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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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  21. I’m Mike, a normal American guy, and during 2018 I accidentally discovered one of the most bizarre sports
    I had ever seen: car jitsu.

    In case this sounds unfamiliar, don’t worry.
    The entire concept sounds like a comedy sketch.
    Two fighters climb inside a tiny automobile and try to score
    positions against each other while being trapped between the dashboard and
    seats. No, I’m not kidding. In most sports you have a court, but in CarJitsu your battlefield is a car cabin. This is what shocked me the first time.

    The sport has tournaments, championships, local events, and exhibition matches.
    Athletes travel to compete and try to prove who can adapt
    best to the strange environment. Different from most athletic competitions, every movement is limited
    by doors, seats, windows, and seat belts. This leads to funny situations.
    One second someone looks like a champion, and the next second they
    are folded like a pretzel.

    During those days I was heavily interested in competitive sports.
    I watched many sports events every week. I also spent time reading about sportsbook odds.
    Many sports fans I knew compared sportsbook offers.
    Sometimes names like 1xBet would appear in conversations about major sporting events, although CarJitsu was usually too strange to
    be the main topic.

    One night I saw a short video online. I honestly assumed it was
    fake. Full-grown athletes were trying to grapple inside a parked car while spectators were going crazy
    with excitement. I laughed so hard that I couldn’t breathe for a moment.
    Yet the more I watched, the more fascinated I became.

    A few weeks later, I found a local event and decided
    to show up. The crowd energy was amazing. There were fans discussing athletic techniques and
    sports culture. Some people even joked about which athlete
    would be the favorite if a sportsbook ever offered odds on the matches.

    Soon I wanted more than just watching. I signed up for beginner training.
    My debut practice was chaos. 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.

    As time passed, I improved. I learned how to use technique and movement.

    The cramped cabin became my arena. Soon I was entering local competitions.
    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 craziest match of my career came later. My opponent was built like
    a truck. He looked like he could bench-press a refrigerator.
    Before the match started, he smiled and said, “Hope you’re ready.” That should have been a warning.

    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. Spectators were going crazy.

    Then came the moment I will never forget.

    My opponent grabbed the seat belt and accidentally turned it into what looked like
    a wild whip. 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, “This is it”

    He pulled, I twisted, the seat belt locked, the door opened slightly, and both of us somehow ended up tangled together like a pile of cables.

    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 flatten me.
    Thankfully, the officials quickly intervened when things became unsafe, and
    the situation was resolved without serious injury.
    Afterward we both burst out laughing. The crowd applauded. Even today people who were there still talk about “the legendary belt tangle.”

    Looking back, CarJitsu remains one of the strangest sports I have ever experienced.
    It gave me countless funny moments. Whether
    people are discussing sports, betting, sportsbooks, competitions,
    or events, very few things create reactions like CarJitsu.

    When people want to hear a crazy sports
    story, I always tell them about the day I climbed into a car in 2018 and accidentally became a CarJitsu competitor.
    Nobody believes it at first. 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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