Comments | yousoundblue: [008] I'm sure the demographics data will be quite useful. Somehow.

yousoundblue

[008] I'm sure the demographics data will be quite useful. Somehow.

Apr 26, 2009 22:49

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If my fellow passengers would indulge my curiosity: If you're from a place that uses or used the AD or CE dating system, what year is it where you're from?

It's 5032 at home, but we don't use that calendar anymore.

((OOC: If I get enough responses, I'll do a for-real statistical analysis and have Lika report on the findings.))

ace, hajime, bryn, catpaw, i'm from the future!, walking straight into the fourth wall, not stupid just earnest, christine, eon, ki, russ, batou, herz

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not_a_rock April 27 2009, 03:39:57 UTC

Dating... system?

Um. It was year 45 of the reign of King Marduk...

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 03:44:24 UTC

Imagine if from now on, your people counted the years based on Marduk's reign, even after he died. So after a long time, it would be the 1000th year of Marduk's "reign." That's how this calendar works. It doesn't get reset when new events happen.

not_a_rock April 27 2009, 19:08:22 UTC

But then how would you know who was king during the year you're talking about??

((This is VERY IMPORTANT.))

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 19:36:09 UTC

You'd...look it up?

[Lika doesn't see the relevance, frankly.]

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rdmcatpaw April 27 2009, 03:51:47 UTC

I don't think I've heard of such... dating systems.

On Vana'diel, I think it was something to do with a war... I can't really remember, I'm sorry.

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 04:04:51 UTC

You...don't know what date it is?

rdmcatpaw April 27 2009, 04:12:22 UTC

Well this thing tells me... but I don't really keep track back on Vana'Diel.

Its either Firesday, Earthsday, Watersday, Windsday, Iceday, Lightningday, Lightsday, or Darksday.

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 16:02:15 UTC

Oh, you lost your helpmate when you were brought here? I'm sorry. At least the comms are...sort of useful?

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[Audio // English] oneeveryminute April 27 2009, 05:36:41 UTC

2009. 'Least, it was.

[Audio // English] yousoundblue April 27 2009, 16:05:59 UTC

You're the third person I've talked to from the early 21st century.

This is so odd.

[Audio // English] oneeveryminute April 27 2009, 23:45:29 UTC

Hnn.

[She's right, it is odd. Russ mulls over what that might mean.]

So why'd you wanna know?

[Audio // English] yousoundblue April 27 2009, 23:49:18 UTC

If I get enough answers, I'm going to run a statistical analysis.

But if everyone's clustered right around the beginning of the 21st century except me, there's not much point.

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brynkitten April 27 2009, 06:41:00 UTC

It was 2008 when I left...2009 now, my time.

Mimmi's from the 1940's...The guy from the future is gone now I think. Haven't seen him in a while.

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 16:07:27 UTC

Yes, I knew about Mimmi.

You're also from the early 21st century? There are a lot of passengers clustered around then--and the 1940s aren't terribly far off from then, either.

[She's bemused.]

brynkitten April 27 2009, 20:04:41 UTC

Yeah, I noticed that too.

...so wait, you're from the 51st century?

That's even further away from the 21st than that other Captain. I think he was from...

[She pauses, thinking.]

The 23rd? He didn't stay long though.

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 20:07:08 UTC

Yes. We don't call it that, though.

[There's a pause.]

A lot of interesting things happened in the 2400s. That's when the first Martian colony was established!

...I'm Lika. Who are you?

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meinxxherz April 27 2009, 14:42:13 UTC

W-Wow, uhm, 2007? M-March of, I mean.

yousoundblue April 27 2009, 16:18:00 UTC

That's five of you from within two years of each other.

This is bizarre.