Thinking about the possibility of time travel — and time travelers — can be endlessly fascinating.
But you know what else it can be? Pretty darn funny.
Twitter, of course, knows this, and has made a LOT of hilarious time traveler jokes:
1. Since 2020 has been the dumpster fire that it is, it's inspired a lot of time traveler jokes:
I’m beginning to think “hindsight is 2020” was some kind of message from a future time traveler that we all misunderstood.
2. You picked the wrong year, man:
time traveler: what year is this? me: lmao oh man you fucked up so bad
3. This joke actually MIGHT explain things:
Dear time traveler, stop trying to fix 2020. You're making it worse.
4. (Please don't let this be true):
"Excuse me, I am a time traveler but my machine malfunctioned, so I'm not sure when I am." "It's 2020." "Which year of 2020?" "What do you mean?" "Ah, so this must be the first year of 2020." "Oh. Damn."
5. Ugh:
Just imagine if you were a time traveler from, say, 2015. And when you travelled 5 years into the future, this entire screen was the first thing you saw. https://t.co/XaUTHn5HRr
6. But not all time traveler jokes are about 2020:
time traveler: I come from the future, ask me anything me: oh wow is updog still around time traveler: what’s updog? me:
7. Most are just delightfully dumb:
i am a time traveler in 5 years it will be 2025
8. And I appreciate them:
time traveler: who's your favourite actor me: Danny Devito time traveler: oh you mean President Devito me:
9. A lot:
date: so what do u do me: i'm a time traveler date: (gets up and walks out) me: (loudly) i knew u were gonna do that btw
10. (Shakes head):
me: i'm a time traveler 1500s peasant: prove it me: you see that mud? 1500s peasant: yeah? me: don't eat that
11. On the flip side, some time traveler jokes are really smart:
ROMAN SOLDIER: halt, stranger! what is your name? TIME TRAVELER: you first. ROMAN SOLDIER: my name is QUINTUS, as i am the fifth child in my family. TIME TRAVELER: my name's LIV ROMAN SOLDIER: [starts counting on his fingers as his eyes open in fear]
12. This guy, meanwhile, has a plan to spot time travelers:
when the cashier tells me my total, I always say, "that was a great year". depending on how they react to totals like $16.92 or $34.20 tells me if they're a time traveler or not.
13. And this dad found one:
4-year-old: I remember your birthday. Me: Yeah. It was last year. 4: No, your first birthday. I'm raising a time traveler.
14. Some people like to think about what they'd let people from the past know about the future:
SHAKESPEARE: i've done it. i've finished my masterpiece. hamlet. TIME TRAVELER: so they're going to do this with lions and it'll be cool, then they're going to do it again with computer lions SHAKESPEARE: fuck yes. computer lions
15. It probably wouldn't go well, though:
what's the stupidest, most trivial thing you would do, if you had the ability to time travel without affecting history? personally, I would make T. S. Eliot watch Cats
16. Yeah, no one from 1991 wants to know this:
[time traveler arrives in 1991] Okay so both Ice-T and Ice Cube play cops on tv
17. Hmmmm:
If I travel the world to go look at different types of clocks does that make me a time traveler?
18. OK, I'm a "When am I?" guy from now on:
asking strangers “what time is it?” -boring -overused -definitely from this time period saying “when am I?” -fresh -mysterious -creates the idea that you’re a time traveler
19. And lastly, you know what? I think this IS a time traveler:
This is irresponsible as a time traveler. Let’s be better.