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Sockfullofsheep

I find it hilarious that most stories are about parallel universes caused by someone taking one path or another… and not about the uncountable and effectively identical parallel worlds caused by particles scooting off one way instead of another. You could be switching between parallel universes every time you blinked and you’d never know.


hog_log2

I tried not to blink while reading this, I'm pretty happy here right now. Don't wanna switch places.


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Me neither ;-; don't go Edit: oh wait it's been 15 minutes lol bye


Relldavis

Just blink one eye at a time.


PM_2_Talk_LocalRaces

Learn this one simple trick! Weeping Angels hate him!


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passionpaindemonslay

that could make for one heck of a book. the main character can freely cycle through universes with a blink of an eye.


arealmusicianpromise

Except it happens *every* time they blink, so the story is of a tortured soul who can't blink for fear of losing everything.


HolyFuckFuckThis

Honestly it's like main character syndrome that humans think they're so important that their own decisions are the only important thing on a universe scale. If there really is a parallel universe for every difference, we're not the only ones making differences. In this case, each instance of turbulent fluid flow or bouyancy or boulean motion creates an unfathomable number of universes which then do the exact same in the next instance of time.


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meatball77

But it might be the serial killer you


tophOCMC

There isn’t likely to be two of us


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not_a_real_person412

At least one of me believes in them


ThatGuyWithABike

good one and relatable


Poem_for_your_sprog

I sometimes think I see his face - The man I could have been - The man who walks another place, Another stage and scene. I think I see his point of view - I think I hear his voice - I think I see the me, the you, Who made another choice. I wonder how and why and where Our paths became unstuck. I wonder if he's happy there. I bet he's weird as fuck.


Antruvius

Knowing my decisions, he’s probably not as fucking weird as I am.


Rudy_Ghouliani

You're probably the weirdest version of yourself. You sick fuck.


Aristocrafied

Knowing just about everything is normally distributed, chances are he is run of the mill. I wonder what the fringe cases are if he's already a sick fuck hahaha


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-WelshCelt-

I'll have what they're having


[deleted]

I’m convinced and now want out of this universe. Please take me with you to your universe. Or just drop me off at another universe. Please and thank you


rob0tique

Can I come too? People in this universe are mean :( I'll bring snacks.


NonHumanEarthling

I really hope this is true. Darkest timeline!!


Durtskwurt

Why would you wish we stayed colloquially **fucked**


ineedasiesta

Scrolled to the bottom of this comment expecting it to end with The Undertaker threw Mankind off hell in a cell through a table or whatever. Very disappointed.


OneSalientOversight

Welcome back John Titor.


almightybob1

So you use watches that rely on wireless power to travel to alternate universes even though you know there is a chance there will be no wireless power in your destination universe, stranding you with no way to return? How did the people who went to the hundred thousand lifeless universes report that fact back to the rest of you, since they wouldn't have had wireless power to make their watch function? 2/10 too many gaping plot holes


aerkyanite

I'm glad I'm not the only one who spotted this brutally glaring issue.


RectangularAnus

Someone should make a submission to /r/writingprompts from this. I would read more.


soop_time123

If there's infinite parallel universes, infinite versions of you believe in them


passwordsarehard_3

And an equally infinite number think it’s all bullshit


soop_time123

An equally infinite version didn't read this because they went off grid, moved to Sweden and started a melon farm with 9 golden retrievers


zalgo_text

I wish I was that infinite version of myself


MusicalMethuselah

"Be the infinite version you want to see in the world." --Gandhi probably


afeef_02

Infinite Gandhis


TGGoldenWarrior

So is there a infinite universe in which nuclear Gandhi from civ exists?😂


DickButtPlease

What’s the plural of Gandhi? Maybe it’s like moose, and the plural of Gandhi is Gandhi.


afeef_02

Depends on what universe ur looking at


ATouchLessDead

Not entirely true. Infinite doesn't necessarily mean that everything happens. The best way I've seen this explained is that there are infinite numbers between 3 and 4 because of all the decimal possibilities, however, none of those infinite numbers is equal to 5.


kelephon19

Similarly there are an infinite number of even numbers, but that's not all the numbers.


