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BruceCM

It's certainly possible that FTL travel will never actually happen in reality, @NEStalgia .... I think there'd have been some progress on that by now if it was going to
In which case, options for serious space exploration are limited & that's probably always going to be the problem

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NEStalgia

@BruceCM As long as it's not physically impossible I imagine eventually it will happen. I don't think we have sufficient physics stating that it's not possible to prove it's not. It can, of course, come through various forms of simply FTL propulsion, or "wormhole" type transport, or discovering that time is in fact malleable or non-linear etc. In the absence of proof it's not possible it's best to assume it is possible. If nothing else, some civilization will figure out a way to subjugate people with it. Light is pretty fast.....but when talking huge distances, it's actually quite slow. It's hard to believe some form of energy can't travel at faster rates.

It may be impossible....but...too little knowledge either way to decide, for now.

Plus there's the little problem that if it does not happen, the sun is absolutely guaranteed to go red giant and consume the entire solar system, so absolutely nothing matters at all and humans are just a temporary phenomenon. So it's fair to say, that if humans still exist in the distant future, FTL had to happen. If FTL does not happen, humans already have a doomsday clock running that nothing can prevent.

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NintendoByNature

I haven't been very active in the chat this week. But i hope everyone is doing well. Sorry if you sent me a note and i didn't reply. TGIF! Picked up Sydney Hunter yesterday and played 2 levels. It's pretty good fun. Think 8bit Indiana Jones/castlevania/shovel knight, zelda 2. High asking price of $20. But, I like the idea the dudes were going for and it was self funded so I took a shot. Lot of Easter eggs in there too. What's everyone up to this weekend?

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Anti-Matter

Meanwhile, i felt ignored even i have posted something on this thread. 😔

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@NintendoByNature
This evening i found an interesting under construction building with number 4 & 13 as their floor when i went home. I thought it was very unusual to defy those taboo numbers as peoples still consider those bad numbers as part of the superstitions.

So, in my country the numbering of floors usually like these:
LG, G, UG, 1, 2, 3, 5, ....., 12, 15, etc.
They skipped number 4 & 13 to avoid bad luck.

Oh, look at my post above.

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NintendoByNature

@Anti-Matter hmm. My family loves the #13 for some reason. But I think alot of places in the states USED to do the same thing with hotels and elevators(Not having 13th floor) but I could be wrong.

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NEStalgia

@Anti-Matter I think the whole "4 & 13 taboo" thing is a much bigger thin in Asia than the West. 4 isn't a thing here at all and unless you follow Japanese or Asian things most people have never heard of any taboo with 4. 13 is a thing as a commonly associated superstition here, but rarely is it eliminated on buildings, stations, or anything else etc....it would be far more odd here to see a tall building skip numbers due to superstition. I'm sure there's a few, probably built in the late 19th, early 20th century, but it would be unheard of today....13 follows 12, and it's linear.

Referencing the Apollo 13 movie Heavyarms mentioned, it's sort of an "enhanced documentary" with lots of true moments in it, plus some spiced up or altered moments. But one thing did come from reality, when Jim Lovell the mission commander for that space flight got the assignment, his wife was superstitious and worried and asked him why it had to be #13 he got. He looked at her and told her "It comes after 12...." That's just how that sort of thing is treated here....Asia is, in general, much more superstitious in the modern age for some reason. Link-Hero above may be on the extreme end of Vulcan logic-obsession but that does seem to be the Western way overall.

So your picture comes across as "Yep, that looks like a picture of a building..." to us over here

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NintendoByNature

Oh that's right Friday the 13th! Marathon movie night later watching some good ol Jason

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Tyranexx

Woohoo! Happy Friday the 13th! I'm not superstitious when it comes to numbers or anything like that; it's just another day to me. A particular day isn't special or has any positive or negative meanings unless one mentally makes it that way. It's all about perspective IMO. Most of my Friday the 13ths have ranged from meh to pretty decent.

I'll be spending my evening at my seasonal job (haunted house). It's technically our dress rehearsal before the real action starts next month, but we are open with cheaper admission.

And yes, there will be a Jason Voorhees.

@NintendoByNature, @Anti-Matter Some older hotels that I've been to do omit the 13th floor and don't have a thirteenth room on each floor. I've always found it quite humorous.

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DenDen

@BruceCM your taking a break from the switch?
Didnt see you online for ahwile

Now playing
Nexomon
Dicey Dungeons
UnderMine
Steamworld Quest

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bimmy-lee

I broke my ankle in somewhat grotesque fashion on a Friday the 13th. It was over 20 years ago, and it’s hurt every day since. I had surgery the following Tuesday, and that was the first of three times I’ve been under the influence of powerful anesthesia and had the same dream each time in which I shoot at warp speed through a tube of flashing lights only to emerge peacefully in silent, deep space where I experience total contentment as I float slowly towards the sun. Weird.

@Tyranexx - Awesome! Do you play a character, or do you work behind the scenes? That has to be really fun.

limby-bee was a jerk.

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HobbitGamer

@ThanosReXXX ur sew meen two peeple, thanos guy.

That was a fun read

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BruceCM

Yeah, I didn't say it's definitely not possible, @NEStalgia .... Just they've been looking into that for a long time & it seems nothing happened with it. Should have been some big breakthroughs in the area by now, so I'm not hopeful but I'd love to be wrong
Been playing mostly my XB1 recently, @DenDen; will be back on Switch for Ni No Kuni &DQXI, though

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Ninfan

Why can't I start up old threads ?. Why are they there if I can't use them .can someone tell me why !!🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫

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bimmy-lee

@NintendoByNature - I’ve often wondered the same... do you own fantasy pirates?

@HobbitGamer - Oh man, wish I could have seen how that played out before the edits. Looks hilarious. Jeez @ThanosReXXX , why ARE you so mean to some of these people, and why can’t you read their minds?

limby-bee was a jerk.

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HobbitGamer

@bimmy-lee But do you own Pirate Fantasy Simulator '17 DX? It's #12:39pm on the exchange.

It's finally Friday afternoon, my fellow NAs

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