Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
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Concerns about the year 2000, or Y2K, caused significant worry in 1999. The level of alarm at that time is now viewed as an overreaction. The Y2K fears are being looked back on with a sense of hindsight.