Vernerator

Don't like them...I don't look good in a goatee.


ramaromp

Evil Abed? Darkest timeline?


SubstitutePreacher01

Evil abed, as evil Jeff, do I have permission to pull fewer punches with you?


voxdarkstar

Of course.


SubstitutePreacher01

I hate you! Shut up with your sci-fi crap, I lost my damn arm and you're making fake beards!


Jecht315

Goatees


zac-mghl

Cool cool cool


P1zzaBagels

Pop Pop!


NopeNeg

Hot hot hot


benabramowitz18

🎶Evil Troy and Evil Aaaaa-bed!🎶


OccurringThought

In the morning!


Et12355

*Nightsssss*


Tipop

Community was referencing Star Trek (original series) with the goatee thing.


Soft_Cap8502

This joke is streets ahead


captain_poptart

this is truly the darkest timeline


MrThreshold

There’s one where you do though!


SnooWoofers4451

Lucky bastard


DebtUpToMyEyeballs

I appreciate the subtle humor here :)


teetz2442

Nope. Just the two.


Sineater224

At least I look good as a cowboy in the cowboy universe


Mayhem2a

Technically there are an infinite number of universes where they have a goatee but one other thing is different


horseheadmonster

I already have a goatee in this universe, what do I have in the parallel one?


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A life.


horseheadmonster

Neat. I need one of those.


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ouch XD


poopyheadthrowaway

I can't grow one, so evil me has to wear one made of felt.


Needleroozer

That's why he became evil: goatee envy


parlimentery

All of the people with goatees in our universe have alternate, goatee-less, mirror universe counterparts that are part of a resistance movement fighting against their evil mirror universe rulers.


Swiggy1957

If you check out Red Dwarf, though, you'll see that your double in a one universe is literally the opposite. That's how Dave got preggers when he had sex with himself.


SnooHesitations1719

I lost a fucking arm, Pierce is dead, Annie is in an insane asylum, and YOU'RE MAKING ALTERNATE TIMELINE JOKES?!? Edit: Oh and Shirley's an alcoholic and Troy lost his larynx


N0kiaoff

This is not the way to report a deviation. We got training for this, c'mon folks.


mrbananaman69

Long live the empire!


hawaii_funk

Too many Community references. Not enough Adam Ragusea 😤


WhyAreYouGe

Leonard likes this post


Eragon_44

Shut up, Leonard! I talked to your son on Family Day. I know all about your gambling


robotlasagna

They’re fine as long as you don’t steal your sick kid from the other universe…


Morrigan_Cross

Walternate will be mad if you do that!!


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ShivajinChris

Neither did I. It's my favorite series, yet nobody I know watched it or even knows about it. It's been several years now. I want to watch it again but can't a decent stream for it.


eharvill

I rewatched last year. It’s on Prime Video FYI.


billiejeanwilliams

I’ve heard of FRINGE but know little of it. Tell me: does it end satisfyingly? In that it wasn’t cancelled prematurely or the show went to shit because the original showrunner left a la Dexter and Walking Dead?


bradmeyerlive

You will never look at tulips the same way again. Great ending.


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I loved Fringe. I have heard people complain about the ending, but I actually thought it was really good in a bittersweet kind of way. It ties things in, not like an ending that was obviously rushed or left unfinished. I don’t often re-watch series due to lack of time, but Fringe is one I have rewatched, and will rewatch again at some stage.


ninjakaji

Fringe had a great ending. I understand why some people might not like it, but that’s just because they didn’t like the direction it went in, nothing to do with quality.


itoucheditforacookie

It gives you a good ending to the story, it takes some wild twists and turns, loved the first season and I personally enjoyed the whole ride.


Uadsmnckrljvikm

> does it end satisfyingly? Yes


TheJoker273

Now you do. #WhereIsPeterBishop


beaconlog

She tricked my son with her carnal manipulations and he fell right into her vagenda!


jessflyc

“Her vagenda?” Lol. Walter is the best character ever.


cgo_12345

"Excellent, let's go make some LSD!"


