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"Outdated by Canon" is a fanfic trope; "Time Marches On" describes real-world events contradicting speculative fiction.


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* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope the observatory collapsed in on itself]], the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish. Meteorologist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzRsREDEO4 Ada Monzón broke into programming on WAPA Guaynabo]] "with my heart in my hands", to announce the observatory's death.

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\n* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: ** The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope the observatory collapsed in on itself]], the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish. Meteorologist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzRsREDEO4 Ada Monzón broke into programming on WAPA Guaynabo]] "with my heart in my hands", to announce the observatory's death.
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Jossed is a YMMV Definition Only Page now. Deleting examples, fan theories that are in objective pages - they need to go on YMMV pages - and moving these about a specific fan work to Outdated By Canon. Moved to discussion


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--> "You follow baseball, John?"...
--> "Cubs fan," John muttered. The Chicagoan's curse.
--> Sandoz pushed a towel aside, eyes wide. "How bad?"
--> "Anybody can have a lousy couple of centuries."[[note]]This is a paraphrase of Chicago real estate developer's Harvey Walken's famous line "Any team can have a bad century". It's often attributed to Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse, but Jack was quoting Harvey when he said it.[[/note]]
--> "I guess. Wow.... Well, that explains why Giuliani brought ''you'' over." Suddenly John heard [Sandoz imitating] the Father General's voice saying: "Voelker, I need someone to take care of a hopeless wreck coming back from Rakhat. Get me a Cubs fan!"
::[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series This conversation takes place in August, 2060]].

* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope the observatory collapsed in on itself]], the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish. Meteorologist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzRsREDEO4 Ada Monzón broke into programming on WAPA Guaynabo]] "with my heart in my hands", to announce the observatory's death.

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* {{Jossed}}:
--> "You follow baseball, John?"...
--> "Cubs fan," John muttered. The Chicagoan's curse.
--> Sandoz pushed a towel aside, eyes wide. "How bad?"
--> "Anybody can have a lousy couple of centuries."[[note]]This is a paraphrase of Chicago real estate developer's Harvey Walken's famous line "Any team can have a bad century". It's often attributed to Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse, but Jack was quoting Harvey when he said it.[[/note]]
--> "I guess. Wow.... Well, that explains why Giuliani brought ''you'' over." Suddenly John heard [Sandoz imitating] the Father General's voice saying: "Voelker, I need someone to take care of a hopeless wreck coming back from Rakhat. Get me a Cubs fan!"
::[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series This conversation takes place in August, 2060]].

* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope the observatory collapsed in on itself]], the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish. Meteorologist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzRsREDEO4 Ada Monzón broke into programming on WAPA Guaynabo]] "with my heart in my hands", to announce the observatory's death.
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* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, the observatory collapsed in on itself, the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish.

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* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope the observatory collapsed in on itself, itself]], the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish.dish. Meteorologist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzRsREDEO4 Ada Monzón broke into programming on WAPA Guaynabo]] "with my heart in my hands", to announce the observatory's death.
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* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]].

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* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]]. On November 30, 2020, the observatory collapsed in on itself, the 900-ton platform crashing onto the iconic dish.

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::[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series This conversation takes place in August, 2060]].

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\n::[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series This conversation takes place in August, 2060]].2060]].

* {{Jossed}} but also HarsherInHindsight and a TearJerker: The alien signals are first picked up by the observatory at Arecibo. In 2020, the massive 57-year-old radio-telescope was [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-suffering-irreparable-damage-its-lights-out-arecibo-observatorys-iconic-telescope-180976367/ decommissioned after sustaining irreparable weather-related damage]].
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--> "Anybody can have a lousy couple of centuries."

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--> "Anybody can have a lousy couple of centuries.""[[note]]This is a paraphrase of Chicago real estate developer's Harvey Walken's famous line "Any team can have a bad century". It's often attributed to Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse, but Jack was quoting Harvey when he said it.[[/note]]

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--> "I guess. Wow.... Well, that explains why Giuliani brought ''you'' over." Suddenly John heard [Sandoz imitating] the Father General's voice saying: "Voelker, I need someone to take care of a hopeless wreck coming back from Rakhat. Get me a Cubs fan!"\\\
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series This conversation takes place in August, 2060]].

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--> "I guess. Wow.... Well, that explains why Giuliani brought ''you'' over." Suddenly John heard [Sandoz imitating] the Father General's voice saying: "Voelker, I need someone to take care of a hopeless wreck coming back from Rakhat. Get me a Cubs fan!"\\\
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::[[https://en.
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* {{Jossed}}:
--> "You follow baseball, John?"...
--> "Cubs fan," John muttered. The Chicagoan's curse.
--> Sandoz pushed a towel aside, eyes wide. "How bad?"
--> "Anybody can have a lousy couple of centuries."
--> "I guess. Wow.... Well, that explains why Giuliani brought ''you'' over." Suddenly John heard [Sandoz imitating] the Father General's voice saying: "Voelker, I need someone to take care of a hopeless wreck coming back from Rakhat. Get me a Cubs fan!"\\\
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series This conversation takes place in August, 2060]].

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