1413: Suddenly Popular - Revision history

162.218.182.3: /* List of the phrases */ ce

2026-03-23T18:38:57Z

‎List of the phrases: ce

82.132.238.49: /* Explanation */ punc

2025-11-24T12:33:26Z

‎Explanation: punc

104.160.46.70: Added link to 2661

2025-11-24T09:21:23Z

Added link to 2661

82.132.244.235: /* Explanation */ Can't help feeling that this was intended as a Talk comment, but tidied it up a bit anyway. Could do with links. Could do with some links, I suspect, and probably rewriting by someone who knows where to best put paragraph breaks, etc.

2025-07-31T08:46:43Z

‎Explanation: Can't help feeling that this was intended as a Talk comment, but tidied it up a bit anyway. Could do with links. Could do with some links, I suspect, and probably rewriting by someone who knows where to best put paragraph breaks, etc.

2A04:4E41:3FA8:1B24:0:0:C2A8:1B24: /* Explanation */

2025-07-31T05:06:37Z

‎Explanation

Maplestrip: /* List of the phrases */ Splitting two separate interpretations into paragraphs.

2024-01-17T13:22:39Z

‎List of the phrases: Splitting two separate interpretations into paragraphs.

Maplestrip: /* List of the phrases */ Past tense now.

2024-01-17T13:17:53Z

‎List of the phrases: Past tense now.

Maplestrip: /* List of the phrases */

2024-01-17T13:15:24Z

‎List of the phrases

172.70.214.150: /* List of the phrases */

2023-01-09T18:36:13Z

‎List of the phrases

Peregrine: Clarify phrasing around COVID-19 and its timing. Italicise titles. Capitalise start of sentence.

2022-08-21T06:24:00Z

Clarify phrasing around COVID-19 and its timing. Italicise titles. Capitalise start of sentence.

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−	As an additional note for further consideration, almost all the ‘future’ events appear to be references to the webcomic Homestuck. The webcomic features a version of Earth which would undergo all the cataclysmic events described above; the insect-borne disease could be a reference to the fact that the comic’s version of Earth would be invaded by an insect-based race of aliens called “Trolls,” who would ostensibly carry their own set of diseases (although that’s not a plot point in the comic, one would assume the aliens carried their own set of pathogens); the Earth-crossing asteroid bit references the fact that the main characters play a game that causes asteroids to bombard the earth (the thermohaline and snow-blindness parts are simply the logical scientific extensions of the phenomenon); amplexus could refer to the fact that the trolls reproduce externally (though in more of a queen-bee/drones kind of way than frogs ~~(but~~ the idea of frogs as vessels of reproduction is also broached in the comic, so double points I guess); controlled hydroplaning references the fact that the invading troll empress would go on to terraform the earth for herself by entirely flooding it; the paradoxical reaction references the game-world the characters get transferred to, called Paradox Space; the drone desertion could reference the troll species’ drones, robots that aid in troll reproduction and otherwise serve their empress; and finally, the allegiance-swearing to the “god empress” refers to the troll empress, “Her Imperious Condescension,” who would go on to take over the earth in-comic. Furthermore, this comic was #1413, and the number 413 holds great symbolic importance in Homestuck. And as a matter of fact, Munroe himself lists Homestuck as a comic he likes, which really supports this interpretation.	+	As an additional note for further consideration, almost all the ‘future’ events appear to be references to the webcomic Homestuck. The webcomic features a version of Earth which would undergo all the cataclysmic events described above; the insect-borne disease could be a reference to the fact that the comic’s version of Earth would be invaded by an insect-based race of aliens called “Trolls,” who would ostensibly carry their own set of diseases (although that’s not a plot point in the comic, one would assume the aliens carried their own set of pathogens); the Earth-crossing asteroid bit references the fact that the main characters play a game that causes asteroids to bombard the earth (the thermohaline and snow-blindness parts are simply the logical scientific extensions of the phenomenon); amplexus could refer to the fact that the trolls reproduce externally (though in more of a queen-bee/drones kind of way than frogs, although the idea of frogs as vessels of reproduction is also broached in the comic, so double points I guess); controlled hydroplaning references the fact that the invading troll empress would go on to terraform the earth for herself by entirely flooding it; the paradoxical reaction references the game-world the characters get transferred to, called Paradox Space; the drone desertion could reference the troll species’ drones, robots that aid in troll reproduction and otherwise serve their empress; and finally, the allegiance-swearing to the “god empress” refers to the troll empress, “Her Imperious Condescension,” who would go on to take over the earth in-comic. Furthermore, this comic was #1413, and the number 413 holds great symbolic importance in Homestuck. And as a matter of fact, Munroe himself lists Homestuck as a comic he likes, which really supports this interpretation.

