I have dreamed about this quite a bit lately. I'd go back to the morning of May 3rd 2009 and take my wife to the hospital to be induced so that I'd have my daughter today.
Something I've thought about in the past as well. Where, and who, would I be if my dad hadn't died in an accident when I was 3? Or my family if my aunt wasn't killed?
Of course, one could debate forever whether or not changing such things would actually lead to an improvement in life. The question is, can we defeat fate in that matter?
If we can though, I'd take GTF's plan and expand on it. Buy Nortel in 1990, sell it in 1997 at its peak, then short it. Get em both on the upswing and the decline.
I've always admired renaissance men, those who had so many talents. I would travel back in time and hang out with Leonardo da Vinci for a while, learn Italian and see where the heck he came up with all that stuff.
And I'd go back to see if Jesus really existed or not...and then I'd go back even further to see the Big Bang. Although I don't know how I would view it. I'd probably have to go into the future, get a sweet spaceship that is immune to Big Bangs, and then go back in time.
Oh, and I would absolutely go see a live show of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
If we're being honest, I wouldn't time travel. I'm not taking the chance of losing my kids. If anything changed in the past, I don't like my chances of the stars aligning to produce the same two sons I have now, let alone screwing up and not marrying my wife.
I guess I would bring them along for the ride and go to the future. Family road trip to 50 years from now. Then we can bring back the almanac and get rich together.
Exactly, I wouldn't go to the past at all as I would be too scared or screwing stuff up. Sure there are things in my past I would like to change or alter but those events brought me to where I am today. The thought of not having met my wife or not having the Son I have now isn't worth being rich.
That being said I would go one week into the future get every sports score, every lotto winning number etc... and make a frigging fortune. BLING BLING!!
love the tags. I would go back to when I met my ex wife and tell her I was not interested.
When I first read this, my first thought was yes me too, but then I wouldn't have my two boys, so I can't really say that, so instead of that, I guess I would go back to happily married era and make some better choices and pay more attention.
I'd go back to Oct 2001, and sign up to CP, so I could finally get some street cred around here, then, I'd head to Hannah, AB, Circa the mid-nineties, and vigorously encourage a few local lads to give up permanently on their musical aspirations.
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I wish I could go back in time to April 30th 2000. There were things I never got to say to my dad who passed away from Colon Cancer. We had our differences over the years that often caused a huge rift between us. I wanted to mend those fences and tell him how much I loved him. I kept putting it off becuase I wasn't to sure what to say and sadly I never got that chance
I wish I could go back in time to April 30th 2000. There were things I never got to say to my dad who passed away from Colon Cancer. We had our differences over the years that often caused a huge rift between us. I wanted to mend those fences and tell him how much I loved him. I kept putting it off becuase I wasn't to sure what to say and sadly I never got that chance
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No, no, you get to MODIFY the chronovisor so you can use it to go through time. Extra points for either knowing what it is, or following the link, though.
I get extra points for following the link. Whooo!
What a crazy-ass story that is. The guy claimed to have a photograph of Jesus on the cross.
Anyway, it's not surprising to see the typical "I'd go back and make sure I set myself up to be rich". All we westerners care about is money. It's disgraceful.
If I had access to the time machine I'd go into the future and learn the cures for AIDS and cancer. And then come back and get rich as hell off it.
I think I'd visit the future library, grab some great future novels, future scientific papers, future music. Then come back and every once in a while put it out there like it was my own work. With curing AIDS and cancer, being a great novelist, scientist, philosopher and musician, I'd be a hell of a guy. Imagine the chicks if you can do all that stuff.
I wouldn't want to go to the future because it would ruin the surprise about what would happen in the future. How much would you like watching regular season hockey if you already how it turned out? And that's just one example.
Anyone remember the classified ad for a time traveller (maybe it appeared on Leno)? Basically, the dude was looking for a time travelling partner, no experience necessary, and he had only done this once before.
I would go back to when I was in high school and re-enjoy a few parties. I would also take a movie like Terminator Salvation and take it back to the 70s and tell people that was the world I came from. The graphics would make their heads explode.
I would generally just screw with people showing them ridiculous technologies we have, like laptop computers, iPhones, etc.
Then I would go back to being 18 and sleep with some other 18 year old girls... just because it would be all good.
Of course, I would get rich as hell too. I would probably go back to like, the last thursday before a massive lotto win, and win it. That way I would only be displaced by a couple weeks. Then I would throw old me into a dumpster.
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I seem to remember hearing about this guy on Coast to Coast AM.
THE TIME TRAVEL TALE OF JOHN TITOR
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Although there is debate over the exact date it started, on November 02, 2000, a person calling themselves Timetravel_0, and later John Titor, started posting on a public forum that he was a time traveler from the year 2036.
One of the first things he did was post pictures of his time machine and its operations manual. As the weeks went by, more and more people began questioning him about why he was here, the physics of time travel and his thoughts about our time. He also posted on other forums including the now non-existent Art Bell site. In his posts John Titor entertained, angered, frightened and even belittled those who engaged him in conversation.
On March 21, 2001, John Titor told us he would be leaving our and returning to 2036. After that, he was never heard from again. Speculation and investigation about who John Titor was and why he was online continues to this day.
Although it may be easy to dismiss all this as science fiction, most people who read his posts agree that there is something very haunting about John Titor and what he said. In addition, and open to more debate, he also made a series of predictions and comments that eerily seem to be coming true.
Unfortunately, I never spoke directly to John Titor but there are many out there who have and continue to wonder about their experience. As you get deeper and deeper into the story, you will find his posts, links to other sites about him, downloads and speculative information attributed to him after he left. I have taken the posts and organized them by date and subject. My editorial work is copyrighted but the unedited posts and the people who experienced it are in the public domain can be found on other sites listed inside.
