#idk if 'in another timeline' is correct phrasing

[cakesexuality]

@foxlightwill

I made us a meme

[sneak-a-cat]

sorry got excited and uh put all my comments on this in the tags? Sorry-

also. By god have I missed your Bunnyx design she totally rocks, the line weight and movement and everything about that first drawing is so fucking awesome

you got her stupid hair cut perfect in the second one, and her like. Despair.

Hey Cap!! 

Miscellaneous meta PN lore question!

I have some questions about Time Travel! In Panthera, Bunnyx is yet to show up, I presume because her first canon appearance is in season 3, however I’m curious about what thoughts you have regarding the Rabbit Miraculous and time travel in the series in general :3

Time travel always has a lot of different interpretations and it’s one of those things that can be an absolute pain in the ass to plan for. Especially cause as soon as you open up the ‘time travel is possible’ can of worms it either a) has to be addressed why the big bad evil guy wasn’t just… stopped before they could begin or b) have some sort of rules about time travel that generally change depending on what is convenient for the plot (or secret third option c) use suspension of disbelief because the story wouldn’t have happened if someone had went and fixed everything).

Sorry, I think about time travel a lot. A version of time travel is a main component of my original fantasy story so this is actually a hugely pared down prelude to what I wanted to write. 

Anyway! I’m wondering if you have any thoughts on how you're going to handle the fact that it, well, exists. It feels like the sort of thing you wouldn’t shy away from, especially because of all the lovely existential dread that could come from having access to that power, though it would come in different flavours depending on how you choose how time travel works. (Eg. You can’t change the past but you can partake in it, it's just that this was always what happened but the time traveller is the last one to experience that moment. Or you can change the past but would it be ethical or right? etc.).

Obviously, Time Breaker could (and did!) time travel, but the mechanics of that were just totally different so it's a different ball game. Though I did like how you wrote Time Breaker and the ramifications of that, I'll get into that for my story observations :3

But… it’s also a total bitch to plan around writing wise, you need, like, a special kind of foreshadowing for it to pay off properly and it's all complicated for no reason so I totally get if it’s a canon aspect you want to mostly ignore. 

oOHOHOHOH HAVE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT <3

Ive thought about it a LOT on why Bunnyx hasn't 'fixed' any of the in universe problems.

I love Alix, so I have great plans to explore how she goes from being Alix- a very emotional character with strong emotional ties and, as Timebreaker showed, the drive to recklessly fix something if she's given the chance to- to Bunnyx, someone who- well... is an enforcer of the future.

I'll keep my cards close, but I will leak some details on how time itself works in this universe though! See;

If this universe is a gated off garden, the many different timelines that co-exist are the singular different plants and flowers growing. Different seeds grow into specific plants.

A tomato seed turns into a tomato, a Chat Noir timeline produces a Chat Noir timeline, and so on. Bunnyx's job is to tend to this garden, keep timelines and their roots from interfering with each other. This means alternate timelines exist.

Becoming Bunnyx means she's not allowed to pick and choose what timelines she wants but is responsible to make sure they end in the ways they're meant to, and if they're not, she will know because they often interfere with other timelines like Weeds.

In minor situations, a timeline will feature a hiccup where a scenario doesn't go exactly how it's meant to or occurred without meaning to, and Bunnyx will either readjust this event to make it work smoothly into the 'canon', ignore it because its harmless, or cut the hiccup entirely so it never happens.

In MAJOR situations, a disrupted and unintended timeline will not only occur and change the direction of a single timeline, it will slowly weed its way into causing the other timelines around it to ONLY END the way the original Anomaly does. That is when the event that caused the anomaly must be cut from the root- before it's infection affects her too.

[fantasy-land-and-ocean]

Billy & Max...and the contradictory language they use to describe their relationship in season2

I re-watched Stranger Things and I made an interesting observation regarding the way Billy and Max talk about each other in season 2:

When talking about each other neither Billy nor Max give a precise answer about what age they were when they became siblings

The book Mad Max apparently places their meeting after Billy has gotten the Camaro which means that he must have been at least 16 and Max would have been 12, making so that they met about a year before the move to Hawkins (I haven’t read the book, I just found this info on the internet, please correct me if I am wrong).

In season 3, however, we see them meet much younger ~meaning that they were siblings for much longer. Their ages are not given bu they seem to be around 12 and 8? Maybe??

With that in mind, I want to focus on the language both Billy and Max use when talking to or about each other, because it seems as if they each show a different picture.

Billy:

Billy uses language that implies that he and Max know each other for a relatively short period of time before the move to Hawkins. He uses phases such as ‘‘We are family now...whether we like it or not’‘ and keeps insisting that Max is not his sister (which doesn’t make sense if he knows her for long). Billy trying to put a wedge between himself and Max is not necessarily an indicator that they don’t know each other for a long time, but the language he uses it’s the language of someone that was recently burdened with this person he has to accept as family and he does NOT. want to do that.

Idk if the above paragraph makes sense but I am trying to say that if Billy  and Max were step-siblings for years, then -even if Billy did not like Max- he would still be familiar enough with her to not use such phrases; familiarity does not necessarily means liking the other person ~especially taking into account the fact that Billy and Max live in an abusive environment and that this affects their dynamic~ but it means being used to them existing within your world.

The way Billy talks about Max seems to imply that they know each other for a short period of time and are forced in a sibling relationship neither of them really asked for.

Max:

The way Max talks about Billy seems like she may have known him for a long time.

Now, English is not my first language and I may be wrong...but isn’t the usage of the word “always” imply that she knows him for a significant amount of time? Max says (paraphrasing) “My stepbrother has always been a dick...but now he is just..angry...all the time”. The use of this word makes little sense if Max only knows Billy for a year, it’s a word that implies that Billy has been a part of Max’s world for a significant part of her life.

Which leads to: Max says that she is afraid that her anger will lead her to be like Billy “I don’t want to be like him”, she says to Lucas. This is an odd expression for someone that she’s known for only a year and who has been a prick to her. This fear of internalizing another person’s flaws makes more sense if they have become a part of your internal world...and that takes time.

So, the show and extended material give contradictory timelines regarding Billy and Max meeting and their parents wedding. In general, when it comes to extended material, I tend to prioritize the show over the extended material. I do not completely dismiss them, but to me they are not 100% canon until the show confirms the events happening in the books/comics etc. or I can accept that even if one event in an extended material has been made non-canon by the show, other bits of information may still be canon (for example the show giving a different timeline for Billy’ and Max’s meeting does not necessarily mean that they left California for any other reason than the one given in the book).

With that being said, I prefer to treat extended material as sort of ambiguously canon, if that makes sense?

So, about Billy and Max: I think that the time of their meeting is the one the show gives, so why is Billy talks like that about Max in season 2? It doesn’t make sense for him to keep insisting she is NOT his sister for 5 years!! At some point in those years he would have to have accept it, right?

