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Buns_of_Fire

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5. Being one of the COBOL fossils who was bid farewell after Y2K was remediated,

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 03:14 AM

7 hrs ago

I emphasize with them. Luckily, I only had to survive 10 years before I could collect SS - I suspect many of them will have to rely on the "gig economy" longer than that.

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Horrifying. Passages 17 hrs ago #3

Being one of the COBOL fossils who was bid farewell after Y2K was remediated, Buns_of_Fire 7 hrs ago #5