Board 8 > You gain a time travel ability to use once, but must make a choice... (see post)

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BlueCrystalTear 08/03/22 10:51:54 PM #1:	Which do you go with? Relive one year of your own life as you were then Go farther back and live a year as people did then (at your current age) Travel decades into the future but be unable to return Which do you go with? - Results (77 votes) Relive one year of your own life as you were then 31.17% (24 votes) 24 Go farther back and live a year as people did then (at your current age) 29.87% (23 votes) 23 Travel decades into the future but be unable to return 38.96% (30 votes) 30 I tried to summarize them as best I could, but... Option 1 is resetting yourself to how you were earlier in life (anything pre-COVID), with no knowledge of what you became or that you are reliving a year. It would be re-experiencing the year of your life as you did (you may make a couple different choices, but it's up to then-you), but you would return to your current self remembering everything as if it had just happened. This could change your life and grant you some perspective. Option 2 to see how people of a time lived, to also give perspective. You stay as you are today. You would lack modern technology and could not take anything from now to then or then to now (including notes) except the clothes on your back. The most recent time allowed is a year ending the day before your birth. You would have to acclimate to when you choose (including finding food/work/shelter), so if you don't know Latin, good luck in Ancient Rome. You will remember this experience and are allowed to write about it after but good luck convincing people you aren't on drugs. Option 3 is the unknown. You travel to a year in the future of your choosing, any time after you'd turn 100. And then you live the rest of your life from then. You escape the world right now but have to deal with whatever is to come, and must start your life from scratch. Which would you choose? --- [This post adds nothing to the discussion but for whatever reason I felt the need to say it anyway.] <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967057392] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote> Which do you go with? Relive one year of your own life as you were then Go farther back and live a year as people did then (at your current age) Travel decades into the future but be unable to return Vote View Results Which do you go with? - Results (77 votes) Relive one year of your own life as you were then 31.17% (24 votes) 24 Go farther back and live a year as people did then (at your current age) 29.87% (23 votes) 23 Travel decades into the future but be unable to return 38.96% (30 votes) 30 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '8', topic: '80117718', message: '0', key: '96c3d529' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } I tried to summarize them as best I could, but... Option 1 is resetting yourself to how you were earlier in life (anything pre-COVID), with no knowledge of what you became or that you are reliving a year. It would be re-experiencing the year of your life as you did (you may make a couple different choices, but it's up to then-you), but you would return to your current self remembering everything as if it had just happened. This could change your life and grant you some perspective. Option 2 to see how people of a time lived, to also give perspective. You stay as you are today. You would lack modern technology and could not take anything from now to then or then to now (including notes) except the clothes on your back. The most recent time allowed is a year ending the day before your birth. You would have to acclimate to when you choose (including finding food/work/shelter), so if you don't know Latin, good luck in Ancient Rome. You will remember this experience and are allowed to write about it after but good luck convincing people you aren't on drugs. Option 3 is the unknown. You travel to a year in the future of your choosing, any time after you'd turn 100. And then you live the rest of your life from then. You escape the world right now but have to deal with whatever is to come, and must start your life from scratch. Which would you choose? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zigzagoon 08/03/22 10:54:31 PM #2:	Option 3. It's risky but both other options are only for a year so those are completely useless to me. I want to go 500 years into the future and see what's in store. Starting from scratch is basically as I am now so... Bring on the unknown. --- ~Silver_Ermine~ http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r5hhXQbJ1rbct63o1_500.gif <cite>Zigzagoon posted [p:967057435] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 3. It's risky but both other options are only for a year so those are completely useless to me. I want to go 500 years into the future and see what's in store. Starting from scratch is basically as I am now so... Bring on the unknown. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamikazePotato 08/03/22 10:54:32 PM #3:	Option 3 is the joke option. Enjoy having to deal with future climate change. --- It's Reyn Time. <cite>KamikazePotato posted [p:967057436] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 3 is the joke option. Enjoy having to deal with future climate change. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zigzagoon 08/03/22 10:57:05 PM #4:	That sounds exciting. I wanna see what the hell has gone wrong. --- ~Silver_Ermine~ http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r5hhXQbJ1rbct63o1_500.gif <cite>Zigzagoon posted [p:967057480] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>That sounds exciting. I wanna see what the hell has gone wrong. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zigzagoon 08/03/22 10:57:41 PM #5:	I guess for people with more stable and satisfying lives, options 1 and 2 make a lot more sense to pick. --- ~Silver_Ermine~ http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r5hhXQbJ1rbct63o1_500.gif <cite>Zigzagoon posted [p:967057489] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I guess for people with more stable and satisfying lives, options 1 and 2 make a lot more sense to pick. