ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down18
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months 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-up4·4 months agoAnd now people are saying climate change is like the Y2K bug and “it will fix itself” 🙄
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months 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.