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A person comes up to you and says, "I can reverse time for just $1 per day." Do you take their offer? How far back do you go? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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i.e. pay $5 to go back 5 days.

The time travel is permanent and one-way.

Edit: this is a one time offer and your budget is however much liquid cash you have right now. Cards are accepted, though.

For non-Americans, feel free to convert $1 USD to your currency

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Easy question. I'll just go back to 2010 and invest all my money in bitcoin, I won't have to work a day in my life.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You would erase 13 years of your life for money?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    You're not erasing 13 years you're just living the 2010s a second time instead of living 2070 to 2083

    You're losing the chance to witness 13 years of human history but you get your 9 to 5pm back from 2010 to 2070 which is insanely more valuable than whatever events they'll come up with when you're 80

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    but the re-emergence of you at that point in time disrupts everything and events don't play out as they did the 'first' time. you lose everything and are now stuck re-living the last 13 years with a head full of useless fiction that gets mixed up with the 'new' reality. eventually you get involuntarily committed and spend the rest of your days in a white padded room.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    That’s actually an interesting point. You affecting the system will change the situation and therefore might have effects on the outcome. Might be minor like the value of bitcoin only varying by a small amount but it could also somehow cause Bitcoin to crash and never recover.

    Same with the idea of investing all your money into a company like Apple. This could affect the development and decision process of the company and therefore cause them to fail.

    So there is no guarantee for your actions to turn out successful.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Depends on the effects, one time theory I saw recently held that altering time was like a ripple or earthquake. The further you get away from the change the less effect you have.

    So just going back in time wouldn't stop 9/11.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    what other reasons are for going back in time? Relationship? That doesn't depend on one critical point. Same with personal development.

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