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExThaNemesis 08/03/22 11:05:41 PM #6:	I'd do option one for sure back to like... 2004. And find a way to bet my mother's house on the Red Sox winning the ALCS after they were 3-0 down. --- "undertale hangs out with mido" - ZFS Smash Ultimate Switch Code: SW-6933-1523-8505 <cite>ExThaNemesis posted [p:967057612] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I'd do option one for sure back to like... 2004. And find a way to bet my mother's house on the Red Sox winning the ALCS after they were 3-0 down. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExThaNemesis 08/03/22 11:06:10 PM #7:	Either that or just do 2016 and put everything on Leicester City winning the league. And leave a million notes up to put half of those winnings into Bitcoin and leave them there until 2020. --- "undertale hangs out with mido" - ZFS Smash Ultimate Switch Code: SW-6933-1523-8505 <cite>ExThaNemesis posted [p:967057620] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Either that or just do 2016 and put everything on Leicester City winning the league. And leave a million notes up to put half of those winnings into Bitcoin and leave them there until 2020. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n 08/03/22 11:09:27 PM #8:	see ya in 876999 bitches --- _foolmo_ he says listen to my story this maybe are last chance <cite>foolm0r0n posted [p:967057681] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>see ya in 876999 bitches </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AriaOfBolo 08/03/22 11:10:27 PM #9:	I'm not actually sure I'd want to do 2 or 3 at all, and I'm kinda fuzzy on how 1 works (how much can I change and does it "stick" when I go back?) but I think I try to crack my egg earlier even though that probably doesn't end well --- New name, new gender, same great Bolo flavor! Now with no spaces! <cite>AriaOfBolo posted [p:967057709] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I'm not actually sure I'd want to do 2 or 3 at all, and I'm kinda fuzzy on how 1 works (how much can I change and does it "stick" when I go back?) but I think I try to crack my egg earlier even though that probably doesn't end well </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 08/03/22 11:11:37 PM #10:	ExThaNemesis posted... I'd do option one for sure back to like... 2004. And find a way to bet my mother's house on the Red Sox winning the ALCS after they were 3-0 down. ExThaNemesis posted... Either that or just do 2016 and put everything on Leicester City winning the league. And leave a million notes up to put half of those winnings into Bitcoin and leave them there until 2020. Would the then-you know any of this information? --- BlueCrystalTear \| You're living your own life. You're you. #FearTheDeer \| ((FREE HUGS)) <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967057734] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>ExThaNemesis posted... </cite> <quote>I'd do option one for sure back to like... 2004. And find a way to bet my mother's house on the Red Sox winning the ALCS after they were 3-0 down.</quote>ExThaNemesis posted... </cite> <quote>Either that or just do 2016 and put everything on Leicester City winning the league. And leave a million notes up to put half of those winnings into Bitcoin and leave them there until 2020.</quote>Would the then-you know any of this information? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robazoid 08/03/22 11:11:55 PM #11:	6969 AD is going to be a party year --- R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D <cite>Robazoid posted [p:967057745] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>6969 AD is going to be a party year </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 08/03/22 11:13:33 PM #12:	AriaOfBolo posted... I'm kinda fuzzy on how 1 works (how much can I change and does it "stick" when I go back?) but I think I try to crack my egg earlier even though that probably doesn't end well Any changes from the relived year do stick, but they're likely minimal since it's basically reliving things as you were then. You may avoid a traumatic experience or something by talking yourself out of it when you didn't then. Those 50/50 decisions that you made and regret (or are happy about) may go the other way. But, for the most part, it's the same as it was. --- BlueCrystalTear \| You're living your own life. You're you. #FearTheDeer \| ((FREE HUGS)) <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967057778] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>AriaOfBolo posted... </cite> <quote>I'm kinda fuzzy on how 1 works (how much can I change and does it "stick" when I go back?) but I think I try to crack my egg earlier even though that probably doesn't end well</quote>Any changes from the relived year do stick, but they're likely minimal since it's basically reliving things as you were then. You may avoid a traumatic experience or something by talking yourself out of it when you didn't then. Those 50/50 decisions that you made and regret (or are happy about) may go the other way. But, for the most part, it's the same as it was. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StealThisSheen 08/03/22 11:13:59 PM #13:	ExThaNemesis posted... I'd do option one for sure back to like... 2004. And find a way to bet my mother's house on the Red Sox winning the ALCS after they were 3-0 down. ExThaNemesis posted... Either that or just do 2016 and put everything on Leicester City winning the league. And leave a million notes up to put half of those winnings into Bitcoin and leave them there until 2020. You basically just picked option one with the idea of doing almost everything it said you can't do. --- Seplito Nash, Smelling Like the Vault since 1996 Step FOUR! Get Paid! <cite>StealThisSheen posted [p:967057790] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>ExThaNemesis posted... </cite> <quote>I'd do option one for sure back to like... 2004. And find a way to bet my mother's house on the Red Sox winning the ALCS after they were 3-0 down.</quote> ExThaNemesis posted... </cite> <quote>Either that or just do 2016 and put everything on Leicester City winning the league. And leave a million notes up to put half of those winnings into Bitcoin and leave them there until 2020.</quote> You basically just picked option one with the idea of doing almost everything it said you can't do. