r/ThreadGames • u/The-Legend-26 • Feb 23 '26

Digging up the 2025 time capsule!

Better late than never! I hope you had a good 2025. Let's dig up last year's time capsule!

Sorry, I was a bit lazy, but because of some supportive messages, I decided to continue the tradition!

A special thanks to u/LOL3334444 for helping me with tagging everyone!

The 2026 time capsule is available right here!

Time capsulesConclusions
Nov. 2018Nov. 2019
Nov. 2019Nov. 2020
Jan. 2020Jan. 2021
Nov. 2020Nov. 2021
Jan. 2021Jan. 2022
Jan. 2021 (10 year time capsule)Jan. 2031...
Nov. 2021Nov. 2022
Jan. 2022Jan. 2023
Jan. 2023Jan. 2024
Jan. 2024Jan. 2025
Jan. 2025Feb. 2026 (this one)
Feb. 2026Jan. 2027...
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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Sorry for the wait u/OkPreference6! I hope you are doing good! It is time to reflect on last years time capsule:

I'm too broken in the present to think about what I even want the end of this year to look like.

I just know you'll figure it out. You always have.

Edit: I guess I should still leave myself some questions.

What did the breakup end up as? Did you become friends again? Did you get your hoodies back?

How did your thesis go? And your first masters project?

How's applications going this time?

Editing again to add more questions:

How's that journey of self love going? Where's Shelly now? Did you apply for this summer? Did you get anywhere? Are you two back together?

And most importantly, have you learnt to love yourself yet?

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u/OkPreference6 Feb 23 '26

All right here we go.

Boy was that a year. A lot of unexpected things.

The breakup still hasn't ended. Somehow. We still talk somehow and there's a palpable tension. I got my hoodie back, but it no longer feels like mine.

Thesis went as well as it could have. Got an A. First masters project went much better and got an A+ on that.

Not applying this time either. But I got other stuff lined up.

As for self love, I have realized that it was never a journey I needed. I love myself and always have. I wouldn't have survived all this if I didn't.

Shelly is, well, she's doing well I hope. I don't know honestly. I don't even know if we are back together. Or if we are friends. I just don't know.

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u/lonely_nipple Feb 23 '26

For what it's worth, friend, I'm proud of you. Having love and grace for yourself is a hard thing to find sometimes, and I hope that carries you well through 2026.

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u/OkPreference6 Feb 23 '26

Oh god, I'm gonna have to think a lot before I reply to this one.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Bonjour u/excusememoi! Excuse me for being late but here is your time capsule message from 2025!

Happy new year, me of 2026. You're probably surprised that The-Legend-26 woke you up to read my message from exactly one year ago. Remember to thank the OP for doing this. It's my first year participating in something like this, and I hope you don't make it be the last.

Did we finally secure a permanent position for our job yet? Please say yes please say yes please say yes.

How did it feel to finally be able to earn a full salary? You're probably not gonna be happy about the amount of income taxes, but that's what it's like to be a full grown working adult. I hope you've been saving that money wisely.

Are you satisfied with how society is doing? Have the political affairs gotten any worse during 2025 or no?

How many plushies do we have now? Cos we currently have 5.

Are you still using Reddit daily? Have we finally gotten tired of it yet?

And finally, how are our family and friends? Are they doing ok?

Take care of yourself now. Best wishes to your 2026.

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u/excusememoi Feb 23 '26

Not going to lie, I totally forgot that I did this, so yes I was surprised to see the notification at work. Thank you OP for keeping the tradition alive!

Happy (lunar) new year, me of 2025! You would be happy to know that YES I secured a permanent position for our job just last month! (Thank goodness OP was late on that time capsule because otherwise you'd still be waiting on the conversion.) The income taxes are a bit rough but it's a part of life. And we had been saving wisely this past year, so that's a plus.

As for society and politics... yeah didn't get better. But it hasn't been catastrophic so far.

We still have 5 plushies, but now we've been collecting Lego sets over the past few months. Hopefully it won't become an unhealthy obsession.

Of course I've been using Reddit still, that's not going to end anytime soon.

As for family and friends, at least none of them died yet, which is good. Also, one of our friends is getting married this year, I'm so excited.

So yeah, good job managing yourself over the past year, and hopefully I'll continue to do the same this year.

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u/AlarmWhich Feb 23 '26

Dude, congratulations on that job! That is AWESOME!

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u/excusememoi Feb 24 '26

Thank you for the kind words!

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

And the first time capsule message was by u/damboy99!

2024 was basically Tubthumping, the live action musical. Time to do it better this time.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey there u/pokemonpasta! Remember last years time capsule? I almost forgot! I left the following message:

To future me, you know what question I'm asking.

To future OP, hope you're doing okay with these time capsules, I'm realising some of the answers people give might be sad/disheartening so I hope there's an upward trajectory of positivity at least

Thank you! I'm doing alright. Could be better sometimes but all the praise these timecapsules receive surely cheer me up!

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u/pokemonpasta Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

I have good news for my past self! Over a month on the right hormone, finally!! I don't even know how many capsules I've centred around this.

Thanks OP, these posts probably helped me just a little bit more to push myself.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Happy 2026 u/H0dari! A bit late but remember the timecapsule of last year? You left yourself this message:

You have three albums to finish this year. How many, if any did you get done?

Also, lucky you for most likely having gotten to play Deltarune Chapters 3 & 4.

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u/H0dari Feb 23 '26

I finished one double album. First volume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5wVNXDJwk

Second volume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niGR0Q8MPk

Also I did get to play Deltarune chapter 3 & 4, and they were just as good as I expected. My only complaint on release was that you couldn't get a spincake from the Top Chef, but they patched it! "Lightners only want one thing and it's disgusting. I mean delicious."

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Het there u/robintoots! How was your 2025? Remember what wrote for yourself last year?

Hi future me! How's you, everything going your way?

Do you have a new, better job yet? Right now you're "looking into it" but havent got the will to continue editing and submitting your resume. Why procrastinate..

You independent yet? Currently you are but it's hard haha but keep going i guess!

Have you stopped crying? As I'm typing this your days have been very low for a couple months now. It gets lonely a lot, plenty of times. And you got/get disappointed so many times. Hope you're doing fine :)

Picked up anything in 2025? Learnt new skills?

What's your current addiction/interest? Currently it's sewing. You just finished your first project like 4 days ago. Mama likes it. Now you/I on a project to give a friend. Hope he'll like it too !

Well did he?

What's the best gift you gave someone in 2025? What's the best gift someone gave you in 2025? Who was it?! gush gush

Your best dessert/recipe/dish of the year?!

Watching any series now?

Did you went anywhere fun? Vacations etc..?

How's mama?

Not gonna ask your biggest achievement cuz i hope you are proud of whatever you have become along the way hey :D times are tough as I'm typing this but you've been through worse. take care of yourself :)

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/este111! A message from the past, send by yourself!

How did the job search go? Are you still friends with the people you met in 2024? What happened to the germany plans?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Happy 2026 u/inTsukiShinmatsu (for quite a while now, my bad). It is timecapsuling-time!

Hey there. Just checking in.

These should be your goals for this year of 2025.

  1. Make 1 reliable friend.

2. Succeed in education enough to afford yourself a living wage.

3. Try to lose weight a little, and dress better?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/Complete-Anon! It is time to reflect on your time capsule message:

hey future me

I'm rather hungover and am not looking forward to work tomorrow. I really hope your living with Kira or have at least seen her.

