View Full Version : If you could go back in time once...
...what would you do?
Personally, I'd bring back a laptop full of videos and articles and try to warn Bush about 9/11.
id go back and kill murphy and all his stupid laws
brokenscout
04-18-2013, 09:31
I'd go hang out with Jesus:)
ChuckNorris
04-18-2013, 09:31
Buy a lot of gold back when it was relatively cheap!
Zundfolge
04-18-2013, 09:32
I'd go back and kill Aku to prevent his conquest of the world. http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/a/cartoonrp-aku.png
Actually I'd go back to 1860 or so to Staunton, Virginia and kill a small boy named Woody.
I'd go back to the late 1950's and prevent a certain Kenyan from banging a certain Commie chick from KS... [Coffee]
Rucker61
04-18-2013, 09:43
I'd go back to the late 1950's and prevent a certain Kenyan from banging a certain Commie chick from KS... [Coffee]
Bring some good books. According to birthdate, Obama was conceivedi in 1960.
soldier-of-the-apocalypse
04-18-2013, 09:45
I would invent Microsoft and kick steve jobs and bill gates ass and make them work for me for very little pay and maybe I would also be the creator of facebook, google, and youtube as well, It would be awesome I would ride a unicorn as well
70 million years ago to hunt a T-Rex.
losttrail
04-18-2013, 09:48
Bring some good books. According to birthdate, Obama was conceivedi in 1960.
True, but you could preempt the act of conception long before 1960.
I would invent Microsoft and kick steve jobs and bill gates ass and make them work for me for very little pay and maybe I would also be the creator of facebook, google, and youtube as well, It would be awesome I would ride a unicorn as wellhttp://i.imgur.com/iqbm5Jq.jpg
I'd go back to the night I met my wife and run like hell the other way.
Zundfolge
04-18-2013, 10:07
I'd go back to the late 1950's and prevent a certain Kenyan from banging a certain Commie chick from KS... [Coffee]
Just make sure it wasn't also Frank Marshall Davis that banged the commie chick from KS.
One day in May of 2006. I'd stop a certain 16 year old nephew from getting on the ATV that killed him.
If I had two chances, I'd use the other one to go back to some Friday before a giant powerball drawing and buy the right ticket.
Kind of presumptuous of you to assume I haven't already been back in time.
Zundfolge
04-18-2013, 10:13
Kind of presumptuous of you to assume I haven't already been back in time.
Ah, so the state of the world is YOUR fault.
Aloha_Shooter
04-18-2013, 10:15
I'd go back to the 1780s with a pile of history and Constitutional law texts and show the Founding Fathers how Congress and the SCOTUS have (mis)interpreted the document they wrote. I'd leave documents showing the growth of taxation and government intrusion so they could guard against the 16th Amendment and other expansions of federal "power".
Ah, so the state of the world is YOUR fault.
Lol. Probably.
StagLefty
04-18-2013, 10:18
Go back to the 1800's and find Titus Bass.
Zundfolge
04-18-2013, 10:20
Of course this thread made me think of this:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kill_hitler.png
Take child Feinstein out shooting to show her how guns can be fun
Delfuego
04-18-2013, 10:50
Tell my younger self how to get laid more....[HiFive]
Pimpslap Eve and take her apple away...
Rucker61
04-18-2013, 10:54
True, but you could preempt the act of conception long before 1960.
Good point. "If I had a son that became president, he'd look like me" - Ronin13, taking one for the team.
Haven't you guys seen Back to the Future? I'd go back and make some sports bets. :)
Zundfolge
04-18-2013, 10:58
Keep in mind anything anyone does to prevent Obama from becoming president will be a waste of time as he's just a puppet of the institutional left.
They'll just find another racist black Democrat to groom for the job.
BPTactical
04-18-2013, 11:20
San Antonio Texas.
1836
Me and a minigun.
Just because............
Why backward in time? Go to the future and study before returning to the present.
In the past, your future knowledge would get you some good medication, institutionalization, and possibly electric-shock therapy.
In the future, you will be considered backward and harmless due to your ignorance.
Back in the present, your new awareness of the future, used in a quiet and judicious manner will provide you with affluence and influence.
IMO, time travel is as silly as what-if history. I've read one (only one) book by Harry Turtledove. I prefer more orthodox fiction.
ruthabagah
04-18-2013, 11:24
lotta good stuff.... Kill hitler: maybe. He was totally evil, but so many good things also happened after WW2 that I am not sure if we would be better of without him.
Now, going back to 622 and eliminate a certain prophet of the "religion of peace", is kind of tempting....
