I thought I was reasonably well established in the 21st century by now, but apparently not quite as much as I thought. When I saw the headline "Clues on a lost tablet to a secret Russian army", my first thought was "Ooo how interesting, must be a stone tablet from some ancient civilisation with some Nostradamus-like predictions." Something like this:
You can imagine how disappointed I was to find it was more like this :
Lost tablet
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Lost tablet
This is the way
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Re: Lost tablet
I am being serious here.
Do you think in 100 years' time there will be archaeologists who will retrieve hard drive platters, solid state memory modules, optical discs and recreate elements of our society for study?
OR
Do you think we have provided them with TOO much information already? With the likes of Facebook alone they can simple trace back the lifestyle of the Jones family in Middlesex. They will have so much information, a veritable study of our pubic hair.
Do you think in 100 years' time there will be archaeologists who will retrieve hard drive platters, solid state memory modules, optical discs and recreate elements of our society for study?
OR
Do you think we have provided them with TOO much information already? With the likes of Facebook alone they can simple trace back the lifestyle of the Jones family in Middlesex. They will have so much information, a veritable study of our pubic hair.
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Re: Lost tablet
Or will they look at it all and say, what a load of shit, rebury it.Thailightzone wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:16 pm I am being serious here.
Do you think in 100 years' time there will be archaeologists who will retrieve hard drive platters, solid state memory modules, optical discs and recreate elements of our society for study?
OR
Do you think we have provided them with TOO much information already? With the likes of Facebook alone they can simple trace back the lifestyle of the Jones family in Middlesex. They will have so much information, a veritable study of our pubic hair.
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Re: Lost tablet
Assuming Planet Earth still exists (as we know it) in 100 years!!
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Re: Lost tablet
handdrummer wrote:
Or will they look at it all and say, what a load of shit, rebury it.
You nailed it
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.