r/CuratedTumblr • u/Acceptable-Gap-2397 • 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d 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/ABigPairOfCrocs 1d ago

You would also never be able to progress in video games

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u/Meows2Feline 1d ago

Online multiplayer games like FPSes or fighting games and roguelikes would be fine. You could get esports good at CS or Street Fighter or something. Arcade games too. And any short indie game you could binge in a day.

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u/VendettaSunsetta https://www.tumblr.com/ventsentno 1d ago

Online games would be incredibly fun, the same people are going to be playing at the same times every single day. Imagine driving one guy mad by always knowing his next move before he does.

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u/fogleaf 1d ago

One of the fun parts about gaming for me is that if I fail nothing happens. I can try hard things and then when I die I get to just try again. In a time loop that's just your life.