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If you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by hai@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Teon@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Go back and destroy religion.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So you'd take like 1 Jesus or what?

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[–] justaregulardude1999@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Killing Bill Gates. It would be a weird timeline, maybe Microsoft would still exist, but in a different shape.

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[–] Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Bring a time machine with you and teach ancient Egyptians how to use it

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd love to see Socrates as modern day politician

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

You should hitch a ride with Bill and Ted

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I would go back in time and arrange Genghis Khan to have a better father.

[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'd bring a universal encyclopedia to the mesopotamians.

[–] violetraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Teaching Abraham Lincoln how to do egirl makeup and being a femboy.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Jesus. Not white, on Drugs, probably a mushroom

[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Isreal

[–] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would be fascinating to go back and prevent monotheism from taking off. See what happens.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

At the very least, find whichever guy had a stick up his ass about people sticking things up asses, and get that poor schmuck laid.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Back in 1948

"So we're all agreed, we give the jewish people this land over here and we force the people who live there to go live over there!

::Touching grass busts down the door::

"NO! Thats a stupid idea!!"

"Arrest the anti-semite!"

And the time traveller spends the rest of his life in jail while people slowly realise he was right.

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