khleedril, 1 month ago

@NickEast @scifi @speculativefictioncomedy @writers @humour @bookstodon So many kids today don't realize that in the 1970s nobody thought that the year 2000 would ever arrive. It just felt so painfully far away.

SoftwareTheron, 1 month ago

@khleedril @NickEast @scifi @speculativefictioncomedy @writers @humour @bookstodon

I remember that. When I was about 20 I thought about it, and observed that I'd be 38 in 2000. Which at the time was so far out of my headspace, I saw absolutely no way to understand it - much less influence it or decide what I wanted it to look like.