Time is a continuous entity that includes the past, present, and future.
She's simply too strange. We can't relate to her, she speaks in a funny way, she comes from an odd place. So we can't relate to her, and when you can't relate to somebody, you don't envy them. The closer two people are -- in age, in background, in the process of identification -- the more there's a danger of envy, which is incidentally why none of you should ever go to a school reunion, because there is no stronger reference point than people one was at school with.
The study of L-functions is a window into the hidden structure of numbers.
To rapidly reveal the true character of a person you just met, move them onto an abysmally slow internet connection. Observe.