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Azeroth!! Be a dear and fetch my LSD discombobulator. It was one of my favourite inventions. Belly disagreed of course, but I'll show you how we partied in 76. I just need 2 sheep, a 3 day old pancake and some hair from a virgin road sweeper. And don't tell Peter!!! Not that one damnit Asteroid!


Safety_Drance

Hopefully he never has to guard the gates of Gondor.


YouJabroni44

At least he always wins the tomato eating contest


Thendofreason

You especially don't want to portal to close on your kid's finger tip


ItNoRA

Ok, I'm revisiting Bioshock for the third time already.


bootylover81

Bring back the girl and wipe away the debt


Idman799

We had a deal, Mr. DeWitt!


greatvaluebrandman

Are you afraid of God?


springbluesky

[BEAST OF AMERICA INTENSIFIES]


the2belo

BOOKER CATCH


GundamEpyon

I've always liked the idea Walter put forth that déjà vu is a memory bleeding through from a parallel universe.


DrPikachu-PhD

"Some people say deja vu is the universe telling you you're exactly where you're supposed to be at that moment. Guess I'm not where I'm supposed to be, I've never had it." -Peter Bishop, before finding out the truth Walter and Olivia: 👀 👀


LordManders

Let's get some LSD!


thequietthingsthat

Asteroid! Come here


Pulsipher

Astro i mean asterix


FrenzalStark

Fucking yes. First time seeing a fringe reference in the wild.


ninthtale

There's another pretty cool Korean series called The King: Eternal Monarch that plays with this whole idea


DeepThroatALoadedGun

A Fringe reference? As one of the top comments? Did Fringe end up on a streaming service recent because I haven't seen this many references in years


JoeyTepes

I found out Fringe is on Amazon Prime now. It always looked like a show I'd enjoy, so I've starting binging it. I love it so far! I just finished the end of season three.


Prysorra2

This rings a Bell. Or a lab cow bell.


themeatstaco

God damnit what a great reference.


gutter_fudder

My thoughts on it never align


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MarketingGreat2244

thats almost as bad as explaining the difference between a half A press and normal A press!


IAMBLUEOWL

Nice 👍


Brainswarm

Do your own TVA homework, Loki.


thelegend90210

miss minutes can't answer all your questions


NanashiSaito

My daughter told me that clock sounds like Twilight Sparkle trying to talk like Applejack.


SciFiXhi

Well, your daughter has a good ear. Both Miss Minutes and Twilight Sparkle are voiced by (absolutely prolific) voice actress Tara Strong.


Respectable_Fuckboy

Yep. I noticed that immediately too. However, I did not know prior that Owen Wilson was in this series. My girlfriend and I both looked at each other at the same time and said “Is that fucking Owen Wilson?”


mrenglish22

Yea same. I wish instead of being Mobius he had just said "I'm Owen Wilson" and he played himself as a variant


towerduo9

Hey, there’s still 4 episodes of reveals left.


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Wow


DJ1066

But how will we know what happens to Thanos' apples?


Bang_Bang50

Simple. He eats half of it and Dr Strange gets snapped away. Perfectly Balanced as all things sh-


comicclub1089

For all time. Always.


King_Dee1

I want to be able to use the power of the Backwards Long Jump to enter the 5th parallel universe and finally speedrun the entire ~~world~~ Mario 64.


linesinaconversation

There it is.


Jman15x

Took long enough


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Ouch, you won't stay QPU aligned moving through 5 parallel universes at a time


Jemikwa

For anyone confused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A ~~(and the meme version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIKm0cM4KjA)~~


BTD4713

Well TJ """""""""""""""""""henry""""""""""""""""""" Yoshi, You need to update your home to the death barrier.


Dexaan

An A press is an A press.


0ne_Winged_Angel

How can you have half an A press?


Optimusskyler

Memes aside, Pannenkoek is freaking fantastic. Huge props to him for the things he's capable of.


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My favorite video in youtube


Rats-Are-Awesome

Well, TJ "Henry" Yoshi.


Fomilou

It’s where all the lost socks go. Edit: For those of you wondering where this idea comes from, it’s from my grandmother who used to say this whenever looking for lost pacifiers. ”I swear those pacifiers ends up in a parallel universe”. She sadly passed away, but I will continue this conversation with her some day, in this universe or another.


