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What year is it? (ani.social)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because they're speaking modern English.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Before Cosby

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Before he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Jelly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.