John Titor the time traveller - will we still be laughing in 2006?

[KcMsterpce]

http://www.johntitor.com/

From 2000-2001, a time traveller went online trying to warn us of a bleak future consisting of radical changes in the world's politics over a ten year period.

Supposedly, John Titor is a time traveller from 2036, from a post-WWIII timeline that started with civil unrest in America in 2005. There were many 'Waco-like incidents" that spread throughout the country from 2005-2008, which led to a civil war on American soil. By 2008 every American will be affected by these actions. Martial law will go into effect, and many of our privacy rights will be obliterated and replaced with new laws with attempts at improving the country's security.
By 2015, a nuclear war will erupt, beginning with the lobbing of nuclear weapons from China to America's major cities.

This site (http://www.johntitor.com/) posts Titor's discussions and Q&A, and also has links to other sites about Titor, as well as information that discusses his explanations on time travel and how it works.

It's an interesting read.

What do you guys think?;)

[Lynn7]

It's fun but I don't believe time travel is possible-once you are dead you are dead. It sounds like good sci-fi. I love sci-fi.:cool:

[Thrizzle]

So maybe Bush gets re-elected. Ahahaha

But seriously, 2036 to do the physically impossible?

[BubbaStrangelove]

That ass hole broke the first rule of time travel.

[Lynn7]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
That ass hole broke the first rule of time travel.

Not to do anything that would change the future? :D

[ANavissi500]

Can I call bullshit on this?

[bmain77]

Originally posted by KcMsterpce
http://www.johntitor.com/

There were many 'Waco-like incidents" that spread throughout the country from 2005-2008, which led to a civil war on American soil. By 2008 every American will be affected by these actions. Martial law will go into effect, and many of our privacy rights will be obliterated and replaced with new laws with attempts at improving the country's security.


I hope yall remember when I tried to warn you about Netflix!!!

[notchreturns]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
That ass hole broke the first rule of time travel.

Making it possible to change the future?

[bmain77]

If this guy is really from the future he could have at least given us some useful information such as when the Olson twins finally appear in playboy and/or release their private sex videos and when Brittney Spears weds some average overweight dude who is currently residing in the mid-Michigan area. These are things the people really want to know.

[KcMsterpce]

Originally posted by bmain77
I hope yall remember when I tried to warn you about Netflix!!!


HAHAHA that's a good one!

Hey guys... aren't you now afraid for our future? What are YOU gonna do to stop it?

There are 'rules' in time travel? I think you're thinking about science fiction, my friend. Besides, rules were meant to be broken.

I'm going to start my own defenses against this frightening future sometime next week. I'm going to stockpile water supply, try to bid on a bomb shelter on E-bay, and defy any attempts at the police arresting me. I know my rights, damnit!

I think it's a fun read, though.;)


Originally posted by bmain77
If this guy is really from the future he could have at least given us some useful information such as when the Olson twins finally appear in playboy and/or release their private sex videos and when Brittney Spears weds some average overweight dude who is currently residing in the mid-Michigan area. These are things the people really want to know.

You have a good point there. The one with foreseeing Britney Spears getting a divorce in the future. If he predicted that happening, then I would completely believe anything else he has to say. I mean come on... Spears LEAVING HER HUSBAND? That's a sacred vow that requires a lifetime commitment... do you really think they would consider breaking such a deep-seeded promise?

[Benny]

So John Titor, tell me who will win the Super Bowl next year so I can go to Vegas and make a fortune! Then I'll really believe all this time-travel business!

[chasingbanky]

If I had a cookie for everytime I've met a crazy person from the exact same time, and told me about the exact same circumstances, and showed me the exact same machine.....I'd be the fattest schmoe around here...Plus you don't need to go to the future to see this shit coming.

[Scarface98.9]

Originally posted by KcMsterpce


There are 'rules' in time travel? I think you're thinking about science fiction, my friend. Besides, rules were meant to be broken.


The rules to time traveling:

1) The first rule of Time Traveling is - you do not do something in the past to interfere with the future.
2) The second rule of Time Traveling is - you DO NOT do something in the past to interfere with the future.
3) Third rule of Time Traveling, someone yells "Stop!", passes out, gives up, the traveling is over.
4) Fourth rule, only two guys at a time.
5) Fifth rule, one travel at a time, fellas.
6) Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
7) Seventh rule, time traveling will go on as long as it has to.
8) And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first time Time Traveling, you have to travel.

[chasingbanky]

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
The rules to time traveling:

1) The first rule of Time Traveling is - you do not do something in the past to interfere with the future.
2) The second rule of Time Traveling is - you DO NOT do something in the past to interfere with the future.
3) Third rule of Time Traveling, someone yells "Stop!", passes out, gives up, the traveling is over.
4) Fourth rule, only two guys at a time.
5) Fifth rule, one travel at a time, fellas.
6) Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
7) Seventh rule, time traveling will go on as long as it has to.
8) And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first time Time Traveling, you have to travel.


