just playing with the idea of what a gist could be. and making the point that Bob made without saying it, that what you use for the noun could change what the gist feels like it’s about. The verb “ruining”, by itself, could point to becoming/changing one’s nature, but ruining the time machine seems like it might point to a concern of the future or the past, or an activity. Seems to me one gist might be able to explore a couple different areas. Which is maybe still a problem with my understanding of gists and how they work. That’s fine. Would definitely love to talk about it more if not outside the scope of the thread.