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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?

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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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Attend the 1934 Nuremberg rally.

Not keen on the politics of it obviously but you can't deny the nazis knew how to put on one hell of a spectacle.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months 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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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months 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.

[–] leonine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Go back in time and stop diddy from diddling so bad.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Put a large bet on Leicester City to win the Premier League.

The odds were 5000-1, and the last person standing cashed out their £50 stake at £75000. I'd have put £500 on for an initial £2.5m, maybe an accumulator on the top 4 to double it, and live a comfortable life off of the winnings.

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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago
[–] palordrolap@fedia.io -1 points 5 months 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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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

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

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