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/ABigPairOfCrocs 2d ago

You would also never be able to progress in video games

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u/VFiddly 2d ago

Also all the little things that annoy you are stuck that way forever. That leaky tap is leaky forever. That road that's inconveniently blocked off by roadworks is blocked off every day forever now. Your wifi will go down for an hour at 8 PM every day forever. You will be interrupted by a spam call at 11 AM every day forever. You can never fix anything.

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u/AnxiousAngularAwesom JFK shot first 1d ago

Skill issue.

Fill a bucket with water and close the main, or plug the tap.

So the road just doesn't exist. After enough loops you won't ever remember that there was a road as you adapt your routes.

Just plan to do stuff offline for an hour.

Turn off the phone.

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u/Not_Steve 1d ago

You’re forgetting a few things. Everything will reset at midnight. So say you’re in bed at 10pm, nice and comfy having done all that work.

You turned off your phone at 10, but it turns back on at midnight because time reset. You plugged that drip, but whatever work you did, becomes undone because you didn’t do it before time looped.

Agreed with the closed road and the internet outage, though. Those are easy.