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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I was born 94, vividly remember 9/11 on the news and being annoyed no cartoons were on. I remember the turn of the millennium but not specifically about Y2K

[–] JackbyDev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You would've been in first grade during school hours lol, why would you have expected cartoons?

Edit: I forgot timezones exist lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm from the UK so it actually happened more in the afternoon. The one thing I don't remember is if it was after I finished school normally or if we were sent home earlier. I think it was the former though

[–] kurosawaa 3 points 1 year ago

IMO if you were American, you would remember it for being traumatizing rather than for disrupting your cartoons. I'm about the same age as you and it had a huge impact on everyone I knew.

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