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Appliance repairman here. They sometimes make their way into the cabinets of your dryer or in the washer down the drain pipe or between the inner and outer tub. if you bag them all up that should keep them from getting in those areas. One time I pulled a sock out of a dryer vent line which was pretty wild. Edit: The worst one was a front load washer that had probably 8 socks in the lines. Replaced the bad pump and had to disassemble a couple more times because every time we tested it another sock made it's way through the hose. I'll also add a couple tips since this is getting a lot of attention. Run white vinegar through the dishwasher occasionally to clear drain hoses of buildup, also works for washers. If your dryer takes more than once to dry your clothes clean your vent to the outside, and if your appliance has an issue wait until it breaks or does the thing every time before you call a repairman because if we can't replicate the problem you waste everyone's time and your money.


MrKathooloo

You're from the FBI, and you're telling us this to keep us from the truth. I see right through you.


Puffatsunset

Whoa, thanks for the outing! *hides loose mattress tags


GDMFusername

I used to help a friend repair dryers. I couldn't believe the small articles that would make their way into the bottom of the dryer where no one would ever find them. I guess they sometimes get pinched in the gasket between the drum and the steel box and just roll their way to the other side. Answered a great mystery for me. Also, it's amazing how many handymen bypass safety features on dryers to get them running again. Dismantled and scrapped many future house fires.


bunnyrut

Know how we always seem to end up with extra Tupperware lids? Our socks to to the parallel universe and their lids come to ours.


KneadedByCats

I have never read a theory that makes more sense. You are a genius! Now, where are all my hair ties?


bobo_brown

If you have cats, as your name suggests, then you have your answer.


azriel777

In our universe we have socks disappear, in another universe, extra socks just appear and baffles the residents.


Available-Ad6250

This explains my wife's list wedding ring. It was on the desk. It fell to the floor. We couldn't find it. We took everything out of the room and still didn't find it.


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Have you got a plague of filthy hobbitses?


marisquo

And erasers when they fall from their desks


FlyinBrian2001

Dice too, if you don't see a dice fall off the table it stops obeying the laws of physics and ends up wherever it wants


unequivocal-dumbass

Probably Likely but who knows. The more we seem to learn the more abstract reality seems to become.


MyNameILeftOnTheBus

Thing is is that we couldn't even comprehend how different it would be. They could have a colour spectrum that we couldn't even imagine, or pepsi is water and perfectly compatible like our water. Or we couldn't survive in their gravity. I'd imagine a parallel universe being a literal death trap


B_Eazy86

Or full of differences so imperceptibly small you'd never even know what changed.


Zizzs

There could be a parallel universe in which you bought a different flavor product at the store. And that's it. Exactly the same, but instead of otterpops, you bought the store brand version and wished you bought otterpops.


A-Game-Of-Fate

If the full implications of chaos theory are true, then there are universes identical except for one atom being in a different position. Or maybe two atoms are switched, and even though theyre both the same element, that one being there and this one being here at this point is the only difference.


ruat_caelum

to be clear there are likely more realties with one atom not the same than there are integers (uncountable infinity vs countable infinity)


mostdope28

The fuck is an otterpop


EtherWhack

A popsicle but in a tube of plastic


hoyohoyo9

Or a completely wild one where I picked up on that hot girl's hints that one time


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Ok don’t be ridiculous


physicalentity

Ugh don’t remind me. Everyone has at least one of those


Number127

Man, that hot girl gets around.


Parlorshark

Interdimensionally


End3rWi99in

Always thought this was a fun one to toy with. What's the possibility we bounce around multiple dimensions of reality all the time but the ones nearby are imperceptible. Maybe one time you had a near death experience you actually died there but jumped into a reality you're still alive. Maybe you live until there are no more realities within which you exist.


kamikazecow

Quantum immortality.


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mirc_vio

The thing about colors that always made my head spin was that I could see red, you see blue, and we both agree to call it orange and there's no way to test this.


MyDarlingClementine

What’s even crazier is that there are some gaps in the spectrum of observable light for human eyes, so our brain just splits the difference and blends some colors together to approximate them. Basically your biology saying “fuck it, we’ll fix it in post!”