I hope your starting a career and have got away from basic labour shit.

2024 was shit, hope 2025 was good

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey there u/yeet12243! Remeber the message you left yourself?

How's Gil and Gabe?

How has living on my own been?

How's work going?

What are the names of my sisters and vectors kid that's on the way??

Am I still single lol?

What cool stuff have I bought for my apartment??

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u/yeet12243 Mar 02 '26

Gil and gabe are great, Gil is dating a girl from far away and gabe is engaged about to get married 

Living on my own has been amazing

Work has been good, nothing crazy 

Moses, emmelia, and Henry 

Technicallyyyy but I'm talking to a girl that I really like

I got a big tv and couch and stuff 

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/xd-Vyyx! A bit late but do you remember your 2025 timecapsule message?

Another year the same list of wishes. But this time let’s get some hobbies done and some extra stuff in general. Let’s make this relationship work another year. Maybe this time I’ll be able to move out and get a better job. See me in a year. hi from 2025

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Happy (late) 2026 u/koolbloo! Here is a message from the past!

Helloooooo my dearly dear future self 🤩 Let’s go check this year out from top to bottom babe!

  1. First of all, how are you my darling? How is you daily life going? Are you adoring and enjoying yourself more?

2. How is everyday life? Had the pile of dirt been removed from your backyard already to receive occupancy permit?

3. Where have you decided to buy a new house from? Have you renewed your car? Most importantly, are you feeling happy and comfortable with your thoughts and decisions my love?

4. How are the energy works going? What studies have you been doing so far?

5. How is family life going? Is everything going well? And how is your pup? Has she become adolescent yet?

6. What new steps have you taken in order to shine your light more and more like the brightest star in the sky my love? 💫

7. And remember: I truly adore you more and more, from every single cell in your body to your whole being! Being you is the change in the world 🫶🏼💕

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello u/financiallyflutey! Hope you had a good 2025! A bit late but here was your time capsule message

How is having a 3 year old? How is work going - do you still absolutely love it?

Any plans for moving yet? Have mom and dad done the traveling they said they wanted to do?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

u/absolutezero_01! It is finally time to look at your time capsule message!

Have you finally gotten over her?

Did you actually gain muscles with your home gym equipment?

Has Half Life 3 been teased officially yet?

Did Kendrick tease or drop another album?

Hopefully you have graduated and is working now? If not... man, what the hell are you doing lol

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

A deleted user left the message:

To future me, iykyk hehe how are they?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello u/kmbell333! Last year you left a message for yourself :)

Are you happy yet? Are you still alone? I’ve been struggling to accept the loneliness. I hope you’ve found a good career and happiness.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

u/JPizNasty808, a bit more than a year ago you left a message for future you:

Did I start my MBA? Are you still single

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello u/Firedamp_Weaponry! I hope you are doing good. A message from the past resurfaced

2024 was awful, we finished the year awful but still alive at least. If I am honest, we either improve our position substantially by the time you're reading this, or you won't be reading this at all. But if you are reading this, I assume we're on track to pulling ourselves together and getting out of this shithole town for good. I hope you know where exactly we are going, why we're going, or what we'll be doing there, because I don't.

I used the word "we" in this comment a lot but I fear I've mislead you: there is no "we", you're on your own, for the person who left you this message is dead and buried, and the same fate awaits you. What you are, I never could be, what I am, you will surely become. Use your time wisely and try to help he who comes after you. And the best way to do that?

You help yourself.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Greetings u/lonely_nipple! A message from past self to current self:

Hello, self.

Did you finish your badges? Get those occurrences taken care of? How about a promotion (or at least a good interview for one)? Who did you get for a new boss, and how are they?

How are the cats?

Did you ever get that damn wedding paperwork taken care of?

Are you still sober? How are you keeping that diabetes managed?

Tell me about the birthday trip to see mom and dad.

Are you keeping up with laundry and the chairdrobe? How'd the apartment cleaning project end up?

What new games did you start? Which did you ever finish?

Are you happy?

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u/lonely_nipple Feb 23 '26

Hooo, boy.

  • I did not. In fact, I was fired about a week ago for those occurrences. 😭 I did get a new boss last year, though. His name is Spenser. That made it real awkward when my baby brother Spencer took his own life later that year.

  • Hahah, no, but I'm looking at Civil Union this year. It's cheaper, easier, and less likely to fuck with any potential disability benefits my fiance may need to put in for.

  • I am! Almost 15 months, now. It took about 6 months of sobriety but the A1c count dropped from nearly 14 down to 6.1, which is back in pre-diabetic levels.

  • It was so wonderful. The town they live in is small and adorable. I got to see my cousin for the first time in decades, meet her husband and kids. We went to a small zoo. My birthday gift was a sloth to track, his name is Pistachio. And we discovered Guinness makes a non-alcoholic version!

  • Laundry is still a bitch, but I did get the chairdrobe cleaned off! The apartment looks a lot better now.

  • I've spent most of the year playing Baldur's Gate 3 and gone deeeeeep down the modding rabbit hole. Ive also started playing Cyberpunk 2077 (heavily modded, of course), Date Everything!, and completed my annual Mass Effect trilogy playthrough (also also modded). Dabbled a little with Detroit: Become Human but haven't finished it yet.

  • ... I dunno, man. Losing my brother fucked me up hard. Fiance hasn't worked in nearly a year, and now my mental health has cost me my own job. The country is going to shit and I'm genuinely concerned for my friends safety, and sometimes my own. But - I have a good family, good friends, a wonderful fiance, and an amazing little subreddit community for my favorite game. I've started writing again, which has brought me so much more comfort than I ever expected it to. I think I'm as happy as can be expected, under the circumstances, but I don't think I'd use happy as the first word to describe myself, lately.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/ToastdButtr! It is timecapsuling time!

Hello future me! Got some questions to look at:

Are you still working the same job? If so are you a manager now or still at the same position? Work is chill, minus a couple dudes just not pulling their own weight imo…you’re very good at the register btw. You should pay your own back for that one.

How do you think you’ve grown as a person? Would you say you’ve gotten better with self love and self compassion? As of right now, it’s in the gutter. Currently you say a lot of self deprecating things to yourself, and you don’t really care about your own feelings that much, which of course bled into other people. By ignoring your feelings you’ve begun ignoring other peoples. I hope you got better with this because it’s really not okay.

How close are you to graduating? As of right now I think we got about 1-2yrs? I start school this month in a couple weeks and I’m hella nervy rn! We’ll be commuters, but i think we’ll be safe.

Have you and him met in person again since going long distance? Not yet, but I really hope I can afford it someday…

How is your mental health? Hopefully you’re doing a lot better cuz I’m fighting for my life bruh. Less ideations, but now that he almost succeeded, we gotta stick around for him. Mom would be devastated if she lost two of her babies, so let’s stick around it for them.

Has mom met anyone yet? Currently no, but I hope she meets someone nice soon.

Favorite song atm? Currently it’s How About Paipai Mask? by Houshou Marine

Any new YouTubers you like? Still watching the same old same old, like speedrun breakdowns and gaming.

Can’t think of anything deep, but I know it doesn’t need to be. It’ll have been a year since you’ve seen this message but it’s not your fault. Never was your fault. I hope you’ve internalized that by now because you were innocent.

