>>2 what is the parallel universe when the Sega Master System/Sega Mark III far more popular than the Nintendo NES/Famicom?
Life without Espeon is great, man!
>>53, in that universe >>52 asked a question about what it's like to live in a parallel universe where Space Nazi Bad Guys ride on saddled dinosaurs and do battle against the forces of Good, who have giant robots and caped superhumans and hot-blooded heroes. Also, there are monkeys, pirates, ninjas, and zombies. And your answer was that it is AWESOME. Dangerous, but awesome.
>>55, what's it like in the universe where there was no drastic sudden influx of new users to Usenet and the Web in September of 1994, and there was no Eternal September?
>>54 It's horrible! Civilization is gone, governments collapsed, and the rule of law has disappeared. A few thousand days ago a horrible computer bug caused by the weird calendar they adopted for some reason made all technology stop working and society immediately collapsed. Thankfully, for us, September 2313th, 1993 came and went completely uneventfully.
>>56, what's it like in the universe where humans have an instinct to chop down trees with their teeth and use them to build dams?
>>56, motion pictures were invented in the 18th century for the express purpose of creating animutation, so our cinema technology is about 100~200 years cooler than in most universes, though other technology kind of lags behind as a result of everyone being a little caught up in the flicks.
>>58, what was it like in the universe where we found out that Junior is Grandpa... from THE FUTURE?
>>57
The stable time loops make it one hell of a confusing place. For example, King Henry IV is the 49th President of the United States. Very few people are history buffs because it makes most people's brains hurt too much. As a result astrophysics is a very popular field, and we've set up colonies in several remote galaxies.
>>59, how's that universe where anyone has really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
>>60, that universe contains a SECRET AREA OF VIP QUALITY and DADDYCOOL will tell you about it for $10. Oh, wait.
>>62, what is it like in the universe where time travel is invented, then later on some crazy person travels back in time to kill the inventor before he can invent the time machine, over and over and over?
>>62, very strange. Sometimes, when you're walking down the street, you hear a loud bang and turn to see some poor sap fall to the ground leaking blood everywhere. There is a small market for "extermination janitors", those on-call to clean up after the murders, and on the whole it's quite surreal.
>>64, what's it like in the universe where instead of video games, "Generation X" grew up primarily with increasingly maddening adaptations of the Rubik's Cube and various other twisty puzzles?
>>65 I visited a number of universes where songs other than "Never Gonna Give You Up" are used to humorously misdirect people. Surprisingly, I found that they tend to gravitate towards the title theme from Monty Python's Meaning of Life. We're sort of an oddball universe in that we picked a 1980's song to begin with; most of them use music videos from the late 90's to today that feature bad CG graphics and involve the artist making a fool of himself.
>>67, What's it like in the universe where water occurs in situations that generate electricity in our universe, and vice versa?
>>72, you can find Akihabara cafés where cute young girls dress up in maid uniforms and put on monkey ears and tails and try to say as many "ook"s as they can.
>>74, what can you tell me about the universe in which every person is required to go through a coming-of-age ritual involving tripping on ayahuasca?
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>>75 never got an answer before being pulled into a single point from every direction spontaneously, which (to be fair) happened promptly and without any needless pleasantries.
>>77, what's it like in the universe where Richard Nixon really ended his political career for good after losing the election for governor of California?
>>76, Lyndon Johnson was reelected to the Presidency in 1968 only to become the central figure in the big Shoreham scandal of 1970, in which it was revealed operatives from his campaign were caught bugging the hotel rooms of perceived political rivals of both parties during the 1968 Democratic and Republican conventions, and was impeached and removed from office for his part in the cover-up. In that world's lexicon of American English political terms, affixing the prefix Shore- to something designates it as a gigantic shameful scandal.
William F. Buckley was elected President in 1972 on the Republican ticket, only to be assassinated minutes after taking the oath of office by Gore Vidal.
Vice President Barry Goldwater served the remainder of his term, which historians note for his authorization of the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam and his declaration of war against and invasion of Saudi Arabia in November 1973 in the response to King Faisal's seizure of US-owned oil fields and creation of OPEC.
>>78, what's it like in the universe where I thought of something funny and clever, instead of trying to create a vaguely plausible alternate history?
I'm afraid I can't answer you, as there is a spear stuck in my head.
