Temporal paradox

A temporal paradox, time paradox, or time travel paradox is a paradox, an apparent contradiction, or logical contradiction associated with the idea of time and time travel. In physics, temporal paradoxes fall into two broad groups: consistency paradoxes exemplified by the grandfather paradox; and causal loops."

"A temporal paradox, time paradox, or time travel paradox is a paradox, an apparent contradiction, or logical contradiction associated with the idea of time and time travel. In physics, temporal paradoxes fall into two broad groups: consistency paradoxes exemplified by the grandfather paradox; and causal loops."

by shadow trooper 28 November 2, 2020

Temporal Torpedo

Used by fans of Star Trek to emphasize great sex. Giving someone a temporal torpedo means it was so amazing, that they forgot how to even tell time.

1. "I gave it to my girl so hard last night she had to show me her watch and ask ME what time it was"
2. "ahh...gave her the Temporal Torpedo, huh?!"

by BrayIsTheWay August 4, 2022

Temporal Mourning

Fleeting feels trip down memory lane; big yearning vibes for epic experiences, flexed or otherwise. The pine for Rose-tinted A E S T H E T I C, or of the retro-future that leaves us asking "What if?"

As I stared at the grainy VHS footage of 90's Japan, wishing I was there, a wave of temporal mourning washed over me

by I_Can_Haz_Memories March 24, 2025

Temporal Misalignment

Clearly the case. There is clearly some kind of temporal misalignment going on but, conversely, I don't know whether or not this works if there isn't one. So... Whatever. Um... This was not how this was supposed to work. I was doing a lot all at the same time and got lost in abstraction. So for that I'm sorry. This is confusing. Even for me. And I'm the greatest mind who ever lived. Well, for now at least. So that's saying a lot.

Hym "Uuuuummm... Yeah. Clearly some temporal misalignment. Can't really change it though or the antecedent chain doesn't lead to the group home.... Hmm... How would this have to work such that I don't fuck it up initially?"

Iam "Boo- The maintaining our entire consciousness after we reset and a hud would do it. Probably... Boong... Boong... Boong..."

Hym "Yeah... Yes it would... But if we don't reset we had to have not fucked it up at all... But if we affected anything in the past initially we couldn't have fucked anything up and all of this was necessary... Hmm... Well, then, excellent job me... Nah. It'll work out. Well, no, hold on. Refine the moral gradient and juxtapose an intersubjective moral gradient..."

by Hym Iam January 9, 2026

retro-temporal-autoeroticism

the act of traveling back in time and haveing sex with your self.

if you travle back in time and have sex with your self, you have practiced retro-temporal-autoeroticism

by david bunn December 14, 2004

The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled

The upper house of parliament

Richard: Oi bruv The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled is trying to ban the BBC.

James: right well bruv The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled is trash.

Jeremy: *rolling Reliant Robin*.

by cheerful ox April 9, 2022

Lloyd Webber's Law Of Temporal Positioning

A Law of the Theatre

This law states that "people who arrive earliest are always those with seats on the end of a row.  People who arrive latest are always those with seats in the middle."

A related law is Mackintosh's Corollary

When you arrive late, and you're sat bang in the middle of a block of seats.

by Sairin January 6, 2005