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[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Xeelee Sequence is basically that

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 19 points 9 hours ago

The 4D salmon: what's an outside?

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

The only appropriate reaction for this I have right now is "Bruh".

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

reading through your old notes can be a wild ride sometimes lmao

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I just read through a little notebook that I keep by my computer to write down thoughts, lists, things to remember, etc. every now and then and came across this nugget:

Hermano = brother

therefore

"Herman" = "bro"?

also,

heavy metal band name: Dark Pontifex

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

And the salmon is called sammy.

Puh ka puh ka

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 32 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Ok im sold, how do build my life around this mystical thing?

[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

There will come a time when the distribution of 4D salmon will take the universe to equilibrium of mass. That is what will cause the universe to collapse into a big bang. The roe will cause uneven distribution pushing gravity to create stellar structures until equilibrium is once again reached. This is not a series of season but a continuum of spawning. We can only have faith in the now. Our purpose is null. In our insignificance we can choose our values. We can also not choose because whatever we are or were is not always true. The self is fleeting. Only the 4D salmon are true in theirselves.

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Jesus was symbolized as a fish. If he does 'return' it's easy to imagine the way he does.

Take any body, name it correctly, and then you can have it travel back in time just like skyrim represents. Literature. Time almost warps to humans when we apply meaning. It is why the bible enthralls people. The body cannot return, but the mind can.

Great things to be unburied, but it is quagmire. Hence, the constant vitriol spilled forth.

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago

That's deep, man.

Don't Bogart the joint. It's puff puff pass, man.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Take any body, name it correctly, and then you can have it travel back in time just like skyrim represents. Literature. Time almost warps to humans when we apply meaning. It is why the bible enthralls people. The body cannot return, but the mind can.

This comment is a trip lol

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

Not much of it is untrue though.

Gilgamesh, the oldest story explores the fight of man versus death. Disullusionment of immortality and acceptance of passing. So we deeply understand the psyche of Gilgamesh's journey, venture, and emotion. Hence we know him beyond his time. We traversed back through preservation.

A more personal example is how the mind constantly pulls itself back into the depths of their misery. Entrapped in a moment, a time, a memory that no longer exists. The same way we can see the possibilities of futures.

As for the body - think cyberpunk. Soulkiller, extracts the mind and kills the body. If the mind can be extracted, then it can be injected. Also known as avatar culture as seen in hindu and some east asian cultures. Raise them with the philosophy, logic, and culture. How do you extract the mind? Write it down.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Are you built like a cult leader? How would you like a job.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I thought the beard was the only important part. What does built like a cult leader mean?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

It just needs a story. What stories have salmon?

Grizzly eats a salmon. Maybe that's the basis of our creation myth. Is the grizzly bear an antagonist?

No, it's an impersonal force. Our mythos rejects dualism; we have a time travel fish. The bear represents something else, like circumstance or cupidity.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago

Sorry, we only worship crabs here. This here's a crab town.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 57 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Somebody got high

Source: Been high

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 9 hours ago

They didn't just get high, they got Perfectly High.

High enough that everything is clear and profound, but not high enough to feel the tiny shadow people climbing your nose hairs.

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Brother thinks I need substances to be whimsical

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not doubting ya! It's the way they totally forgot about it and thought it was something ridiculous but later remembered everything that brings it home for me.

(Blink twice if it was the weed, but can't say it, gurl.)

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I will blink as many times as it is required for you to understand my sense of wonder is much stronger than weed.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Oh. I was joking about the weed but I guess you need a chill pill instead.

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You may have misunderstood my propensity to dream, frolic, and play as hostility.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago (1 children)

Hmm, there's hardly a misunderstanding when I'm getting downvoted by you and told "as many times as I need to understand" but ok

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Eh, I do think it is annoying when people make those kinds of comments, it's usually weed guys too.

I am not hostile to you, just the toxic sentiment you carry.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 33 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I am high now.

Source: dispensary

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

Am dispensary now.

Source: farms

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[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 31 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like something from hitchhikers guide

[–] Yaenntz@fedia.io 3 points 10 hours ago

My first thought was, that could be an Doctor Who ep. But yeah, Hitchhiker's suits better!

[–] dzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

With the salmon part, a bit, otherwise Hyperion. The Shrike is one of my favorite villains.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Is the shrike a villain though? Just let it have it's murder sex...

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 96 points 1 day ago

That's pretty damn cool, to be fair.

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 6 points 18 hours ago

I guess those words are forming a sentence or more

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (20 children)

Insano game idea:

2D platformer... but its actually 3D.

But the third dimension... is time.

...somebody has to have done something like that already, right?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 1 day ago

Braid and Prince of Persia, kind of?

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

The first half of the game plays kinda like a tower defense game, except there is one peculiar enemy that just appears, disappears, and multiplies strategically (eventually forcing a loss), then it switches to you being that character with time-control... complete with seeing previous threads (your own character) sorta like adding another unit each time you rewind time.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Braid definitely has a large section like that, and a great final stage.

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