. But God withheld the flood.” DisappointmentMistakesHumiliationY2k Book:Educated Source: Educated