re: Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) - Streaming on Netflix

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And anyone can write stuff on Wiki, so the mystery remains.

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The September/October 1997 issue of Backwoods Home Magazine featured a curious classified ad. It read:

“WANTED: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 322, Oakview, CA 93022. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.”

Thirteen years later, BHM Senior Editor John Silveira revealed the ad was indeed a joke, one he made under deadline to fill space in an undersold classified section. But by that point, the ad had become the stuff of Internet legend, sparking copycats, memes, and thousands of letters to Silveira’s anonymous P.O. Box. Some of the writers were skeptical, others were curious, a few were desperate (apparently death row inmates have a lot to go back in time and fix). But all of them were disappointed when the anonymous man who placed the ad didn’t write back — because he didn’t exist.

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