# Time travel on the SDMB?

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**Created:** [April 7, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300 "2000-04-07T03:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300/1 "2000-04-07T03:57:00Z")

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For some reason, a whole lot of threads claim that their most recent post was tomorrow night. Is there any way to sort this mess out? What makes this happen?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300/2 "2000-04-07T13:09:00Z")

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Aliens.

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“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300/3 "2000-04-07T19:08:00Z")

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::: in Rod Serling voice : : :

“Trapped, in a world like and yet unlike our own . . . where fantasy and reality collide . . .welcome to THE SDMB ZONE!”

your humble TubaDiva  
Transcending space and time

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**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300/4 "2000-04-08T01:23:00Z")

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Has anyone else noticed that a forum will list what appears to be an outdated snapshot of the threads to browse ? You can refresh, things will look normal, enter a thread/topic and return to the main list for that forum and it will be back to the original outdated list. I don’t think it is a cache issue as I haven’t changed my SDMB surfing technique or browser settings, maybe it is my browser acting up. I just thought it was pertinant with all the time travel funnies going on.

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300/5 "2000-04-08T20:35:00Z")

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When that happens, look at the date, not just the time listed. A lot of times, a bunch of threads have a time the following day associated with them, so they stay at the top for a while.