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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	;{{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|I Swear Allegiance To The God-Empress In Life And In Death}} – 2038		;{{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|I Swear Allegiance To The God-Empress In Life And In Death}} – 2038
−	:This is a {{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game ''Warhammer 40,000'' (and related media). The God-Empress is later referenced in [[2661: Age Milestone Privileges]]	+	:This is a {{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game ''Warhammer 40,000'' (and related media). The God-Empress is later referenced in [[2661: Age Milestone Privileges]].

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	;{{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|I Swear Allegiance To The God-Empress In Life And In Death}} – 2038		;{{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|I Swear Allegiance To The God-Empress In Life And In Death}} – 2038
−	:This is a {{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game ''Warhammer 40,000'' (and related media).	+	:This is a {{w\|Oath#Divine oath\|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game ''Warhammer 40,000'' (and related media). The God-Empress is later referenced in [[2661: Age Milestone Privileges]]

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−	As an additional note for further consideration, almost all the ‘future’ events appear to be references to the webcomic Homestuck. The webcomic features a version of Earth which would undergo all the cataclysmic events described above; the insect-borne disease could be a reference to the fact that the comic’s version of Earth would be invaded by an insect-based race of aliens called “Trolls,” who would ostensibly carry their own set of diseases (although that’s not a plot point in the comic, one would assume the aliens carried their own set of pathogens); the ~~earth~~-crossing asteroid bit references the fact that the main characters play a game that causes asteroids to bombard the earth (the thermohaline and snow-blindness parts are simply the logical scientific extensions of the phenomenon);amplexus could refer to the fact that the trolls reproduce externally (though in more of a queen-bee/drones kind of way than frogs (but ~~hey~~ the idea of frogs as vessels of reproduction is also broached in the comic, so double points I guess); controlled hydroplaning references the fact that the invading troll empress would go on to terraform the earth for herself by entirely flooding it; the paradoxical reaction references the game-world the characters get transferred to, called Paradox Space; the drone desertion could reference the troll species’ drones, robots that aid in troll reproduction and otherwise serve their empress; and finally, the allegiance-swearing to the “god empress” refers to the troll empress, “Her Imperious Condescension,” who would go on to take over the earth in-comic. Furthermore, this comic was #1413, and the number 413 holds great symbolic importance in Homestuck. And as a matter of fact, Munroe himself lists Homestuck as a comic he likes, which really supports this interpretation.	+	As an additional note for further consideration, almost all the ‘future’ events appear to be references to the webcomic Homestuck. The webcomic features a version of Earth which would undergo all the cataclysmic events described above; the insect-borne disease could be a reference to the fact that the comic’s version of Earth would be invaded by an insect-based race of aliens called “Trolls,” who would ostensibly carry their own set of diseases (although that’s not a plot point in the comic, one would assume the aliens carried their own set of pathogens); the Earth-crossing asteroid bit references the fact that the main characters play a game that causes asteroids to bombard the earth (the thermohaline and snow-blindness parts are simply the logical scientific extensions of the phenomenon); amplexus could refer to the fact that the trolls reproduce externally (though in more of a queen-bee/drones kind of way than frogs (but the idea of frogs as vessels of reproduction is also broached in the comic, so double points I guess); controlled hydroplaning references the fact that the invading troll empress would go on to terraform the earth for herself by entirely flooding it; the paradoxical reaction references the game-world the characters get transferred to, called Paradox Space; the drone desertion could reference the troll species’ drones, robots that aid in troll reproduction and otherwise serve their empress; and finally, the allegiance-swearing to the “god empress” refers to the troll empress, “Her Imperious Condescension,” who would go on to take over the earth in-comic. Furthermore, this comic was #1413, and the number 413 holds great symbolic importance in Homestuck. And as a matter of fact, Munroe himself lists Homestuck as a comic he likes, which really supports this interpretation.

