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xkcd #3188: Anyone Else Here

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Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3188/

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 82 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Anyone else reading this in 2026?

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] errer@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m stuck in 2020 still. Help!

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It gets better, then it gets worse.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if that was intentional, to post this at a time when there are different years in different parts of the world. :D

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

It was inevitable.

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

hey!! hi from 2026 !

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which 2026? #166, 2c, or Rfu3v?

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s the ĉ̵̡̡̢͈̖̤͇̺̩̹̘͕̹͎̀͛̋̉͜ͅͅu̸̧̡̦̱͇̙͈̪̘̯̯̭̲̟͙͈̠̪͈̪̜͕̻̦͍͂͌͛̊̐̍̽͑̋̚͜͜ͅ2̷̳̬̰̦̀̈͆̑̎̔̍̈́̊̎͆̾͊́́̓̒̿͘s̸̞͒̋̐̏̎͑́̍̄͌̈́̾͌̆͒͑̆̎̀̇̈́̏̉̿̒̀̕̕͝͝3̶̲̙͈̈́̏̏̃͒̔͐̃͊̍̅̏̈́͆̅͂̂͝͝d̶̢̨̧͈̰̟̲̱̲͎͚͙̖̲̦̩̀̽͂̏̂̕ timeline.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

We're all time travelers in the one-way lane.

[–] BartyDeCanter 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone else reading this in 2037?

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh.. my god!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago

The US is stuck in 1940.