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| ====== OTL ====== | ====== OTL ====== | ||
| - | "OTL" is one of the commonest acronyms used on AH.com and its discussion board. It simply means "**O**ur **t**ime**l**ine" - i.e., the history of the world as we know it, **everything but** the history of a fictional, parallel universe with alternate history properties. In essence, we live in OTL. If we'd ever change the past of OTL, it would automatically stop being OTL and branch into one of the countless alternate timelines ([[ATL]]). | + | "OTL" is one of the commonest acronyms used on AH.com and its discussion board. It simply means "**O**ur **t**ime**l**ine" - i.e., the history of the world as we know it, **everything but** the history of a fictional, parallel universe with alternate history properties. In essence, we live in OTL. If we'd ever change the past of OTL, it would automatically stop being OTL and branch out into one of the countless alternate timelines ([[ATL]]). |
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| + | Since "Fact is stranger than fiction" and real history alone has many peculiar events, the board often features [[offtopic:running jokes|jokes]] about how OTL is the most implausible timeline ever. | ||
| ==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||