• Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    The analogue one would be so much cooler if it only had the damn date - it’s great knowing what time of day I travelled back to, but it’d be nice to know if I travelled to yesterday or 10,000 years ago

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    6 months ago

    So amazingly primitive they still thought digital time machines were a pretty neat idea.

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      6 months ago

      Wow, I guess a couple of people didn’t get the reference huh? Oh well, always a risk when you try reference humor dry.

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      5 months ago

      my favorite intro to any book ever, only other one that comes close in my mind is the weird ship of Theseus analogy at the beginning of John Dies at the End