# Y2K: And other overhyped events of the millennium

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 4, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483 "2000-01-04T05:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483/1 "2000-01-04T05:57:00Z")

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Phew! That was much ado about nothing! I’m hard pressed to think of any other instances of overhype more than that Y2K fraud! Heres some more possibilites, and dopers let me know if you have more. I guess you could call this THE BIGGEST LETDOWNS OF THE MILLENNIUM:

-ANY Super Bowl  
-Gulf War (we were told how bad ass Iraq was and we won in one month- thank God by the way)  
-Tyson-Spinks fight  
-Star Wars Epsode 1: The Phantom Menace  
-The Day After TV movie  
-Leonid Meteor Shower

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**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483/2 "2000-01-04T06:38:00Z")

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Comets: Specifically Kohoutek and the last go round for Halley’s.

Nine out of 10 Presidential Campaigns.

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JB  
Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483/3 "2000-01-04T16:19:00Z")

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Im happy that the money the US spent on updating their computers for Y2K worked very well for us. Most of us anyway.

Can’t wait till later in the year when everyone says the real millennium is forthcoming & make more money.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483/4 "2000-01-04T16:45:00Z")

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Phaedrus’ evidence against evolution.

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Easy one-step assembly instructions.  
Pour **Beer A** in **Uncle B**.

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**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483/5 "2000-01-05T00:38:00Z")

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Swine flu.  
– Sylence

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I don’t have an evil side. Just a really, really apathetic one.

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**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-and-other-overhyped-events-of-the-millennium/12483/6 "2000-01-05T01:55:00Z")

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_Eyes Wide Shut_  
The “Harmonic Convergence”  
New Coke