The Metafilter comment that was a short sci-fi story
January 12, 2011 9:45 AM Subscribe
Help me find an old Metafilter comment! It was in response to a FPP whose subject I've forgotten. The comment itself was styled a short story where far into the future, people have banded into primitive tribes, each one holding onto a few remnants of technology today. One item was a canister that they never opened but rattled. As the planet descends into another Ice Age, they end up freezing to death despite trying to outrun the winter.
After a long while, alien visitors come and find the canister amongst other items. They eventually figure out how to play it and it ends with the film clip or music clip being something ridiculous, something from today's culture. It was a nice play on science fiction.
I know this is a long stretch, but maybe someone had it favorited? I'm guessing the FPP was on some recently abandoned or retire technology.
After a long while, alien visitors come and find the canister amongst other items. They eventually figure out how to play it and it ends with the film clip or music clip being something ridiculous, something from today's culture. It was a nice play on science fiction.
I know this is a long stretch, but maybe someone had it favorited? I'm guessing the FPP was on some recently abandoned or retire technology.
This post was deleted for the following reason: needs to go to metatalk -- jessamyn
I think you wanna put this in MetaTalk. :)
posted by phunniemee at 9:47 AM on January 12, 2011
posted by phunniemee at 9:47 AM on January 12, 2011
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posted by jessamyn at 9:47 AM on January 12, 2011