>>80, what's it like in the universe where the heart is where thinking happens, witches exist, and other such old-timey misconceptions are actually true?
>>80 The leader's theatrical plays are not nearly a funny or epic.
Good thing there are a huge number of other TV shows thanks to the fact that state-owned media is a tiny fraction of all media here. Sometimes I hang out with some South Korean friends, and we all have a good time making fun of Japanese. It sure is a relief not hearing American military guys say stuff to us, defending those people.
What is the alternate universe like where you can make a comic book character come to life if you really want it to?
>>32
I'm sorry, but I couldn't answer faster since our internet conection is so slow... there may be already like 80 post in this thread when mine arrives...
This world is interesting. You can see some relativistic effects on plain sigh, but there are no cars, since they need a lot of fuel to reach 6/7 km/h and you would need to readjust your watch when you arrived your destination (and you should pray so it keeps being there)... not to talk about a crash at that speed...
By the way, >>33, how in the hell did you manage to answer that quickly?
Let's hope I don't miss this:
>>85, how is the world that 83 suggested? (this way, if I did it right, I won't break the chain).
Well, >>87, most people are good at playing themselves, but the most interesting relations arise between people who are good at playing others. The only problem is some people's heads are higher quality instruments than others, so there's lots of discrimination and prejudice.
Also, being born with a piano for a head is a curse.
>>89, how's it feel to live in a universe where semen is both healthy and delicious?
>>90 All the now almost-immortal people have retreated to underground cities with the last remaining supplies of clean air, because Earth's atmosphere is now 70% second-hand smoke.
>>90, what's it like in the universe where the MPAA is exclusively dedicated to porn movies, and the only movies without sex scenes are made in Europe and Japan?
>>92, it's devoid of life more complex than blue-green algae. It seems that since every intelligent tool-using life form sooner or later comes around to the idea of martial arts, then spawns some chucklefuck who destroys the planet with a super-focused-hiryu-shoten-ha-kamehameha attack in a fit of pique at his ex-girlfriend.
>>94, what's it like in the universe where Beady Eyes doesn't derail threads?
>>99 Cat thumb-wrestling is a fairly widespread but heavily policed sport. Awareness groups exist that try to scare people with images of fist-locked cats, while surrounding them crowds of poorly dressed third-worlders shout and whoop while holding paper bills. Also cat-sized pet-doors have been replaced with cat-sized upright doors complete with working doorknobs.
>>101 What's it like in the universe where audiophiles prefer cassette tapes to vinyl?
>>100 In one way it's great, no-one gives a shit about FLAC and there was never a loudness war, but on the other hand all audio engineers are obsessed with compressing music and most remixes just consist of the song being pitch shifted about then breaking about half-way in.
>>102 What's it like in the universe where whisky tastes like orange juice?
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>>112 I'll just say that everyone and everything smells of rancid semen, until you get to the basement rooms where the PCs are set up, which are surprisingly clean and pleasant.
>>114, what's it like in that timeline where the thing that does the stuff actually works and does the stuff that here it doesn't so much?
>>114
<丶｀∀´> kekeke, this universe is infinitely superior nida. Everybody is talking about the new manhwa, and fat American housewives watch K-drama instead of soap opera nida. But choppari still not give us our apology juice nida.
>>116
<丶｀∀´> What is it like in the universe where we actually got our apology juice ni-ka?
>>118 In the West being a gamer is considered a mental disorder in all but name, in Japan and Korea, everyone under the age of 60 either weights less than 6 stone or more than 30, arthritis is a largely ignored epidemic, the economy and class system is largely based on Tohou speedruns ever since society had to rebuild itself after the great Starcraft scandal of 2010 and Daigo is pretty much treated as the unofficial emperor of Japan, which really doesn't make much difference to his lifestyle.
>>120 What is it like in the universe where procrastination does not exist?
>>121, >>120 has OBVSLY tapped the power of TANASINN.
