New Year’s Eve in Times Square, Remembering Y2K, and AI Fears in 2026

As the calendar flips to 2026, the Tuesdays crew debates whether the future ever turned out the way we expected (spoiler: still no flying cars), why the 2020s don’t seem to have a defining identity, and whether New Year’s Eve is wildly overrated or best enjoyed from the couch. The conversation winds through Y2K fears, AI anxiety, fake viral videos, the cons of celebrating in Times Square, and the surprisingly un-astrological origins of January 1st—before ending with unhinged babysitting stories and kids saying their first bad words.

This week’s highlights:

🎆 Why 2026 still sounds like the future (and somehow doesn’t)

🤖 Y2K fears vs. modern AI anxiety

🗽 Why Times Square on New Year’s Eve sounds like a nightmare

📅 The history of why New Year’s Day is January 1

🦜 Fake AI videos

😬 Babysitting gone wrong and kids learning new words

Mentions:

1. Coca-Cola (and AI-generated commercials)
2. Cockatoos dancing (and why they do)
3. History.com’s breakdown of the history of New Year’s celebrations

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