The freshly-built upturned salad bowl in Greenwich, south east London was supposed to be a beacon of hope and intent of British culture in the 2000s. Much was expected of the Millennium Dome. Correct at the time of publishing, we've not seen a video reach nine quintillion views just yet. The massive hit (and its much-parodied video) has since led to the video site to up its the maximum view count to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or just over nine quintillion. A slightly less catastrophic instance came in 2014 when PSY's Gangnam Style exceeded YouTube's view limit, breaking the site's view counter in doing so.
However, that's not to say we've not been dogged by such problems ever since. The other is that it really was a potential problem, avoided only thanks to the hard work of technicians finding a way around it. There's two ways to look at millennium bug: one is that it was largely a fuss about nothing, fear mongering from people who should really have known better. Songs like Y2K - The Bug is Coming by the band Y2K (a supergroup featuring Ian Dury, Jim-Bob from Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine and Fuzz Townshend) did little to diffuse the situation.īut in the end, nothing happened and the world continued as it was before. What causes the painkiller-like effect is unclear, however, it may offer some explanation as to why so many young adults are turning back to the past for a source of comfort.īut with all that’s happened in the last few years, and an uncertain future ahead, perhaps a little comfort in a classic show or a fun outfit may be the exact break people need.By now, the Internet is known for its ability to spread hoaxes and prompt unfounded fear, but Y2K was one of the earliest examples of this. A 2022 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that nostalgia can have the effect of reducing the perception of small levels of physical pain. This nostalgia isn’t just a longing for when the world wasn’t as complicated and the shows were better. It’s still like… people just idolize it.” “Even though the early 2000s was like, a blatant time for obviously, like homophobia, racism and everything. She added that the way the early 2000s is idolized is akin to how fans of a celebrity will sweep anything negative they do under the rug. I didn’t have to worry about taxes or, like, rent.” “People want to, you know, live through that again, but I think the thing that they don’t understand is that they were literally children. I’m just at a coffee shop with my friends’… they live simple lives and I think that we all kind of long for that.”Īnother reason Murphy thought people her age are so nostalgic for that period of time is because during it, they were children. I’m hanging out at a coffee shop every day of the week. “We almost put ourselves in that world, y’know? ‘I don’t have a job. Murphy said she works two jobs, and “can barely afford car insurance.” Gen Z adults like Murphy idolize the characters in these shows as they have something a lot of young adults don’t have a sense of stability. However, simple enjoyment isn’t the only reason she keeps going back to the classics, citing a wish for a world that doesn’t seem as bleak for someone entering adulthood. She added that she doesn’t watch many modern shows as she doesn’t find them as enjoyable as the classics. Murphy said one of her favourite shows is Friends, one of the most popular shows of all time and a classic that ran from 1994 to 2004, perfectly in the timeframe of nostalgia. “The shows are a huge relatable thing, because like, anyone can watch a show and like it, but not everyone can pull off like, low waisted jeans.” Some keep it simple, by watching the era’s popular television shows and living vicariously through the characters. Some young adults don’t go as far as to change out their entire wardrobe or use an outdated phone.
“It’s like the low-rise jeans and flip phones, Hello Kitty, Tamagotchi’s, like that type of thing.” “I think some people are genuinely nostalgic for that time in their life, despite not remembering it, but I also think a lot of them are just getting in with a popular trend.”Īs for what the #y2k trend is, she explained that it’s anything opposite of what’s chic in today’s world.
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