Rules:

  1. The time traveller is able to travel backward and forward through time (max forward is 2074) and they can only transport things that can fit in a small backpack.

  2. You can choose when the 3 hours begin but it has to be in 2024 and once it has begun the timer can’t be reset or stopped.

  3. They will answer to the best of their ability but imagine this is a random person from 2074.

  • Classy@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    ##3. They will answer to the best of their ability but imagine this is a random person from 2074.

    Oh, I love this rule. Everyone is planning on asking this guy how time travel works and detailed accounts of world history, but if the brain drain we’ve experienced as a society is going to continue, how exactly do you expect an average person half a century from now to answer?

    I’m imagining this exact scenario playing out but instead we are the time traveler, returning back to 1974.

    “Oh wow, so can you explain all the geopolitics of the next fifty years?”

    “…”

    “And this ‘Internet’ thing you speak of? It sounds amazing! How does it work?”

    “…”

    “I’m also very excited to learn about these ‘smart phones’, they sound very powerful. Could you describe how they’re built?”

    “…”

    • Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      10 months ago

      Yeah I was sort of expecting someone who tried to play into that aspect but I’ve still been getting good answers anyways.