My theory? Headcanon? Interpretation of the text? Is that whatever happened to make the family to leave California and move to Hawkins (or even the move itself if you take what happened in Mad Max as 100% canon) made Billy so angry and upset at Max (not saying that it’s necessarily a justified anger) that he denounces as his family. It does not work of course and in season 3 we can see that he cares about her, but anger is not always rational..especially at that age...

I hope this makes sense!

[forks-in-a-drawer]

I think Hardies was grooming both girls, and i think he took Kate and then made a brand new “Kate” out of Jeanette and i tho k he might have been planning on kidnapping her too but idk

This was one of my earliest thoughts! I think the exact phrase I used was “Martin Harris groomed both girls, but Kate was the one to pay the ultimate price”. 

Given the little interaction we’ve seen between Harris and Jeanette, I still got unsettling vibes. That could be chalked up to the fact that we already knew at that point that Harris was the one who kidnapped Kate (correct me if I’m wrong; the timelines can be confusing), but it wasn’t just how Harris acted, it was Jeanette. 

Another anon pointed out that Jeanette acted more confident and mature in Harris’s presence, especially given the situation. When they first met, she was scared of him finding out that she/Mallory/Vince had snuck in to play hide and seek. Yet when she was caught trying to sneak out, she was able to flip a switch and lie on the spot. But when Mallory asked where her mom’s stash of weed went, Jeanette was unable to lie. Could she just not lie to her friend or am I thinking too deeply about it?

I think that a combination of things could lead to Harris grooming Jeanette. I am not saying that it is Jeanette’s fault, but when we first see her, she is craving validation. I think Harris could’ve easily exploited that. He probably used the whole “You’re so mature for your age. Everyone your age just wants to fool around, but not you. You have your mind set on higher goals. You already know what you want and who you are. Your friends may not understand you, but I do” spiel to groom her. 

Maybe Harris tried to groom Jeanette as practice for grooming Kate. Maybe he offered to help Jeanette become more popular saying “your time will come”, with Jeanette not knowing (or maybe knowing) that he was planning to kidnap Kate and that he was responsible for creating that opportunity for Jeanette. Maybe Kate was aware of this and that’s why she thought Jeanette knew about her being held captive.

[rigelmejo]

Yo this is a shoutout to beginners, or literally anyone past the beginner stage: I need some help!

Anyone have any recommendations of an audio course, or course (like coursera/website/youtube/something free), or tutor (like on tandem) for getting a very solid foundation in pronunciation and tones??

I am not taking pimsleur or michael thomas as suggestions because i have looked into both and pimsleur mainly just has little vocab used (and doesn’t seem to break down tones which is Critical for me), and michael thomas does NOT teach that 3rd tone changes pronunciation to 2nd tone when followed by another 3rd tone. Which is sort of Important and I need a solid correct foundation, not a broken one.

My current issue is: I have quite a decent vocabulary (I can read novels with a dictionary, talk about most daily life stuff, so idk a few thousand words), I understand grammar when listening/reading (I need to polish it when producing but that is a different skill). So I do not need something teaching me words or grammar specifically. But I do have a major issue where when I am typing in chinese or speaking to myself I can come up with sentences quite quickly. When I am speaking to OTHERS I immediately have to slow down to a crawl in order to intentionally monitor and make sure my tones are correct, often so slow that I forget the full long sentence I meant to say and have to start over. I can only say short things which I can mentally prep in silence in my head first, and short phrases/words I know the tone and tone-pair changes quite thoroughly by heart, at a relatively normal speaking speed. I am guessing that if I drill the fuck out of tone pairs, and drill the hell out of lots of common word sentences, I will be able to monitor my tones more QUICKLY when speaking and be able to in general speak more of what I say at a more normal pace - instead of painstakingly stopping and thinking of each tone and tone change when next to others and then remembering my sentence before even being able to say it. Basically: currently my tones are NOT automatic for every word I say, and I don’t automatically do the tone sandhi changes in sentences unless i think heavily about it. So I think I need a lot of concentrated practice - with either a teacher, or a reference material, to correct my mistakes/compare myself to.

I imagine since I know a lot of common words, I will be able to mostly just focus on really ingraining those tones as automatic for those words, and on really ingraining the tone-pair tone changes as automatic. Since I won’t need to memorize 100-500 new words for a basic spoken/tone intensive course or study material. Does ANYONE have any suggested material or course I could use for this??? Or a tutor they have used for this, who’s open to taking online students??

A ton of the words I have learned I vaguely know the tone of (I can say it when reading to myself), but when in a spontaneous conversation I can’t both think of my ideas and spontaneously speak out the correct tones in the full sentence. I have to pause and mentally plan every single tone out before I can speak - except for like 200-500 or so very set words and phrases that I very automatically can produce. I think this is a very huge weak spot of mine, and it means all my speaking is ingraining bad habits because if i do try to speak spontaneously WITHOUT pausing to think every single thing through then i keep repeating my bad habits of forgetting some tones or tone-changes! But if i pause to mentally prepare each part, then i get so little speaking practice in that i don't really drill doing it enough to improve the speed. Hence I need to just DRILL or have a tutor who will let me talk for 1/2-1 hr and just correct me, let me mimic them, repeat, over and over until it becomes more automatic. 

How did you all work on this? What did you do at the beginner level (or later) to make this more automatic???

Do you just DRILL words and sentences a lot out loud? Until you can say them fast? What did you doooooo????

I learn a lot of words through context when reading/listening to an audiobook, or in shows. So I generally do NOT personally pronounce words a ton when first learning them. I generally learn the word’s hanzi/pronunciation/tone and then passively know it when I hear/read it again. Then only if I start using it in written conversations or to myself a lot does it turn more into active vocabulary. So I have a lot of words I’m using in conversation that I’ve only spoken out loud to OTHER people 1-10 times, so they are very much NOT ingrained as automatically produced correct - I have to slow down a lot and think about them, because I can’t remember how to say them and how to say them changed according to surrounding tones while also actively thinking of what I’m trying to communicate. Maybe this is normal? And maybe the amount I can speak at a normal speed automatically will just always be smaller (200-500 set word/phrases compared to 1000-1500 words I regularly think to use in written and spoken conversations)

But yeah I am wondering WHAT to do. 

I had a japanese class once, and our teacher had us improve this pronunciation automatically by listening to dialogues, repeating attempting to sound as much like it as possible, then grading our recordings. But with mandarin, there are also tone and tone changes, and i am not sure if i can successfully use the same method to practice improving automatically doing all of THAT correct when repeating a dialogue. But if someone’s done this, let me know! And let me know if you had to do anything extra to get it to work for studying chinese!

