# A message in a time-bottle from future you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019 "2023-04-21T15:28:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/1 "2023-04-21T15:28:35Z")
It’s no more than seven words and can’t use any proper names for fear of paradoxes because of timey-wimey reasons. What does it say? ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/2 "2023-04-21T15:29:27Z")
“Get out of this state now!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/3 "2023-04-21T15:30:17Z")
For God’s sake, _DON’T_ DO IT! (communication is not my strong point) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/4 "2023-04-21T16:08:06Z")
Cut the blue wire, not the red!!! > [@TruePisces](#): > > “Get out of this state now!” State of denial? State of disbelief? My own private Idaho? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/5 "2023-04-21T16:18:26Z")
“thanks asshole” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/6 "2023-04-21T16:19:38Z")
I feel like that one needs careful punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/7 "2023-04-21T16:20:42Z")
Tell Dad not to drive motorcycle today. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/8 "2023-04-21T16:23:09Z")
Get out now, not in a week. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/9 "2023-04-21T16:23:28Z")
Wait, is 2023 you the sender, or the receiver? (And what would be the point of a message unless you wanted to cause a paradox?) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/10 "2023-04-21T16:23:35Z")
**The Police** will write a song about this. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/11 "2023-04-21T16:28:38Z")
Yeah, I don’t understand the premise. How would I know now what I’d say in the future? I hope it could be something like, “You did good, kid. Just keep going.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/12 "2023-04-21T16:37:55Z")
If I’d known time travel was possible ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/13 "2023-04-21T16:38:24Z")
Go back! It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/14 "2023-04-21T16:38:54Z")
Can I target precisely when I would receive it? Also, does past-me _know_ that the message is from future-me? If so, I would have the message delivered in 2010 and it would say “buy maximum cryptocurrency now, sell November 2021.” If I can’t target when and/or if I wouldn’t necessarily know the message was legit, I would write “you’re trans, dummy. Start transition ASAP.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/15 "2023-04-21T17:10:11Z")
> [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > Can I target precisely when I would receive it? Also, does past-me _know_ that the message is from future-me? If so, I would have the message delivered in 2010 and it would say “buy maximum cryptocurrency now, sell November 2021.” Yes, you just somehow know it’s from future-you. And I suppose future('now") you remembers picking it up _then_, so you some targeting makes sense. This is making my head hurt. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/16 "2023-04-21T18:30:39Z")
Do not send the time bottle message. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/17 "2023-04-21T18:31:51Z")
Under no circumstances go to P4C-970. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/18 "2023-04-21T18:33:37Z")
You fool!! ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/19 "2023-04-21T18:40:36Z")
You can have excuses or results. Try ! ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019/20 "2023-04-21T18:50:19Z")
> [@solost](#): > > State of denial? State of disbelief? My own private Idaho? Well, those too. But initially I meant Tennessee. Just trying to stay away from proper names. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019.md?page=2)