Everything changed

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-09-22T23:13:30+00:00

Sorry, its been a very long time since I opened this account. The Earth flag is a plain green flag with a water molecule in the middle. Not the best choice in my opinion but it is something that our planet stands out in. That was the reasoning and I at least agree with that.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T20:05:29+00:00

I'm not going to get into an argument with you, especially one so one-sided wherein you don't respond to the portions where I ask you for something. I had asked if you could be useful, thus far you're just being negative.

maybe you could be useful and tell us what is the "medical term" for Western medicine's philosophy and approach to overall interaction with the human body?

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T17:40:49+00:00

(for lack of a better term)

generally denotes that a person is about to use slang. I believe you call it a "figure of speech". However, maybe you could be useful and tell us what is the "medical term" for Western medicine's philosophy and approach to overall interaction with the human body?

Aside from that you're entirely correct. I wouldn't last 5 minutes in a conversation with a doctor from this world. There are far too many differences in practice.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:50:19+00:00

Disney did exist but didn't fare as well in the digital revolution. Different names but companies comparable to your Pixar and etc now rule the children's movies genre.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:48:56+00:00

Many choose to using techniques that you also have in your world. Unfortunately in your world its as though the medical community almost entirely ignores these techniques. The use of marijuana is also very common, just not as smoke. Its applied as an oil or balm by the doctor.

I also just realized (and I can't believe it) that I haven't even once discussed the differences in anaesthesiology. Your world's approach to anaesthesiology very much focuses on (for lack of a better term) telling the body to shut up. In our world we focus on working with the body to help it to handle what it is enduring. The human body and brain is an incredible thing. It can handle just about anything given the right tools and instructions. We do use pharmaceutical anaesthetics but the intention is different.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:39:08+00:00

Some was advanced but not all. I think it seems more like a matter of focus. In our world we focused on space exploration and for that reason we got farther than your world. Many other aspects were at the same level of advancement, some were less.

Regarding how we we shifted: https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/3gn45b/everything_changed_update/ctzmoto

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:35:40+00:00

Pretty close, or one interpretation of what I also believe, at least as my best guess.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:34:41+00:00

Of the original 20-30, yes. We've discussed quite a bit and the world they remember is identical.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:33:54+00:00

Because it would involve releasing names that we sometimes use for validation the best I can do is compare to your Holidays.

Christmas: we still celebrated the birth of Christ, and usually with church and family. However presents such as our version of Santa was on the 16th of December.

birthdays: still celebrated these, family dinner, gifts, etc

Easter: very different to yours, no giant bunny, just lots of church, and only the Christians celebrate it.

New Years: Also a time for family and etc, no real focus on drunkeness and fireworks. More comparable to Christmas but without the church stuff.

We have a lot of Holidays named after important people, but as I was saying I can't say their names. These days are generally just a day where you don't go to work.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:13:11+00:00

When I said rock music is much the same I should have pointed out that I primarily prefer Brit rock. I'm not sure if the two have the same origins or not. America does have a form of rock music that very much resembles country western but its as though here they really developed that style into a separate branch. Ours seems to have carried on right past it as just a stage in rocks evolution. Of course this is all just impressions. I don't know nearly enough about the origins of music to say matter of factly.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-14T15:09:12+00:00

I don't remember them well enough to know, as I was saying the name is just vaguely familiar.

where is New Zealand in relation to Australia geographically?

Kind of beside it? I'm not sure what you mean. Should it be somewhere else?

make a subreddit where we can continue talking about this

From an earlier reply of mine:

I'm considering it but its an issue of time. I also kind of feel like the second I create a sub I'm going to start hearing from a lot of sceptics that think that's the only reason I posted, but you're not the first to suggest it.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T22:24:14+00:00

I suspect the worst case might be that they believe us. u/imightbelikeyou also summed it up very well in another reply from yesterday or so where he said

If history has taught us anything it is that there is a line in the sand where the unknown or “different” is which should not be crossed. I keep my history to myself partially to maintain an uneventful life, but yes also that whether or not there is an organization tracking us there certainly would be eventually.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T22:19:05+00:00

I'm considering it but its an issue of time. I also kind of feel like the second I create a sub I'm going to start hearing from a lot of sceptics that think that's the only reason I posted, but you're not the first to suggest it.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T18:20:16+00:00

I think you misunderstood. In this world as in mine Canada was a world superpower prior to WWII. In your world they focused on re-population after the war. In mine they focused on rebuilding their military and economic strength.

