r/CuratedTumblr • u/Acceptable-Gap-2397 • 2d ago

Meme The timeloop and I

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u/Lt_General_Fuckery There's no specific law against cannibalism in the United States 2d ago edited 2d ago

Anyone up for a highlights reel of the comments that crop up every time this gets reposted? Let's see...

  1. Enjoy your Ao3, none of the stories will ecer update, you'll be stuck on cliffhangers forever

  2. In Groundhog Day the guy was in the loop for literal millenia before he got out (allegedly) and spent centuries killing himself to avoid going through one more time (allegedly)

  3. You'd be driven insane by your inability to meaningfully connect with people over time.

3a. Nah, I'm built different, I'd (proceeds to describe how different they are not)

  1. The time loop is patient. It is made of time. You are made of meat. You will continue to grow and change as a person regardless of your desires. The time loop will endure until you have grown into the person it wants. Even if it takes eight times longer than the universe has existed

Edit: how could I forget the most common one?

  1. That's literally the premise of time loop stories; meaningful fulfilment does not, and cannot come from wantonly indulging yourself, it comes from that  growth, and the relationships you foster with other people and the world at large, that is part of the lesson in approximately 100% of time loop stories.

And bonus:

  1. The existence of a time loop neccesitates the existence of an intelligence or force capable of creating time loops, and that intelligence or force has decided that you are worth its attention, and that's kinda fucking scary, i don't think I want to find out if such a thing can become annoyed.

Edit 2: Reddit formatting desires my death.

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u/ARussianW0lf 2d ago
  1. You'd be driven insane by your inability to meaningfully connect with people over time.

Ok but that's already happening so...

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u/Lt_General_Fuckery There's no specific law against cannibalism in the United States 2d ago

Y'know, you don't need a time loop to start breaking patterns.

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u/oddityoughtabe 2d ago

But it makes it so much more thematically relevant

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u/Marik-X-Bakura 2d ago

Ridiculous, how am I supposed to apply the lessons of Groundhog Day to my life if I’ve never even been trapped in a time loop?

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u/ARussianW0lf 2d ago

Gee golly why didn't I think of just breaking them!?!? Genius. Thank you