Send your future self an email

Send your future self an email

Re: Send your future self an email Posted by fraggard on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 4:54pm
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I came across this site that lets you send yourself an email at some specific day in the future:

http://futureme.org/

What did/would you send yourself? When did/would you schedule it to arrive?

Mine was fairly simple:
Dear FutureMe,

Did you talk to her yet?
Scheduled to reach me on October 8th, 2005.

Yes, I'm pathetic. I know.
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by ReNo on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 7:28pm
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Quite a thought provoking email actually, though I hardly think the
arrival date is making the most of the service :biggrin: I think a suitable on
for me would be "Get a job yet?", scheduled for about 10 years time -
going by my past records, I appear to be unhirable!
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by French Toast on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 8:34pm
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Hahaha, sweet :smile:

I sent this;
Dear me a month from now, you've seen things I haven't, and
experienced things I wish I could have. You luck bugger :sad:
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by CosmoKid on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 8:43pm
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Forget sending my future self an email, I'd like to send one to my past self.
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by SpiKeRs on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 8:56pm
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Hmm wow actually quite a good question. I would use it were it not for
the fact I dont like the idea of my personal feelings stored somewhere
on somebodys database.
Hello there.
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by mazemaster on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 9:00pm
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They had us do something similar freshman year of highschool - write a letter to yourself 10 years from now.
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by MisterBister on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 9:12pm
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I remember doing this kind of thing in my 7:th grade in school and got
it back at 9:th grade. It was really fashinating to read his long
mis-spelled letter with stuff that i thought was important at that time
and compare it with how i saw things 2 years later.

I remember thinking something like "Man I must have been a pain in the ass." =P.
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by Andrei on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 9:25pm
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Dear Future Self,

Please reply URGENTLY if you receive this e-mail!

Best regards,

Past Me.
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by Captain P on Sat Oct 1st 2005 at 11:13pm
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Haha, that's a fun one, Andrei!

I've sent a mail to remind me to finish or work on my map next month. Maybe that helps a bit? :wink:
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by Windows 98 on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 1:20am
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Dear FutureMe,

lol I'm sucha f**king nerd, lawl...

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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by Hugh on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 1:26am
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This is all supposing that you still have the same email address in the future. I did the same thing as mazey in high school, but that was more lame 'cause it's not like I'd still have that letter 10 years later...
One day you'll know what you're talking about, I can hardly imagine

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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by OtZman on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 2:01am
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Nice idea. Sent one to myself 5 years into the future. Hope I still have the same e-mail address by then.
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by omegaslayer on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 2:46am
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Nice idea. Sent one to myself 5 years into the future. Hope I still have the same e-mail address by then.
Thats the fall back of this idea, keeping the same email adress for
several years is hard lived, granted Ive had mine for 3 years, but its
still a flaw in the idea.
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by satchmo on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 3:21am
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I was going to send one too, but then I realized that I have to type in
my "real" email address. Granted, I'm probably not going to get
spammed for this, but I am still reluctant to divulge this information.

Perhaps I am just a paranoid about junk mail and identity theft.
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by fraggard on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 3:11pm
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Dear me a month from now, you've seen things I haven't, and
experienced things I wish I could have. You luck bugger :sad:
You're the happy, jolly hippy type, aren't you? I guess you're not old enough to get bitter and cynical. :biggrin:
Quite a thought provoking email actually, though I hardly think the
arrival date is making the most of the service :biggrin:
I'm hoping I can get it done with by then, TBH! Any longer would be too pathetic even by my standards (or seeming lack thereof).
Re: Send your future self an email Posted by Nickelplate on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 5:51pm
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This things sucks! I want future me to send a message to me NOW!
I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
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Re: Send your future self an email Posted by Biological Component on Sun Oct 2nd 2005 at 11:07pm
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Yeah, I do this from time to time, in the form of a to-do list.