ever wanted to time travel but don’t have a delorean, a tardis, or, like, the ability to do science? good news—you don’t need any of that. in this episode, we deep-dive into the absolute glitch that is human perception of time, how memory is just bad time travel, and why déjà vu is basically your brain gaslighting itself. we’ll talk about time loops, reality shifts, mental gymnastics, dissociation as a life hack, existential dread, and why the past isn’t even real (probably). buckle up, because this is your one-way ticket to the void.
topics covered: time travel (but make it psychological), getting stuck in a memory loop like a bad playlist, why your past is fake and your future doesn’t exist, mental speedrunning through life like it’s a glitched-out video game, déjà vu, dissociation, and other fun brain errors, waking up and realizing you’re in a different timeline, how storytelling is just self-imposed reality bending, the universe gaslighting you into believing time is real, & the crushing realization that nothing matters (but also, maybe that’s a good thing?)
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