Y2K was a special time when we all thought nothing bad would really happen at the stroke of midnight, but secretly worried the world would end. Turns out the mitigation efforts worked and we hardly noticed.
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# Y2K Bug: The Millennium That Almost Wasn't
This episode dives into one of the strangest technological crises in modern history—the Y2K bug, also known as the millennium bug. Josh and Chuck explore how early computer programmers used two-digit years to save precious memory space, creating a ticking time bomb that would trigger when the calendar flipped to the year 2000. They trace the rise of public panic, the enormous financial effort to prevent disaster, and what actually happened when midnight struck on December 31st, 1999—spoiler alert: mostly nothing catastrophic. But was that because it was all overblown hype, or because brilliant minds worked together to avert a genuine crisis? That's still being debated today.
Black Mirror
2011
TV-MA
★ 8.3
"I think the show that does that best now is Black Mirror. Definitely. — Josh says Black Mirror does a better job than The X-Files at capturing contemporary anxieties."
— Josh
Sixteen Candles
1984
1h 33m
★ 6.8
"It's like weird science or 16 candles or something. — Chuck compares the New Year's Eve party Josh threw to the vibe of the movie Sixteen Candles."
— Chuck
Stop Making Sense
1984
PG
1h 28m
★ 8.3
"everybody's walking around like David Byrne and stop making sense. — Chuck uses Stop Making Sense as a reference for the oversized shoulder pads and overcoats people wore during the X-Files era."
— Chuck
The General's Daughter
1999
R
1h 56m
★ 6.4
"For the general's daughter, no less. Oh, is that what it was for? The movie? Yes. — Chuck mentions a Blockbuster video rental of The General's Daughter that incurred a $90,000 late fee due to Y2K bug."
— Chuck
The Goonies
1985
1h 54m
★ 7.5
"The one who was also in Goonies. That wasn't the guy from the Goonies. — Josh and Chuck discuss whether someone was in both The Hills Have Eyes and The Goonies."
— Josh
The Hills Have Eyes
1977
R
1h 30m
★ 6.2
"The guy from the Hills Have Eyes showed up on a motorcycle. — Josh mentions someone from The Hills Have Eyes showed up to his New Year's Eve party."
— Josh
"remember how big the X files were? Yeah. — Chuck mentions how big The X-Files TV show was and how it tapped into millennial anxiety around the year 2000."
— Chuck
Weird Science
1985
1h 33m
★ 6.5
"It's like weird science or 16 candles or something. — Chuck compares the New Year's Eve party Josh threw to the vibe of the movie Weird Science."
— Chuck
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