this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
47 points (94.3% liked)

Ask Lemmy

31947 readers
1799 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Say that you suddenly wake up in the year 1875. You end up talking to someone and you want to convince them that you’re from the future. How do you do that?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I would speak Polish and it would be enough proof with the right story to convince someone. I would be then immidietely killed for danger to the Russification and Germanisation efforts.

(Poland didn't exist in 1875)

[–] GusTheBard@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hey, Ludrol. "A bip a shap a slip a tap a eyshioni" [I am from the year 4877 and I speak Bippy, a language of the Bipp Republic of Darkness a country that won't exist for another thousand years.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It won't work for Bipp Republic of Darkness in 2025 but for Poland in 1875 it would. Recently the January Uprising of 1863 has failed. The people will want to believe that Poland will exist in the future and that their sacrifice wasn't/was* in vain. Due to emotional baggage of occupation it will work as people want hope and believe that they will win. I am not calling to logic but to emotions.

Poland is a country with thousand years of history.


*Depends if I will tak to Pozytywista or Romantyk

[–] GusTheBard@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago

I guess I don't know enough European history. Which means that when I say "that makes a lot of sense. You have convinced me" it means very very little and you should not feel like you have won any debate.

Just kidding. The Bipp Republic supports your methods.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Wouldn’t they just identify you as a subversive from 1875, instead of a liberated person from the future?