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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 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll go first.

3 options

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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

If I can transport things back and forth, I would probably go and max out a credit card and buy all of the gold that I can to bring with me for trade.

Then I would go to the library of Alexandria and use my cell phone to get photocopies of as many books as I possibly can, and in the downtime I would go to any open Street markets and purchase any cool relics that I can find.

Then I could come back and share some of the Lost books of Alexandria with the world and also have period correct relics that have somehow magically not been exposed to a thousand years of environmental corrosion.

Then again, that would probably also mess up their radioisotope dating but I don't know if it's specific enough to only cover a thousand ish years.

Maybe if I have a little more time to prep I can find some place that I know hasn't been Disturbed and like put them in an airtight safe and store them for me to go back and ReDiscover now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Choose the last non winning lottery numbers. It’s currently at 130 million. There was no winner. So it shouldn’t affect the time line. If op thinks it does I will revise my choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Berlin Wall sightseeing.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Ops mom.

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