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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 31 points 1 year ago

How do we know they mean BC as in "Before Christ" and not BC as in "Before Cambrian?"

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 31 points 1 year ago

Because they're speaking modern English.

Except that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless

[-] nexguy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago

Before he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Before" implies something hasn't happened yet, therefore if they know it's before "something" they must be a time traveller from some after C, whatever the C might be.

this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
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