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[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A lot of things I didn't mean to, most likely.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

There would be a rather catastrophic malfunction of a certain golden escalator in 2015.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I would try to prevent the Holocaust from happening.

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[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Well that first guy smoking stuff will have enough to deal with so probably something else.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

i would find the first guy that started smoking stuff and congratulate them for inventing fire

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess I would try to warn people that the tsunami was coming.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Everyone treated you like a loony idiot before the tsunami, and now you are in a NSA basement getting tortured for "future information".

[–] A32topsL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I prefer to rewind time with me along, be young again, that kind of time travel. Of course with my knowledge and memories of up to before my "time travel", be retained. I could only remember what I could any way. The future would surely not happen exactly as the same before. Live a new younger life, a seemingly fresh restart at an early point in my life.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I'd invent the printing press during the classical era and watch what happens from there. I guess the folks at Carthage would also enjoy knowing about paper making, better wind-powered sails for ships and to be on the lookout for those "Romanes"

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Get rid of Ronald Reagan.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That first guy smoking stuff is gonna get rekt

[–] esc27@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Changes could have so many repercussions even well meaning actions could make things worse. The safer bet would be to collect lost books and art.

That said, stopping the Lincoln assassination is tempting. I'd hope to change reconstruction to better wipe out the confederacy, prevent lost cause doctrine, and better integrate former slaves into full citizenship and society.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Depends on time travel method and how would it affect reality (would it create a new timeline or replace the one we currently live in?).

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd find the guy who became the first guy to smoke stuff after the original first guy got stopped.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is this referring to? There's at least 10 posts about smoking stuff - what does this mean? 🤔

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

I think everyone is just memeing on the original comment.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I would try to match Genghis Khan up with a proper dad.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

time to kick that fish back into the water where it belonged. Stay in your lane, ancient precursor animals.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] THEWIZARD@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nothing just incase.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would get a bunch of party hats in RuneScape.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, the good old days when having a phat was a mega status symbol. And seeing a Christmas cracker was mindblowing.

[–] Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Bring back Sodium batteries and how to make them as well as solar panel production. Probably to Nikola Tesla.

To be a bit more precise whatever the easiest to produce versions of each are not the best ones so they could actually be produced at the tech level at the time.

I'm sure they would still end up creating equivalents of oil Barons etc. but at least it would be based on a cleaner tech and more able to improve from there.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Have you learned nothing from science fiction stories? I would not change anything.

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