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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I thought that was called a Sound of Thunder. Because the last line went "there was a sound of thunder, then silence." Or something to that effect, heavily implying that the time safari employee killed the hunter who stepped off the trail and on to a butterfly.

I also remember that one of the results of stepping on the butterfly was that all English words were spelled fonetically (typo intentional), a "mistake" I would happily go back in time to commit.

[–] Cramulh 2 points 4 months ago

I also remember this short story, the death of the butterfly also changed the results of an election.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

(It probably was I read this story over 10 years ago)