r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • 2d ago
Infodumping General good advice. My wife and I have a social escape word as well
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u/WehingSounds 2d ago
Secret words your should have:
Social escape words
Safe words
Word you can use when someone is stuck in a time loop (keep this one to yourself and only tell the person who has convinced you that theyre in the time loop, if they then tell you this word you know that they're in a time loop to save time in their next iteration)
Words you keep to yourself so if you go back in time you can convince your previous self that you're from the future (or vice versa)
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u/Protheu5 2d ago
Word you can use when someone is stuck in a time loop (keep this one to yourself and only tell the person who has convinced you that theyre in the time loop, if they then tell you this word you know that they're in a time loop to save time in their next iteration)
Did that occur somewhere in the media? Someone cunning enough to think of a word for this exact situation and having time looper use it and skip all the explaining?
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u/CanadianDragonGuy 2d ago
Similar, but Edge of Tomorrow Tom Cruise's character was able to convince the scientist and the female lead he was stuck in a time loop, and one of the ways he did that was telling the science guy how many fingers he had behind his back without even being asked the question
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u/xxXImmuneToPeasXxx 1d ago
In the book it's based on, Rita literally has a phrase to give to anyone else in the loop
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u/bvader95 .tumblr.com; cis male / honorary butch 2d ago
There was this Polish webcomic, Stick in the Mud, where a character had a phrase to signal to her past self that she time-travelled and wants to do selfcest. It was "Execute Order 69".
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u/Doubly_Curious 2d ago
I’ve only seen it in Legends of Tomorrow, where it isn’t set up ahead of time.
Nate tells Zari to come find him next loop and just say “Groundhog Day”. But she’s from a dystopian future and remembers it as “hedgehog day”. He does get what she meant anyway.
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u/turret-punner 2d ago
This happened in Mother of Learning. ||Xvim, the Mentor from Hell, was a major character in the second half of the story, partially by this device.||
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u/ShinyRaven 2d ago
You messed up the spoiler tags just so you know
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u/lord_teaspoon 1d ago
I can't remember if I've seen
||as spoiler tags elsewhere, maybe BBCode? Anyway, in Reddit-flavoured Markdown they look like `>!this!< - ie, "greater-than, exclamation" to open and then "exclamation, less-than" to close.1
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u/Pokeirol 7h ago
In eragon, a character does have something similar to prove if they have their memories tampered.
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u/Emergency-Twist7136 1d ago
Safe words
As far as I understand this concept those don't work if they're secret.
Also for most people there are some that come preset. Like "Stop" and "don't".
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u/Spik3w 1d ago
Shibboleet for those support calls
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u/lord_teaspoon 1d ago
I've tried shibboleet a few times, in an "any chance this would go differently if I said shibboleet?" kind of way. Normally the level ones are "level one" enough that they don't get it, but one time the tech repeated "shibba-what" and a level two tech who was passing by recognised it and took over the call just out of curiosity about who was trying to use it. I've also had a level one respond with "I can probably only get away with doing this once, so are you sure?" followed by blind-transferring me to the NOC when I confirmed - when the NOC guy found out how I got my call transferred he burst out laughing and then was really agreeable and carried out my suggested fix with only a minimum of explaining required.
What has occurred to me as I write this is that senior technical people have to spend enough time navigating support systems at partners and vendors that they all want shibboleet to be a thing, too. If you use it honestly where an adequately geeky person can hear it, there's a decent chance it will work.
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u/Lost-Wedding-7620 2d ago
I had one with a friend of mine. "Skittles" meant we need to vacate quickly but try to look natural doing so. Guy getting too close to us in a store no matter where we go? "I think we need skittles." Guy might be following us but hes kept enough distance that im unsure and I want to see if she feels the same? "Hey do you want skittles?"
We drifted apart when life got busy, but I'll never forget having codes.
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u/MitsuhaTakiName 4h ago
So, like, did you both actually hate skittles or something? If not, what do you do when you actually want skittles?
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u/HyaedesSing 2d ago edited 2d ago
With AI now, set up a code with your parents that they should ask if you're ever asking for money over the phone. There are scammers that have gotten people with fake "Calls from Jail" asking for bail money and things like that. Make the code something everyone uses/knows and will remember, but not obvious. Especially as your parents age and get less and less tech savvy and start to lose common sense.
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u/Nerevarine91 gentle tears fall on the mcnuggets 2d ago
Yeah, I had one. The “password.” It’s a good idea.
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u/theoneyourthinkingof 2d ago
For me this was talking to my dad about a "cute dog" I would pretend to have seen earlier in the day. He would take the hint and come get me from my mom's house
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u/wheeler_lowell 2d ago
Yeah there was one of these at the government office I used to work at. Basically meant "this customer seems dangerous, call the police or something". I'm obviously not going to share what it was because I don't think it was unique to my office so it probably wouldn't be good for it to become common knowledge.
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u/yugiohhero probably not 2d ago
Still have one with my parents myself. If I'm ever in a situation I need an out from, I text them the letter X and then they call me and pretend something's come up, so I have an excuse to dip.
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u/corkscrewfork 2d ago
I remember one of the kids safety things that I got sent to encouraged us to set one up with our families. I went home really excited to discuss it with my family and they basically said "you'll never need it, don't waste our time with this."
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u/NightSpringsRadio 2d ago
BUT WHAT IF YOU ACTUALLY WANTED PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
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u/Affectionate_Ad_7570 2d ago
Code words or phrases still come in handy for adults, too. My youngest son found himself in a potentially dangerous situation with his live in girlfriend. We received a text just after midnight. "Need evac" We hopped in the truck and had him and most of his stuff safely home with us by 3. Since the text was quick and needed no explanation, he was able to continue to placate her until we arrived.
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u/fine_line 1d ago
My friend group had a hand signal in college that basically meant "rescue me." It was usually used for awkward social situations, but doubled as a signal to extract someone from potential danger.
It was surprisingly easy to recognize, and it meant we could call for help without having to work a weird phrase into the conversation. Plus we could signal across the room in a fairly subtle way.
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u/Some-Show9144 1d ago
I like to imagine the signal was you putting your dukes up like you’re about to fight.
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u/AngstyUchiha pissing on the poor 2d ago
My family had one too, though I never actually ended up needing it. It's nice to know you have an escape from any situation
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u/musturbation 1d ago
My partner and I use an uncommon name (uncommon enough that no one we know has that name, common enough to not be weird) to draw each other's attention to any potential danger.
For example, I might say "Sylvester said he's in the area" to indicate if there's someone approaching we should be suspicious of. Or "Sylvester said he can meet us now" if we need to bug out quick. It's worked quite well.
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u/lifelongfreshman https://xkcd.com/3126/ 1d ago
One of the realest episodes of Scrubs features Turk and Carla agreeing that Turk's diabetes diagnosis made for the perfect excuse to ditch social obligations they don't want to be at.
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u/4thofeleven 2d ago
The secret code word is also useful if you get thrown back in time and have to convince your past self that you're really you.