Class Studying Story about Stephen Hawking Time Traveller Party

[The story is rife with grammatical, logical, and motivational errors,] posted Watifa. ['Supply chains begun' should be 'began'. It says 45th century physics says time travel forward is impossible, yet partiers return to their future. Dr Kilenger witnesses the non-party only once, yet meets himself later. The character of Stephen Hawking is never expanded. And there is boy meets girl, without girl eating boy.]

[Girl eating boy would be atypical for humans, and vertebrates in general,] posted professor Nevermore McCaw in response.

[Ah,] posted Watifa, waving several tentacles, [I shall account. Continue.]

[Friggin?] posted the professor.

"Tis time travel," said Friggin, "how can tense be wrong? Past is future, future is past. Though tis like in t'story time proceeds, but sideways?"

[A fair point]

"Tis it true?" asked Friggin. "Did Stephen Hawking trow a time traveler party June 28 2009?"

The class subconsciously googled it. Murmers of "yep" "a-huh" "says so."

"Looks t'me like t'autor twas spoutin chaos," opined Yomamma. "No mind if it makes sense, jus t'more wild t'better."

"T'story says so explicitly," said Shiheed. "'T'universe gave up trying t'work alofis shit oot a long time agoo and decided t'give humanity a pass this once.' T'contradict-ions are t'whole POINT. T'more, t'merrier."

[I still say Stephen Hawking is underutilized] posted Watifa.

"Professor, do y'know if t'Uni has a time machine?" asked Dood.

[No, of course not, they don't exist,] posted the professor, looking down and pacing sideways on her perch.

Omigaw started writing her own party invitations, for tonight, with the plan to post them tomorrow.


This was a response to a story posted in response to a prompt on reddit: "On the 28th of June 2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travellers, only sending out invitations the day after. He says nobody came. He just didn't remember because he got totally shitfaced partying with all the time travellers, who consider the party a must-see tourist attraction."


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