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExThaNemesis 08/03/22 11:14:05 PM #14:	BlueCrystalTear posted... Would the then-you know any of this information? oh wtf I guess not. WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT lmao --- "undertale hangs out with mido" - ZFS Smash Ultimate Switch Code: SW-6933-1523-8505 <cite>ExThaNemesis posted [p:967057795] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>BlueCrystalTear posted... </cite> <quote>Would the then-you know any of this information?</quote> oh wtf I guess not. WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT lmao </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 08/03/22 11:23:29 PM #15:	ExThaNemesis posted... oh wtf I guess not. WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT lmao Option 1 is something that's low-risk, but also low-reward. You still get something out of it. You would remember things from that year as if they'd just happened, which could give you perspective and change your thinking when you return to today. (A year would not pass in option 1; you'd go to bed tonight and relive that year, then wake up tomorrow having just remembered it all.) Option 2 could get you killed if you had to adjust to a very different lifestyle, and you'd probably spend the bulk of that time learning the language anyway if it isn't in the past 200 years. But, if you go back far enough, it would be one hell of an experience and would certainly help you write that bestselling novel based on it... that people wouldn't believe when you said it was real, of course. (In this option, you also go to bed one night and wake up the next, with the difference being you are another year older.) You will also learn a LOT, and get a lot more perspective than in Option 1. You may even acquire long-lost skills that help you in this day and age, if you choose right. Option 3 is completely unknown. The world might not even be habitable for you, and you may die the minute you get there. But it may also be really cool and life may be super easy. Who knows? So do you take the safe option that's low-risk, low-reward? The one that's high-risk, high-reward? Or the one where the risks and rewards are totally unknown? This is what I was getting at. --- BlueCrystalTear \| You're living your own life. You're you. #FearTheDeer \| ((FREE HUGS)) <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967057954] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>ExThaNemesis posted... </cite> <quote>oh wtf I guess not. WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT lmao</quote>Option 1 is something that's low-risk, but also low-reward. You still get something out of it. You would remember things from that year as if they'd just happened, which could give you perspective and change your thinking when you return to today. (A year would not pass in option 1; you'd go to bed tonight and relive that year, then wake up tomorrow having just remembered it all.) Option 2 could get you killed if you had to adjust to a very different lifestyle, and you'd probably spend the bulk of that time learning the language anyway if it isn't in the past 200 years. But, if you go back far enough, it would be one hell of an experience and would certainly help you write that bestselling novel based on it... that people wouldn't believe when you said it was real, of course. (In this option, you also go to bed one night and wake up the next, with the difference being you are another year older.) You will also learn a LOT, and get a lot more perspective than in Option 1. You may even acquire long-lost skills that help you in this day and age, if you choose right. Option 3 is completely unknown. The world might not even be habitable for you, and you may die the minute you get there. But it may also be really cool and life may be super easy. Who knows? So do you take the safe option that's low-risk, low-reward? The one that's high-risk, high-reward? Or the one where the risks and rewards are totally unknown? This is what I was getting at. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 08/03/22 11:25:39 PM #16:	Option 2, but I'd choose like, 18000 BC in North America. --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:967057995] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 2, but I'd choose like, 18000 BC in North America. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jakyl25 08/03/22 11:40:01 PM #17:	You could be experiencing option 1 right now and youd never know --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRlKR5nU8AA_v_C?format=jpg&name=large <cite>Jakyl25 posted [p:967058239] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>You could be experiencing option 1 right now and youd never know </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
guffguy89 08/03/22 11:56:05 PM #18:	Option 1 is literally meaningless. If you have no idea that you are reliving the year, nothing is going to change. Why would it. What happened that year happened that year. There is no reason to pick option 1 unless you don't want to travel to the past or future. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. <cite>guffguy89 posted [p:967058491] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 1 is literally meaningless. If you have no idea that you are reliving the year, nothing is going to change. Why would it. What happened that year happened that year. There is no reason to pick option 1 unless you don't want to travel to the past or future. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 08/03/22 11:58:06 PM #19:	Option 2, 1969 --- darkx Twitch - MattyDsCorner Games beaten in 2022 - 15; Most recent - Golden Sun: The Lost Age <cite>Underleveled posted [p:967058529] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 2, 1969 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
