Pretend to be a time traveler day

Date: 2007.12.09 | Category: General | Tags:

Very cute. Today’s the day, as you’d know if you really were from the future.

I particularly liked:

– Greet people by referring to things that don’t yet exist or haven’t existed for a long time. Example: “Have you penetrated the atmosphere lately?” “What spectrum will today’s broadcast be in?” and “Your king must be a kindly soul!”

– Show extreme ignorance in operating regular technology. Pay phones should be a complete mystery (try placing the receiver in odd places). Chuckle knowingly at cell phones. – Take some trinket with you (it can be anything really), hand it to some stranger, along with a phone number and say “In thirty years dial this number. You’ll know what to do after that.” Then slip away. – Discover and become obsessed with one trivial aspect of technology, like automatic grocery doors. Stay there for hours playing with it.

from the Volokh Conspiracy.

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