You see, we do have a lot of computers here.
But my role in this story is a narrator, not Santa Claus.
Stories have to keep some level of continuity otherwise they will not make much sense.
A random collection of events can't really be called a story.
There must be a sequence of cause and effect.
Even if time shenanigans are involved.
And you can make good use of this time stuff, to achieve the desired effect,
in a way that would otherwise not be possible.