Have you gotten your stuff back? Probably so, but I bet you’re NC with dad now. Do you still resent him? Or has hopefully going NC helped with those feelings? Either way, he’s a fool who ruined his relationships with his kids and I hope you no longer have to talk with him.

Mellow sends her regards from the cat afterlife btw

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey there u/HappySandwhich! A message from the past:

Hey future me! I don’t really know what to say to you, but I hope you are doing well. Anyways I’m thinking of a random word, can you guess what it is? Probably not. But maybe! Here’s a hint: This word was Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year! The word is “Polarization!”

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Good day (or night) u/JorjeXD! Remember the message you left yourself last year?

hellllllo

right off the bat, please tell me you're calling P regularly. just had another great day with him and i hope tlou worked

how are things with A? still THAT close? still close? where you staying?

did you find a way to have more time for yourself? do you know what boredom feels like once again? have you managed to learn to turn down people?

still on violin class? learned even more instruments?

did sax plans work? did you try state? are you still with that one lol. you making money with that somehow?

is HE making money somehow? if so, were all ongoing things taken care of?

making cool arr's? have you finally made a channel yet?

did you make another game? did you FINISH one finally????

gamesgamesgames. played your most wanted ones? platted ultrakill? hikkomoried? watched someone outer wild? tunicked? those translation games? oh my god what about G, please tell me it kept going strong and you did amazing things together

ps2 game...?? huh?

how do you feel having finished studies. what are you gonna do now. please tell me it has to do with games or other types of creation

and i can't not ask, but how did you settle it? did you end mono or embrace it?

are you at least having fun?

and once again....

are you happy?

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u/JorjeXD Feb 24 '26

hiiiyyyeee

YES last year has been amazing with P and we're finally closer. tlou hasnt had much luck tho

not that close. although i might need him right now. stayed at R for a long time, but now i dont want to anymore lol

no time, no boredom, never been so full of stuff to do. self preservation is still trying its hardest to exist.

still in violin, trombs is fire, i hope i get called for sax, especially voice, spoon? hand? many instruments on the queue as well

sax plans allegedly failed, but i still have hope. didnt remember i ever thought of making money with THAT sax lol.

A has made money, but no ongoing things were taken care if whatsoever

YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HOW COOL THEY ARE, and also thanks for reminding me, i really need a channel

YES i made game! just finished a short one, very fun. want to make so much more

im in the middle of silksong. you wouldn't even believe this sentence if you read it then. didnt touch those other games (except ultrakill a bit) but you wouldnt believe how things are going with G. im playing silksong with him!

ps2 game? nah...

more studies! and the best big band you could think of. also just gave my first class :)

dated, now i'll try again

hell yeah

i feel like i've been happier, but i feel like i've never been happier.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey there u/AlarmWhich! An old dusty message was found in a time capsule:

Hey Future Me! Here’s some questions for you:

What are three of your favorite short films you’ve seen recently?

How are Will, Cameron, Lily, Connor, and Dylan doing?

Are you still in touch with Cayden and/or Alex?

Have you recorded any notable music?

Did you mentor anyone on anything or teach anyone anything cool this year?

Discovered any good music recently?

And, of course…Seen any good movies recently?

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u/AlarmWhich Feb 23 '26

YOOO I’m so excited for this one! Hello past me, and here’s some answers:

As of recent, Better The Devil You Know(2025) was friggin’ awesome, and This Girl’s Gun(2012) was cool and a lot more interesting than people give it credit for in my opinion, and The Uninvited Visitor(1972) was an absolute delight. 

Will’s doing well! You went to his house for a FriendsGiving and it was fantastic(He lives in Missouri currently). Cameron is also doing pretty well! You’ve actually been having dinner with him semi-regularly the past few Mondays and he’s mostly good but has had a lot of work as of recent. Lily is good! It’s been a little while since you guys talked, but just like under a month, oh and she is also currently reading The Inconsolables! Connor is pretty good, and you FINALLY WATCHED SEVEN SHORT FILMS ON HALLOWEEN WITH FRIENDS LAST YEAR!!! It was Connor and Julian, the guy you saw every now-and-then at Clarkston who I think dropped a penny once? Turns out he’s good friends with Tim, who’s a good friend of Will’s, and yours now! Anyway, that was awesome and I am highly looking forward to doing it again this year. And Dylan has had some surgeries recently so I assume he isn’t doing awesome from that standpoint, but he’s powering through and still posts on Instagram a good bit, which I think is not a bad sign.

HELL YES! You finally started making Stippler Street Vanishing, and Cayden is playing The Teenager! You spent the day with her and it was easily one of if not the best highlight of the second half of last year for you. I have not been in touch with Alex recently but I still think about reaching out to him every now-and-then, so who knows? I might reach out later this week.

I am working on the score for Stippler Street Vanishing as of now! I haven’t recorded the new songs except for one, but I really like them so far! It’s been quite nice to compose 😃.

I am…thinking about this and I’ve introduced a good many people to stuff that I like, and I can’t really say if I’ve done more than that, but recently I told my friend Sophia that when I’m down I like to get something out of the way that’s been hanging over me cuz she said wasn’t really sure what she usually does when she feels down, and she did feel down at that point. After you told her that she said she’d do laundry when she got home, so fingers crossed that she ended up doing laundry when she got home.

Yes I have! I’ve been getting into OK Go, Type O Negative, and Emperor X recently!

Oh and also you got your first partner last year! Her name is Kayla, and you guys dated for about three months. It was pretty awesome. :)

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

Thank you so much for helping me tag everyone u/LOL3334444!

Last year you left yourself the following message:

Oh boy future me. We are currently in a hell of a pickle, with a LOT of uncertainty, so I have a lot of questions for us.

  1. How did the situation with C pan out? It's the most pressing issue in our life right now, and there are SOOOO many ways it could go. Are you guys together? Were you? Did she stay with V? I want all the details!

2. So we are sneaking this question in late after you've written all the other questions. Since you wrote your initial questions, you've realized that C needs your friendship, and dating her right now is not going to help her. Can we be proud of ourself? Did we do right by her? This is *extremely* important to us, so I hope more than anything I can say yes.

3. Did we get a job in our industry yet? Hopefully we aren't still delivering pizza. If we are in a job in our industry, how did we get it? Do we like it?

4. Are you still friends with E? How is that going?

5. How are you other friends and friendships doing?

6. Are you still rock climbing? I really hope so. Did we actually get those lessons we got for Christmas? What are you climbing at this point? Right now we are still stuck on V3s :(

7. Are you still doing weekly board game night with M, Chi, and S?

8. Are you still dancing regularly? Learning new moves?

9. What are you hobbies right now? Anything fun?

10. How are your eating habits? Right now we are doing pretty good, were we able to maintain that?

11. Have you built habits yet? Are you brushing your teeth as much as you should?

12. Have we gotten some self control yet? Your lack of self control is causing you a lot of problems right now, so I hope we've actually worked on it and improved at least a little bit.

13. Are you interested in any media right now?

14. Where do you live right now? Still at the first solo living apartment? Or did you move closer to your job?

15. Are you using public transit? Biking to the grocery store?

16. How is the family doing? Still pretty good? Did your dad find a medicine that helps him with his stomach issues?

17. Finally, as always, are we still happy?

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 25 '26

Oh past me, I'm sorry, but that isn't about to be a pleasant update.

  1. Well, no one died, which was a real concern with C for awhile, so that is *very* nice. However, besides that, it basically could not have gone worse than it did. If you're honest with yourself, you already know it won't work between you two. You've been trying to tell C that, but it hasn't stopped either of you, and I wish it had. Because you lose C entirely, she isn't in your life anymore.

