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The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

if you could go back in time, when? What for?

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if you could go back in time, when? What for?

The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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    Look up last week’s lottery numbers, then head back to last week.

    I don’t wanna play the make money game anymore.

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      Clever, clever 😂

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    I would go back about 40 years ago and stop my parents from meeting.

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      If your parents didn’t meet and make you, then it is likely they would have met other people and made other people. Don’t put the curse of your existence off on some other poor sap. Stand up and drink your cup.

      • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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        No, I’d rather shift the responsibility. There’s nothing in my cup and the cup is crumbling.

        • spicy pancake@lemmy.zip
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          I hope your cup gets filled with some Aztec style chocolate in the near future (or modern style, or something else, whatever you like having in a cup)

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            I’m extremely depressed, but I’m going to give a gold star sticker for accurately knowing chocolate in its original form was consumed as a beverage.

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              ⭐😊 ty

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      🙁

      • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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        That’s how bad things are. I wouldn’t even go see my beloved Aztecs.

        • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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          If you can, pick up one afternoon in the week, call someone you know, go outside, in the park or in a pub. It helps to disconnect 🙂

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            I’m already outside way more than normal. The problem is I’m completely disconnected. I’m an American without employment, I’m skirting my own destruction every day. Don’t have money for the pub and I gave up drinking last year due to doctors’ orders. If I had a choice between doing my life over again or never having existed I’ll take the latter.

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              @Houseofoliviereu@lemmy.world (hope I did that right to tag someone else)

              Wanted to tag house in on this comment

              But to neon: Instead of not having your life, go back in time with the winning lottery numbers, play the lottery number in a state where you don’t have to publicly say who you are, then move and re-create your life with funds to be able to do whatever you want.

              • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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                You tagged me correctly

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              🙁

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    Assuming I could go back at some point, ancient Rome in its heyday would be a sight to see. I’d love to go sightseeing to almost any ancient civilization really. At least the ones where I wouldn’t immediately get killed.

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      To see the original 7 wonders

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      Nice trip. And why the ‘immediately get killed’?

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        I guess I was thinking about civilizations that practiced human sacrifice (e.g. in Mesoamerica) and generally civilizations where outsiders were not welcome (e.g. Edo-era Japan).

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          True… it might not be a good experience… 😅

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        look different enough? depending on the civilization and time period, believe it or not straight to [the pointy end of the nearest guy’s weapon]

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          Oh I see…

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    Assuming it’s a one way trip, I’d probably go to the year 1998, Impersonate my dad, Rescue child me from some shit, Win the lottery, Stop 9/11, and then die and leave my younger self with more money and power than he could reasonably cope with.

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      Calling a bomb threat on the plane just before takeoff. That’ll really confuse things but it’ll get the job done.

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      Quite a programme. A lot to do

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      That’s quite the plan - sounds like it could be a good movie (I feel like we already have movies like these, but can’t recall any on top of my head).

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    To the middle of the carboniferous to check if it is true the hypothesis of the delayed fungal evolution. Forests growing for millions of years and wood not decaying? The mountains of dead trees is something I want to see.

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    I’m going to 1450 and giving the natives guns before the Spaniards and the Portuguese arrive.

    Without them, anglos probably won’t bother either.

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      Bring books on crossbow manufacturing. It’s documented that Chichimeca obsidian tipped arrows could pierce through chainmail. Most areas practicing agriculture in the Americas will either have or have access to raw materials required for the manufacturing of crossbows.

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    Are are we applying butterfly effect mechanics here? If yes, the farthest I’ll probably go is the previous 24 hours to have the least impact on the things I don’t want to lose/change. Then I’ll probably bet on the lottery.

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      butterfly effect mechanics And if there is no butterfly effect mechanics ?

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    I’d like to witness the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ

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      You might be a tad disappointed…

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        How so?

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          Things might have happened differently of what has been told.

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            Eh, I’ve looked into that quite thoroughly and I actually think it’s more plausible that these guys were telling the truth. Although being able to time travel would be ultimate confirmation.

  • Scott 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️@sh.itjust.works
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    Beginning of high school, drop out, get a job, invest in Microsoft.

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    This timeline is already fucked so I really can’t make it any worse, so I’d go back just to fuck with the timeline.
    Take written volumes on mathmatics, science, and engineering and hand them out in Greece and Arabia a few thousand years ago and see what kind of world we end up with instead.

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      Approved 😀

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      Monkey’s Paw answer is the same world we have today because the books are in English and/or the math symbols were not standardized back then.

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      How are they going to understand a language that doesn’t exist yet?

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        Who said the books were in English?
        Greek and Arabic still exist today and are widely used.

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    To the point when humanity’s earliest ancestor dared leave the ocean. I’d kick it back into the sea. Civilization was a mistake.

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      🥶

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    All the way back. With the knowledge that I shouldn’t trust or put faith in people.

    Instead of seeking out truth I would just be an average person.

    I would leave home asap and not stick around a town of hate and crime.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    I’d go back to the Precambrian era around the time of the “explosion” to see what caused it. Though I may need a space suit. Was the atmosphere habitable at that time? 🤔

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      So you going to head back to a random Wednesday and be like nope not happening yet, let’s try tomorrow, nope. Maybe next week?

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        I have a time machine. I’ll have all the time I need to figure it out.

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      Precambrian era From what I found there was much less oxygen (just a bit) and the atmosphere (as such) was thinner than today. So, if you like being sunburnt. You can :) I would not mind to follow you on that trip but I will pass

      🤭

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