Current Events > Your reaction: You wake up tomorrow to discover it's 1997

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You're sound asleep when suddenly you're awoken by a horrifying noise. You jerk yourself up to discover it was coming from your massive fatback computer which then finishes dialing up to AOL and you hear "Welcome! Youve got mail."

You then notice there are pogs all over the floor, Keenan and Kel is playing on TV and you have cans of Surge on your table.

You look outside and just one glance at the people, their clothes, their hair, the low flying planes and the cars drives it home (no pun intended) that this is 1997.

https://i.imgur.com/ewFyZoA.jpg

How do you react?
What do you do?
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Buy Amazon and Apple stocks.

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Warn Bill Clinton about Monica

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I try to find my parents and tell them to move into the other house they were considering because I hate dealing with the 5-way intersection

Also I wasn't born yet so

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GREEN_EGGSNSPAM posted...

Buy Amazon and Apple stocks.

any answer other than "start investing" is the wrong answer

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if we were alive in 97, would we revert back to the age we were then?

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Also I make a killing off bets

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Doe posted...

Warn Bill Clinton about Monica

warn Monica about Bill

but seriously, Id probably cry tears of joy. Reliving life from 1997 onward would be dooope

Am I 22 years younger? I dont have to drink the Surge, do I?

I'll probably kick the shit out of some guys who used to pick on me. And try to prevent 9/11 and shit.

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Throw away the pogs and get a yo-yo.

alimajor posted...

but seriously, Id probably cry tears of joy. Reliving life from 1997 onward would be dooope

This. I'd die of joy.

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The amount of tech I use is pretty similar to 97 minus youtube and a few other things.

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Depends. Am I 7/8 or still 30?

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Also would I be 13 with my 35 year old mind, just 35, or 13 with my 13 year old mind?

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Shit, I'd kill to be 4 years old with my current knowledge.

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OrdonGoatCheese posted...

Depends. Am I 7/8 or still 30?

You're 47

You're whatever age you are right now obviously
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UnfairRepresent posted...

You're 47

You're whatever age you are right now obviously

ohhhhh, well then... Idk I guess itd be cool? Id probably be homeless waiting for my investments to mature but being a mega rich 51 year old in 2020 doesnt sound too bad.

UnfairRepresent posted...

You're whatever age you are right now obviously

Thank you for the clarification.

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You're welcome!

Merry Christmas
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Buy Amazon and Apple stock

Spoil every major film and video game from the next 22 years in a blog post. Wait, were blogs a thing yet in 97?

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save Biggie from being shot.

Can I run into my 3 year old self?
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Get arrested for breaking and entering and sneaking into a under age kids bed. Then either end up in jail or a mental institution. Just like everyone else in this hypothetical situation.

Tsukasa1891 posted...

Get arrested for breaking and entering and sneaking into a under age kids bed. Then either end up in jail or a mental institution. Just like everyone else in this hypothetical situation.

Who said you were in your childhood bed?
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I had just dropped out of high school, so the plan would probably be to get drunk as soon as possible.

The gamer in me is telling me to buy a Saturn and wait for Panzer Dragoon Saga to come out in Jan 1998.

Yet buying stock comes first.

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Head to KB Toys and buy unopened copies of games like Snatcher, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and Earthbound

Also invest in Apple

cmiller4642 posted...

Head to KB Toys and buy unopened copies of games like Snatcher, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and Earthbound

Also invest in Apple

Great minds think alike. Pre-orders existed in 1997? Cause we would be too early for PDZ.

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Doesn't sound like my place, so unless I'm gifted with this house, I'm homeless.
Unless I can convince my family I'm an older me.

...oh, I don't remember if my dad was still in the picture. That would be awkward.
I would assume whatever house I'm in is at least same town as I used to live in.
9/11 could possibly be prevented.

Hopefully prevent some of the insane political partisanship, somehow...
Work my way into politics?

...I'm essentially homeless in this scenario with...actually i do have a bit of cash on me for once!
I'd have to figure out how to get on my feet, maybe talk with trusted figures and try to get help.

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DuranOfForcena posted...

relevant:

lol when he started singing the theme to Hey Dude.

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GREEN_EGGSNSPAM posted...

Buy Amazon and Apple stocks.

I'd buy Google stocks as well, if possible. If not, I'd buy Yahoo! stocks and stick with it until Google, then sell it for Google. >_>

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Do whatever I can to prevent 9/11.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: You only postponed it. 9/11 is inevitable.
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First: panic because I don't have a passport
Second: Somehow get back home without being arrested
Third: sell off my bad stocks before they tank

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Become incredibly wealthy but still mourn the loss of my current life.

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I'd probably be bored as fuck without a cellphone/modern internet. I suppose I'd get rich off stocks and go to some killer concerts.

I hope it's Monday because both Nitro and Raw were knocking it out of the park.

*Sets VCR to record Nitro while I watch Raw*

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Man I'd love that. If I'm still my current age ah well. If I was younger I'd stop making mistakes.

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