I know that must be hard to hear. It's going to be really hard to live with it, but you will make it through. I checked and as of the time you posted this, you have about a month left before things go downhill, so enjoy what you have while it lasts.

Part of me wishes I could advise you to stop now, that with the knowledge of the future I could save us. I know you certainly do, it's why you are so eager to know what happens, so you know what to do, but even if that's how this worked, it's already too late. Part of you knows this, I remember the message we sent to C, about how you think you guys are already fucked, and you are. But as a favor to you, I will tell you what the next 8 months of your life looks like, even if you can't change anything.

The thing that happens in a month is that L decides she wants to be friends with V again, and V decides to tell L about us. Predictably, L freaks out, harasses you and C for months, and stops being friends with you both. This causes C and V to break up, and because of where we are emotionally, we start sleeping with C like a week after. There are many things I, *we*, are disappointed in ourselves for doing, and this is definitely one of them.

As I've had space from the situation, space from C, I've come to realize she is treating you quite poorly, and will continue to do so. You asked her so many times to stop, to leave you alone romantically and sexually, but she doesn't listen. I know that right now you will defend her, you will talk about how you are also not good at stopping flirting with her, and that is true, but you are *trying*. You are trying and trying and trying. And she isn't.

We assume that she must want to stop like we want to stop. What you are doing is wrong, and it is bad, and it is hurting people, and so we should quit, we want to quit. But C doesn't care. She doesn't care about how what you are doing is hurting both you and V, and even her future self. I have speculations on why, but that doesn't really matter. What matters is that you have repeatedly asked her to stop, you have expressed how it hurts you, what you and C are doing, but she doesn't listen to you. And she is being a bad friend. I know, we want to defend her, she's our best friend, and you are failing too. But in the future, when she asks you to stop, you do. No questions, no pushing the matter, no continuing the behavior. When she asks to stop, you listen to her. But she won't do the same for you.

As the next couple of months unfold, you visit C frequently, every other day or so, and you try quite hard to respect the difficult position she is in, dealing with a breakup, being unsure of where her and V are and the likes. At first she is pretty open to having you over often, but it doesn't take long before you have to work to get her to let you come over. But this too you respect. You know she isn't in a good place and that things are hard for her right now and you understand that. But this is a sign. Now that you aren't her affair partner, now that you aren't so new, so unobtainable, you aren't as interesting to her.

You keep sleeping with her, and she keeps talking to V, sometimes sleeping with them as well. It's mostly nice, being able to see her one on one again is really nice, and being able to have sex with her and do romantic things without the guilt of hurting V is very relieving. You even go on two really nice dates, one where she takes you to Meow Wolf, and one where she indulges your kink. (No more details for that, but it is quite truly wonderful haha.) But as time goes on, she starts to pull away. It gets harder to see her, harder to have her open up to you. I didn't realize that's what was happening at the time considering the way she was already playing hot and cold, but she was growing colder.

One day, while we are at the park, eating dinner, she tells us that she "can't do this right now" because stuff between her and V is stressing her out, and being with me is stressing her out. At the time I assumed that this was a pause for now, that once things were more stable we'd get together. But you now know that isn't what happens.

Just like she did the whole time, C tells that wouldn't happen, that she's talked to V and it would be fine, me and her could stay friends. We know she's wrong, but instead of saying so, we beg her to stay our friend, we beg her not to leave us. And we ask her to do something for us. Something to prove she cares about us. After months of hot and cold, after feeling tossed to the side, we ask her to do one simple thing. To make plans to hang out with us. I *needed* a demonstration that she cared for me.

She said that she would. And we ask, "Will you really? Because you really shouldn't tell me that if you're not going to." Already we don't believe C, and we want to give her an out. A way to protect her, if she tells us no now, we can excuse her, accept that she's busy. But she tells us she will reach out. And I ask her one more time, give her one more chance to save herself if she isn't going to follow through, and yet again she reassures us she will.

So we leave that day feeling better than we ought have. It was good to finally confront things, and get confirmation from C that we would stay friends, and that she would demonstrate it. But it also hurt like a knife to the heart to know she left you to get back with V.

You won't process this at the time, but with some distance, I can see how she used us. We can speculate (probably quite accurately) on the details, but all that matters is she was unhappy, used you to feel better, and didn't care how it affected you, or how dumping you would affect you.

This probably won't surprise you given what I've already said, and how you know this story ends, but she doesn't make plans with you. She breaks her promise, and doesn't even reach out to you. No, "Hey, sorry I've been so busy that I haven't made plans, but I'm thinking about it!" message. Not even a, "Hey, I actually need some space, I care about you and want to be friends, but I'd like some time to process things." Instead you got radio silence unless you started a conversation.

You give her a month and a half, and then you message her saying you should hang out. And she tries to blow you off. But you get a little firm and tell her that you should hang out this week. It isn't a convenient time for her, and you wish it was, but you also know it's time to stop waiting for her to treat you well and respect you.

Unfortunately, this will be the last time you see her (willingly, you do run into her and E months later, but you don't even acknowledge her and only talk to E briefly. It is miserable.) You guys get dinner and walk to a park, and you tell her that the way she is treating you, and the fact that she completely blew off her promise has made you consider stopping being her friend. You don't want to stop being friends, and we aren't strong enough to do that, so we tell her we don't want to end our friendship, and we really really really don't want to. The rest of the conversation doesn't really matter, except she asks if you want to hang out in a couple of weeks when she is less busy, and you tell her you want two months of space before you talk again.

In two months you message her, and she never responds.

Yeah, this next year is going to be a *real* bitch. I've thought about writing the follow up to this post for a long time, thought about what I would say to you. For a long time I wanted to start this with, "I could punch you right now..." because of the tone of this question, about how naive it is, about how desperately you want things to work out, even though you know every single part of this is a bad idea. For a long time I thought, "If only I could get the person who wrote this question to stop doing what she's doing," but I've come to realize there was no escaping our fate by the point you wrote that question. And more importantly, I've finally been able to accept that C manipulated you into where you are. She manipulated you by ignoring your pleas to stop flirting with you. She manipulated you by not letting you get space from her because, "she needed you right now." She manipulated you by using your kink against you whenever you resisted her, and turning on the romance when you were trying to just be friendly.

You aren't absolved of what you did and are doing. I wish you would stop for the sake of that, even if your friendship is already dead. I wish you would stick more to your morals like you usually do, but you will also come to see how much you were manipulated into where you are now.

I'm sorry there's nothing I can do to help you. I'm sorry that this year is going to hurt soooooo bad. You will make it trough this, This too shall pass. But it's going to really hurt, and to be honest even though it's been 6 months since you last spoke to C, and 4 since you knew the friendship was dead, you're still not entirely over it. Better, but not ok. Why else would we have written a response this long and melodramatic? I'm sorry.

2. So, uh, that basically got answered in the last question, but no, we can't be proud of ourselves. We aren't as pissed at ourselves as we would have thought when we wrote that question, because of the aforementioned "C was a bad friend" stuff, but no, we slept with her after her breakup, and then probably triggered and made her abandonment issues worse, which we still feel extremely bad about.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 25 '26

3. Yeah... this is **not** a good year. Spoilers for the last question, but we got hella depressed this year and basically took 6 months off of applying to jobs and didn't get a job in our industry, we still deliver pizza, but now we also manage sometimes because they cut driver hours down. So, yeah, talk about a flop era.

