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The Day We Became Confused

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The Fringe finale was confusing. “A major character will die!” “Peter meets his destiny!” “The Doomsday machine completes its purpose!” While all of those spoilers were true, I almost feel like the finale wasn’t a conclusion to the Season 3 arc, rather than a stand alone episode. We had no Lincoln Lee, no mention of Henry (Nugget; who may or may not exist now), no Sam Weiss, no Mr. X, no mention of William Bell, etc. A throwaway line by Peter as to who the First People were did not satisfy me at all, and if anything, soured the whole mythology of the First People.

Did I like the episode despite all of this? Yes. I’m a bit confused, though. Are we now to believe that the timeline of the show has been a flashback and it’s actually 2026 now? I almost hope that is the case, as I don’t want to see a ton of time travel on Fringe. I would guess, however, that we will not go forward again and will be in the 2011 current day for Season 4. Now that the teams from the two universes have been brought together, I’m not sure how everyone will get home.

I’m also no less confused by The Observers. I get the last scene, I really do, but what a messy way to achieve their means. There had to be a less complicated way to bridge the universes if the need was so great. OK, maybe I don’t fully get it; did they create Peter? Was he a Starbuckian avatar? I’ve read speculation close to that, and I guess it makes the most sense to me. Young Peter died in both universes, but Walter/Walternate still became entangled in the quantum entanglements that resulted from their work, leading to the same moment of decision in “The Day We Died.”

All I really know is that Fringe Season 4 needs to get here soon.

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  25. My name is Mike, a normal American guy, and in the year 2018 I accidentally discovered one of the strangest sports ever invented:
    car jitsu.

    In case this sounds unfamiliar, you are not alone.
    The entire concept sounds like something invented after a crazy bet.

    Two athletes climb inside a tiny automobile and try to score positions
    against each other while being trapped between the dashboard and seats.
    Yes, really. In most sports you have a field, but in CarJitsu your battlefield is
    a car cabin. This is what shocked me the first time.

    It even has official events and competitive tournaments.

    Competitors come from different places and try to prove who can adapt best to the strange environment.

    Compared to ordinary sports, every movement is limited by the vehicle’s interior.
    This leads to funny situations. One second someone looks like a champion, and the next second they are
    folded like a pretzel.

    Back then I was heavily interested in unusual athletic
    events. I watched football, basketball, MMA, and wrestling.
    I also spent time reading about betting markets.

    People around me talked about betting and sportsbooks.

    Sometimes names like the sportsbook 1xbet would
    appear in conversations about major sporting events, although CarJitsu was
    usually too strange to be the main topic.

    One evening I saw a video clip online. I honestly assumed it was fake.
    Competitive fighters were trying to grapple inside
    a parked car while spectators were laughing, cheering, and recording videos.

    I laughed so hard that I almost fell off my chair. Yet
    the more I watched, the more fascinated I became.

    Not long afterward, I found a local event and decided
    to show up. The event was unforgettable. There were fans discussing all kinds of sporting topics.
    Some people even joked about which athlete would be the favorite if a sports
    betting market ever offered odds on the matches.

    Watching was not enough. I signed up for beginner training.
    The first training day was hilarious. I hit my head on the roof, got stuck near a seat,
    and accidentally opened a door at the worst possible
    moment. Even I laughed at myself. Yet I kept coming back.

    Week after week, I improved. I learned how to use technique and movement.

    The vehicle became familiar. Soon I was entering regional events.
    My friends thought I was completely crazy. Whenever
    someone asked what sport I practiced, the conversation usually went like this:

    “CarJitsu.”

    “What is that?”

    “Imagine wrestling inside a car.”

    “You’re joking.”

    “No, that’s the actual sport.”

    The funniest and wildest experience happened during a tournament a few years later.
    My opponent was huge. He looked like he could lift a small house.

    Before the match started, he smiled and said, “Good luck.”
    I knew trouble was coming.

    The match began, chaos exploded. We bounced between seats, bumped into doors, and nearly tangled ourselves in everything inside the vehicle.

    The crowd was roaring. Everyone was losing their minds.

    Then came the moment I will never forget.

    My opponent grabbed the car seat belt and accidentally turned it into what
    looked like a crazy lasso. As we struggled for
    position, the belt snapped across the cabin and wrapped
    around me in the strangest way imaginable.
    For a second I thought, “What kind of sport did I join?”

    He pulled, I twisted, the seat belt locked, the door opened slightly, and both of us somehow
    ended up tangled together like two confused octopuses.
    The audience was laughing so hard that some people could barely stay
    in their seats. Nobody could believe what they were seeing.

    For a brief moment, I genuinely thought my
    opponent was going to destroy me. Thankfully, the officials quickly intervened when things became unsafe, and the situation was resolved without serious injury.

    Afterward we both burst out laughing. Everyone loved it.

    Even today people who were there still talk about
    “that crazy seat belt match.”

    Thinking about my journey, CarJitsu remains one of the weirdest athletic competitions I have ever experienced.
    It gave me friendships, stories, and unforgettable
    memories. Whether people are discussing sports culture and competition, very few things create reactions like CarJitsu.

    If anybody asks for the weirdest sport I know, I always tell them about
    the day I climbed into a car in 2018 and accidentally
    became a CarJitsu competitor. Most people laugh. But after hearing about tournaments, athletes,
    training sessions, sports fans, betting conversations, sportsbook discussions, and my unforgettable seat belt battle, they usually agree on one thing:

    CarJitsu is wonderfully ridiculous.

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