Because right now... my sucky plan is to use dongchinese.com’s pinyin/pronunciation/tone pair guide and just. Drill every sound in that guide over and over until I don’t have to think at all to make any syllable in any tone pair. The main problem being... I think there MUST be easier solutions. Also it sounds incredibly boring, and I dread how hard it will be to focus and even do it in a mildly timely manner. I would MUCH RATHER have a tutor, a video or audio course, and follow THAT. Because something timed - as in it plays and then finishes, will keep me actually studying in real time and give me a timeline for ‘do this for this period’ then progress to next lesson. Whereas since dongchinese is a text guide with audio clips to play, i may theoretically spend 4 hours on a 20 minute lesson because i keep rereading and stressing, and only covering a very small percentage of ALL the things i need to improve on. That’s just how I know it goes down when i try to use text materials for this sort of stuff.

ANY TIPS OR SUGGESTIONS??? PLEASE?????!!

HOW DID YOU PERSONALLY IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION AND TONES, AND HOW DID YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE PRONUNCING TONES AND TONE SANDHI CHANGES AT A REASONABLY BEARABLE SPEAKING SPEED BECAME CLOSER TO AUTOMATIC? WHAT DID YOU DO TO STUDY/IMPROVE? WHAT DID YOU DO TO GET TO THAT POINT?

[onlyhereforghosttrick]

Idk if this would count as another type, a subversion of the second type, or the third type but phrased differently, but would a potential fifth type be a sort of self-correcting paradox?

I.e. the timeline would correct itself so elements would stay consistent enough so that everything necessary for the timeline to continue to exist would exist, while still changing in accordance to the changes?

Like, going by the grandfather example, if you were to travel back in time and kill yours, you would just have a different grandfather from the one you would have killed?

Or, for another (albeit less applicable) example, in Ghost Trick, when you fail to save someone in chapter 1, the hitman kicks the main character's body down the stairs to end up on the couch in the trash heap, which wouldn't happen if you manage to stop them. However, the main character's body is still on the couch in the modern timeline, and as it is shown in Chapter 6, that would be because the cat in the main character's bag jumps out and knocks his body down to the level below, thus causing the position to be righted.

Sorry if I'm completely wrong about this and just rambling at it for no reason! It's very comprehensive and I have to congratulate you for that!

This is pretty big post (for my standards at least), so if you're not interested in reading a schizophrenic ramble about time travel, then keep scrolling.

If you do however, well then sit tight and let me introduce you to:

Blessed Pizza's Schizophrenic Guide to Time Travel Shenanigans

(and how to not completely destroy the space-time continuum)

or BPSGtTTS for short.

So I've seen a lot of different styles and flavours of time travel and and I really wanted to somehow be able to sort them up in separate categories, that way I could make it easier to understand them. So I came up with a couple that i think contain most of the shenanigans I've seen.

alternate timelines/universes (AT)

changeable singular timeline (CST)

defined singular timeline (DST)

time loop (TL)

(if you know any more, please let me know. I'd love to hear about more wacky ways to do time travelling) (also, im not gonna refer to these with their full name, because that would be way to much typing, so I've put some abbreviations behind them)

The Alternate timelines/universes (aka the cowards way out)

The AT way of time travel is probably the simplest and the second most consequence free (I'll get back to that later) way to do time travel (and therefore also the most boring one in my opinion).

It's rather simple: Every time you travel in time and change something, it creates a new timeline. The changes made will effect everything in the time line you are currently in, but won't effect other timelines. This means that if you were to go back in time and kill your grandfather (or anyone anyone which you are a descendent of), you will not be effected! This, however, does mean that alternate-you won't be born in this timeline, buttt.... once again, that's not a problem for timetraveler-you, because timetraveler-you isn't from this timeline; so no paradoxes :) yet... With every travel through time you create a new branching timeline. This will eventually create a exponential tree like structure of alternate timelines. have fun keeping track of all of them :)

Let me just draw a quick time line so it's a bit easier to understand.

A possible way you could spice it up, is by allowing for the travel between these different timelines. What ever the implications for that are though... well, I think you'd kind of end up with weird hybrid of AT and CST, which could then result in some timelines effecting other timelines; possibly even destroying entire timelines and their off-chutes, what could in turn cause paradoxes to occur similar to those of CST and Oh! Hey, talking about CST; lets get into:

Changeable Singular Timelines (aka the one you probably think of first when thinking of time travel)

Unlike AT, whenever you time travel in CST, you stay in the same timeline. Meaning that any changes you make will effect you; possibly leading to paradoxes! Yippee!! A great example of a possible paradox that could occur, is the grandfather paradox. If we take same example from AT, the one where you go back in time and kill your grandfather, and apply it SCT, the change does effect you. So when you kill your grandfather, it means you couldn't have been born; thus being unable to travel back in time, which means you couldn't have killed your grandfather and thus will be born like normal. Though this then means that you can go back in time and kill your grandfather... aannd it results in a infinite loop; a paradox (now you also see why its called the grandfather paradox if you didn't know already).

Here's another quick sketch of the timeline.

(note: THESE ARE BOTH THE SAME TIMELINE, it just keeps changing into the other)

One way you could solve the paradox is by having the timeline "adapt" to the problem. So when you kill your grandpa and disappear, instead of creating a paradox, your grandpa stays dead. How did he die? Natural causes probably, some kind of disease or maybe even hit by a car. It doesn't matter, as long as he's dead, time will be fine again. Want a great example; look at this amazing post from @sincerely-sofie (it's also where I got the idea from)

There is another paradox that I've found, but I don't know if it has a name yet. So I'm just gonna call it the cotton-eye-joe paradox, because it makes me ask two things: one; where did it come from and two; where does it go. OK lets say you're in front of a locked door, but you don't have the key. So you search for it for a while and when you find it, you unlock the door. Then you decide to go back in time to give past-you the key to save them some time. Because it's a single timeline, it means that now you actually got your key from future-you. Great! You just created a never ending and never loop for that key. Where did that key come from? It can't be where it originally was, because you got it from future-you. Where did they get it? Well, from future-future-you of course! You see the problem? It's another paradox.

So just avoid these paradoxes right and then every thing will be fine, right? Yeahh, good luck with that. Ever heard of the butterfly effect? Even tiny, seemingly insignificantly small changes, can cause massive ones later in time, which in turn could lead to paradoxes, which are bad. So unless you somehow have the mental capacity and foresight to somehow oversee what all these changes will eventually even lead to without making them, you're gonna end up ruining time! My advise? DO NOT GO BACK IN TIME!!! unless you do want completely ruin the word as we know it, for some reason

Sooo..... how do you fix it make it less likely to break? Easy: just remove free will!

Defined Singular Timeline (aka the illusion of choice)

I wasn't sure if I should split CST and DST, because they are very similar. The one difference being that the timeline doesn't change when time travelling, because it was always about to happen. (I know this probably doesn't make any sense just bare with me for a bit. This is probably the most confusing of out of all of them) DST prevents the grandfather paradox from happening by making sure that changing the timeline isn't possible. That doesn't that your grandpa is immortal or something no no no, it just mean that if you would have killed your grandpa, it should have already happend. But you exist, so that means you're not going to kill your grandpa. I swear it's all gonna make sense, just uuhh... hold on let me get another example real quick. OK so imagine you're in a room and you get to the floor above through a hole, but you just can't reach the side of the hole to pull yourself up. Actually, you don't need to imagine, I'll draw it for you!

