Mandatory poll asks if an unpatchable global Y2K would be 'exciting' — only Yes gets accepted
generativist · x · 2026-10-23
A screenshot of a web form is circulating: "In a certain light, wouldn't Y2K but everywhere all at once and unpatchable be exciting?" The only answers are Yes/No, but an "Answer I'll accept" section pre-checks Yes, and the question is marked Mandatory — you can only submit by agreeing the disaster would be exciting.
It's dark humor about the fragility of modern infrastructure: when critical systems depend on unpatchable software everywhere, systemic failure stops being a hypothetical.
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