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I'll go first.

3 options

  • 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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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Go back to the moment when the current highest level administrator of Twitter set the password. Then when I come back with the password. Now in the present, I log in and delete the entire twitter server.

History didn't change, I just went back to retreive some information to be used in the present.

๐Ÿ˜ˆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Hope they don't ever rotate the passwords.

Also it would be pretty hard to remember the likely very long passwords.

[โ€“] neidu3 7 points 5 days ago

I wanna see Carthage

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

So many bands I'd love to see! But that's somewhat small fry, so to speak, so ancient history, if I could travel to a different location also instantaneously (guess that'dhave to be possible or else it'dbe pretty boring or hard work!). Ancient Egypt, Greece, Central America Mayans... but then, are WE immune from consequences also?! Free from contracting diseases, free from being sacrficed to a god or getting enslaved?! Can we communicate with them?! Dinosaurs would also be awesome, if immunity was guaranteed....chomp!

Or perhaps just see my dad again :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

See Jimi Hendrix live.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
  • Go to Teotihuacan to see how non/hierarchical it was, maybe trip balls if the opportunity presents itself.

  • Go to Harappa or Mahenjo Daro and see how indus seals were used.

  • Kindly ask the Minoans if that topless lady holding the snakes is in charge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Tired: obsessing over the roman empire

Wired: obsessing over other ancient civilizations

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Oh, not back to yesterday? Back to any time/place for a day?

I think it would be too hard to access any of these events or people - you'd go back then just end up in jail or something. I would like to see the moon though, so if it's a literal anything is possible situation I'll hitch along with those guys, on the first moon landing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can't really answer without possibly breaking some rule... But my destination time would be exactly nine months before my own birth date...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I think it'd be neat to go to like 10,000 BC and just live a day in the life of some tribe/ancient city.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I could finally ride every ride at Disneyland.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh, I thought you meant just repeat the same day that just happened. I did not understand the question.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Still a solid answer, though, even not understanding the assignment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kick my dad in the nuts on my conception night

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

No consequences

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Yerbouti 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Berlin Wall sightseeing.

I actually did that haha!! I'm Canadian, but we lived in Germany from 1987 to 1992. So I got to see the wall before and after it fell. Honestly it was terrifying for a kid. There's was military every 20 meters or so, and they wouldn't allow people to get close to the wall. It's one of rare instance where I didn't feel safe, even being with my parents as a 8 years old-ish.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Put a large bet on Leicester City to win the Premier League.

The odds were 5000-1, and the last person standing cashed out their ยฃ50 stake at ยฃ75000. I'd have put ยฃ500 on for an initial ยฃ2.5m, maybe an accumulator on the top 4 to double it, and live a comfortable life off of the winnings.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

What I do redacted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good luck with the bookies paying out. Had betway refuse to pay out a ยฃ500 bet once. Deleted my account with them shortly after.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

There was a huge worry about this at the time, but considering the odds were so large, there were maybe 2-3 people that had actually made this bet that kept it after Jan. If they were to not pay out they'd have worldwide exposure and every other bookie taking their business.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

If I can transport things back and forth, I would probably go and max out a credit card and buy all of the gold that I can to bring with me for trade.

Then I would go to the library of Alexandria and use my cell phone to get photocopies of as many books as I possibly can, and in the downtime I would go to any open Street markets and purchase any cool relics that I can find.

Then I could come back and share some of the Lost books of Alexandria with the world and also have period correct relics that have somehow magically not been exposed to a thousand years of environmental corrosion.

Then again, that would probably also mess up their radioisotope dating but I don't know if it's specific enough to only cover a thousand ish years.

Maybe if I have a little more time to prep I can find some place that I know hasn't been Disturbed and like put them in an airtight safe and store them for me to go back and ReDiscover now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No no no, that would have severe consequences on the timeline. You have to endure that.

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