The good thing is; you can travel back in time, so you get the idea to go back and help yourself get up! Then suddenly a future-you shows up and tells you that you need to help him up. You help them up and then you travel back to past-you. You ask past-you to help you up and they do, allowing you to leave. (visual aid below)

What makes this different from CST? The fact that future you already showed up before you even went back in time. So you helping you was always gonna happen. Every version of you has experienced and will experience the exact same events. Everyone must experience the same events, otherwise its a not DST, but CST. Hold on, let me just quickly draw another timeline for you so its easier to see. hold on where did I put my markers... dammit... uhhhh... I guess this red pen will do...

As you can see it's all just you. This works just fine, no alternate timelines, no paradox, it just works, right? Well... Kind of? Its kind of complicated. The cotton-eye-joe paradox can still ocour, though it is less likely. The key example from CST could still be possible, but it has just always been in circulation; you always got the key from future-you. If you need a good example, there is this short film made by corridor that displays it really well.

Though all of these paradoxes and problems are annoying. What if we just had something without any of that? What if we had a form of time travel without any consequences? what if we could just try again if something goes wrong? That's right! IT'S TIME FOR

Time Loops (aka the road to insanity)

Remember when i said AT was the second most consequence free?Yup, TL's are why. In a time loop, time keeps resetting back to a certain point, but you remember everything. (and maybe a couple of other people) Every time you reach a certain point in time you get yanked back in time to do it aallll over again. Sounds nifty right! Messed something up last time? Try again this time! Didn't like the outcome of one of your actions? WHO CARES! Just go back! Didn't manage to break the cycle last time? Doesn't matter. You can try something else next time. And the loop after that. And the loop after that. And the loop after that. And the loop after that... You're stuck here for eternity... or at least what feels like a eternity. Time has no more context, the cycle has become all you know. How do you stay sane in these scenarios? Depends on how much mental fortitude you have, but you'll probably break eventually.

As for problems, there isn't really a lot to say. paradoxes don't really happen because time resets every time anyway. There are literally no consequences to your actions (until the cycle breaks). I don't even think i need to draw a timeline for this one. (it would literally be just a loop) However despite its seeming simplicity, I personally find it one of the most fun scenarios for time travel. I guess i just really like watching character reach their breaking point and see them go completely insane.

Anyway, this has been quite a long post. By far the longest I've ever made. Again, if you know of any more time shenanigans, please share them . I love to overthink these things. And thanks, once again, to @sincerely-sofie for encouraging me down this path of madness in the first place (and providing me with countless examples. like genuinely, you have made a post about like 90% of the stuff i rambled about)

[microsoftedgy69]

Goliath, part 1

[prologue]

-- tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering tremoloTangible [TT] at 11:11 -- TG: yo TT: Hey, what’s up? TG: have u checked up on our tl lately TT: Depends. What century? TG: ours TT: Then no. I haven’t been there in several months. TT: Why?

TG: k so TG: the carapaces are still there right TG: and i sometimes check up on em to make sure theyre doin ok. get enough to eat etc TG: but theyve all been losin their shit lately and i mean its kinda hard to talk to em properly but i dont wanna beat around the bush here so im not gettin into that TG: theres been some concerning stuff happening on our good old earth al TG: my alternian is p rusty and my translator gave me some weird results here n there but im gonna send u an article abt it and trust that ur language pack can handle it -- tipsyGnostalgic [TG] has sent file ______.png --

You don’t have blood that can turn cold. You don’t have breath that can stutter in your chest. But some years ago, you were a human kid, and in this very moment, you remember perfectly how all these things felt.

TG: al

You reread the article. In your mind, your non-existent blood goes from freezing to boiling. You almost forget to switch your language pack to English when you reply to them.

TG: u still there TT: Yes. TT: Sorry. TT: She is turning Earth into a military base. TG: yeah thats what i was getting from it too TT: Hmm. TG: i dont like what that prob means 4 the carapaces TG: cant imagine shell give a shit about em yfm TT: Yeah. TG: idk abt ur part of the world TG: u said the apartment is underwater anyway aint it TT: It is, yes. TT: It’s still… I don’t know. TT: This might be silly. TT: But it’s still my home. TG: its not silly TG: this whole thing feels wrong TT: Yeah. TG: sooo TG: what do we do abt this TT: What? TG: we should b able to do something about this right TT: You wanna stop the Condesce? TG: ppl in other timelines have done it TT: That is correct. TG: we could do it TG: right TT: I have drafted a plan or two in the past. TG: o have u TT: I wasn’t sure if you were interested. TG: im pretty interested these days TG: the others not so much tbh but i cant blame em TG: theyre worried bc u know. i happen to be a lot less immortal than her or you TT: I’ve planned for that. TG: lmaooo TT: We’ll get you immortal and kill the Condesce, Rox. TG: man u rly are him huh TT: Told you.

Your name is Alan Strider. Sometimes, when you jerk awake at night, you are sure, one hundred percent sure, that Her Imperious Condescension is not done with you yet. Sometimes, when you sit on the deck of the boat you live on, recovering from nightmares, you think that she might come for you one day.

When that happens, you make plans.

You prepare.

It’ll be you who comes for her.

It’s you who’s not done yet.

i wanna hunt like david. i wanna kill me a giant man.

Roxy looks good when they come to meet you by your storage unit in Brazil. Grown up, you think, and determined. Nevertheless, something flickers over their face when you show them what's inside; when they lay eyes on the dismembered imperial drone you stole from your home timeline. You can relate. Your face doesn't show as much, but you feel the same every time you think about it.

You sit on scrap metal and talk about your plans. You have several, for different scenarios, and you accept what Roxy wants to change about them. The phrase Are you sure you want to do this is uttered back and forth a couple of times, before you both understand that yes. You're sure.

The way you end up agreeing on is simple enough -- if it works, you end up with a dead Condesce, a conditionally immortal Roxy, and a destroyed spare body of yours. If it doesn't, you have a list of other plans you can resort to. Stakes are high, but you've thought this through.

It's worth it.

So, you and Roxy get to work. You have to program the drone to go back home to mommy -- step one of the plan is both to find out her whereabouts, and to start coaxing her back to the planet she's having rebuilt. It might take a while, so it'll give you both time to… well, to gather up your things and make arrangements like pet care in your absence and telling your respective friends what's going on, you guess. You're not looking forward to this part of your masterplan, but you barely have time to think about it.

Anything that has you accessing an imperial drone's software is still prone to give you flashbacks bad enough to make your mechanical hands shake, so it's good that you have Roxy by your side this time. Practiced as you might be, they are still way better at this than you. You give them pointers to where they’ll find the parts of the programming you need to hijack, just to speed up the whole process, then you leave them be and go do your own work.

