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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Since we are going there, how about "Imagine writing a message in a bottle only for it to be found 40 years later." I mean, isn't that usually the point of that endeavor?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The original trope of sending a message in a bottle was from someone stranded on a desert island whose only hope for contacting civilization was to send a message in a bottle. 40 years would be a long time to wait for rescue from a desert island.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

40 years, the things poor Wilson would have seen...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Okay, I know that. Time and a message being found is still the point whether it takes 1 day, 40 years or never. Yes, 40 years is a long time to wait for rescue, but most people putting messages in bottles and casting them into the ocean are not relying on it to be rescued. Geez this got super pedantic.