[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.

Comments

@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

@user; voice

[cosmicwords]

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

@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.

@Iwillnot; video

[absentconstellation]

Internal plumbing is not yet common in my world.

@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.

@thebigc; text

[onlytwothings]

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

What else do you want to know about the future?