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nephihahatoday at 9:20 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why are these people so obsessed with the year 2030? It keeps popping up everywhere.


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archievillaintoday at 10:23 AM

It feels close (it's only 4 years away) and yet futuristic (the new decade!). The way it feels is important because all these statements are based on jack and only exist for hype.

lioeterstoday at 9:57 AM

It's like when people obsessed about 2020, or 2000. It's a nice clean number in the decimal numbering system.

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