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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 ;{{w|Oath#Divine oath|I Swear Allegiance To The God-Empress In Life And In Death}} – 2038
 :This is a {{w|Oath#Divine oath|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game ''Warhammer 40,000'' (and related media).
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 ;{{w|Paradoxical reaction|Paradoxical Reaction}} – 2031
-:"Paradoxical reaction" is a medical term for when the outcome of a medical treatment, typically the taking of a drug, is the opposite of that expected. For example if taking a pain relieving medication made the pain worse. For this term to suddenly become well known, a large scale or particularly notable case must have taken place (such as the insect-borne disease of 2019). Or, this and the following (and maybe the last as well) phrases may refer to the events from ''{{w|The Evitable Conflict}}'' by Isaac Asimov (and its very loose but much more popular film adaptation ''{{w|I,_Robot_(film)|I, Robot}}'') where robots, instructed with the {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}, take over the world to prevent humans hurting each other. The paradoxical reaction is that these laws were specifically designed to, among other things, prevent robots from taking over the world in the first place. See also: [[1613: The Three Laws of Robotics]].
+:"Paradoxical reaction" is a medical term for when the outcome of a medical treatment, typically the taking of a drug, is the opposite of that expected. For example if taking a pain relieving medication made the pain worse. For this term to suddenly become well known, a large scale or particularly notable case must have taken place (such as the insect-borne disease of 2019).
 ;{{w|Desertion|Drone Desertion}} – 2033

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 ;{{w|Earth-crosser|Earth-Crossing}} – 2021
-:Earth-crossers are asteroids that cross the orbit of Earth. Most of them remain harmless because their orbit doesn't actually intersect the earth's orbit in 3 dimensions, or for the foreseeable future, they will cross when Earth is not there. For this phrase to become popular, an Earth-crosser might have to reach the heretofore-unreached "threatening" level, rating a 5 or more on the {{w|Torino Scale}}, due to a significant chance of a large impact. As of 2014, there are no threats of that level known in the early 2020s. If the next two phrases are connected to this one, Randall is predicting a significant asteroid impact.
+:Earth-crossers are asteroids that cross the orbit of Earth. Most of them remain harmless because their orbit doesn't actually intersect the earth's orbit in 3 dimensions, or for the foreseeable future, they will cross when Earth is not there. For this phrase to become popular, an Earth-crosser might have to reach the heretofore-unreached "threatening" level, rating a 5 or more on the {{w|Torino Scale}}, due to a significant chance of a large impact. In 2014, there were no threats of that level known in the early 2020s. If the next two phrases are connected to this one, Randall predicted a significant asteroid impact.
 ;{{w|Thermohaline circulation|Thermohaline}} – 2022

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 ;{{w|Insect-borne disease|Insect-Borne}} – 2019
-:Some {{w|Category:Insect-borne diseases|diseases are insect-borne}}, meaning specific species of insects are the main vector in spreading to humans. {{w|Malaria}} is an example of an {{w|insect-borne disease}}. Randall predicts some severe (possibly deadly) insect-borne disease will emerge around this time. As of 2016, the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, has reached epidemic status in South America, and has spread to southern North America, Africa and Australia. 2019 was the year of the first COVID-19 outbreak, leading to a pandemic in 2020, so Randall's prediction of a major disease could be accurate; however, COVID-19 is not an insect-borne disease.
+:Some {{w|Category:Insect-borne diseases|diseases are insect-borne}}, meaning specific species of insects are the main vector in spreading to humans. {{w|Malaria}} is an example of an {{w|insect-borne disease}}. Randall predicts some severe (possibly deadly) insect-borne disease will emerge around this time. As of 2016, the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, has reached epidemic status in South America, and has spread to southern North America, Africa and Australia. 2019 was the year of the first COVID-19 outbreak, leading to a pandemic in 2020, so Randall's prediction of a major disease could be accurate; however, COVID-19 is not an insect-borne disease. "Coronavirus" would be the formerly obscure term instead.
 ;{{w|Earth-crosser|Earth-Crossing}} – 2021

