{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Elscire (elscire)'s status on Friday, 03-Feb-12 00:15:16 UTC","author_name":"Elscire (elscire)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/elscire","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/960594","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6661\" class=\"url\" title=\"Trister\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">trister<\/span><\/a><\/span> why does 'very-near-future' equal 'present' ?  I say 'very near' in an attempt to express the notion that our alternate Pinkie Pie exists a matter of minutes or even mere seconds ahead, rather than the days, weeks, months or even years which in the grand scheme could quite reasonably be termed as 'near future'"}