Roxy laugh-scoffed at the way your notes concerning the drone looked. When you disassembled it, you made yourself a map so you could put it back together, but it doesn’t look like something anyone else could ever decipher. It works for you, though. Part for part, the heap of metal starts resembling the huge beasts that almost killed the both of you on numerous occasions again.

“You wanna look over this before I finish it off?” Roxy asks eventually.

“I’m sure you did great,” you say, but you want to look over it anyway. You don’t get shivers down your spine now that you’re a robot, but you feel the sense of cold and dread in the back of your mind, going over the very program that made your lives hell, that both saved you and killed Dirk. Roxy reaches for your hand, and you take it. You exchange another We’re really doing this, huh? look, but nobody says it out loud anymore. You say, “Looks good.”

You captchalogue the finished drone, then transportalize back to Roxy’s part of your home planet, and release it. It’ll find its way back to the Condesce, and then promptly self-destruct, leaving in its wake only a message to goad her back to Earth. Once she’s made it back here, you’ll move on to the next part of the plan.

Until then, for now, you will wait.

Roxy hugs you before they disappear back to a different timeline’s Barcelona, and you disappear back to your boat in a different timeline’s Indian Ocean. Only once you are home and alone do you allow yourself to actually feel something.

Everything from Roxy messaging you to your feet hitting the deck of your yacht again happened without pause, your mind going on autopilot. Something was happening, so something had to be done in response, your plans had to be set in motion, there was no time to think about any of this. No time to fully realize what’s going on.

You stand there in the scorching evening sun of your current timezone, stare out at the horizon, and wait for the fear to come.

What hits you instead is cold, calculating, ready-to-maim anger.

You are not scared of her. Not when you know exactly what you’re going to do, where, how, and when you’re going to do it, to bring her down. You’ve been scared your whole life, and it’s enough, now. It’s enough. She’s taken your family from you, your childhood, your friends, your life as a human kid. If after all she’s put you through there is one person who has the right to destroy your home planet as well, it sure as shit should be you.

You square your shoulders, flex your hands, and refocus. You’ll have to talk to Alma to make sure you can time this coup just right to be back home for his big day.

And before that, after months and months of fighting it, you’ll have to tell your boyfriend that you’re doing the exact thing you promised him not to do.

There’s no going back now. You’ll make whatever sacrifices you need to end it once and for all.

[internetdetectives]

11/26/18 - Chat with Nocta and Moonman

((Moonman says that it's time to clear some things up))

Dense 1:44 PM: Yeet the fuck

nocta 1:44 PM: what are you doing?

Jos 1:45 PM: okay

Jos 1:45 PM: lets me search the meaning of that term first

Dense 1:45 PM: Oh

Jos 1:46 PM: oh, i see, yup, i'm against no one

((Moonman claims that no one in this chat is enemies with one another))

nocta 1:46 PM: Idiot

((Moonman asks if Nocta can just let it go))

nocta 1:46 PM: No.

Jos 1:47 PM: sorry my lenguage is not english i think i fucked up a little up there, i am agaisnt no one, all friendly and nice

((Moonman says that Nocta was calling him an idiot, not Jos))

Jos 1:47 PM: i see

Jos 1:47 PM: Nocta, I think we need to clarify stuff, lets sit down, and lets talk cool

nocta 1:48 PM: Ha. 

nocta 1:48 PM: I will see you all around.

Jos 1:49 PM:  Are you sure this is the correct route?

Jos 1:49 PM: I hope so

Jos 1:49 PM: He is like

Jos 1:49 PM: "you are the bad guys oooo so lets talk about it nocta and he is like no0o0o0"

((Moonman claims that is not how the situation actually is))

((Moonman believes his life might actually be in danger at this point))

moonman31 1:51 PM: but

moonman31 1:51 PM: I can reveal some things that I could not before

moonman31 1:51 PM: The more you discover

moonman31 1:51 PM: The more I can reveal

moonman31 1:51 PM: It seems.

Jos 1:52 PM: So, you know about this "he is trapped?"

Jos 1:52 PM: Could mean tyler, could mean Samuel who hasnt posted a single time

((Moonman claims he knows nothing about that phrase))

Jos 1:52 PM: aw

Jos 1:52 PM: so, what is the new stuff you can reveal?

((Moonman says he needs to know who all is in the chat))

Jos 1:52 PM: ok

Jos 1:52 PM: so, we have Wolfcat, me, Circle Hunter, Dense, Glad Mans, Bianca, and Raven

Jos 1:52 PM: no one else

Jos 1:52 PM: x

Jos 1:52 PM: lets see if others are here

Jos 1:52 PM: post x

Wolfcat 1:55 PM: I think it's just you, me, jos, and raven

((Moonman says he believes there is a spy among our ranks))

Jos 1:57 PM: I trust you, I have a theory but I don't want to reveal just to mantain stuff secure

Jos 1:57 PM: anyway, i will find the spy soon or later

Jos 1:57 PM: and i have the perfect idea

Jos 1:57 PM: I see

((Moonman says "Well..."))

Jos 1:57 PM: Nothing else? well, We will be careful with what we say... thank you

Dense 2:03 PM: Oh nocta left

((Moonman says he was waiting for a response from us))

Jos 2:04 PM: oh, sorry, non english native so idk when something follows a reply lol

Wolfcat 2:04 PM: Dense is also here

((Moonman says "Obviously"))

Jos 2:04 PM: so, why are you at line?

((Moonman says we are right about some things and wrong about others))

Jos 2:04 PM: please, tell us the wrong part so we can see the both sides of the coin

((Moonman says we are right about "Greth"))

Jos 2:04 PM: Well, he is probably Nocta? The Johnisdead page points to to it, and have bunch of evidence, still, it could be wrong info.

Jos 2:04 PM: Nocta

((Moonman says that Greth is not Nocta, at least not as far as he knows))

((Moonman confirms that he is Greth, but he doesn't know us and Greth Vlogs is not familiar to him))

((Moonman says that he is not the person on the front page of Johnisdead, despite being Greth))

Jos 2:04 PM: Sorry, I have no words, im confused... Then, the guy from the front page must be another guy who looks really the same

Wolfcat 2:11 PM: It sounds to me like some stupid magic shit is going on

Wolfcat 2:11 PM: More time bullshit

Jos 2:11 PM: except if you cant remember

Jos 2:11 PM: because of the sp00ky stuff

Jos 2:11 PM: wait

Jos 2:11 PM: then

Wolfcat 2:13 PM: back when YSHDT.net was up, a lot of strange things were happening with various timelines converging into one another

Wolfcat 2:13 PM: maybe this is still happening somehow

Wolfcat 2:13 PM: as crazy as that sounds

Jos 2:15 PM: what if there are 3 , you, the greth from the vlogs, and the sp00ky one

Jos 2:15 PM: for some reason

Jos 2:15 PM: what if Patrem has been converted into a vessel for Kevin who is using the vlogs greth as vessel?