Also, in the universe where steampunk stuff actually works and is practical, an enormous clockwork golem went on a rampage in Paris last week, clanking about the city smashing things, naturally immune to bullets and cannonballs due to its massive riveted armor, and only stopped mid-frenzy because its AI computer got a tiny thin bit of onionskin paper jammed between two of its gears, causing it to jam and halt. And a mysterious madman calling himself Doctor Malice is besieging Schenectady, New York with an army of mechanical beetles, demanding "one meelion dollars" ransom to spare the city. It kind of sucks here, actually. It's dangerous and dirty, and the fact that all the women wear brass-boned corsets and tiny top hats does not quite compensate. Not every woman has the figure for a corset, you know.
>>123, what's it like in the universe where the Internet bridged cultural gaps and made the world more peaceful and democratic back in the 90s, as we all hoped it would, instead of being taken over by the corporations and turned into basically another kind of television?
>>125 We reached moral and technological zenith ages ago and now spend our infinite quota of time entertaining ourselves in an infinite processor-space where, sometimes, things aren't as perfect as they were for us.
>>127 What's it like in the universe where humanity has always and will always possess the immovable conviction that penguins are somehow the most divine creatures in existence?
>>130 Governments have conjunctive prescriptivist-execution departments designed for the sole purpose of dealing with rogue squads of publishers who write and distribute whole anthologies rewritten to be as grammatically incorrect as possible. The Internet was shut down very quickly, and no new written material is ever published except by authorized facilities whose works are thoroughly scrutinized for their purity. Speech is, for most, the sole method of communication, and a tentative one at that. The once beautiful sprawling progression of languages worldwide has been halted to a standstill.
>>132 What's it like in the universe where Ron Paul Ron Paul?
>>131,
We met him on a Monday and our hearts stood still,
Da doo run Ron Paul, da doo run RonAnd then we learned he'd veto almost every bill,
Da doo run Ron Paul, da doo run RonYEAH, he's not afraid to act
YEAH, he'll cut the income tax
YEAH, he'll knock Obama flat
Da doo run Ron Paul, da doo run Ron>>133, what's it like in the universe where I actually came up with something original instead of ripping off Spitting Image without even giving proper attribution? I'm a right bastard, I am.
>>134, it's very peaceful. They have decided that war is too wasteful expensive. The roads aren't always well-maintained, but maybe they'll have the money to fix those next year.
>>136, What's it like in the parallel universe where the US remained isolationist and stayed out of all the global struggles of the 20th and early 21st Centuries and maintained neutrality and friendly relations with all powers to the best of its ability?
>>135 The US never became a major world superpower. The British Empire was re-established, and currently covers more than 40% of Earth's landmass. People drink more tea on average.
>>137, What's it like in the universe where irrefutable proof has been found that the world is going to end at the end of 2012?
>>136, everyone is panicking, except for that world's three DQNs, who are striving to get this thread up to 999 posts before the end of the world, but we are not sanguine about our chances.
>>138, what's it like in the world where fast food consists mainly of rapidly-assembled chicken or peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, served with a salad or a paper cup of steamed vegetables, and other healthy low-fat fare, instead of the greasy stuff to which we have become accustomed here?
>>137
Greasy food is a delicacy. Fried chicken costs $30 a pound and it's very hard to get outside of luxury restaurants. On the other hand, life expectancy is 100 years and everyone's slim, except the extremely wealthy... I can't say I'd rather have it any other way (though I do wish I could get my hands on greasy food more easily)
>>139
What's it like in the universe of the last animated show you watched?
>>139 I'm a very happy bunny! The birds etc. that feed on wasps in your universe carry on regardless by preying on the larger number of insects normally preyed on by wasps in your universe
>>141 What's it like in the universe where all companies are genuinely aiming to make people happy and provide good service rather than make a profit?
>>142
Remember when /dqn/ was good? I do. And it still is, actually. The fact that imagery is restricted to archaic but creative ASCII alternatives drives the userbase towards a more unique identity, even if at the heart of it we're just a sort of an English /news4vip/. It's heartwarming to think that all the time us five spent here wasn't entirely for naught... that somewhere, somehow, the cry for QUALITY reached the souls of every dokyun in the world, bringing them happily together.
>>144
What's it like in the universe where math doesn't make any sense and, for some reason, everyone really enjoys wearing paper cranes on their head?
>>149, Feline-Americans are poor a minority with a seemingly insurmountable problem with drugs and crime and are ruthlessly exploited by corporations and the prison system, keeping them in a perpetual spiral of ignorance and poverty.
>>151, what's it like in the universe where everyone is illiterate?