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So.

[ well hey, you guys, have a new face on the feed today. he's one of the new arrivals, trying to get used to this new space lifestyle!! which means friends are... probably a good thing. maybe. he's not sure yet, but he knows he needs to meet people. the ~general populace~, so to speak. ]

Space, huh?

[ wait no. he kind of frowns at that. worst opener. but then he considers all the posts that he's seen (memorized) since he's arrived and well, this ain't so bad. ]

I was... woooonnndering, uh. How many of you are from... New York City? Circa... 2011 or 2012. Ish.

[ man this is chalking up to be one of the most awkward experiences of his life. it's just-- this is like skype alright, except when you use skype you usually know who you're talking to-- here? way different. haha posting to a network, that's weird.

he is usually not this bad but you are also all strangers so. yeah. wait, here's a good idea. i mean, he has a lot of free time now so-- ]

Oh yeah and uh, does anyone know where I could get a camera? Thanks.

[ does he end the post now DOES HE END THE POST NOW he totally ends the post now! yes! good job, mike ross. you successfully completed the goal of posting a video post to the network. next time, maybe have an idea of what you want to talk about beforehand. ]

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It does, yeah.

[ wait-- sigh!! he knew that! ]

Yeah, film camera is what I meant. I figured that part out about the community, obviously.

From North Carolina, living in Boston, from 2012. I feel like we should all have nametags with our planet of origin and native time period on them or something. It'd make things a lot easier.

[ chapel no one wants to wear nametags. ]

Yeah, we're, uh. About nine hundred and fifty years into the future, if you're counting from 2012. I haven't really looked, but I don't think there's gonna be a lot of film onboard.

[ but you saying that makes him brighten up a bit ]

See, that's what I was thinking? It seems like there's this big disconnect and if there was just some sort of... guide... like "Hey I'm Mike Ross from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, United States of America, North America, Earth, 2012" that might... help. But it's also kind of a mouthful now that I said it aloud.

[ uhm. ]

Nine hundred and fifty? That's-- depressing. Really really depressing. Film or not.

There's a pretty big cluster of people from the general neighborhood of the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries, actually, so at least there's that. [ we can all fail at space together! ] But yeah, "hi, I'm Chapel, and I'm from Nowhere-You've-Ever-Heard-Of, North Carolina, Earth, 2012" is kinda... unwieldy. I think there's been some talk about putting together a census, though. Maybe. Don't quote me on that.

[ chapel: the most helpful spacegreeter of all time. ]

The future'd be a lot cooler if we weren't stuck on the S.S. Space Australia, let's put it that way.

[ THE VOICE OF BITTER EXPERIENCE actually no he's really into all the science on this ship, but a few less near-death experiences would be really nice!! ]

That's what I'm noticing. People seem to be generally... around that time? But one guy said 2016 and well, he dressed like 2006 so I don't really... know...

[ haha larry butz ]

-- A census might be good? I can help with that if you want. Not that, uh, I'm saying you need help or that you're in charge of it or... something. [ LISTS. PAPERWORK. He really likes those things!! ]

... Geez, that is pretty much the most simplest and terrifying metaphor anyone has given me yet. Thanks.

[ HAHA SPACE AUSTRALIA oh no ]

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