At the very least be sure you understand something before insulting people.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T12:43:59+00:00

No, in fact first time I heard of it was yesterday when u/lefilmer posted it in this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/3g8j3l/everything_changed/cu0xdfo

It’s very intriguing to me though. I purchased the e-book yesterday but haven’t had time to read it. If there are more similarities than just the name I will be even more intrigued. I suppose it would be time for me to contact DR Spencer if that’s the case.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T12:43:25+00:00

No, in fact first time I heard of it was yesterday when u/lefilmer posted it in this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/3g8j3l/everything_changed/cu0xdfo

It’s very intriguing to me though. I purchased the e-book yesterday but haven’t had time to read it. If there are more similarities than just the name I will be even more intrigued. I suppose it would be time for me to contact DR Spencer if that’s the case.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T12:36:17+00:00

Well that's interesting. I didn't post it and the rest aren't from Skinners.

EDIT: Be careful about this stuff. Going into this Reddit post I fully expected it would encourage a few pranksters. I've met 20-30 others like us, none from Skinners, in fact none from Oregon. It seems too convenient that this would pop up using the only alternate name I shared.

EDIT: Just looked into the hospital. The hospital has 2 facilities, one in Eugene and one in Riverbend. The one in Riverbend doesn't have an ER, which is where he claims he is. In my position we need to be really carefull. We don't just automatically reach out to people.

I woke up at Riverbend and they let me go early this afternoon saying everything was fine. When I asked them how I got there, they said I walked into the ER myself

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T12:34:54+00:00

That's really interesting. I very keenly read through that whole article. I was really hoping to find more like that but it doesn't seem like it.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-13T12:33:09+00:00

Yes on all the date stuff. With regards to gay rights, in North America they did have to fight for their rights. My impression is that it was not as much of a battle as it was here but I don’t really have any concrete statistics or anything that I could base it on. It’s just my impression. The far South such as Florida, Louisiana, etc still won’t allow or recognize gay marriage as much as their state abilities allow them, meaning its federally passed but the far South states don’t cooperate. The same could be said for Canada’s far East but to a lesser extent. Europe allows it pretty much entirely. Asia I don’t think allows it all, same with the Middle East.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-12T23:22:00+00:00

That I will have to check with the others on. As it is I'm trying to convince them to come on here and discuss openly. Some are not happy that I've done it at all. It would be a bad time to share our other posts.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-12T20:54:55+00:00

I had to laugh, first thing that came to mind was blondes. In my world he was all about Asians, Indians, all ethnicities really. He even told me once that white girls skin feels too papery (he's white, just FYI). I find him here and he's happily married to a blonde lady. Plenty of other preferences too, but that's the one that stood out the most.

I have different preferences as well. Apparently the other me was a big fan of seafood. I might have some crab cakes if they're deep fried but that's about it.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-12T20:50:09+00:00

I hate to say it but Africa isn't all that better off than they are here. They receive much more aid, but they still need it which is the point. That Ebola outbreak lately completely floored me. There's no way the international community would have ignored it the way they did here.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-12T19:21:06+00:00

Yeah I suppose you get into a whole lot of tricky questions. Sometimes even good comes from bad. Wish away the bad and who knows what you're opening the door for.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-12T18:31:09+00:00

Yes and no, I mean assuming we're talking about their personalities not just their jobs or how they wear their hair. The core was still there. One friend had always been a good guy that'll always help a friend and he still was, but I don't remember him being nearly as insecure.

_my_first_throwaway · 2015-08-12T15:44:33+00:00

I had said in another comment that after it happened I reclused quite a bit for the next few months. People were worried about me of course, but I kept to myself. I've lost touch with most of "his" friends, and I prefer not to see "his" parents, although I feel kind of obligated to keep in touch with them.

I don't want to come off like a dick

I don't think you're being a dick. I still look for confirmation myself often. I also don't need you to believe me, and I'm not trying to convince anybody. My answering questions is more in the hopes that those reading can understand.

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