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If you could go back in time for 24h, no consequence on the timeline, what would you do? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'll go first.

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Going back to 1964 to watch the Duke Ellington's Montreal show. Try to meet the man and the musicians. Hang around my city.
Go in the end of the 70s to meet my parents before they had kids. Grab a couple of beers and party with my young adults parents. See my uncles, etc. in their young time
Going to 1881 during the couple of days when Nietzsche wrote Zarathoustra. I want to discuss with guy even if he is supposed to be writing all day long. No consequence right.

What are yours?

EDIT: I'll clarify: You can't affect the timeline. It means you cant go back to try to get rich with stocks, lottery, etc. It's like going to see a movie, when you come back the world will be exactly the same. You can interact with people, but in the end, the day you spend in the past will not have existed for anyone but you, in your memories.

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[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I'll have to think of a scheme to extort some rich guy's Bitcoin wallet.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Go back to 1986 and slip a morning after pill in my mom's drink... Oh wait, no consequences? Fuck me...

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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Ops mom.

[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I would [REDACTED] so that no one has to deal with this shit.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Killjoy: If there are no consequences there can be no memory of the event either. Our own future (from the time of returning from the past) would almost certainly diverge from the path of no knowledge otherwise, and that would be a consequence.

As such, every one of us might already have this ability, we just don't remember doing it.

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[–] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is it possible to travel to the past without changing the timeline? Even going to a diner for a meal will make a ripple.

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