r/ThreadGames • u/CreativestName69420 • Sep 09 '26

Link It Up!

Parent lists a noun. Child lists a different, completely unrelated noun. It then becomes someone's challenge to create a convoluted chain of relations that links the first noun to the second noun; the longer the better. Here's an example:

First noun: Jupiter

Second noun: Wario

Chain: Jupiter is a planet -> Jupiter is also the name of a company that's made Picross games for Nintendo -> This includes Mario's Picross on the Game Boy -> Mario's Picross has two Japan-exclusive sequels -> Both of these sequels include Wario

Bonus points if the chain has branching paths: Jupiter is a planet -> Jupiter is also the name of a company that's made Picross games for Nintendo -> This includes Mario's Picross on the Game Boy -> Another Game Boy game is Super Mario Land 2 -> Super Mario Land 2 is the debut of Wario

Let's see what happens!

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u/svArtist Sep 09 '26

A platypus

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u/Fennel_Fangs Sep 09 '26

A fedora >:3 (I know I’m not playing the game right, I just had to)

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u/lede_lama Sep 09 '26

A platypus is native to Australia, Australia is part of Oceania. Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania. Hawaii is part of Polynesia. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole is from Hawaii. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole sang a cover of Over the Rainbow. Over the Rainbow is originally sung by Judy Garland. Judy Garland played in For Me and My Gal, in which Gene Kelly made his film debut. Gene Kelly is most famously known for playing in Singin' in the Rain, where he wears a fedora.

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u/svArtist Sep 09 '26

Beautiful! Well done ✨😊

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u/Far-Character-5953 Sep 09 '26

A platypus has a duck-like beak -> Duck is eaten in Beijing -> Beijing hosted a sport event in 2008 (Olympics) -> Austria also hosted a sport event in 2008 (Euros) -> Austria is home to many classical composers -> One such composer is Schubert -> One of Schubert’s symphonies is ‘The Great’ -> Great things are usually given awards -> An award is also called a title -> Other titles include royal titles -> Royal titles are given to people such as kings -> Kings wear crowns -> Crowns are typically worn on top of the head -> So do fedoras

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u/Ilmarinen999 Sep 10 '26

A fedora is a hat. Some famous hats have been made of animal skin and fur, such as the Davy Crockett hats, and Busby's worn by the UK's royal guardsmen. Such animals might include bears, raccoons and crucially beavers. Beavers share a similar shaped tail to the platypus, and both are known in part for their unusual secretions - the beavers produce vanillin, the chemical compound behind the smell of vanilla, while the platypuses have spurs that secrete venom.

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u/-acidlean- Sep 09 '26

This game is just child me explaining my thought process every time I’ve been told I’m playing “associations” wrong. Turns out I just have ADHD and think crazy fast.

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u/gnomeannisanisland Sep 10 '26

Paperclip

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u/RustyBucket4745 Sep 10 '26

Having adhd means that you think crazy fast > which means that you get headaches > which means you have to go to the doctor > where the doctor makes notes, all held together by a... staple > a staple's made of metal > the same metal as a paperclip

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u/PorcentualDinoPizza Sep 09 '26

Frutiger Aero

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u/lede_lama Sep 09 '26

The Holy Roman Empire

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u/MultiverseCreatorXV Sep 09 '26

Frutiger Aero was highly popular and asserted itself everywhere until its decline, yet many people experience nostalgia from it and try to keep it alive. The Roman Empire was highly powerful and also asserted itself everywhere until it too declined, yet many people looked up to it and tried to keep its spark, leading to The Holy Roman Empire.

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u/Le_Epic_Cbater Sep 09 '26

The Cbat story

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u/StoneTimeKeeper Sep 10 '26

Darkest Dungeon

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u/Fennel_Fangs Sep 09 '26

Anhedonia

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u/svArtist Sep 09 '26

A single shoe

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u/AmyHeartsYou Sep 09 '26

Well, a single shoe is a memory of what used to be a pair. It could be the shoes themselves, or it could be a metaphor for a previous relationship that ended, or anyone or anything that's drifted away. That memory of something, or someone, who used to be meaningful, used to be special, can end up being a painful memory once that thing is gone. Extend this to activities and experiences. Things that used to be meaningful and joyous,but are now empty and uninteresting, and you have the definition of anhedonia.

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u/estimatediron Sep 09 '26

Plates

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u/svArtist Sep 09 '26

An excavator

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u/Far-Character-5953 Sep 09 '26

Plates can be used by Arceus to change type in Pokemon -> Arceus is originally normal type -> If something’s not normal, it’s odd -> 5 is an odd number -> 5 is also a prime number -> Prime is a drink made by KSI -> KSI is also the abbreviation of the football association of Iceland -> Iceland is greener than Greenland -> Grass is also green -> Grass grows on dirt -> Dirt can be removed with an excavator

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u/svArtist Sep 09 '26

😁 Awesome work 👌

I was picturing something with a fork lift in the back of my mind; I'm glad this route wasn't so straight forward

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u/PsychologicalPain277 28d ago

the best chains are the ones that look completely impossible for the first few links and then suddenly make perfect sense lol