What would be the least impactful way of using time travel? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by JonsJava@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Started as a shower thought (literally in the shower), but decided to make it more open-ended.

My answer to this would be "watch future seasons of anime that I am waiting on".

I don't see how that could cause a huge ripple through time.

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Going forward at all seems less harmful than going back, but perhaps more dangerous.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Agreed, but going forward would also then open the risk of trying to capitalise on/prevent what you saw, once you return to your present, which probably wouldn't end well.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Safer way would probably be going forward and staying there, like another comment said. Maybe use it to skip boring stuff, like waiting in line at the DMV, or waiting for your food to be served, etc.

[-] kuadhual@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

That's the story of the movie "Click"

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