In the 1980s I read a short story in an anthology that also contained "The Ruum" by Arthur Porges and "Tickets Please" by D H Lawrence. The short story featured a group of possibly British people staying at a hotel. An old man claimed he could make anyone disappear totally, so that no one would even remember they had ever existed (no photos, physical evidence, memories of the person, etc.). No one believes him so he does it, and the story ends with a young newly wed man kicking over a stool that his bride (Jessamy?) had been sitting on, but she is no longer there, so she was the one who was totally eliminated. But no one believes the old man actually did what he claimed because no one could remember the young woman having been there, not even her new husband. I always found it a bit chilling and creepy, but can't remember what the story was called.
In time Keeps on Slippin' , Farnsworth creates a basketball team which he matures by abusing Chronitons. This leads to time skipping forward by random, but ever increasing amounts. How much time was skipped in this way? Answer Unfortunately, I don't think a good estimate can be made for this, for two reasons: Many of the time skips move forward by an indeterminate amount of time. At one point, the Professor mentions localized regions of space skipping forward much more than others. We then see two young boys on the street below complaining about having to pay social security, only to suddenly become senior citizens and start complaining about wanting their money. Thus, each individual could have experienced a different amount of time skippage.
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