Why backward in time? Go to the future and study before returning to the present.
In the past, your future knowledge would get you some good medication, institutionalization, and possibly electric-shock therapy.
In the future, you will be considered backward and harmless due to your ignorance.
Back in the present, your new awareness of the future, used in a quiet and judicious manner will provide you with affluence and influence.
IMO, time travel is as silly as what-if history. I've read one (only one) book by Harry Turtledove. I prefer more orthodox fiction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AtE54HpXBM
Bring some good books. According to birthdate, Obama was conceivedi in 1960.
No I didn't stutter... before they even met.
True, but you could preempt the act of conception long before 1960.
Can't conceive if you're not alive... ;)
Just make sure it wasn't also Frank Marshall Davis that banged the commie chick from KS.
That's why I'd break my rule: "No women, no kids." There are very very rare exceptions, this would be one of them.
Well, let's see......invest in Microsoft, buy gold and silver by the truckloads, buy certain lottery tickets, stop Stevie Ray Vaughan from getting on that helicopter, stop Lynyrd Skynyrd from getting on that airplane, get Frank Zappa to get a prostate exam, those would be good starters.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures.
n8tive97
04-18-2013, 11:52
When my ex wife got married on the bridge in Texas, I would jump......
RblDiver
04-18-2013, 13:57
I'd go back to the 1780s with a pile of history and Constitutional law texts and show the Founding Fathers how Congress and the SCOTUS have (mis)interpreted the document they wrote. I'd leave documents showing the growth of taxation and government intrusion so they could guard against the 16th Amendment and other expansions of federal "power".
Now, going back to 622 and eliminate a certain prophet of the "religion of peace", is kind of tempting....
Probably one of these two.
You do understand that if you can go back in time* "once" you can go back an indefinite number of times, right?
causality loops - they're a bitch..
For the layman: I would go back in time with all the materials and plans for my time machine (e.g. I would take a time machine with me - or at least all the know how to make one)..
This is also how I know that time travel will not be invented within my lifetime - because if it was to be, then I would have already come back in time and told myself about it.
* for the Wellsian traditional definition of time travel
You do understand that if you can go back in time* "once" you can go back an indefinite number of times, right?
causality loops - they're a bitch..
For the layman: I would go back in time with all the materials and plans for my time machine (e.g. I would take a time machine with me - or at least all the know how to make one)..
This is also how I know that time travel will not be invented within my lifetime - because if it was to be, then I would have already come back in time and told myself about it.
* for the Wellsian traditional definition of time travel
That's deep man...
Now that I think about it, I'd rather not go back in time... doing that crap gives you Parkinson's!
Too soon?
I'm shocked no one started in on all the paradoxes and pitfalls that theorists associate with time travel... like the butterfly effect...
NightCat
04-18-2013, 15:00
Make sure Barry never existed.....and go meet my past self and tell myself to never marry my exwife....
That's deep man...
Now that I think about it, I'd rather not go back in time... doing that crap gives you Parkinson's! .
Nice. Lol.
The real question I have, is the old standby whenever a time travel discussion comes up. If you were to go back in time and stop the inventor from creatimg a time machine, what would happen? I've got at least a very basic, layman's grasp of quantum theory, but this one is a stumper.
I think it's interesting that Hawking believes time has physical properties that can be manipulated by gravity. He postulates that different people could genuinely experience time at different speeds, in the right set of circumstances. Gives a whole new take on Einstein's "minute with a pretty girl vs minute on a hot stove" bit. :-)
generalmeow
04-18-2013, 15:26
Anybody seen that movie Primer?
I thought it was really cool, but they kind of lost me towards the end where they're listening to recordings of themselves in headphones.
If I could go back in time, I don't think I'd do anything that would change my life right now. I wouldn't want to change anything that would cause me to lose my kids, or my wife, or have a different relationship with them. I think I'd try to do something where I could set up some sort of financial windfall - that would happen tomorrow.
jhirsh5280
04-18-2013, 16:05
Well, let's see......invest in Microsoft, buy gold and silver by the truckloads, buy certain lottery tickets, stop Stevie Ray Vaughan from getting on that helicopter, stop Lynyrd Skynyrd from getting on that airplane, get Frank Zappa to get a prostate exam, those would be good starters.
I don't know about Skynard or Zappa or Vaughn but the first part. I'd go back and invest in IBM, Microsoft, Starbucks, Apple etc...
if investing we're off the table I'd go back to Nazi Germany, pre WWII and kill Hitler.
if investing we're off the table I'd go back to Nazi Germany, pre WWII and kill Hitler.
