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rifts = means rip into the fabric of time and space
let your YES be YES and your NO be NO but plz no maybe
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I mean, you're not wrong.
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I want to believe that you are trying to make a point here, but I am at a loss as to what that point is...
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What is a truism Alex?
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Warshield73 wrote:What is a truism Alex?

:ok:
let your YES be YES and your NO be NO but plz no maybe
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Well, that de-escalated quickly.
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Blackwater Sniper wrote:Well, that de-escalated quickly.

:ok: You win the thread, that's good :ok:
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Warshield73 wrote:
Blackwater Sniper wrote:Well, that de-escalated quickly.

:ok: You win the thread, that's good :ok:

The game was rigged! I demand a recount! :clown:
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ZINO wrote:rifts = means rip into the fabric of time and space

In the PB game lexicon for Rifts and the 3G you are correct.
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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
ZINO wrote:rifts = means rip into the fabric of time and space

In the PB game lexicon for Rifts and the 3G you are correct.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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ZINO wrote:rifts = means rip into the fabric of time and space


I'm going to take a controversial stance here, and disagree with you.

It should either be:
"Rifts = Rips in the fabric of time and space"
OR
"'Rifts' means 'rips in the fabric of time and space.'"

As written, you're defining "Rifts" as meaning "means rip into the fabric of time and space," and the redundancy turns the definition into nonsense.
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ZINO wrote:
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
ZINO wrote:rifts = means rip into the fabric of time and space

In the PB game lexicon for Rifts and the 3G you are correct.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You find my technical phrasing funny? :rolleyes:

Rifts, in normal usage in the English language, are 'separations'. Thou it has a the main usage, and thus having the subtext of, of being a separation in a family or with friends.
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Hey, I am just happy ZINO has returned!

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slade the sniper wrote:Hey, I am just happy ZINO has returned!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH SLADE IT A LONG ROAD I NOT RECOVER YET SADLY :-(
let your YES be YES and your NO be NO but plz no maybe
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I think we often tend to focus more on the 'space' than the 'time' though
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Father Goose wrote:
Warshield73 wrote:
Blackwater Sniper wrote:Well, that de-escalated quickly.

:ok: You win the thread, that's good :ok:

The game was rigged! I demand a recount! :clown:

Too soon
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Zer0 Kay wrote:Too soon


Am now envisioning the chaos that Mind Melters w/ Hypnotic Suggestion could induce as a poll observer....
    "Did you scan that ballot? Yeah, you did! You don't want to insert it a second time! You'll want to put that down and go scan the next one..."
    or
    "you forgot to scan that ballot, you might've thought you did already but you were just remembering scanning the last one, go ahead and insert it..."

Of course that'd be pretty hard with audio survellance due to the need for verbal reinforcement, unless there was some way to send telepathic verbal enforcement, but the lesser power seems like it'd be all you need for that kind of silent guidance.

Makes me wonder if receiving a telepathic message is always obvious, or if maybe someone getting one might just assume they're hearing it.

Like if you're focused on a computer screen then you're not watching someone's face to see if their lips are moving when they talk to you?
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