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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)

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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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[-] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Since I'm in tremendous pain from an inner ear infection; I would CLOSE THAT DAMN WINDOW!

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[-] Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

All good answers, but the simple fact you were not self centered but curious and asked what OP would do back, made your answer great. Thank you. Up vote freely given.

[+] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

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[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago

No consequences means no benefit either.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'd do the original Bitcoin faucet a few times for several reasons.

I wasn't alive much less 18 or older in 1986, and thus selling millions of dollars of stock would raise some eyebrows at the FTC or whatever.
What company would hold it? How would I trust them not to say "Anandoned account. Our money now 😏"
Bitcoin is less tracable either way. The problem specifically said without changing the timeline, meaning that you and your tax documents would be completely oblivious to the stock until you get back.
The faucet used to give out five whole Bitcoins. So like 500k each time. Do multiple addresses and you could easily have a hundred million dollars. I don't know how you'd keep track of those addresses. Maybe generate them before you go back and store a piece of paper on your body containing the addresses? Make sure they're the old 1B addresses, not the new ones.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days 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.

[-] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 days ago

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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[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago

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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[-] randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 days ago

I’d go back to “old enough to understand but still young enough to do something about it” me and have a nice long conversation 🙂

[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

But no consequences

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[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Ops mom.

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