On the investment note- I'd have a message somehow sent to me one week after I go back that reveals I have a fortune in gold and other various successful investments... that way future me finds it and my investments don't cause a ripple effect.
I don't get why everyone is talking about preventing WWII if they could travel through time... bear with me here, but there was some good that came out of it, we had vast innovations emerge (atomic age begun, advancements in transportation and weaponry), it pulled us out of the depression, and most importantly (IMHO) it taught us some very valuable lessons, such as how isolationism doesn't work, never utilize appeasement to avoid conflict, and weather will always mess with your airborne operations. Okay that last one was a paratrooper joke. [Coffee]
soldier-of-the-apocalypse
04-18-2013, 16:19
Nice. Lol.
The real question I have, is the old standby whenever a time travel discussion comes up. If you were to go back in time and stop the inventor from creatimg a time machine, what would happen? I've got at least a very basic, layman's grasp of quantum theory, but this one is a stumper.
I think it's interesting that Hawking believes time has physical properties that can be manipulated by gravity. He postulates that different people could genuinely experience time at different speeds, in the right set of circumstances. Gives a whole new take on Einstein's "minute with a pretty girl vs minute on a hot stove" bit. :-)
What if it not a "machine" what if its caused by natural forces?
If you were to go back in time and stop the inventor from creatimg a time machine, what would happen? I've got at least a very basic, layman's grasp of quantum theory, but this one is a stumper.
Just a variation on the "grandfather paradox" with the same outcomes. Answer depends on if you believe in parallel timelines or not.
Go read some Heinlein.
So many options. I could go the greedy route and say invest in Microsoft, or Google.....or kill Hitler. Those all sound promising!!! But I think I would go back to the Garden of Eden and chop that freaking apple tree down and kill that snake.... so none of this crap would have happened.[Flower]
I would go back in time and prevent a few "bad" children from coming into this world.
GilpinGuy
04-18-2013, 18:09
stop Stevie Ray Vaughan from getting on that helicopter
Oh man, you just brought back some memories man. I still remember where I was when I heard he passed away. He was my freaking guitar idol (I was a blues guitar player in my youth).
jhirsh5280
04-18-2013, 18:10
On the investment note- I'd have a message somehow sent to me one week after I go back that reveals I have a fortune in gold and other various successful investments... that way future me finds it and my investments don't cause a ripple effect.
I don't get why everyone is talking about preventing WWII if they could travel through time... bear with me here, but there was some good that came out of it, we had vast innovations emerge (atomic age begun, advancements in transportation and weaponry), it pulled us out of the depression, and most importantly (IMHO) it taught us some very valuable lessons, such as how isolationism doesn't work, never utilize appeasement to avoid conflict, and weather will always mess with your airborne operations. Okay that last one was a paratrooper joke. [Coffee]
I thought about this after I posted. Granted a lot of great innovation came about during the war, however 6 million of my grandfathers fellow tribesmen would probably have liked to live out the rest of their lives in relative peace. Not to mention all of our fellow countrymen who paid the ultimate sacrifice. There was so much good and so much bad that happened in the span of the war.
GilpinGuy
04-18-2013, 18:11
Maybe go back and remove any and all ambiguity from the 2A so it cannot possibly be misread or misunderstood.
buckshotbarlow
04-18-2013, 21:35
i'd go stop myself from getting my nuttz cut
Back to the moment just prior to the big bang. Lick my fingers and snub the flame just to stop this stoopid thread.
Lippy Laroux
04-18-2013, 22:19
Stop myself from selling my HK93 parrotrooper for $400
There was that girl that I went to visit in Indiana that one time.. then there was that girl in...
How many times do I get to go back in time?
DangerLee_Industries
04-18-2013, 22:56
Do I get to come back to 2013 or stay where I pop up???
DangerLee_Industries
04-18-2013, 22:59
If I was going to be selfish and had to stay where I traveled to I suppose the late 40's... It would have been amazing to by a moonshine runner and be the beginning of Nascar..[Driveby2]
BPTactical
04-18-2013, 23:01
Maybe go back and remove any and all ambiguity from the 2A so it cannot possibly be misread or misunderstood.
It pretty much is[Bang]
I'd go back and tell the founding fathers to write the 2nd amendment very clear with an unmistakable, long drawn out context that citizens can have whatever technology the military has to defend themselves from the government.
or I'd like to go back and tell my dad to buy a bunch of m16's when they were $1000, and also to sell the house, and put every single cent into either google, microsoft and apple when they are first put up for public offering.
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