[...show him a day when there isn't a global economic crisis and he will personally congratulate you on whatever world you came from managing to get itself together well ahead of his.

(Granted, yours...probably lacks a zombie crisis, but. Details...)

Just the same, the message gives him something to focus on, and while he's admittedly doing a bad job of it, at least some effort is being put forth when it comes to talking to someone that isn't himself.]

I don't know about that...it'd been a bit over a year since I'd seen mine, after all, and nothing seemed to have changed in the least.

Of course, it's a bit hard to tell whether I actually returned or if I just remember more about the state of things, given how these things work.