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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 regular guy from the USA, and during 2018 I accidentally discovered one
    of the most bizarre sports I had ever seen: Car Jitsu.

    If you have never heard of it, most people haven’t.
    The entire concept sounds like a joke. Two fighters climb inside a small car and try to control each other while
    being trapped between the seats. Yes, really. In most sports you have a court,
    but in CarJitsu your battlefield is the inside of a vehicle.
    That is what makes it so weird.

    There are organized competitions, tournaments, championships, and special events.
    Participants gather from various regions and try to prove who can adapt best to the strange environment.
    Different from most athletic competitions, every movement is limited by the tight space.
    This leads to funny situations. One second someone looks like a champion, and
    the next second they are trapped near the steering wheel.

    At that time I was heavily interested in competitive sports.
    I watched football, basketball, MMA, and wrestling.
    I also spent time reading about sportsbook odds.
    People around me talked about betting and sportsbooks.
    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 crazy highlight reel online. At first I thought it
    was satire. Competitive fighters were trying to grapple inside a parked car while spectators were going crazy with excitement.
    I laughed so hard that coffee nearly came out of
    my nose. Yet the more I watched, the more fascinated I
    became.

    A few weeks later, I found a local event and decided to watch in person.
    The atmosphere was incredible. 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.

    Watching was not enough. 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.
    The coaches laughed. Yet I kept coming back.

    As time passed, I improved. I learned how to use smart tactics
    instead of brute strength. The car stopped feeling tiny.
    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 craziest match of my career came later.

    My opponent was huge. He looked like he could
    carry an engine block. Before the match started, he smiled and said,
    “You’re going to need luck.” I should have listened.

    The moment the referee signaled, 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 belt hanging beside the seat
    and accidentally turned it into what looked like a dangerous rope.

    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
    human spaghetti. The audience was laughing so hard that some people could barely stay in their seats.
    It looked completely ridiculous.

    For a brief moment, I genuinely thought my opponent was going to crush me.
    Luckily, the officials quickly intervened when things became unsafe, and the situation was resolved without serious
    injury. Afterward we both burst out laughing. Spectators cheered.
    Even today people who were there still talk about “the seat belt incident.”

    When I remember those years, CarJitsu remains one of the weirdest athletic
    competitions I have ever experienced. It gave me friendships, stories, and unforgettable
    memories. Whether people are discussing athletic entertainment, 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. 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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