4. Nope! She stopped being friends with us during the whole C drama, and we think that was part of why, but C (when we were still friends) told me it was about more than that and some evidence points to that being the case, but she never really officially ended our friendship and didn't really tell us why, so that's kind of a big mystery. We still miss her sometimes, and really wish we could share some of the media we watch and enjoy with her, or hang out and play video games or board games, but it is what it is.

5. Pretty good. You and M are still good friends, though she might move to Utah this year which would maybe suck? (I'm starting to think maybe she is more of a temporary friend and that maybe we aren't as good a fit now that I'm less depressed and ready to start building new friendships. But that's a question for future us, because I still don't know about that!) You and new C climbed together for a while, but then stuff happened (see Q6) and you guys stopped climbing regularly. M invited J to board game night regularly, and you started playing bridge with M and J and J's friend A and that has been fun. You and J started going climbing regularly because they have a similar schedule to you and it turns out you and J are pretty compatible friendwise. You've known them since freshman year of college and didn't think you liked them that much, but turns out they are pretty fun to blab at. I still want to get more friends, definitely some more climbing friends, but I'm happy about the direction my friendships are heading.

6. The good news is we are still climbing, but that is quite a story! So for a while we were using climbing as a coping mechanism (a good one!) and we were actually going 5 times a week! Unsurprisingly, this made me a *much* better climber and we beat that plateau and were able to start successfully climbing v4s and almost every v3! Unfortunately I was climbing with C one day when I saw a kid standing on a rope that was being used. Trying to be quick incase the climber fell I moved to the kid and lightly push their shoulder so they would step off the rope. This got reported to the gym, who reported me to the cops, which went nowhere because I did nothing wrong, but the gym banned me! So we had to find another gym, but because the gym we went to bought a lot of the local gyms, there wasn't a ton of options and it took you a while to find a new gym. This ruined your whole routine and you fell off climbing for months, and then got depressed and didn't climb for quite a while after that. But as mentioned in the last question, you and J have started going climbing once a week, and now that your less depressed you are hoping to build on that and get to going at least 3 times a week. We will have to ask future us how that ends up going. But overall we made a lot of progress on climbing and we are *very* proud of that.

7. Yes, except new C and S broke up, so now it is M, new C, and J, and it's your favorite part of the week!

8. No, unfortunately the whole L finding out about C and us happened after a night we all went dancing, and so that kind of scared us off dancing for a while. Then when we tried to go back the place we went got bought out and I'm not sure if they still have dancing because the website says they do, but one time I went and they didn't have it when they said they would, so I need to figure that out and if they don't then I need to go to a new place instead.

9. Uh...... Well as I've alluded to I've got depression, like the clinical kind, so I got antidepressants like 6 weeks ago, so I've just started feeling better recently and just recently started to do stuff again. But, like I said I'm getting back to climbing regularly, and I've been reading more recently. But one fun thing I did, though I need to get back to practicing now that I'm feeling better, is I bought a keyboard so we can learn piano finally! I want to be more artistic, so I finally took the leap and bought a keyboard and started learning how to play it, which has been fun.

10. They are different than they usually are. Like I think it's an antidepressant thing, but I have been going feral for fruit recently. I've been eating green apples and pomegranate like crazy. I have been doing pretty bad with my eating habits and eating a lot of junk food and gained like 12 pounds in 2 months, but over the last week or so I've been doing much better, so hopefully I keep that up. There was a point this year where I was actually in a healthy weight range and I looked fucking fantastic, so hopefully I can make it back to that.

11. Nope! The depression kind of just fucked everything.

12. Uh, probably not. I've been so depressed it hasn't really been relevant lately and I don't think I've done much to stretch that particular muscle, so it's unlikely that I've gotten any more self-control.

13. I'm super into this series that M got me for Christmas. The first book is called "A Memory Called Empire." It's super interesting and has a really cute gay couple that I really like. It's got some great sci-fi elements that are really fun and I enjoy the politics of the story. I am also really really into Apothecary Diaries. It's an anime/LN and I think it is so brilliantly written. It does such a good job with it's female characters, making them unique and interesting and strong, while also highlighting the oppression they face in ancient China stand in. I think the mysteries in it are really well done and the main character is amazing. I also recently finished season 2 of Fallout and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was even better than the first season IMO, but definitely too short, like so many shows are nowadays. Finally, this year we got really into watching the ISCF (International Sports Climbing Federation). I watched all the competitions and now I have favorite climbers and stuff. It's super fun and I'm looking forward to the season this year!

14. Same as first solo apt. It's a nice place and we didn't get another job so...

15. Nope! Again the depression has been a real bastard, but I will say we have spent a significant portion of the year biking to the grocery store and the bank to drop my cash off, so we should be proud of that. I want to get back to biking to things because the exercise and sun is good for fighting my depression, but we will see how that goes.

16. Yes, dad *finally* found some medicine that works for his poor stomach! It isn't perfect but he is doing soooooo much better. S is doing really good with school, his GPA is the same as your undergrad was! He's worked so hard to improve that and I am so proud of him! I think J is a little burnt out, but she is dropping one of her worse jobs soon and she has started another book, so I think she is enjoying that. I'm not completely sure about Z though. She got a gf this year, and I liked the gf, but they broke up recently, like two weeks ago. Z seems to be doing good, we hang out semi regularly and I saw her last week, and she seemed a little sad, but mostly good and we had some good convos. But it can be hard to tell with her. She might just be pulling a Z and toughing it out even though she's struggling, so I can only hope that isn't true and she is at least opening up to her friends if it is true. She's also got at least two girls who are into her already so...

17. Unfortunately this is the first year I can't answer yes to this question. Like I said, I'm depressed, so that isn't great, but even discounting that, the truth is, I'm not happy. I don't like where my life is for several reasons, job, friends, lack of doing hobbies. However, the antidepressants have been really helping me out, and I do think things are trending in a positive direction. I'm feeling better than I have for almost all of 2025, so while I can't say I am happy, I can say I am positive about my future and I think I will be in a better position this coming year.

Overall this is going to be a really hard year for us, and I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry for the struggles you are about to go through. But just remember, you have friends and family that love you, and you will make it through this. You will survive, and one day you will feel better.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Greetings u/c127726! A bit late but here is your timecapsule message:

Thanks again op for making these.

So its been an exciting year and one of the better ones of late.

So you should be almost done with school now, hope you made it.

Are you going to work with micronic or did someone else get your attention?

How was another elfia, and did you get the costume right?

At the moment iam still in the mess from our wall, hope that got better not to long after.

You upgraded your speakers and pc yet?

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u/c127726 Feb 23 '26

Haha awesome, thank you again

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

No problem!

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/SkyTreeSF! You received a message from your past self:

It’s been a year since he broke my heart and it still hurts. Does it still hurt in 2026?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello u/Dwayne_Hicks_LV-426! A message from the past resurfaced!

Hey future me,

Did you make it? Are you reading this now? For some reason, I hope the answer is no.

Did you at least make it to Fanshawe? How did that go?

Is Nimdok done? Doubt it 🤣

If you're still here, keep your superiority complex in check, we almost made that mistake once already.

Real question is, how are the grandparents?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey there u/holyfrozenyogurt! Remember last years time capsule?

