“The One Where Ross Invented San Junipero.”
[WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Black Mirror‘s “San Junipero” episode, so if you haven’t seen it, you should probably go watch that first. It’s kind of a big deal.]
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Okay, moving right along! On Friends, Ross Geller was many things — professor, paleontologist, Unagi expert, three-time divorcé — but in a new video, Netflix has pointed out that apparently he was also an actual psychic.
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In the Season 6 episode, “The One Where Phoebe Runs,” Ross tells Chandler about a book he read with an interesting premise:
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“By the year 2030, there’ll be computers that can carry out the same amount of functions as an actual human brain.”
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Hmmm… and what can you do with these computers, Ross?
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“So, theoretically, you could download your thoughts and memories into this computer and live forever as a machine.”
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Sound familiar?! That’s because it’s basically the whole big twist of “San Junipero”!
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Which means that Ross Geller (or the author of that book he read!) did, in fact, predict San Junipero.
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Watch the clip for yourself if you need more convincing: