Wasn't this a movie years ago? I think it was called "safety not guaranteed" or something like that.
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Yup. Based on this meme. It's a weird movie, which isn't surprising, but I recall it being pretty good.
Surprisingly good movie!
This ad is what the movie Safety Not Guaranteed is based on.
It sucked ass. It was one of those movies where it's about the color blue, but it's red the whole time and the color blue is only implied to happen just as the movie rolls credits.
6.9 stars, starring Kristen Bell and Aubrey Plaza
It wasn't the greatest movie but it was perfectly watchable. I've seen it at least twice? The first time for the memes, the second for having a crush on Aubrey Plaza lol.
I wouldn’t say it starred Kristen Bell. She appears in one scene.
I'm going to respond to this, you'll know I've successfully traveled back in time if when you're reading this, the allies WIN world war 2 and Hitler survives until at least 1945.
By God, your a hero! I assume...
It's a shame only you will know what the prior timeline was like, but it had to have been horrible.
Just got back...
Guys what the fuck?
HOW IS IT JUST LIKE IT WAS?!
Solid movie.
That haircut proves that he is from the future.
I see three, maybe four outcomes:
- You actually do go back in time and this person’s discovered something mind blowing that you get to be a part of. You may or may not die, or you may not be the same as you were before.
- Shrooms. You likely won’t die and you may not be the same as you were before.
- He’s insane and is going to kill you. You will likely die and will not be the same as you were before… because you’ll be dead, or you’ll have killed someone in self defense and, if you’ve never killed before, will be a changed person. …but also if you die and time is a circle then in a way you did go back in time, but also forwards, and nowhere? You’ll be somewhere on the Jeremy Bearimy.
- Fourth outcome is he’s not insane enough to kill you, but is also not a time traveler. Just a high energy friend who’s likely manic but also has enough money for ads and can write with good grammar.
All these options seem to end with “you may not be the same as you were before” either explicitly or implicitly.
"Must bring your own weapons" slightly reduces number three for me.
I'd look at it the other way. Imagine you're a murderous psycho who puts that ad out. Someone shows up at your house after PO correspondence done with little to not trail back you. They show up armed. You shoot them in "self defense" and talk about how they had a gun blah blah blah ... Accidentally left the door unlocked ... Blah blah blah
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.
If you go to the comments, you can see that I successfully predicted that this would become a big meme back in 2005
What a legend. I actually looked to see if the usernames matched that's awesome. 21 years goes pretty damn fast... Whew.
You're out of sinc
You're out of time