ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedmessage-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down110
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·2 days agoNot necessarily a common enemy, but a common cause. I’ve never seen people come together and work harder than when we were trying to end the Y2K problem. I guess you could call the bug “the enemy”, but it was a little more abstract than that.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoAnd now people are saying climate change is like the Y2K bug and “it will fix itself” 🙄
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThose people don’t even KNOW about the 2038 bug… ;) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem Fortunately(?) it’s unlikely I’ll live to see that one.
Not necessarily a common enemy, but a common cause.
I’ve never seen people come together and work harder than when we were trying to end the Y2K problem. I guess you could call the bug “the enemy”, but it was a little more abstract than that.
And now people are saying climate change is like the Y2K bug and “it will fix itself” 🙄
Those people don’t even KNOW about the 2038 bug… ;)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Fortunately(?) it’s unlikely I’ll live to see that one.