If you'd been in a coma for 15 years,

[nancylebov]

what are the first three things you'd ask when you woke up?

What comes to mind for me, at least for the first question, is "How is sf fandom doing?". Ok, it's my home subculture.... but there's a rational excuse-- the answer would say something about the general prosperity level and mass communication tech.

Question stolen from Marginal Revolution-- there are some interesting questions in the thread there.

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

1. How are my close family members?

2. What about global climate change?

3. What the hell happened to me?

[redbird]

Likewise.

[madfilkentist]

Your no. 3 would be my first question. But I don't really have any close family members, at least in the biological sense.

[avram]

The original version of the question assumes that you've already been reunited with your loved ones, and specifies that you're asking questions about the world. (Actually, one question, originally. Tyler Cowen expands it to three.)

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

What comes to mind for me, at least for the first question, is "How is sf fandom doing?".

How long would you expect the answer to be?

Also, if somebody woke up from a 15-year coma and asked YOU this question, what would your answer be?

(Probably worth a separate blog entry...)

[avram]

"Who's the president?" isn't as funny this year.

[zenlizard]

The question for me wouldnt' be "how is sf fandom doing", but "what is sf fandom doing?"

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

1. How much weight did I lose?
2. Am I still married or did he bail? (I actually know what the answer to this would be- he'd never bail, even for this).
3. So if it's been 15 years, Dude- where's my flying car?
4. (for the bonus)- Where the hell did all this gray hair come from???? (At 41 I still don't have any, I'd imagine that would change signficantly 15 years from now.)

[captain-button.livejournal.com]

WTH didn't you unplug me?