But now, if you did one, then this one would be a meta-Rabbit Hole because you said you wouldn't do one and then you did one and that means that this post isn't true which is the whole point so it kind of all comes back in on itself making this one a retroactive Rabbit Hole post even though it wasn't one when it was first posted which is kind of like time travel, if you think about it enough.
Someday, I'm going to invent time travel. When I do, I'm going to go to the future and say, "ha, ha! I am from your past! I have lived through events you may remember." And they'll say, "Dude, we're from the past too."
Then, I'll travel back to my own time, and I'll say, "I visited the future!" And people will say, "oh, yeah? Prove it." And I'll tell them about all the things that haven't happened yet, and they'll say, "dude, none of that stuff happened." And I'll say, "I know, but it did happen to me." And they'll say, "it can't have happened to you in the past tense, because it hasn't happened yet."
And that's why time travel will never happen: because there is no grammar for describing it. Time travellers will kill themselves from the stress of trying to describe the experience to strict gramarians.
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Date: 2006-01-27 10:13 pm (UTC)No time to say hello, goodbye, you're late, you're late, you're late?
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Date: 2006-01-28 02:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-27 11:45 pm (UTC)I'm just saying.
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Date: 2006-01-28 02:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-31 07:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-28 05:40 pm (UTC)That was ONE sentence. wow.
They both made me re-read it four times. They still don't understand. :)
This really came out of nowhere.
Date: 2006-01-31 07:45 pm (UTC)Then, I'll travel back to my own time, and I'll say, "I visited the future!" And people will say, "oh, yeah? Prove it." And I'll tell them about all the things that haven't happened yet, and they'll say, "dude, none of that stuff happened." And I'll say, "I know, but it did happen to me." And they'll say, "it can't have happened to you in the past tense, because it hasn't happened yet."
And that's why time travel will never happen: because there is no grammar for describing it. Time travellers will kill themselves from the stress of trying to describe the experience to strict gramarians.
Re: This really came out of nowhere.
Date: 2006-01-31 07:46 pm (UTC)Re: This really came out of nowhere.
Date: 2006-01-31 07:53 pm (UTC)