Talk:875: 2009 Called

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I was too busy trading fashion tips, and they hung up before I could tell them. Davidy22[talk] 00:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

The '90s called. They wanted my pogs back. But, due to inflation, they couldn't offer me enough money for me to be willing to sell. I told them my friend, Oscar, has some Pokémon stuff, but the '90s had no interest in that crap. I made the right choice to choose pogs over Pokémon. Society made the wrong one. But, I digress. The '90s are doing rather well, and they miss us.76.29.225.28 18:20, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The only Pokémon stuff I ever had was a bunch of pogs, so... --172.68.10.172 18:26, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

2017 called, but I couldn't understand what they were saying over all the screams. I bet it was something about them being attacked by 4 Replicants. I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 23:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, that title text is feeling pretty prophetic now...141.101.98.185 00:08, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello it's 2017, please send help. 108.162.237.202 21:23, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

This is 2018 calling in, you'll be alright on your own. At least for the time being. --108.162.241.130 05:05, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
2020 here. We're hosed. 172.68.189.127 20:52, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

This now stands as a piece of horrifying foreshadowing. Seriously, we're barely in april and things alredy look terrifying. I blame Randall for everything. 198.41.226.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

The screaming in 2017 was just an echo of everybody's collective screams from 2016 when almost everybody's favorite musician or celebrity died. We now refer to it as 'The Year Who's Number Shall Not be Spoken' 172.69.68.225 05:59, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

The explanation mentioned Trump, but it doesn't actually attack him too much. Good. We don't need all the Trump hate here. 162.158.74.165 22:28, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

I've removed the sentence because Randall is no clairvoyant. This comic is from 2011 and 2017 was not only a Trump year. And guessing about Clinton doesn't explain the comic at all. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a [citation needed] after the statement that Randall isn't clairvoyant? --108.162.210.214 20:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Well, clearly, he isn't. I mean, he was off by three whole years! But I guess you didn't know that, did you, 108.162.210.214 20:41 6 January 2020 (UTC)? 162.158.62.75 14:19, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
The notion that 2017 was a bad year seems comical in retrospect. I suspect by this time next year, we will feel the same way about 2020.
For the benefit of anyone reading this far enough in the future that the topical isn't obvious: There's a new virus and half a million people have died so far. It is still increasing exponentially. If you didn't hear about it it's because whatever happens after this is worse, probably.