I may have been a child in 2007-2008 but I did felt the recession when our house had to be sold, and we could barely feed our family just because the Lehman Brothers fucked up.

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm 29 and I definitely remember Y2K. 2008 didn't really affect though since I was in highschool.

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but like did you have to work on it for your job? Because nothing actually happened to anyone except people who fixed Y2k bugs leading up to it.

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, but I do remember the panic. My parents were convinced that it was going to affect everything, missile systems, the whole nine-yards. They even invested in huge water tanks to put in our basement and stored years worth of food.

Were they crazy? Absolutely. But I can still say I was somewhat affected because of the panic.

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow. Your parents were not typical at all, but I can see how you would remember that!

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I can agree with that.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Im 36 but never had money, so the 1997 AFC, Y2k, 2008 rec were just newspaper headlines I saw and ignored while continuing to eat chips.