• lyralycan@sh.itjust.works
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      I measure time by the sci-fi periods we pass. Obviously BTTF I was a big year. The world as we knew it ended the year after. Next is I,Robot in 2035 iirc, then Blade Runner 2042

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        Wade Watts from the print version of Ready Player One was born August 12th, 2026.

        We are very close. Not that RPO is as old as any of the media you mentioned, nor is the setting as far-future in terms of technological advancements.

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          Yo even though it was corpo-hell, that beauty of the Oasis and being any being was so alluring to me. And IP being a thing of the past (I was impressed by how many references they managed to stuff in the movie, maybe 1/4 of the book aha).

          Ya it still required working loads to buy MTX or a ticket to travel, but it was so freeing in other senses.

          Guess we got VRChat for this timeline lol