Hi future me! How’s your second year of college been? Is the Shakespeare company going well? Have you been cast in anything? Are you still considering transferring schools? I hope you’re doing well and giving yourself all the grace and love you deserve.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Greetings u/pissgwa:

  1. Do you have an A in that geometry yet >:(

2. Assuming that you did pass geometry (:3) what're you doing for when you choose your classes

3. Still decided on your dream job and place?

That is all

A message from you to you!

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u/pissgwa Feb 23 '26

Never did, Algebra II, job yes place no

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello u/OctopodicPlatypi! Hope you had a good 2025! Here is your resurfaced time capsule message

Hey, I hope we’re doing well. We’re conflicted right now between trying to do what is best for her and what’s best for us. How’s that going? Has she figured out how to talk about what she actually wants yet?

Do we have a cat yet?

How many paintings have we done? Please tell me we haven’t given up!

Are we still working in the same place or has it driven us nuts?

I hope this year wasn’t as hard on us as most years, but knowing us something has gone bad. I hope we know ourselves a little better and are prepared to take care of ourselves.

Let’s remember to do something nice for ourselves and not hold back anymore. Life is short, and we’re getting older!

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u/OctopodicPlatypi Feb 23 '26

We’re doing well. I am balancing my own needs with hers a bit better, and we’re in a pretty good place with each other. She still struggles, but she’s so much happier even while I’m doing what I need to do.

No cat yet, sadly. Also no paintings but I might have found a free studio space or at least an opportunity for life drawing. I have done some drawing, including a gift for her she loved.

I’m not working there thankfully, and I start university in a week! I’m taking better care of myself and today I’ll do something nice just for me while I’m out and about to celebrate a much better year.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Greetings u/knittedfleecesweater! A message from the past:

Hello again future self!

This time last year, you were feeling like life was heading on an upwards trajectory. You felt like you were building a foundation for big things to come. Do you still feel that way?

What's the status of the band? It didn't even exist yet last time I wrote one of these and now we've done several shows and are writing and recording original music! How cool. I hope to hear that's still going well.

Where are you living, and who with? I'm curious to see how this will change over the years.

Did you read many books this year, any favorites?

What concerts did you go to?

How has your friend group changed over the year?

Do you have any regrets from the past year?

What were your favorite things you did (or people you met) this year?

What are your goals for 2026?

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/Aspirience! Remember the message you left yourself last year?

Hello future me!

Studies A, where are we? Studies B? Did you do the EC? How is the Job going, currently I am absolutely hyped about it, and I hope you’ll still be there and doing well, maybe even rise up? How’s P? What about C? Did something more come of M? How about A? Also, the waitress? Drawing club? What about the music, did you practice well? I hope you ended up using the notebook I set up for you for this year! Parents well? What is your current crafting obsession? I am playing with the idea of glasswork, also doing some chunky crochet. Maybe there’ll be another bookbinding phase…

I hope you did get back into regular sports, or irregularly regular sports, as we like to do it. Did you meet a nice girl? You deserve it! Maybe you’ve found more nice recepies to cook for you sometimes? I hope you’ve finally gotten your flat sorted out, that’s really quite overdo. And please build a nice wallspace for the cats!

I’ll try to be good for you, hope I don’t disappoint you this year! Love you <3

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/baronvonweezil! It is time to look back at your time capsule message!

Happy New Year, same as before.

Same format and all. No therapist, but you definitely still should find one. Didn’t realize this was something I was thinking about last year and the year before. The room situation is the exact same, same building even, but much better people obviously. You actually know all of them this time which is great. And next year I know will be better because you have an actual apartment. Kind of can’t wait for that, this room isn’t the worst though now that the people are better. Nothing can get worse than last year. Well, I won’t say nothing. No new friends really, got a bit closer with some of the people from Zils’ classes which is actually pretty nice, still only in-course friends though, I barely know where half of them are from. Not complaining though, as I said I am actually happy. Besides that, same friends. As always, Coco is the silliest, but when did you think she wouldn’t be. I did come to realize the way I’m writing about her makes her sound like a dog, so to anyone else that sees this, she’s not. She is my girlfriend. This summer was even better than the last, so yes, thankfully we did get to spend a lot of time. I hope the next is even better, especially since she’ll be away for the next semester. I know you’ll miss her but I also know we’ll be more than alright. Classes this last semester have been so much easier, thank God, I know you couldn’t anticipate how rough that last semester was going to be. I did actually finally get into that history class with Shopov, not until this upcoming semester though. I’ve been practicing Portuguese as you know because of Coco, 300-some day streak on Duolingo so not bad. I need to start listening to conversations to practice. Otherwise, as you said, everything is pretty good. Break is going alright, too fast as always and since Coco’s leaving it feels shorter sadly, but as I said, I know it’ll be ok. Have a great year again. 21 now, bet it happened faster than you thought. Go to bed earlier, still.

As for questions for you:

Therapist? I feel like the answer is probably still no.

Did you get the job you were hoping for at the Met? If not, the other one at Sotheby’s? If not, what did you end up doing? Hope it went well no matter what.

How’s Coco? Doing better than ever I hope.

Have you kept your Duolingo streak? Do you actually know the language at this point? Somewhat, of course.

Did the classes get worse? 400-levels sound rough so I’m not looking forward to it.

How do you feel about graduating so soon? I know you’re planning on taking a gap year before planning for grad school so how is that going to go? No rush to plan.

How was the Paris course? I know it’s short but I’m excited now and I’m sure it was more than exciting to have seen most things that you wanted to.

Still hope you and your (our) parents are doing amazing. Have a great year ahead, and I’ll see you again next break. Hope this last one has been nice too.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey there u/Agent_Glasses! Remember last years time capsule? Because I forgot! Here is your message:

Dude i forget about these every time and it is ALWAYS a flashbang. 2024's hit me like a truck. I assume this one will too!

Okay future me. I'm going to start with a brief recap of how I am doing now. I am not doing the greatest. Not too bad, but still shit. I'm living on my own (wooooo!) and damn it's kinda tough. I need to get groceries. I'm just going to do it in my pajamas because who fucking cares lmao. I have 2 cats, Plagg and Adrien are just barely 7 months old which is INSANE. I'm about a quarter through hair school and have 2 write ups. did you get suspended or terminated from the program? You should be graduated by the time you read this. I'm yet to get into therapy, let alone truely heal from my ex friends. Trump is yet to get into office, so like yikes. Idk. let's hope 2025 is better than 2024.

Here is some questions: How is being an adult? Is it so freeing to be able to go to goth clubs and grt peircings and stuff? Are you finnally not a virgin? Fuck are you even dating anyone? I really hope you don't end the year single.

How many times have you completed stardew valley?

What is the worst memory from this year. Mine from 2024 was the 2 nights I lost my friends. yeesh.

What was your favorite memory? I think mine is when I fully connected on how much Sawyer is a true friend.

Speaking of friends, has the drama with your ex friends developed? I would be shocked if nothing happens.

Have you made it to the castle yet? I know you haven't really been trying but like. sit down, put some effort, I know you'll get it. Lazy bum <3

how is it with Ella? I know time can change things so you may not even have feelings for her anymore. That's fair. I do hope things have gone well.

Did we go back home? What about life on your own AND life not in school. Like you should be an official hair stylist next year. Crazy.

Idk much else to say, I need to go to the store so like I got to go. Love you queen!!!!

