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If you could time travel, what would you change ? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd find the first motherfucker that started smoking stuff, whether it was first tobacco or whatever, and get rid of him/her before anyone else ever learned of the practice/habit.

Would have been better health for countless people afterwards, if simply nobody ever knew..

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Eliminate tobacco smokers? US Govt. tried, however American Indians are still with us today.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No, eliminate the single individual that originally invented tobacco smoking. Then nobody from that point on would ever know and the problem would have never existed in the first place.

    Nip the problem directly at the source ya know. Guess you're not all that good with these sort of hypothetical time travel thoughts..

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Smoking was discovered independently in many cultures with different substances used by different cultures. In the Americas, it was tobacco, while the Scythians of Central Asia used cannabis in ritualistic hotboxes, as evidenced by archaeological finds of smoking tools in kurgans. Other regions, like India and Southeast Asia, saw the smoking of opium and herbs.

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