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What year would you visit if you had one round trip back in time? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hint: You can prevent https://lifeline4gaza.com/ <- this from happening, or solve the unsolveable historical mysteries that haunt us all.

Premise: the continuum is bullshit and can do whatever idk, viewing only or with alterations, depending on what makes sense to you. It's not a contest to do the most (well okay it is but that could limit our inquiry), just whatever occurs to you first.

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[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I would go to the year 1800, and bring with me a bunch of books on science and engineering. Basically all the building blocks you need to build wind farms and solar power. I would visit all the universities I can and drop these books in library shelves. Some climate change literature could be nice too.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 3 points 1 hour ago

During the pandemic we learned that people react well to reasoning and people telling them what to do

[–] robotElder2@hexbear.net 1 points 2 hours ago

I tell general Butler to accept Lincolns VP position. Then leave a time capsule in the future USSR to be opened in 1920 or so with instructions for building computers

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

1995 to visit my family when they were all still alive. It wouldn't hurt urging them to invest in Apple stock and Bitcoin while I'm at it.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Shoot Gorbachev right in the forehead stain.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I’d go to this date and buy this ticket. I’d buy this ticket because there was no winner and next week was a 1.8 billion dollar winner

[–] thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Gambling addiction really is on the rise...

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

would be safer to buy a few bitcoins, those numbers are random, are we sure they'll be the same once you go back in time?

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Go back and offer that guy pizza AND FRIES.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I would go back to 1955 (yes, kinda ironic to think of it), with more modern medical instruments, anesthesia, sterilization, etc, and try to save my Baby Blue uncle who I was named after. He was born with his intestines on the outside and only lived one day ☹️😭

Yeah I'm no medical expert nor surgeon, but holy shit he might have had a better chance with more modern medical equipment and knowledge, I would have surely tried to do my most cautious best...

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

10,000BC

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

How would you stop them?