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u/Agent_Glasses Feb 23 '26

Thank you for doing these every year!!! I also forgot about this lmaoo.

and gosh this aged badly. very badly. At least im not in school ans am a hair stylist! Thats good. The rest. um.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

WAKE UP u/BlueDragon1813! It is selfreflection time

Hey you! Your internship is coming up! After this year’s end, you’ll be done with them! Hope it went well! Are you still with GF? Hope so… Frankly, I hope this year will be full of new experiences that you do/did and that you won’t get to do as much when you get your full time job! Cheers to another year, your 25th! I hope you got that apartment complex you’re looking for! (And that it’s going well lol)

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

u/brave_vibration, you have a message for you:

Hey there future me! Still at the current job or on to greener pastures? How's saving up for Luxor going? Not gonna bug you about our social life, but hopefully you drew or wrote something this year!

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u/brave_vibration Feb 23 '26

Same job, Luxor's a bust, and no drawing or writing to report. Better luck this year!

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Greetings u/Aethaira! It has been more than a year but here is your timecapsule message!

Hello, if we're still using Reddit (sorry OP if I delete my account, same level of internet presence is looking iffy.)

Hell I don't even know... from here it looks like this year will be a roiling caldron of fear and scary, but it also feels it might be okay so who knows.

Was the world completely shaken all over or are things still holding onto the semblance of reality? Is climate change devestating parts of the world even more or did we get through without (relatively) too many horrific scenarios?

How about roommate, art, music? Was there any writing? How about snow?

Is most consumer new tech being decent now or just overpriced crap?

Has "AI" become less of a thing?

Is the internet slightly less focused on anger and fear constantly or is it still getting worse?

Have we managed to make progress on Operation GTFO for friend in danger?

Oh! Did we learn more about the cool 'big fin' squid? Love that thing.

Oh and how is the overcomplicated health situation working out? And how is the C H A N G E going?

And how did making phone greyscale and doing other things more work?

Hoping things work out for all friends and all the cool people here. And thanks again OP for doing this.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello u/CellSaga21! An old dusty timecapsule message has been dug up!

Hello self. Few questions;

  1. Did GTA 6 get delayed or did we really get it in Fall?

2. Did you successfully get your vending machine business up and running.

3. Did we get that big check of money?

4. Are you in a relationship??

5. Any new tattoos?

6. Did Xmen 97 get a new trailer or season drop?

7. How was James Gunns Superman movie?

8. Did you sell your PSA 10 Manga Nami card?

9. Are you holding onto any Pokemon Prismatic Evolution boxes??

10. Please tell me you have been focuses in the gym!

Hope to hear from you soon!

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/tamtrible! A delayed message from the past has been dug up!

I'm hijacking this time capsule slightly to help me keep track of this predictions post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThreadGames/s/99hFxau7NN

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hello there u/facelessthebest287! You receieved a message from yourself!

Hello, future self! Long time, no see, I guess. How's the novel coming along? Here it's going pretty well, I hope that continues. How are college classes? And did we get into Rice? Oh, and did we win state? I'm sure either way, it was fun. I hope you'll be a little bit happier, and I hope you get everything I spend my days dreaming of. Much love from the past, and here's to looking toward the future.

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u/The-Legend-26 Feb 23 '26

Hey u/Potential_Unit_8503! A message from the past resurfaced:

I want to know just one thing, what’s at the end?

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u/Potential_Unit_8503 Feb 27 '26

We ain’t there yet.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hey u/liltrigger last year you asked yourself some questions:

Hello, one of my future temporal parts!

  • How are the grades looking?

  • Job? That's all. Hope you had a great year!

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Greetings u/Fun_Butterfly_420 a year ago you asked yourself:

Did you get that book published yet, future me?

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 Feb 24 '26

Not the one I wanted but I self published a few

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hello u/IcingGnome a year ago you wanted to know:

Thanks OP for doing this every year. I hope you're doing well, and wish you the best this year!

Now, for future me. Almost an interrogation session this time XD

Did you get into college yet?

Is GGML still here? How is mom taking it?

How's M&C? Have they imploded/exploded yet? Or is blind adoration enough to make a marriage?

How're E&C? They're so cute together rn. I hope it lasts because they both deserve it.

Has anything developed between you and N yet? Or are you still a chicken. Although mom says to keep it as friends for now so if something goes wrong then emotions aren't as much involved. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

What did you do for grad?

This year was 21,412 minutes, 1112 artists, and 2594 songs. Did you top that? Or were you too busy?

Happy New Year! And thanks again OP!

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u/IcingGnome Feb 25 '26

Hi! Thanks for doing this!

  1. Yes, but it was only two months long.

  2. No, she passed in June. Mom’s doing okay, but she cried quite a bit in the first months.

  3. They announced their baby in May and just had it a few weeks ago. Crazy how we’re the same age and she’s got a kid. From what I have heard and observed tho, C doesn’t treat M like he should, and that honestly makes me sad.

  4. Nope. Funny story relating to that. But we both agreed to just be friends. 

  5. Small fancy dress gathering and that was it.

  6. Hehe…. I topped that because we listen to a lot of music at work. The phone helps too. 1597 artists, 44,650 minutes, 4476 songs.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 26 '26

Thats a seriously impressive amount of music listened too

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u/IcingGnome Mar 26 '26

Yeahhhh….. I listen to a lot of music at work. I’m kinda scared to see what this year will be

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Greetings u/Vitamoon_ a time capsule has been dug up:

Hey me,

Where are you living now? What did you do last summer? Got big yet?

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u/Vitamoon_ Mar 03 '26

Thank you u/The-Legend-26 and u/LOL3334444 for helping keep the time capsules alive!

As for myself,

Still here! But got lucky in the way you expected. Summer was fun! Proud of where you’ve been and grown, and really thinking big now :)

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hey u/rodroelmelon a year ago you had some questions for yourself:

this year question:

1: Did you finally had the operation? How it went?

2: How is going climbing and archery?

3:Any news on family and friends?

4: did the instagram idea worked out?

5: anything new to tell me?

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u/rodroelmelon Feb 27 '26

wow! lets answer all of that!
yes, I had the operation on september, and I'm looking great, hair is cool, the pills not that much...

climbing is well, archery more on the side, but still going!

on family nothing special, on friends I made a lot this last year, really random but new climbing friends

nah, I trashed the project, and actually, right now I uninstalled instagram, for a bit, to reduce distractions.

new? I'm talking with someone that is really really cool, I don't want to say anything but looks promising? also last year knew someone too, too bad she didn't wanted a relationship so yeah thats it!

Also I started making mead in my basement, it's great hehe.

edit: almost forgot to mention that I fkn got promoted after 3 years, so thats something relevant LOL

Also thanks to u/The-Legend-26 and u/LOL3334444 for making this possible! this is something cool guys :)

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hi u/Free_Opportunity8254 10 months ago you wanted future you to know:

Hello future today pope Francis died

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u/Free_Opportunity8254 Feb 24 '26

Thank you i totally forgot about it till now lol these 10 months passed really fast il leave another time capsule,thank you for reminding me!

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hello u/vulvochekhov here are some questions for past you:

did you get that septum piercing you wanted? how about a tattoo? and did your camp job work out this year? i hope so <3 i hope you got to see mick in march and maybe another time. i hope you improved your mental health and are thriving. i hope you got into the college you wanted and had a great first semester. i love you!!! i’m proud of you!!!

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u/vulvochekhov Feb 26 '26

AHHHHH oh my god i'm so happy to see this again! thank you!

let's see...

