Reverse Time Capsule

xoxoxoBruce · 05-23-2009, 12:55 PM

If you could send a time capsule back 20 years, what artifacts would you choose?

Flint · 05-23-2009, 01:07 PM

Could a wireless network connection run through this tunnel?

Pie · 05-23-2009, 03:53 PM

A CD with a single track with a voice saying "Iraq does not have WMDs" repeating over and over.

Sundae · 05-23-2009, 04:08 PM

A letter addressed to the 17 year old me - living here funnily enough.
With pages and pages of advice.

Hmmmm. Maybe I should write one to myself now pretending to be from 20 years in the future. It might help.

Apart from that, it would be examples of today's packaging - so manufacturers can see how small it is now and give the world a 20 year headstart on reducing landfill. Oh and a warning about Gary Glitter.

Pico and ME · 05-23-2009, 04:12 PM

I would send a letter back telling me to stop taking it all so fucking seriously and for Gods sake stop working those 13 hour days and DELEGATE GODDAMMIT!

Juniper · 05-23-2009, 06:20 PM

A list of stuff I could bet on, like the sports almanac in Back the Future II.

No point in sending back advice - I wouldn't take it, anyway.

Meursault · 05-23-2009, 07:43 PM

well, if i could send it wherever i wanted, i'd send it to myself, packed with every dollar i could get my hands on (which would be a LOT because of all the perfect investments i made 20 years ago. plus, they'd be worth more back then), and instruction on what to buy into.
then my second time capsule would be filled with fake headlines from today about how i saved the world from poverty and almost-certain annihilation, but only with the dedicated help of the swedish bikini team. just so ppl would know what to do next, ya know...

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

A list of stuff I could bet on, like the sports almanac in Back the Future II.

No point in sending back advice - I wouldn't take it, anyway.

i think youve got it backwards....?

lumberjim · 05-24-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i think youve got it backwards....?

no....i had it backwards.

carry on

skysidhe · 05-23-2009, 10:46 PM

20 years? Not far enough But how about a clearer stary sky,black jack gum,black lights and those funky tapistries that glowed in the dark under them. Vinyl albums and a record players that actually sounds good.

I'd Have to go back further to get any more.

of course going back further we would end up laughing at somethings like the afro,the atari and the 8 track tape.Oh and those disco outfits with the abnormally large lapels.

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 11:11 PM

i remember taking a walk one night, when I was like 19 or so.....late at night......and in this one extra dark spot on the road, I thought.....one day....many years from now...I'll walk this way again, and see these same trees, and stars....and I'll remember this moment. and i said...."hi Jim" out loud, there in the dark silence.

Hi, Jim.

bluecuracao · 05-24-2009, 12:12 AM

A message to myself saying, "go to NY and get a job with a big ad agency!"

DanaC · 05-24-2009, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

i remember taking a walk one night, when I was like 19 or so.....late at night......and in this one extra dark spot on the road, I thought.....one day....many years from now...I'll walk this way again, and see these same trees, and stars....and I'll remember this moment. and i said...."hi Jim" out loud, there in the dark silence.

Hi, Jim.

*smiles* that's lovely.

Kaliayev · 05-24-2009, 09:27 AM

I'd send back Polonium 210, and lots of it. That'll teach them, to live in the past like that.

skysidhe · 05-24-2009, 09:35 AM

Everytime I read this thread I get confused.

Maybe I got it wrong.

I was going on the assumption an artifact was something recovered from an era past.

05-23-2009, 12:55 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Reverse Time Capsule If you could send a time capsule back 20 years, what artifacts would you choose? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-23-2009, 01:07 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Could a wireless network connection run through this tunnel? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-23-2009, 03:53 PM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	A CD with a single track with a voice saying "Iraq does not have WMDs" repeating over and over. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-23-2009, 04:08 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	A letter addressed to the 17 year old me - living here funnily enough. With pages and pages of advice. Hmmmm. Maybe I should write one to myself now pretending to be from 20 years in the future. It might help. Apart from that, it would be examples of today's packaging - so manufacturers can see how small it is now and give the world a 20 year headstart on reducing landfill. Oh and a warning about Gary Glitter. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-23-2009, 07:43 PM	#7
Meursault Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: n tx Posts: 56	well, if i could send it wherever i wanted, i'd send it to myself, packed with every dollar i could get my hands on (which would be a LOT because of all the perfect investments i made 20 years ago. plus, they'd be worth more back then), and instruction on what to buy into. then my second time capsule would be filled with fake headlines from today about how i saved the world from poverty and almost-certain annihilation, but only with the dedicated help of the swedish bikini team. just so ppl would know what to do next, ya know... __________________ Please exercise caution --costume mask and chest plate are not protective; cape does not enable wearer to fly.

05-23-2009, 04:12 PM	#5
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I would send a letter back telling me to stop taking it all so fucking seriously and for Gods sake stop working those 13 hour days and DELEGATE GODDAMMIT!

05-23-2009, 06:20 PM	#6
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	A list of stuff I could bet on, like the sports almanac in Back the Future II. No point in sending back advice - I wouldn't take it, anyway.

05-23-2009, 10:46 PM	#10
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	20 years? Not far enough But how about a clearer stary sky,black jack gum,black lights and those funky tapistries that glowed in the dark under them. Vinyl albums and a record players that actually sounds good. I'd Have to go back further to get any more. of course going back further we would end up laughing at somethings like the afro,the atari and the 8 track tape.Oh and those disco outfits with the abnormally large lapels.

05-23-2009, 11:11 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i remember taking a walk one night, when I was like 19 or so.....late at night......and in this one extra dark spot on the road, I thought.....one day....many years from now...I'll walk this way again, and see these same trees, and stars....and I'll remember this moment. and i said...."hi Jim" out loud, there in the dark silence. Hi, Jim. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-24-2009, 12:12 AM	#12
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	A message to myself saying, "go to NY and get a job with a big ad agency!"

05-24-2009, 09:27 AM	#14
Kaliayev Magnificent Bastard Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 216	I'd send back Polonium 210, and lots of it. That'll teach them, to live in the past like that.

05-24-2009, 09:35 AM	#15
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Everytime I read this thread I get confused. Maybe I got it wrong. I was going on the assumption an artifact was something recovered from an era past.

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