# March 1st is Future Day!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354 "2012-02-29T16:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/1 "2012-02-29T16:29:30Z")
Why should all our holidays celebrate the past? Let’s celebrate the great unknowable adventure ahead of us, on [Future Day!](http://futureday.org/) All hyperbole aside, I think this is a really cool idea! ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/2 "2012-02-29T17:18:05Z")
Is it? Well it’s my birthday too, so I don’t reckon I got any more need for an excuse for to party 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/3 "2012-02-29T17:25:12Z")
Looks like I’m going to have to dust off my Star Trek uniform to wear to work tomorrow! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/4 "2012-02-29T19:02:00Z")
I think I’ll just postpone celebrating the future until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/5 "2012-02-29T19:30:25Z")
I don’t even own a clear necktie! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/6 "2012-03-01T15:21:14Z")
One of my favourite visionaries - [Gerard K. O’Neill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfkEV5Sq0pk) on saving the planet through space migration. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/7 "2012-03-01T15:45:19Z")
So tomorrow, today will be Day of Futures Past? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-1st-is-future-day/614354/8 "2012-03-01T15:53:17Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Is it? Well it’s my birthday too, so I don’t reckon I got any more need for an excuse for to party 🙂 Happy Birthday! Have a great future! Remember, there is no past. It’s an illusion. And there is no present, because I didn’t get you one.