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Post by rossdavidh »

MisterTea wrote: post #63
rossdavidh wrote: post #25

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

> I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, ... I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, As someone who hung out at the Albion Batcave circa 2000, I'd like to know how you came to this conclusion.

Haha! Point taken. But, contextually, he was weird looking for that particular convention. Hair was kind of unkempt, beard a bit scraggly. Not homeless-looking or anything, but a bit more frazzled than the typical going-to-a-goth-convention person.

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Post by smichel17 »

haunter wrote: post #15

People should play the game first. Significantly better than the anime.

I enjoyed the anime more, but I also watched it first, and I think that tarnished my experience. If I were going back I'd definitely do it in the reverse order.

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Post by rossdavidh »

eindiran wrote: post #66
rossdavidh wrote: post #25

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

Weirdly, I met someone in Ojai, California in 2010 who also claimed to be a time traveler named "Butterfly". He was a weird looking dude who also claimed he had a computer chip in his hand. I only spoke with him for a moment but it was a very surreal conversation.

Well that would have been a little over a decade after I saw him, if it was the same guy. Of course, that would be according to _my_ personal timeline. Perhaps from his point of view it happened earlier...

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Post by xamuel »

UncleSlacky wrote: post #62
tzs wrote: post #21

What time travel might look like from the other side [1]. I remember a great short story I read about the first time traveler. They decided the first visit would be the Shakespeare. Shakespeare has no problems accepting that he's being visited by a time traveler, and asks what gifts the traveler brings. The traveler is a bit confused, so Shakespeare explains that the early ones all bring gifts. The traveler has broug…

Reminds me of a story where it turned out that the entire Passover crowd where Pontius Pilate asks who should be pardoned are time travellers that have been told to do what everyone else does.

That would put an interesting twist on Matthew 27:25, "All the people answered, 'His blood [i.e., responsibility for his death] be on us and on our children [i.e., descendants]!'"

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Post by rafaelvasco »

Razengan wrote: post #47

Time travel is like UFOs: If there are aliens out there, why haven’t we met some by now? If there are time travellers, why isn’t anybody making accurate predictions? If rich people exist, why hasn’t one given me a million dollars?

Several people say the have met some. But it's like, it isn't true until it happens to you personally.

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Post by Bombthecat »

JorgeGT wrote: post #68
jeffadotio wrote: post #41

Anyone who ignores an invitation to have a drink with Stephen Hawking[1] has nothing to say that is worth hearing. 1. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stephen-hawking-time-t...

Time travel will be highly controlled by the authorities, probably that party was surrounded by future cops looking out for rogue amateurs.

More like that you need tons of resources, skills and knowledge to do it. Nothing a private person could do.

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Post by rossdavidh »

Frondo wrote: post #50
rossdavidh wrote: post #25

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

What group and month? in case someone out there might have their own copy...

Well it was an Austin goth group, and somewhere around the year 2000, but more detail than that I cannot recall. Wait, does that mean _my_ memory has been wiped as well?! Oh, wait, no, I just have a poor memory. Sorry...

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Post by sreekotay »

rossdavidh wrote: post #77
Frondo wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What group and month? in case someone out there might have their own copy...

Well it was an Austin goth group, and somewhere around the year 2000, but more detail than that I cannot recall. Wait, does that mean _my_ memory has been wiped as well?! Oh, wait, no, I just have a poor memory. Sorry...

I think GP meant what yahoo group in what month was missing that might have had the list?

In case someone had that archived...

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Post by pkaye »

tzs wrote: post #21

What time travel might look like from the other side [1]. I remember a great short story I read about the first time traveler. They decided the first visit would be the Shakespeare. Shakespeare has no problems accepting that he's being visited by a time traveler, and asks what gifts the traveler brings. The traveler is a bit confused, so Shakespeare explains that the early ones all bring gifts. The traveler has broug…

> Then a bunch of other time travelers arrive, but not to see Shakespeare. They are reporters from the first time traveler's future, there to interview him about his historic visit to Shakespeare.

That last line cracked me up!

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