[network] @magenta2; voice - morning 286 [open]

[himalayanyeti]

Mm, so, is anyone else here from a very long time ago?

[Magenta apparently decides to leave it at that for a couple minutes, before returning to elaborate on the question with a carefully maintained tone of carelessness to his voice. It's a far cry from what he actually sounds like when he's excited or happy, but to the casual listener, it's probably close enough.]

I mean--you know. I think we're s'posed to be in...twenty-one-and-something, I can't remember the exacts, but is anyone here from long before now? A few folks I've talked to have mentioned they're from twenty-something, early twenty-something, but I don't know about all of y'all.

[A pause.]

I'm from 1891, and I reckon it's all a little new to everyone, but it sure seems like y'all have an easier time of gettin' used to things! Computers, and the nan...nan--nanomachines, and whatever else. I don't really know much about any of it, and I'm not that smart to begin with! It's all past me, and I'm sorry for not bein' much help. I guess what I'm meanin' to ask is how everyone deals with figurin' stuff out from the future.

He~ey, though, while we're on it: tell me about the future! I've heard the airplanes are marvelous. I'm very interested in all of it, even if I can't quite get it.

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@featherydouche; text

[mrcreamsicles]

cars all fly now and we elect the president by directing our brain waves at the white house until the winning candidate spontaneously teleports into the oval office

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[himalayanyeti]

oh shit thats pretty interesting

whos the president then? whenever youre from i mean. weve got valentine now and hes a bit divided in the publics opinion. i dont know if he would get elected again

[mrcreamsicles]

who the hell is valentine
weve got barack obama
hes a ghost now but i reckon if the collective psychic energy of the american people can keep him manifested in the white house then a thing like mortality isnt that much of a barrier to sound governing policy

[himalayanyeti]

funny valentine i used to work for him but im retired now

who the hell is obama

i mean it sounds like hes a ghost which is something ive never heard of. do ghosts exist in the future then or have they always existed and im only just now hearing about them

[mrcreamsicles]

[Funny Valentine. Seriously? He's rolling with it.]

hard to know because i was from the future even before i existed on earth
i was born in 2009 then time got sent back to 1995
but theres like billions of ghosts in the future
more than anyone could ever count
its a fact of unlife
and anyway obama is the savior of the economy and the one true rap king of the universe
his campaign hinged on delivering incisive political commentary through sick rhymes
and when youve got beats that catchy paired with innovative proposals for new governmental policies youre basically a shoe in

@user; voice

[cosmicwords]

Don't worry about feeling overwhelmed. I think everyone here feels that way sometimes.

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[himalayanyeti]

I know, I just--I feel a tiny bit behind, y'know? Everyone's overwhelmed, but I'm even worse off 'cause I have even less ideas about what's goin' on all the time. It's tricky.

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[cosmicwords]

I think it's best to try and simply absorb as much as you can when you can. I'm still figuring things out myself and that's what I do.

[himalayanyeti]

Yeah, but you're actually smart 'n shit. I can't just "absorb" everything that I hear! It's hard.

@clowncutie92; text

[clowngirl]

[Hey, so you know what silly thing people often do in the future, Mags? Text you when you're in the same room. Which Harley is doing now, hi.]

i like the future but only when it's really my present and not the future cuz this part of the future is pretty much the pits.

airplanes are pretty fun but last i knew they were still workin on gettin jetpacks right. that's what I'M waitin for.

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[himalayanyeti]

[...He'll give her a bit of A Look when he finds the message, but ultimately not say anything. She's weird.]

yeah no kidding this fucking sucks. where are you from??? in time and in place. you sound american and maybe southern even but its a bit all over the place

and tell me of jetpacks right the hell now

[clowngirl]

[She's just gonna wave at him cheerfully and continue replying via text.]

2011. gotham city, new jersey. but i was born and raised in brooklyn. where you from?

and do you know what a rocket is? cuz that might make this easier.

[himalayanyeti]

[weirdo. He definitely does wave back, though.]

jesus christ everyone here is from jersey huh? tragic. im from georgia but before i was here i was in philly for work busines travel all over the place really

yeah sorta. fireworks and shit i get that

@Iwillnot; video

[absentconstellation]

Internal plumbing is not yet common in my world.

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[himalayanyeti]

Really! You're prob'ly older'n I am, then!

...But does that really matter to you? Can't you just go wherever?

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[absentconstellation]

I have lived many billions of years. It is merely a curiosity.

[himalayanyeti]

Oh! D'you mean millions? I don't think "billions" is a word. And even if you are a very old kitty, don't you still...eat, 'n stuff?

@Enoch, voice

[warriorscribe]

[What's up, Magenta, hope you don't mind one of the former converts chiming in. He hopes the fact that they barely interacted will cover for any of the...tower stuff.]

I'm from antiquity compared to you, but I've had a few months to get used to it. For me, it all comes down to simply trying things, I've found. Experiment, and ask if you don't understand something.

[himalayanyeti]

I don't like askin', though! Everyone treats me like too much of a goddamn idiot already--I don't wanna have to deal with that more than I need to.

[warriorscribe]

Asking is how we learn. If someone decides to mock you for not knowing something, you should remind them they had to ask it too, once, or hear of it from somewhere. We are all born knowing nothing, after all.

[himalayanyeti]

...Oh! That makes sense. See, this is why I ask shit like this to everyone: y'all are so much smarter than I am! I'll have to use this next time House tries to fuck with me.

@thebigc; text

[onlytwothings]

[ The comment about airplanes gets a smile from him. ]

What else do you want to know about the future?

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[himalayanyeti]

WELL ive learned of the president and such but ive been wondering a lot about guns since thats one of the only things i know well enough to see when its changed. im very curius about that but youre a doctor so maybe i should ask something else

youre a real doctor right and not some other non medicine doctor

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[onlytwothings]

Definitely a real medicine doctor. I don't have my medical license on me, of course, so that method of proof is out.

[himalayanyeti]

no its ok i believe you you seem like a real medicine doctor for diseases and stuff. cancer or whatever it is i dont think it exists where im from else i might know what it is or maybe had it. im not a doctor though so maybe ive just not heard about it cause i dont know any doctors at home

i mean i do but theyre all non medicine doctors. one of them is a fossil doctor