# Ask the guy who is from 100 years in the future

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 11, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490 "2012-04-11T20:22:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/81 "2012-04-13T16:46:48Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> What are next week’s lottery numbers?
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> and why didn’t you do this a couple of weeks ago, when the jackpot was 500+ million?

Next Weeks lottery numbers are 2, pi, 13, Delta, 34, 35, 41, and the Super Ball is Rum Rum Tugger. What would I do with $500 million? Get a small coffee at Starbuck’s maybe (assuming I could even exchange that little for Nevilles)

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/82 "2012-04-13T16:49:16Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> What young (but at least 18 yrs old) celebrities die in 2013. I want to win the Celebrity Death Pool in 2013.

Sorry, it is expressly forbidden to interfere with the sanctity of Death Pools. Even though the decree wasn’t made until 2075 I still feel bound by it.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/83 "2012-04-13T16:50:19Z")

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> [@G0sp3l](#):
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> Can you travel to 2036 (or 2000) and kill John Titor?

Done.

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> And is kick-boxing still the sport of the future?

No, box kicking is.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/84 "2012-04-13T16:51:39Z")

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BTW, I hope I didn’t alarm any of you with the whole Cough Drops and Goggles thing. No need to do any of that now, it’s all fixed.

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/85 "2012-04-13T20:01:19Z")

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What’s the current (as of 2112) sequel of the Rocky movies?

And Friday 13th.

And Star Trek of course.

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**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/86 "2012-04-13T20:05:00Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> BTW, I hope I didn’t alarm any of you with the whole Cough Drops and Goggles thing. No need to do any of that now, it’s all fixed.

GOOD!!!

But what am I going to do with this box of menthol lyptus goggles? They make my eyes sting when I wear them, and everything is an odd red color, too.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/87 "2012-04-13T20:13:18Z")

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How _do_ you use the three seashells?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/88 "2012-04-13T20:19:07Z")

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Are there any extinct animal species?

Have we achieved [singularity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) yet

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/89 "2012-04-13T20:49:18Z")

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Does the law ever catch up with me for that thing I did? If so, is my contingency plan successful, or do the ducks just waddle around like chumps?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/90 "2012-04-13T20:59:57Z")

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Do robots have rights?

Did global warming develop as expected?

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/91 "2012-04-13T21:03:28Z")

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Also, what was the name of the first cloned wooly mammoth?

How do they taste? (There is a McMammoth’s franchise chain, right?)

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/92 "2012-04-13T21:21:31Z")

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> [@projammer](#):
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> what’s the current (as of 2112) sequel of the rocky movies?
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> And friday 13th.
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> And star trek of course.

7, 17, 27

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/93 "2012-04-13T21:24:17Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> How _do_ you use the three seashells?

I have no idea what you mean. No idea, at all. None. Nope, doesn’t ring a bell. Don’t know a thing about the three seashells and the Mermaid Queen. I mean what Mermaid Queen? How would I know about that if I don’t know about the three seashells. Which I don’t. Know anything about them, that is.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/94 "2012-04-13T21:25:18Z")

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> [@Nobody](#):
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> Are there any extinct animal species?

Yes

> [@](#):
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> Have we achieved [singularity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) yet

I’m not sure.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/95 "2012-04-13T21:26:19Z")

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> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#):
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> Does the law ever catch up with me for that thing I did? If so, is my contingency plan successful, or do the ducks just waddle around like chumps?

Very clever, Tripus, but the Time Space Agency will not take kindly to your insolence this time. You are on report!

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/96 "2012-04-13T21:26:48Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> Yes

Don’t be a tease. Which ones?

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/97 "2012-04-13T21:28:50Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> Do robots have rights?

Why would they, do toasters have rights?

> [@](#):
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> Did global warming develop as expected?

We solved that problem ONCE AND FOR ALL!! (see earlier in the thread)

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/98 "2012-04-13T21:32:23Z")

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> [@Projammer](#):
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> Also, what was the name of the first cloned wooly mammoth?
> 
> How do they taste? (There is a McMammoth’s franchise chain, right?)

The first cloned Wooly Mammoth was named Freshnahn, which is the anasztazi word for "Holy Shit! We cloned a Wooly Mammoth!’

They taste like chicken, although no there are no McMammoth Franchise’s as it is an expensive delicacy on par with Orange Juice.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/99 "2012-04-13T21:33:23Z")

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> [@Nobody](#):
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> Don’t be a tease. Which ones?

Cockroaches

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-from-100-years-in-the-future/618490/100 "2012-04-13T21:34:34Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> Cockroaches

Awesome!

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