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[siriusly]

It's weird to think that maybe this Earth could turn out like the one from my universe. Or timeline. Or however it works...
(I'm not really smart about all this, I'm sorry...)

But there's a lot that's similar. Even on the planet I lived on, and all the ones in the galaxy, we all use the same clock system, even though some days are longer or shorter depending on which planet you landed on. Same 24 hour clock. And this Earth uses one, too. And there's baseball and hovercars and the moon landing was about the same time (I think)...

So I wonder how long it will take for this Earth to leave the planet, if it will. Or maybe it won't because it won't make the same mistakes the Earth in my history did. Or maybe they WILL but they'll decide to do something differently. Maybe because people like us are here it's already changed how things will go. Maybe because I'm here the railways from my world can show, and maybe because someone else is here, something from their history will happen? IS that already happening?

It's also weird that I can think about all this without trying when I'm TRYING to study something else...

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[itistolaugh]

that kind of thinking goes right over my head so i dont bother.
stuff happens or it doesnt so ... whatever! u know?

[siriusly]

Yeah you're right...
But it's still kind of fun to think about it I guess. Like maybe some of us will be historical here the same way some stuff is already here and back home. Like maybe this world will have space pirates and alien encounters too, but with new outcomes!
And maybe there'll be a Manabu Yuuki when THIS universe hits the 23rd century...
That part is extra weird.

[itistolaugh]

maybe!! its cool but also at the same time
like
super
suuuuuper boring
alternate timelines are just a big headache trust me

whatre you trying to study instead?

[siriusly]

Oh haha sorry. I didn't mean to cause a headache.

English...
I want to take the GED exam they have here. But studying isn't really the thing I'm good at so it's hard to pay attention...

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[oceanthief]

Humans aren't really all that creative, so it's not really surprising that the same things keep showing up on different earths. It's probably all they have.

I don't think that they're going to figure out how to leave the planet anytime soon, though. They're not moving particularly fast at all.

[they literally only launched their first space vessel a few years ago. like, what the fuck?]

[siriusly]

Really? Even with the technology to warp people across time and space...We don't have that where I'm from and we've already colonized several planets. Maybe it's because the priorities are different here.

[oceanthief]

I don't think that the humans here built that porter - or if they did, someone else gave them the plans. It's too advanced compared to everything else here.

[siriusly]

It seems like it. But it's hard to know for sure...
There used to be a lot more people here who dealt with that kind of technology on some other Earth, but from what I can tell, a whole bunch of them are gone.

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[knaval]

hahahahahahahahah right?? they even have the same terrible movies as the one im from
and im not even from the same galaxy as earth and i know this!!!!!!
their so dum!!

swoop to ur heart's content

[oceanthief]

Why did you bother watching another galaxy's movies in the first place?

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[thelasttsviet]

You talk about the earth as if it were alive.

[siriusly]

I do?
Sorry if it sounds weird... I mean I guess I think of Earth as the people as opposed to the place. Historical people on Earth, letting go and leaving the planet to find something new.

[thelasttsviet]

I see.

[Shelke didn't quite know why that disappointed her. Maybe she'd been hoping to find a universe that worked like hers did.]

So you mean humanity eventually becomes space travelers.

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[pale_blue_arrow]

yeah, i get this. i think about this a lot. i mean i'm just an english lit guy, but so many authors in this timeline wrote different things - but they're still authors. usually they're even still writing in the same genre. their books came out the same years they did back home, for the most part.

so does that mean that in spite of everything, things are locked onto a path? what path, then? it's the kind of thing that makes me uneasy. i always thought that if the world was different people would be better. my world's a shithole, i had to tell myself that to survive sometimes. but things are different here and authors are still authors, criminals are still criminals, the people history class taught me were good guys still did good-guy stuff, even if it's not the exact same stuff.

i don't know if that means we don't really have a choice or if we're all naturally inclined towards things to the point it almost doesn't matter. i don't really like either answer.

it's entirely possible we're both getting this wrong though. we're not quantum physicists or philosophers or historians. the similarities and the differences and what they mean might be beyond our understanding right now, dollface. maybe it always will be.

i look at it this way: at least here I have friends, i have people who give a shit whether i live or die, and i can help people. that's more than i ever thought i'd get out of life.

this is fucking hilarious coming from me given i love shakespeare and shakespeare is depressing as fuck but maybe you need to look at the positives here.

[Brendan is good at texting out lengthy paragraphs when he's melancholy. This is one of those nights. Well, evening, but still. He hates that this is something he can't puzzle out, so he's just dealing with it by looking at the ways this is an improvement over home... and missing people who he knew back home who'd like it here.]

you gonna be okay?

[siriusly]

You really have a way of putting things smarter haha...
But I'm glad you're looking at the brighter side of things. That's the part worth fighting for, destiny or not...

I'm fine, don't worry! And it sounds like I don't have to worry about you either?

[pale_blue_arrow]

only because i've overthought this.

me looking on the bright side is surreal. but any other way to look at it will drive you crazy.

well i may never look at butterflies the same way but other than that i'm good. you didn't get caught up in that mess, did you? :c

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[ofgoldenfoil]

The world I am from is vastly different from this one. The only thing there's anything in common is that there are common wildlife and humanity, but that's about it. I am not sure if my world inhabitants can leave and go to the stars aside from death.

And what are you trying to study?

[siriusly]

I wonder if that means because you're from something so different, it'll make the progression of this world different, just because you're here...

Studying English right now. There's a test I'm trying to prepare for.

[ofgoldenfoil]

I think it does. Someone came from my world and left a brief but terrible mark. I wasn't here when it happened, but what she left behind made people remember her for good. And not in a good way, either.

English is a strange language to learn. I had to learn it myself when I first arrived.

[ Auri you couldn't even read your own language if it was possible ]

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[rathercommon]

Well, go on, what WERE the mistakes your Earth made?

ouuu kitty i remember u from my marty darkov dayssss

[siriusly]

Oh well I don't think I know them all, but there were a few big ones.
Like the government ignoring the poor and basically running them ragged searching for resources for the rich...Ignoring the people warning about an extra-terrestrial invasion...Anything to do with hurting or discriminating against machine men...There's been lots of mistakes over the years.
I like to think it's better than it was, but there's still work to be done. Some people still aren't being heard and that needs to be fixed.

i missed you, alot

[rathercommon]

[ Um. ]

Well, they definitely still neglect the poor. There's no question of that. I don't know about machine men, though - like, robots, you mean?

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[marriedmedium]

Hasn't it left already? I'm sure I remember something about a moon trip.

[siriusly]

I'm not sure that one counts...I mean, I haven't heard anything beyond that. No plans to colonize or anything.

[marriedmedium]

Now, don't go moving those proverbial goal posts! It most certainly does count.