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[–] 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

You could probably make explosives from manure. Use that to conquer a small community and make yourself the leader. And start a rebellion against the local lord and become the king. Then you have the resources and slaves to find copper and magnets and shit. Problem is the massive language barrier. Their language is just gibberish to us and vice versa.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And all the germs we carry to which we're already immune.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They'd actually kill off any would be time traveling conqueror pretty quickly with smallpox.

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

    Definitely take your smallpox vaccine before time traveling. They still make them, so it shouldn't be too much hassle.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Aren't those only available in developing countries and via the military?

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

    You can get it in Canada. You need to give a good reason to get it, but I'm sure time travel would qualify. If not, just say you're a laboratory worker researching Smallpox, and they'll give you the vaccine.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Man I gotta move to Canada. The US government gives me jack squat for time travel.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I don't know if they would be willing to give you the smallpox vaccine in order to go back in time and totally change history so none of the people involve in giving you the vaccine would ever have been born.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't want to type out that thing you said, because I don't want to end up on a list, but idk how to do that.

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