Jos 2:15 PM: idk,

moonman31 2:16 PM: Now you're losing me

Wolfcat 2:17 PM: I mean, that'd be a double vessel.

((Moonman says he doesn't know anything about that))

Wolfcat 2:17 PM: It seems like either way, Nocta is Kevin

Wolfcat 2:17 PM: That much we can be certain of

Wolfcat 2:17 PM: At least to some extent

((Moonman asks about Patrem))

Jos 2:17 PM: there is this entity called patrem, it needs a vessel to survive, a physical, weak body to assimilate,

Jos 2:17 PM: in the greth videos and the jid page, everything reffering this entity, is purple

Jos 2:17 PM: yet

Jos 2:17 PM: in the jid page, nocta has been referring as this purple sp00ky greth

Jos 2:17 PM: but nocta is kevin

((Moonman says he's not sure about that))

Wolfcat 2:19 PM: Maybe the "Wayward cretin" is just fucking with us some more

Wolfcat 2:19 PM: Tenebris, I mean

Jos 2:19 PM: What im saying "Kelbris" needs a body, maybe kevin did the same when patrem was weak, and took over patrem and then used patrem to vessel this sp00ky greth, so, kevin would be nocta at the same time of Greth vlogs

((Moonman says there are some very dark things happening on Astral Observatory))

((Moonman says he's frustrated because he believes it might be too late to stop it))

Jos 2:19 PM: i can use a proxy and access the truth part, if you are willing to help me...

Wolfcat 2:20 PM: Do you know if there's any possible way for us to access The Truth?

Wolfcat 2:20 PM: or is that still just completely out of reach

((Moonman says that the password has been changed and that he no longer knows it))

Jos 2:21 PM: shit, i should have asked earlier, but i didnt wanted look like impolite

CircleHunter 2:21 PM: I am here now

((Moonman says the old password was "pqbxhtlopa"))

Wolfcat 2:21 PM: oh fuck

Wolfcat 2:21 PM: shit

CircleHunter 2:21 PM: Whoa

Wolfcat 2:21 PM: the shit that was on jid.com

Jos 2:22 PM: FUCK

CircleHunter 2:22 PM: That means

CircleHunter 2:22 PM:Try the current title

Jos 2:22 PM: Now is when i want a tardis you know

Jos 2:22 PM: The timer wont reset tought

((Moonman asks what timer Jos is referring to))

Jos 2:22 PM: it was an old page in jid

Jos 2:22 PM: just a referrence tho

((Moonman says that it reminded him of something))

Jos 2:22 PM: what about?

Jos 2:22 PM: maybe its important

Jos 2:22 PM: i can provide old images of the page if that helps

Wolfcat 2:26 PM: Maybe "pqbxh" and "tlopa" on JiD was merely a hint towards The Truth, and not something about Nocta

CircleHunter 2:26 PM: Damn we were too late then

CircleHunter 2:26 PM: Has jid changed?

Wolfcat 2:27 PM: Not on my end

((Moonman says a post has been deleted since he lost access to The Truth))

Jos 2:27 PM: i will find that post

Jos 2:27 PM it must be the new password being hidden

Wolfcat 2:28 PM: I think it was the post in The Truth

Wolfcat 2:28 PM: There used to be two posts in there

((Moonman confirms he was talking about the post that was deleted in The Truth))

CircleHunter 2:28 PM: I want to test something

Jos 2:28 PM: aw

Wolfcat 2:28 PM: And the older post was deleted

Jos 2:28 PM: it was the old one right

Wolfcat 2:28 PM: But the newer one remained

CircleHunter 2:28 PM: Just to be absolutely sure here, you were around for jadusable and posted the new wave bossa nova, right?

CircleHunter 2:28 PM: Or was that this other greth?

((Moonman says he did in fact submit the NWBN during YSHDT.net))

CircleHunter 2:28 PM: Ok, hmm

((Moonman says that the timeline seems similar up to a point))

((Moonman begins acting strangely and posts "Kevin, Tyler, Tenebris))

((Moonman then deletes this post))

CircleHunter 2:28 PM: Please tell me someone was paying attention to that

CircleHunter 2:35 PM: Kevin, tyler, tenebris

((Moonman says "save please tyler"))

Raven 2:37 PM: He's deleting everything

Wolfcat 2:37 PM: We'll save Tyler.

((Moonman then says "no save please"))

Jos 2:41 PM: what is going on

moonman31 2:41 PM: tylers

moonman31 2:41 PM: STOP IT

moonman31 2:41 PM: EVERYTHING IS TYLER AND NOTHING IS TYLE

Wolfcat 2:42 PM: Who's doing this to you?

moonman31 2:43 PM: t\

moonman31 2:45 PM: he

moonman31 2:45 PM: is

moonman31 2:45 PM: Today at 14:16

((Users noticed that Moonman’s post from 2:16 now had an alien emote reaction))

((Wolfcat posted an image of the Bow and Arrow))

moonman31 2:47 PM: I feel ok

moonman31 2:47 PM:  for now

moonman31 2:48 PM: what did you do?

Wolfcat 2:49 PM: Can you tell us who he is? Do you know? The man with the alien mask?

Jos 2:49 PM: lets say

Jos 2:49 PM: its sp00ky stuff too

moonman31 2:49 PM: The what

Jos 2:49 PM: but we did it to save you

Jos 2:49 PM: wait, you cant remember? few seconds ago

moonman31 2:50 PM: The man with the alien mask?

Wolfcat 2:51 PM: Was he not the one who was just hurting you?

moonman31 2:52 PM: I don't know what does that

Jos 2:54 PM: lets see if this works ?

((Jos posts Epona's Song))

moonman31 2:55 PM: ???

moonman31 2:55 PM: Wait are you

moonman31 2:55 PM: god,im ((this was originally a cipher))

moonman31 2:55 PM: hold on

moonman31 2:55 PM: someone is at the door

Jos 2:55 PM: ok

Wolfcat 2:55 PM: wait no

Jos 2:55 PM: but dont open

Wolfcat 2:55 PM: don't pull this

Jos 2:55 PM: waito

Wolfcat 2:56 PM: dude you KNOW this never ends up well

Jos 2:56 PM: before he opens the door

((Jos posted an image of the Stone Mask))

((Moonman then posted the message "too late"))

[lucykimbow]

QUIZ: OMG, How Many Of These Acronyms Do You Know?

From LOL to BRB, acronyms have taken over our culture with a BEG (you know what this means don’t you?). Chatting with friends online or through text messages has become a game of deciphering codes that lost their secrets ages ago. But the true story of acronyms actually started long before the invention of the internet and texting. Formal businesses have been using acronyms for as long as they’ve been around. Some organizations are even known by their acronym instead of their real name. Do you have an acumen for acronyms? Click the start button to find out!

