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Future Insight – The Jenkins (thejenkinscomic.files.wordpress.com)
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[-] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 135 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So, as it turns out there are a few big reasons.

  • it's a cosmic felony

  • causing improbable events creates a new timeline which increases entropy in all probable realities, which can have some drastic (and usually negative) effects.

  • most time travel agencies (which is what most people can afford) use technology that doesn't actually allow for free will, that's why it's mostly sold for vacations.

    • you can alter/push some decisions, but for most people it's not gonna be successful stocks.
    • older technology was advanced calculation in a realistic simulation. Most people just wanted an old memory or to get closure. Some people just try a different meal or movie choice, the experience is all that matters.
  • time mercenaries. We're actually not sure who these guys are, but we also don't wanna know either. Some say they're who cause spontaneous combustion and embarrassing deaths.

  • most forms of actual time travel leave the user stranded, with chronic or terminal illness (and sometimes amnesia), and in some cases fading/poofing out of existence when certain thresholds are crossed.

    • On top of that, new timelines of you typically aren't experienced by you. It's a different you. So that was nice of you.
  • time spiders. You don't want to know.

[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

time spiders. You don’t want to know.

They're really more crab-like than spider-like. If you bring a net back home from vacation, you can snag a few. They're delicious steamed with butter.

[-] droans@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't eat too many; their chroniton level is through the roof.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

How long do you cook them?

[-] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Very informative, thanks

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