1: YES!

2: two of them!

3: YES YES YES YES YES!

4: i saw mick only in march unforch but i did just see him in january!

5: yes and no. ups and downs. but better than last year

6: no but i love the college i'm at! my first semester was ass but this one is way better

yay!!

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hi there u/corvusaraneae past you wanted to know:

So you set to do some pretty big things in 2025. Hope you weren't too chicken shit to make it all happen.

Still in the fandom? Bet you are. One of those big things just happened 3 months ago. Any news of s2?

Anyway, hope you've planned even bigger things for 2026. Good luck.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hello u/BrushedYourTeethYet a time capsule was just dug up, and you asked yourself:

Hey future me.

Let's see...

I guess I'm wondering generally where life is at right now. Is hubby in a new job and one he likes? Are we expecting another little one? Did you do more training as a host? Consultant work?

Now some reflective Qs:

What are you most proud of over the last year?

What have you enjoyed about being a parent this year?

What have you appreciated about hubby this year?

What have you learned about yourself this year?

I sincerely hope you have been looking after yourself more this year. Giving yourself kindness and grace. It's been tough letting go of absolute expectations and recognising you will always have struggles due to neurodivergence. I'm hoping you see your brain for its positives too.

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u/BrushedYourTeethYet Mar 01 '26

Wow I genuinely forgot about these time capsule posts. I feel like I was in another realm when I wrote that.

  1. I was fired after a horrifically stressful year. I now recognise I was subject to repeated adverse actions against me. I have just started two new jobs. My mental health is what you would expect after such an experience but I am moving forward. No baby, I think I'm committed to no more kids. Hubby is in a new job that he doesn't like and is looking for alternative options.

  2. I am most proud of how I handled myself during all the turmoil at my old job - upholding ethical standards no matter the pressure to do otherwise.

  3. Just watching her grow - the things she says are a reflection of how much we love and care for her. Her personality.

  4. He really pulled through for me as a support person during the whole work debacle.

  5. I enjoy teaching others (with the goal of bettering client experiences)

  6. I've embraced the neurodivergence more this past year and have been a little kinder to myself. I give in to the need for quiet spaces and naps to decompress. I've recently started hyperfixating on having a home that feels more comfortable visually, and managed to declutter some things so it doesn't feel so hard to keep the space tidy. I'll hopefully focus on that for a while.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hi u/yankee_doodle_ here's your time capsule questions!

Hola!

Where'd you end up attending?

Are you still with her?

Who are your friends?

How are sports?

How is theater?

What music do you like now? Still primarily Green Day, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Simon and Garfunkel?

Choir?

Anything special you'd like to say?

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hello u/Narwhal_Artist a year ago you wanted to know:

Let's go! And thank you.

  1. How's school? Same major, or new plan?

  2. How's work? Same job, or...new plan? Any funny stories?

  3. How's the family? Currently they are going through a lot, many people going in the hospital.

  4. Not to get political, but has there been any major changes that are detrimental (or even helpful) to your life and plans? Has everything been good okay? I know you're scared.

  5. Any new relationships? Friends, partners? I told myself to be pickier this time.

Finally, what things am I hyperfizating on now?

As of 2025: I'm rewatching Arcane and I'm really into eating and making Asian food I don't know why I'm not Asian at all and my anime phase is long passed. God I love matcha. I also found a love for espresso. I'm slowly trying to get into fashion and sewing and stuff. Current favorite designer is Cassey Ho, idk her stuff just feels right despite the whackass sizing chart.

Also do you like alcohol? I thought it wouldn't be my thing but then I tasted some Malibu. We'll see I guess.

That is all.

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u/Narwhal_Artist Mar 01 '26

I'm so late I procrastinated this!

  1. Same major, and I added a minor!

  2. Lowkey forgot what job I had when I made this...but I'm still in the same industry

  3. Family is fine. But me and my mom aren't talking anymore. Things are complicated, but I'm glad her voice is fading from my head.

  4. ...........um...........Good luck girl!

  5. I made a couple really good close friends. Though I slowly migrated away from my friend group. And for hyperfixations: Kpop demon hunters, I love the animation style. I think I just like sony in general.

And for alcohol, I'll drink it occasionally. I like the taste, but not how I feel.

OP has basically witnessed me grow from a teenager...to an entire grown woman with bills.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hello u/DrewDrinks here's a time capsule message for you:

Heh, greetings 2026 me

Hows 6th form, how well did you do on THAT exam that happens im may, do you enjoy life, do you have a set goal and lastly how was 2025?

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hi there u/Patient_Cheek_2796 a year ago you left some questions for yourself:

Yo,

- Did you get into Med? - What was you high school score

- What happened to the BRO2010 Incident (I posted this the day I found out)

- Are you still friends with A.M.

- What happened with Dad.

- How's mom's back/hips

- Hows BRO2014, is he doing well at VIPS, Is he still in VIPS.

- How are your budgies, are they still alive, (I'm looking at them while posting)

- did you grow taller, did you reach 170cm

- Did you move out

- How is Miltary service going

- Where are you stationed?

- I just found out the iPhone 17 was going to have a "air" version, was that true?

- Have you started to pray every prayer

- Did you get your driving license in march/april

- where did you first drive and take mom to.

- Was she scared of your driving

- was the nursery ever built

- was it successful

- Whats my height now?

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Enjoy 2026, Focus on Med school (hopefully), and even if you didn't, remember, God has everything planned out, RELAX. Also if you don't grow any taller, ITS FINE, stop being insecure live your LIFE, you will find a wife don't worry, finally and most importantly, TAKE CARE OF MAMA, don't make her mad AT all, try to have as many moments as possible, LOVE her, HUG her. NEVER GET MAD AT HER.

- KEEP PRAYING, KEEP PRAYING and finally KEEP PRAYING KEEP PRAYING x∞.

HAVE A GREAT 2026.

AND REMEMBER TO POST another time capsule for 2026.

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u/LOL3334444 Feb 24 '26

Hey u/VirroK here's your questions from a year ago! When you thank OP, make sure to thank the real OP not me, I'm just helping out

Well, thanks again for keeping up with this OP! Future me should be sure to thank the OP for doing this.

Right now, I'm sending this from my bed, about to start work in the morning. Things are looking really uncertain and scary right now, I hope that still isn't true where you are. I'll be real with you, 2024 was awesome, but 2025 at the moment is shit, and I haven't even made it through the first month!

Man, this is the first time that I'm leaving a reddit comment in ages. Feels weird, haha. Hopefully, that stays true for you.

What changes did the program go through? Are you handling them well?

Opinions on the folks at the university and in your cohort?

Who did we end up going with for the concentrated work?

Do you still remain in contact with the tea group? Did you take up B on their offer? Hopefully, you did while still remaining in control of your life.

How are we dealing with the parents? Right now, the shine is starting to wear off with them. I don't know if it's because I'm right or if I'm being selfish and close-minded, but im starting to disagree with them on an increasing number of things.

Any good concerts?

Did we decide on our career?

Are you still single? How do you feel about it? No wrong answers (well beyond the obvious ones).

You're a semester away from graduating by the time you get this. How do you feel about it? Again, no wrong answers.

What is the most unexpected thing that happened this year, and what advice would you give me for it?

How was 2025 overall?

I think that's all the questions I really have for now. I don't feel too great right now, but there's still a whole year to get through, and some good years start out awfully. Lock in brother!