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From LOL to BRB, acronyms have taken over our culture with a BEG (you know what this means don't you?). Chatting with friends online or through text messages has become a game of deciphering codes that lost their secrets ages ago. But the true story of acronyms actually started long before the invention of the internet and texting. Formal businesses have been using acronyms for as long as they've been around. Some organizations are even known by their acronym instead of their real name. Do you have an acumen for acronyms? Click the start button to find out!\n"},"2":{"position":2,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/2\/","content":"\n\n

When you come home from months away it's a real LTNS.\n

\n

long time no speak\n

long time no sing\n

long time no spaghetti\n

long time no see\n

LTNS mean \"long time no see,\" which is exactly what all your friends and family will say when they see you for the first time. It's the acronym you won't stop getting!\n\n"},"3":{"position":3,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/3\/","content":"\n

The BEG your sibling gives you when they're about to get you in trouble.\n

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best educated guess\n

big-eyed grin\n

best evil guess\n

big evil grin\n

Anyone who grew up with siblings knows that \"big evil grin\" their sister or brother gives them before dropping the blame hammer.\n\n\n

It's true that GMTA when two friends have the same idea.\n

\n

groovy minds think alike\n

great minds think a lot\n

good moods take avocados\n

great minds think alike\n

While it's true that avocados lead to good moods, the phrase we're looking for is \"great minds think alike.\" You know it's true friendship when you and a friend think the exact same way.\n\n\n

The couple celebrating their anniversary was JIT for their dinner reservations.\n

\n

just in tide\n

just in term\n

just in tempo\n

just in time\n

Unless they're dancing this couple is not in tempo. They made it \"just in time\" to their anniversary dinner. The host was just about to cross off their names!\n\n\n

The UFO soared above the treeline for all the campers to see.\n

\n

ugly fluorescent owl\n

unobtrusive flash objects\n

undefined fantastic object\n

unidentified flying object\n

The \"unidentified flying object\" wowed the campers as it flew past. Many were left wondering if it was more than just an airplane too far out of range to really see.\n\n\n

In the era of streaming entertainment, PPV group watching is just as popular as ever.\n

\n

pages per visitor\n

purchase price variance\n

pre-production verification\n

pay per view\n

Pay Per View is still a widely used service that sports fans watch the biggest fights with. From WWE to UFC, professional fighting fans would be left in the dark without PPV.\n\n\n

Many bars and restaurants now use POS systems to take food and drink orders.\n

\n

positively outrageous service\n

process operating system\n

primary operating service\n

point of service\n

The touchscreen \"point of service\" system allows businesses touchscreen controls to place customer orders. Once finalized, a receipt prints behind the bar or in the kitchen for preparation.\n\n\n

It's hard to turn on the television without seeing a commercial for the SPCA.\n

\n

Student Parent Caring Association\n

Special Pets Can't Act Alone\n

Symposium on Pervasive Computing and Applications\n

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals\n

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals often gets their commercials placed during major sporting events, usually accompanied by a sad song.\n\n\n

ESPN is the most popular sports network in the United States.\n

\n

Every Sports Plays Network\n

Entertainment Sports People's Network\n

Evil Sports Propaganda Network\n

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network\n

The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network was founded in 1979. Since then it has become one of the country's most popular networks to watch all things sports.\n\n\n

Your parents would not be happy if you said TYVM for dinner instead of...\n

\n

thank you, Viggo Mortenson\n

thank you vegetation manager\n

thank you very many\n

thank you very much\n

It's polite after a meal to say, \"thank you very much.\" If you looked your host in the eyes and said, \"TYVM\" you might never be invited back for another meal.\n\n\n

The television show will BRB after these commercial breaks!\n

\n

bring registered broadband\n

be running behind\n

bring recordings back\n

be right back\n

Before cutting to commercial, it's common for television shows to let the audience know they will, \"be right back.\" The acronym is also used among friends.\n\n\n

It's hard to stay in contact with certain family members when they are AWOL.\n

\n

away on leave\n

always working on leaving\n

alone without laptop\n

absent without leave\n

Someone who has gone AWOL is \"absent without leave.\" They often don't want to be found and purposely take steps to make sure you can't.\n\n\n

The APB was out on the missing dog when he couldn't be found around the house.\n

\n

alone pet bulletin\n

all police band\n

animal protection battalion\n

all-points bulletin\n

The dog was so important to the family they convinced the police to put out an \"all-points bulletin\" to help them find their lost family member.\n\n\n

IDK where the Applebees gift card was placed!\n

\n

I don't kare\n

I didn't know\n

I do know\n

I don't know\n

Because they are looking for the gift card in the present, \"I don't know\" is the correct answer. If they found it after a long search then \"I didn't know\" could be considered correct.\n\n"},"4":{"position":4,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/4\/","content":"\n

ICYMI has become a popular acronym in Twitter news reporting.\n

\n

in considering you missed it\n

in case you missed intel\n

in communication you missed intel\n

in case you missed it\n

\"In case you missed it\" is used on timeline-based websites like Twitter to show an article that has previously been posted.\n\n"},"5":{"position":5,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/5\/","content":"\n

A SMART person follows these simple rules in life.\n

\n

sociable, marketable, actual, realistic, time-sensitive\n

speedy, measured, artistic, ritualistic, talkative\n

specific, metered, accessible, reasonable, timely\n

specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound\n

The keys to success in business a SMART person aims for are; specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Achieving four out of five is pretty good too!\n\n"},"6":{"position":6,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/6\/","content":"\n

The flight to San Diego was going to be late for its ETA.\n

\n

exactly timed arrival\n

electronic time of arrival\n

emergency tire assistance\n

estimated time of arrival\n

The flight was given an \"estimated time of arrival\" that kept having to be changed as landing conditions remained poor.\n\n"},"7":{"position":7,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/7\/","content":"\n

DARE works to educate youth early about substance abuse.\n

\n

Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education\n

Drug Abuse and Refusal Education\n

Drug and Alcohol Response Education\n

Drug Abuse Resistance Education\n

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education organization has been working since 1983 to educate young people about drugs. The overarching goals of DARE are to reduce drug use, neighborhood violence, and gang activity.\n\n"},"8":{"position":8,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/8\/","content":"\n

The invitation was time-sensitive and needed to be responded to ASAP.\n

\n

as soon as probable\n

as short as possible\n

as short as practical\n

as soon as possible\n

The time-sensitive invitation needs a response \"as soon as possible.\" If the person waits, they will not have a place reserved at the event.\n\n"},"9":{"position":9,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/9\/","content":"\n

When DND is hung on the door, the service staff knows to check back later.\n

\n

Dungeons and Dragons\n

do not distribute\n

do not disclose\n

do not disturb\n

When the \"do not disturb\" sign is hung on the doorknob it means the hotel guest is still sleeping. The service staff will have to check back later to see if they can clean.\n\n"},"10":{"position":10,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/10\/","content":"\n

As we become a more health-conscious nation, many people have begun recording their ADL.\n

