I read in one book the author explained a pop culture reference and rationalized it by saying "my present is your future and I have no way of knowing what time you might be reading this in." I thought it was clever and a real meta way of thinking. Our decendents might be reading our literature hundreds if not thousands of years in the future and not have any idea what it was referencing.
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u/5WattBulb 1d ago
I read in one book the author explained a pop culture reference and rationalized it by saying "my present is your future and I have no way of knowing what time you might be reading this in." I thought it was clever and a real meta way of thinking. Our decendents might be reading our literature hundreds if not thousands of years in the future and not have any idea what it was referencing.