A Dialogue with 2008 Me

Yesterday it was a bit overcast and rainy, reminding me of the time I spent in England in early 2008. It made me wonder how an interaction between 2020 me and 2008 me would go.

NowMe: Oh hey, I'm you from the year 2020.

2008Me: Um, hi? What's 2020 like?

NowMe: Well, Donald Trump is the President of the United States.

2008Me: ...what.

NowMe: Yah, that was kinda my reaction, too.

2008Me: Um, so what are you doing in 2020?

NowMe: Oh, I finally got a decent job that thankfully has teleworking abilities.

2008Me: That does sound nice. Do you travel a lot?

NowMe: I've been a few places. Visited friends in Germany, went with the parents to Finland and the Baltics and Portugal and Spain, met some cousins in Italy.

2008Me: Haven't been back to England yet?

NowMe: No. Well, I was going to plan a trip. Especially after Brexit.

2008Me: Brexit?

NowMe: Yah, the UK decided it didn't like being in the EU anymore, so they left it.

2008Me: Oh wow! Did the pound go down much, because the exchange rate is killing me right now.

NowMe: It did, which is why I was thinking of visiting. But no travel right now.

2008Me: Why?

NowMe: Oh, because the entire world has shut down due to novel coronavirus pandemic.

2008Me: ...pandemic?

NowMe: Yah, presently I'm teleworking because most everyone is on a stay-at-home order so that millions of people don't die.

2008Me: ...what?

NowMe: Thankfully I have a job, the unemployment rate is sky-rocketing right now.

2008Me: The unemploy....

NowMe: The economy is really tanking, it's pretty awful. Worse than the 2008 financial crisis.

2008Me: The 2008 financial crisis...!?!

NowMe: Oh yah, you aren't there yet. Good luck finding a job in a couple years!

2008Me: What!

NowMe: And stock up on toilet paper! Seriously, that stuff's gold right now...


Yah, 2008 me would definitely not be prepared for all this.