\n

active daily lifestyle\n

activities daily log\n

action days log\n

activities of daily living\n

With popular of fitness watches and healthy meal prep services, it has become very easy to record you \"activities of daily living\" in incredible detail.\n\n"},"11":{"position":11,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/11\/","content":"\n

The secret being kept was NOYB unless you were a member of the secret circle.\n

\n

now on you're blocked\n

not officially your business\n

not on your brand\n

none of your business\n

Acronyms don't get much sassier than \"none of your business.\" Sharing is caring, and anyone keeping secrets is not your friend.\n\n"},"12":{"position":12,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/12\/","content":"\n

TTYL is the new way to say goodbye.\n

\n

talk to you louder\n

take that you loser\n

talk tomorrow or lose\n

talk to you later\n

\"Talk to you later\" is more commonly abbreviated at TTYL these days. The four-letter variation is fast to type and gets you out of the conversation quicker.\n\n"},"13":{"position":13,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/13\/","content":"\n

CBS is America's number-one rated television network based on viewers.\n

\n

Carson Broadcasting System\n

Classic Broadcasting System\n

Crane Broadcasting System\n

Columbia Broadcasting System\n

The Columbia Broadcasting System is \"America's most watched network!\" Some of its most popular shows are The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, and Seal Team.\n\n"},"14":{"position":14,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/14\/","content":"\n

You learned what MLA was in high school and college.\n

\n

multi-layered analysis\n

Modern Linguistics Association\n

Mathematics Learners of America\n

Modern Language Association\n

The Modern Language Association has created guidelines for how academic papers are meant to be formatted and cited. They recommend harsh penalties from educators for students who do not follow these rules.\n\n"},"15":{"position":15,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/15\/","content":"\n

PAWS may sound cute but actually has a very serious mission.\n

\n

Pets Are Welcome Shelters\n

Professional Animal Walkers Studio\n

Pets And Waterplay Studio\n

Progressive Animal Welfare Society\n

The Progressive Animal Welfare Society was founded in 1979 as a no-kill animal shelter. The shelter also helps rehabilitate wild animals who have been injured in public areas.\n\n"},"16":{"position":16,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/16\/","content":"\n

With the rise in mobile communication and messaging, AFK is not used very much anymore.\n

\n

away from keys\n

away from Kong\n

away from knowing\n

away from keyboard\n

With keyboards on smartphones, it's nearly impossible these days to claim you are \"away from keyboard.\" There is probably a phone within reach right now!\n\n"},"17":{"position":17,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/17\/","content":"\n

Like, OMG, did you see that seagull steal that poor kid's ice cream?\n

\n

oh my geez!\n

oh my gravy!\n

oh my gourd!\n

oh my god!\n

Someone from Boston might pronounce it \"oh my gourd!\" but OMG stands for \"oh my God!\"\n\n"},"18":{"position":18,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/18\/","content":"\n

SWAT is only called in when the \"big guns\" are needed.\n

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Special Weapons Attack Team\n

Special Winning Attitude Team\n

Swift Action Tactics\n

Special Weapons and Tactics\n

The Special Weapons and Tactics teams used to be called the Special Weapons Attack Team. If that was your guess, you were close!\n\n"},"19":{"position":19,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/19\/","content":"\n

MIA is more than the name of a popular musician, it is also a government term for this.\n

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made in America\n

missing in America\n

maimed in action\n

missing in action\n

\"Missing in action\" is the term used to designate soldiers or officers who are unaccounted for at the end of the day. There is a much bleaker term used if they are maimed.\n\n"},"20":{"position":20,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/20\/","content":"\n

The term KISS is a very simplified reminder to do this.\n

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keep it stupidly simple\n

keep it simple and systematic\n

.keep it super secret\n

keep it simple stupid\n

To \"keep it simple stupid\" isn't a reminder that you're stupid. It is a reminder that oftentimes the simple solution is the best solution.\n\n"},"21":{"position":21,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/21\/","content":"\n

When someone is leaving for a long time, they are usually asked to KIT.\n

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keep in time\n

keep it tough\n

keep it together\n

keep in touch\n

It may be a sad scene, but it can hurt less when you promise to \"keep in touch.\" Your family and friends will appreciate being updated on your life too!\n\n"},"22":{"position":22,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/22\/","content":"\n

When you're driving around in an SUV, you're actually driving around in one of these.\n

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suburban utility vehicle\n

smart utility vehicle\n

special utility vehicle\n

sports utility vehicle\n

A sports utility vehicle can be a lot of fun to drive. It can also be very practical and help with moving heavy equipment.\n\n"},"23":{"position":23,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/23\/","content":"\n

CST is what kind of time?\n

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Coastal standard time\n

Canadian standard time\n

California standard time\n

Central standard time\n

Central standard time is the time zone located in the mid-east part of the country. It is two hours ahead of Pacific standard time and one hour behind Eastern standard time.\n\n"},"24":{"position":24,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/24\/","content":"\n

The SEAL part of Navy SEALs has nothing to do with the cute animals.\n

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Simulated Evolution and Learning\n

Safety Education and Aquatic Learning\n

Sea Scout Advanced Leadership\n

Sea, Land, and Air\n

The Navy Sea Land and Air team are considered one of the highest trained in the world. The soldiers have become so popular there is a show on CBS about them.\n\n"},"25":{"position":25,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/25\/","content":"\n

BTW, you're getting close to the end of this quiz!\n

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born to win\n

bring the wine\n

between the words\n

by the way\n

\"By the way\" you're only a few questions away from learning your acronym acumen. Keep going! You won't believe what score you're getting!\n\n"},"26":{"position":26,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/26\/","content":"\n

Sometimes your boss might say they are IAM just to get out of answering your questions...\n

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in a multi-call\n

I'm away this morning\n

I'm avoiding Monday\n

in a meeting\n

When your boss says they are \"in a meeting\" they probably are. If your question is urgent you will have to message or email them.\n\n"},"27":{"position":27,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/27\/","content":"\n

The WWE used to be a federation, but now it's just this.\n

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World Wrestling Execution\n

Worldwide Wrestling Entity\n

Worldwide Wrestling Engagement\n

World Wrestling Entertainment\n

World Wrestling Entertainment started as World Wrestling Federation (WWF) but was sued by the World Wildlife Foundation. The real WWF had rights to the name federation was changed to entertainment.\n\n"},"28":{"position":28,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/28\/","content":"\n

Most employees can't wait for EOD!\n

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expense overdue distribution\n

exit off duty\n

event over day\n

end of day\n

The \"end of day\" is most employees favorite part of working. There is no feeling nicer than clocking out and going home to see your family and friends!\n\n"},"29":{"position":29,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/29\/","content":"\n

FYI, this is the last acronym on the quiz!\n

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for your interest\n

for you indirectly\n

for your inspection\n

for your information\n

\"For your information\" is a quick way to let someone know you have something important to say. Sometimes that important information is pictures of dogs at Disneyland. from WordPress https://www.harebourg.com/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know/