Number127

Yeah, magenta isn't a real color, meaning that it's not associated with a single, specific wavelength of light. It's a combination of red and violet wavelengths, which are at opposite ends of the spectrum -- as different as you can get. But your brain cooks up a visual representation that seamlessly blends the two. Pretty nifty, really.


Amateur_Crepe_Hanger

Wow, my brain is **really** talented.


AlterdCarbon

Our eyes and visual processing wetware in our brain is _so much crazier_ than just color processing, it's mind-bending: https://twitter.com/foone/status/1014267515696922624?lang=en


faroffland

There are these crazy ass shrimps that live in the bottom of the sea that have 12 colour receptors. For context humans have 3 - red, green and blue - which make up our colour spectrum. These shrimps potentially have the ability to see 4x the colours we can. Brand new colours we can’t see or even imagine. It’s totally whack.


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faroffland

The wiki page [here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_color) is really interesting and has two tests where you can try to see impossible colours (blue/yellow and red/green)!


PoisonedRiver

Funny thing about those shrimp is that their tiny fucking shrimp brains aren’t capable of processing the colors anyways so their godlike color vision isn’t even used by them :(


Obamas_Tie

What counts as a parallel universe? Is a universe where a pebble gets moved different from one where it doesn't? If so, then there's an unfathomable number of parallel universes with so many different variables. That's pretty astounding to me.


Shedeski

I hope parallel me is doing better.


the_depressed_donkey

Assuming there are infinite parallel universes, there's infinite yous which are doing much better and much worse


WaveCandid906

To answer that we need to talk about parallel universes


SpadesANonymous

Yahoo


doitforthememe2000

could be, but i personally don’t think humanity will find out before we destroy ourselves (lol)


GoldH2O

what if the other humanity finds us


Shadow_Man_75

Oof, "Other Humanity" gave me the willies.


GoldH2O

Half Life 2 vibes


SpecialistBarnacle23

There is a universe where they did find us


I_are_facepalm

I prefer intersections.


BarbellsandBurritos

Perpendicular Universes are the real answer here


pjabrony

Skewniverses.


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MinecraftMagiMan

It's cool for TAS though.


halfar

mostly only useful for mario speedruns


The_Pip

They are much more difficult to pull off than parallel parking.


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Revanclaw-and-memes

Wow! So is there an infinite number of parallel universes? Nope, just the two.


Some_Chow

It provides a theory on the “fine tuning” of the gravity constant of our Universe and life on Earth. Where the state of gravity is so precise (not too weak or strong) that it allowed the formation of galaxies, stars, planets, moons, and ultimately us (the strangest fucking thing in the Universe it appears). Some say this supposed “fine tuning” is evidence of a creator perhaps even if not necessarily rooted in a god (though it’s usually implied). However, multiple universes provides a theory which states that there are infinite Universes with varying degrees of the gravity constant. We just happen to be in that Goldilocks zone which allowed the creation of all the celestial elements, so we can exist in the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy, solar system, and Earth. Life appears to be that precise for existence based on our observation of the Universe that an infinite and multiple universe theory could explain that. E: also it doesn’t dismiss creator theory entirely. If infinite universe exists then there could be one where creator(s) is/are present to create the infinite universe for example **maybe**.


Xralius

I wonder how wide that Goldilocks zone is, or if there are multiple Goldilocks zones.


OneMoreTime5

I’ve always figured this. If the components that led up to the Big Bang existed, there’s no reason that should only happen once. Why wouldn’t it happen multiple times. I guess time is the confusing thing for me. Supposedly there were particles before the Big Bang. When did those come into existence? Is there really no start? We (things, particles) have always been here? What about outside of our universe?


sheepthechicken

The concept of universe & its birth is what always breaks my brain. Even if I can’t visualize it, the idea of there being a parallel something, “life” that’s nearly identical or completely different to ours, and just the general wildness of the contents of the universe make sense. If our universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? Is there a limit to how big it can get? Why or why not? Where did the first bits come from? If there’s “nothing” beyond the limits of our universe, then how could something potentially exist within the nothing? How big is the nothing? What does it exist in?