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 ;{{w|Insect-borne disease|Insect-Borne}} – 2019
-:Some {{w|Category:Insect-borne diseases|diseases are insect-borne}}, meaning specific species of insects are the main vector in spreading to humans. {{w|Malaria}} is an example of an {{w|insect-borne disease}}. Randall predicts some severe (possibly deadly) insect-borne disease will emerge around this time. As of 2016, the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, has reached epidemic status in South America, and has spread to southern North America, Africa and Australia. 2019 marks the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic, so Randall's prediction of a major disease could be accurate, however COVID-19 is not an insect-borne disease.
+:Some {{w|Category:Insect-borne diseases|diseases are insect-borne}}, meaning specific species of insects are the main vector in spreading to humans. {{w|Malaria}} is an example of an {{w|insect-borne disease}}. Randall predicts some severe (possibly deadly) insect-borne disease will emerge around this time. As of 2016, the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, has reached epidemic status in South America, and has spread to southern North America, Africa and Australia. 2019 was the year of the first COVID-19 outbreak, leading to a pandemic in 2020, so Randall's prediction of a major disease could be accurate; however, COVID-19 is not an insect-borne disease.
 ;{{w|Earth-crosser|Earth-Crossing}} – 2021
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 ;{{w|Thermohaline circulation|Thermohaline}} – 2022
-:Thermohaline circulation is the largest group of interconnected ocean currents, which stabilize global climate by equalizing the temperature and salinity of oceans around the world. If this phrase becomes popular, it implies the thermohaline circulation would have slowed or changed significantly. This might be caused by asteroid impact or by polar ice melting. The latter scenario was apocalyptically dramatized in the movie {{w|The Day After Tomorrow}}.
+:Thermohaline circulation is the largest group of interconnected ocean currents, which stabilize global climate by equalizing the temperature and salinity of oceans around the world. If this phrase becomes popular, it implies the thermohaline circulation would have slowed or changed significantly. This might be caused by asteroid impact or by polar ice melting. The latter scenario was apocalyptically dramatized in the movie ''{{w|The Day After Tomorrow}}''.
 ;{{w|Snow blindness|Snow-Blindness}} – 2024
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 ;{{w|Amplexus}} – 2025
-:A form of non-penetrative reproduction carried out by some animals, for example frogs, involving grasping the partner with front legs. This may be connected to the other posts (some change in human society) or it may simply be a joke at how new sexual language/fads appear and hit mainstream media from time to time (for example a number of acts gained fame from Sex and the City). This also ties in with the title text, which imagines a sensationalist headline suggesting teenagers may be doing this.
+:A form of non-penetrative reproduction carried out by some animals, for example frogs, involving grasping the partner with front legs. This may be connected to the other posts (some change in human society) or it may simply be a joke at how new sexual language/fads appear and hit mainstream media from time to time (for example a number of acts gained fame from ''Sex and the City''). This also ties in with the title text, which imagines a sensationalist headline suggesting teenagers may be doing this.
 ;{{w|Aquaplaning|Controlled Hydroplaning}} – 2028
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 ;{{w|Paradoxical reaction|Paradoxical Reaction}} – 2031
-:"paradoxical reaction" is a medical term for when the outcome of a medical treatment, typically the taking of a drug, is the opposite of that expected. For example if taking a pain relieving medication made the pain worse. For this term to suddenly become well known, a large scale or particularly notable case must have taken place (such as the insect-borne disease of 2019). Or, this and the following (and maybe the last as well) phrases may refer to the events from {{w|The Evitable Conflict}} by Isaac Asimov (and its very loose but much more popular film adaptation {{w|I,_Robot_(film)|I, Robot}}) where robots, instructed with the {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}, take over the world to prevent humans hurting each other. The paradoxical reaction is that these laws were specifically designed to, among other things, prevent robots from taking over the world in the first place.
+:"Paradoxical reaction" is a medical term for when the outcome of a medical treatment, typically the taking of a drug, is the opposite of that expected. For example if taking a pain relieving medication made the pain worse. For this term to suddenly become well known, a large scale or particularly notable case must have taken place (such as the insect-borne disease of 2019). Or, this and the following (and maybe the last as well) phrases may refer to the events from ''{{w|The Evitable Conflict}}'' by Isaac Asimov (and its very loose but much more popular film adaptation ''{{w|I,_Robot_(film)|I, Robot}}'') where robots, instructed with the {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}, take over the world to prevent humans hurting each other. The paradoxical reaction is that these laws were specifically designed to, among other things, prevent robots from taking over the world in the first place.
 ;{{w|Desertion|Drone Desertion}} – 2033
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 ;{{w|Oath#Divine oath|I Swear Allegiance To The God-Empress In Life And In Death}} – 2038
-:This is a {{w|Oath#Divine oath|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 (and related media).
+:This is a {{w|Oath#Divine oath|divine oath}}. A possible explanation is that after the impact and the desertion of the drones predicted for 2033, a strong fraction has made their leader divine, and everyone now has to swear allegiance to this new God-Empress using this phrase - which would certainly make it a very "popular" phrase. The phrase [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodEmperor God-Emperor] was popularized in the science-fiction work ''Dune'' in 1965 and has been repeatedly referenced since, notably in the tabletop game ''Warhammer 40,000'' (and related media).
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