Lol I was so about to take this seriously and be like wtf? until I saw the last one......So then I guess the question is truthfully.....Is this man who says he's been there nuts, or acting?

[TheDeadWalk]

Assuming Titor is true, he is heavily errored in his philosophies, yet even he realizes it.

Currently, our future is unwritten. It has not yet happened. People can be persuaded into different choices, different things with different consequences can happen. Especially if others like him are traveling in the past.

Titor's past has already been written, so therefore to come to the past, he would find us. But there is no guarantee what is in store for him when he returns. He even stated that he knew some small discrepancies in things by his very existence.

It's best to just consider Titor's worldline (universe) as a very alternate, and very real one. One that may happen, or may not... who knows. But someone from that very year in an alternate universe could come back to us and say "There is no war, everyone is full of love and peace and no one goes hungry."

It is strange to think about, but hopefully you can understand my complex ramblings.

[Adornado]

I think someone's been watching too many reruns of Sliders....

[SenorSpielbergo]

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
The rules to time traveling:

1) The first rule of Time Traveling is - you do not do something in the past to interfere with the future.
2) The second rule of Time Traveling is - you DO NOT do something in the past to interfere with the future.
3) Third rule of Time Traveling, someone yells "Stop!", passes out, gives up, the traveling is over.
4) Fourth rule, only two guys at a time.
5) Fifth rule, one travel at a time, fellas.
6) Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
7) Seventh rule, time traveling will go on as long as it has to.
8) And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first time Time Traveling, you have to travel.

LMAO!! Good one!

[KcMsterpce]

Let's assume that he really is from the future.

I agree with TheDeadWalk.

The moment he came back to our time, he altered his version of the future. Just being in existence in this world has caused some kind of Butterfly Effect. No matter how slight his influence is on the world in THIS time, he may have caused a chain reaction that ultimately leads to a drastically different future than the one he came from.

Unless his being here is the cause for his future. But then you have to wonder how that paradox has come to be. In this timeline, how can he be an influence of his own future?

Anyways...
His timeline isn't the same as ours, but there's a chance that it's close enough for our future to turn out the same way as his. This is his philosophy, which is why he's trying to warn us. He has interfered by trying to say what's going to happen without being too in-depth about how it happens.
This is what makes me mad at him. I mean, come on, DUDE! Either tell us everything, and do what you can to change this future of yours, or don't say anything at all! Don't 'not want to interfere' and yet make online posts and a name for yourself hinting at what is to come! Either don't tell us, or DO tell us!

Man, this John Titor is a bastard!


Or we can assume this guy's a fraud.

In which case, it's an amusing read, and it becomes fun thinking about all the different potential scenarios that can arise from thinking along the lines of, "what if he is from the future?"
Or, my favorite, "What if he's from the future; but he's really a super-hot chick?" (Oh man, I'm excited now!") :D


This time travel stuff is all fun to talk about, and there's an interesting thread in the General Movie Talk forum talking about time travel in movies...

What I was more curious to hear peoples' opinions on are what might be the cause of this Civil War - and ultimately - World War based on our knowlege of the political state of America and the world today.

[TheDeadWalk]

The Barbecue sauce and I agree.

X = Our present time, and our past.

Y = The future



There is only one X






X

It can lead into an infinity number of Y's


YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYY

One depending on if you decide to brush your teeth before you leave the house, if you have breakfast and spill coffee on your shirt, one for if you wreck your car, etc. for EVERYONE and EVERY OPTION.

Unless you believe in predetermination, which I don't.

Titor probably came from Y number 2934923847298347293847294 Another person from Y number 29834298374298347298347298374298374 may come back to tell us that aliens have invaded by 2036 and now everyone gets fucked in the Ozarks on a daily basis.

Endless, streamless possibilities. There is no prevention via futuristic people. Prevention starts with action taking place by the people living in the one and only X.

[electriclite]

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
The rules to time traveling:

1) The first rule of Time Traveling is - you do not do something in the past to interfere with the future.
2) The second rule of Time Traveling is - you DO NOT do something in the past to interfere with the future.
3) Third rule of Time Traveling, someone yells "Stop!", passes out, gives up, the traveling is over.
4) Fourth rule, only two guys at a time.
5) Fifth rule, one travel at a time, fellas.
6) Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
7) Seventh rule, time traveling will go on as long as it has to.
8) And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first time Time Traveling, you have to travel.


What number is the one that goes:"You do not talk about time travel"?....

[electriclite]

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
The rules to time traveling:

1) The first rule of Time Traveling is - you do not do something in the past to interfere with the future.
2) The second rule of Time Traveling is - you DO NOT do something in the past to interfere with the future.
3) Third rule of Time Traveling, someone yells "Stop!", passes out, gives up, the traveling is over.
4) Fourth rule, only two guys at a time.
5) Fifth rule, one travel at a time, fellas.
6) Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
7) Seventh rule, time traveling will go on as long as it has to.
8) And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first time Time Traveling, you have to travel.


What number is the one that goes:"You do not talk about time travel"?....