Oh, the future? Well, this is more interesting than I thought already. It was the end of 2020. I wish I had something more clever to say about 'hindsight but I'm not terribly funny.
I was a scholar into weird things, which helps in this particular scenario. Prerequisite for the job is the ability to suspend disbelief in what you thought was impossible. Didn't realize that would be put to the test quite this harshly.