Existential Quiz: The Archaeologist from 2525
A visitor from the future asks about pro wrestling and the Internet
Please complete the following two questions to the best of your ability. If you’re unfamiliar with what an existential quiz is, see here.
Question 1
Imagine an archaeologist travels back in time from the year 2525. You think it is another solar panel salesman (they won’t stop canvassing your area). Nobody rings your doorbell anymore unless they want to sell you something.
But you’re wrong. You open the door to find a petite woman with a bowl cut, a striped pin suit, what look like clown shoes, and giant brass rings with emerald gemstones on each finger. She smells like lavender.
She tells you she’s a professor who specializes in the twenty-five-year span between 1990 and 2015. She’s already published scholarly articles on iPods, the Counting Crows, Sadie Hawkins’ dances, and yearbooks.
She asks you to explain professional wrestling to her. She’s interested in its appeal, but more than that, however, she wants to know whether American audiences think what they’re watching is real.