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[freeslider]

So I guess there a lot of people here from Earth - or different versions of Earth - and it got me curious. See...and this might sound kind of wild, but, for the last year or so I've been traveling between parallel version of Earth. My friends and I call it sliding. There's hundreds or maybe even thousands of parallel worlds, but what if I've been to some of yours and didn't even know it. Of course, it might be kind of hard to tell, since we were kind of limited to Los Angeles and San Francisco, but it's worth a shot. I like hearing about it anyway.

If you're up for it, you could fill out this survey, or just tell me whatever you want, that's fine too

• Where on Earth are you from?
• What year was it?
• What is the government like?
• What is the economy like?
• What is the technology like?
• What is a recent or especially notable event in history?
• Is there anything else unique about your Earth that you can think of?

There's one last question, and it's a bit more...specific to me...but I have to ask. I guess it's the real reason for all this. But, well, sometimes my friends and I run into parallel versions of ourselves. Doubles. And if there's one of for every world, maybe you guys have one too.

• Have you even met someone named Quinn Mallory?

Comments

[nottallerordead]

Leesburg, VA
2003
Not great
Pretty bad
Still no hover cars
The economy turned to crap
Probably just your standard Earth

no

[freeslider]

You'd be surprised how different Earths can be. Sometimes the differences can be small.

Shame about the hover cars, though.

[nottallerordead]

I know, right? No jetpacks either.

I guess I wouldn't know about other Earths unless I went there myself.

[freeslider]

Good point. It's hard to know what questions to ask to figure out how each one is different. I've been to plenty that were so close to home but not quite there - like the San Francisco had an Azure Gate Bridge instead of a Golden Gate Bridge.

[nottallerordead]

Huh. Mine was definitely golden.

[freeslider]

Yeah, mine too. Well, reddish, not actually gold, but you get my drift.

[nottallerordead]

I always did think that was a little strange. Is the azure one actually azure colored?

[freeslider]

Yeah, it was. I guess they were feeling a bit more literal when they named it.

[nottallerordead]

I feel like 'literal' is a good quality for an engineer.

[freeslider]

Well, it's probably safer that way, at least.