[tsimionescu]

Caturday -> Saturday enjoyed with or similar to a cat

LBA -> probably supposed to be LBAC, Late Bronze Age collapse

Civ -> Civilization, a series of historically inspired strategy games, where you play as the historical leader of a civilization through the ages of human development

Hatshepsut -> an Egyptian Pharaoh who is one of the leaders you can play as in Civ VII

Deity -> the name of the highest difficulty level in Civ VII

Firaxis -> the company that develops the Civilization series

Discord -> a chat app/service often used in gaming communities

ooh la la i call a car hole a garage -> a reference to a joke in The Simpsons, where a character complains someone else thinks they're fancy because they use the word "garage", and when challenged on an alternative, he calls it "car hole"

Old World -> a game similar to the Civilization series

CK III -> Crusader Kings III, another game similar to Civilization

Plague -> probably Plague Inc, a game where you play as a pathogen trying to infect and kill the entirety of humanity

Contagion -> a movie about the start of a pandemic

Rest of the references I can't help with. Also no idea why they would mention the playtest of Civ VII version 1.3.2.

[mrDmrTmrJ]

I think the funniest part is the username. The_Blade, which I can only assume is a reference to this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5cll43/while_you_wer...

[The_Blade]

That is actually a reference to the underrated Mark Belanger, who has the second highest dWAR ever behind Ozzie Smith, and a few percentage points ahead of teammate Brooks Robinson: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/belanma01.shtml

that he has a .228 lifetime batting average makes him more endearing, although shortstops couldn't really hit then

also i thought there was an LBA before an LBAC, but the more important thing is literacy regarding the entire concept

[quickthrowman]

“Caturday hepped up on goofballs [after dental work] -> I was high on opiates on Saturday

Caturday -> Saturday

Hepped -> Novel synonym for “high” likely influenced by the jazz slang word ‘hep’ which means ‘hip’ or ‘cool’

Goofballs -> 5/500 hydrocodone/APAP, aka Vicodin. The gold standard tooth pain prescription drug, an opioid. In this context.

[order-matters]

hepped could also just be "hopped" as in "hopped up on X" which is a relatively common phrase for being on some drugs or medication, but using kawaii speak which often softens vowel sounds, turning the open "ah" sound of the 'o' in hopped into a pronunciation of 'eh'. They couldve taken it further and said "hipped up" for no change in meaning. this may not have all been consciously decided, as many chronically online social circles use forms of this speech routinely and linguistics is a funny thing like that where the brain can adopt and make up things to fit it. May also be more of a 'fedora' speech pattern that younger online generation uses ironically in a nerdy voice (general ex. "m'lady"), hence the addition of trivial details like the version number and having early access to a new build of the game

always hard to tell exactly whats influencing the speech of the chronically online folk, but the mention of discord and well everything else about the post seem to strongly indicate it. all this to say, i doubt they were looking to be understood as much as they were just talking to talk and sending some in-group signaling

[mr_toad]

> hepped could also just be "hopped" as in "hopped up on X"

Another Simpsons reference.

[The_Blade]

yes! involving Flanders and Chief Wiggum, then Moe, in an ep from s5 i.e the golden age

[marssaxman]

> Caturday -> Saturday enjoyed with or similar to a cat

There's a well-known underground nightclub in Seattle which has a monthly event called "Caturday" - I had no idea there was another meaning for the portmanteau! Makes sense, though.

[fc417fc802]

I don't think that's "another meaning" but rather assume their name is a reference. Caturday is a widespread and long standing online meme event (20+ years) to post pictures of cats on saturdays. I have no idea what community it originated in or even when.

[raffraffraff]

And "hepped up on goofballs" is a Police Chief Wiggum quote, about Ned Flanders.

[ludicrousdispla]

merry time -> maritime