banananor 08/04/22 12:56:43 AM #20:	Option 1 seems pointless. The only way I can see it being helpful is if you've forgotten an important password or the location of some important documents. If this were my only option, I'd use it to remember my childhood email passwords. I guess if you were super depressed you could relive the glory days in a feeble attempt to jump start your brain endorphins Option 2 gives you an extra year of life, so that's nice. Can I affect the present from the past? Like, bury some treasure in a weird place, then pick it up when I warp back? Option 3 is rough. I might just pick doing nothing instead. I could envision a gamble on receiving the eternal youth serum invented in the year 3647 --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:967059311] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 1 seems pointless. The only way I can see it being helpful is if you've forgotten an important password or the location of some important documents. If this were my only option, I'd use it to remember my childhood email passwords. I guess if you were super depressed you could relive the glory days in a feeble attempt to jump start your brain endorphins Option 2 gives you an extra year of life, so that's nice. Can I affect the present from the past? Like, bury some treasure in a weird place, then pick it up when I warp back? Option 3 is rough. I might just pick doing nothing instead. I could envision a gamble on receiving the eternal youth serum invented in the year 3647 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TomNook 08/04/22 1:16:08 AM #21:	Jakyl25 posted... You could be experiencing option 1 right now and youd never know If I wake up tomorrow and I'm 70, I'm going to make a topic about how pissed I am. --- Bells, bells, bells! <cite>TomNook posted [p:967059575] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Jakyl25 posted... </cite> <quote>You could be experiencing option 1 right now and youd never know</quote>If I wake up tomorrow and I'm 70, I'm going to make a topic about how pissed I am. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shattered 08/04/22 1:26:31 AM #22:	People saying option 1 is pointless are overlooking that it would allow you to get another year with a deceased loved one / pet. You wouldn't know it at the time but you would after you sprang back to the current time. <cite>Shattered posted [p:967059702] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>People saying option 1 is pointless are overlooking that it would allow you to get another year with a deceased loved one / pet. You wouldn't know it at the time but you would after you sprang back to the current time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GTM 08/04/22 1:38:58 AM #23:	Underleveled posted... Option 2, 1969 nice --- GTM - Boko United survivor and dillos and nintendo and you are awesome <cite>GTM posted [p:967059857] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Underleveled posted... </cite> <quote>Option 2, 1969</quote>nice </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GTM 08/04/22 1:40:49 AM #24:	I dont even expect the earth to be livable once I turn 100 --- GTM - Boko United survivor and dillos and nintendo and you are awesome <cite>GTM posted [p:967059888] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I dont even expect the earth to be livable once I turn 100 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
guffguy89 08/04/22 2:15:42 AM #25:	Shattered posted... People saying option 1 is pointless are overlooking that it would allow you to get another year with a deceased loved one / pet. You wouldn't know it at the time but you would after you sprang back to the current time. I was thinking that too, but you have to factor in the disconnect of not knowing at the time that you are enjoying being around those people again. You'll just wake up suddenly in the present and have those people still as memories, though maybe a little fresher, and that can almost be more painful in a way. The wound of their loss would be ripped open again. Never getting to say a proper goodbye or closure. Never really appreciating that time with them again until you jump back in time and then its too late. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. <cite>guffguy89 posted [p:967060258] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Shattered posted... </cite> <quote>People saying option 1 is pointless are overlooking that it would allow you to get another year with a deceased loved one / pet. You wouldn't know it at the time but you would after you sprang back to the current time.</quote> I was thinking that too, but you have to factor in the disconnect of not knowing at the time that you are enjoying being around those people again. You'll just wake up suddenly in the present and have those people still as memories, though maybe a little fresher, and that can almost be more painful in a way. The wound of their loss would be ripped open again. Never getting to say a proper goodbye or closure. Never really appreciating that time with them again until you jump back in time and then its too late. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 08/04/22 2:25:32 AM #26:	I have a family, so 2 is the only option. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:967060355] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I have a family, so 2 is the only option. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarkS2222222222 08/04/22 3:50:23 AM #27:	redrocket posted... I have a family, so 2 is the only option. Why not #1? Sounds like you age a year with #2 --- This is quite a username I have here. <cite>MarkS2222222222 posted [p:967061046] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>redrocket posted... </cite> <quote>I have a family, so 2 is the only option.</quote>Why not #1? Sounds like you age a year with #2 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 08/04/22 4:19:03 AM #28:	None, maybe 1 but I can't think of a year I'd like to redo that badly. --- Not to be confused with XIII_minerals. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:967061243] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>None, maybe 1 but I can't think of a year I'd like to redo that badly. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IqarP15 08/04/22 5:19:05 AM #29:	Turn back to birth year or travel to future...I be in my 80s if I went back in time to birth year but get to see family I've never talked to since I was a baby and they passed on or travel a undetermined amount of years forward. Well I know I'll die alone but at least I'll get to see if Dragon Quest X is ever translated to English. --- "SPOILERS"... If ppl call me a douche bag I reply "Well at least I'm scoring!" <cite>IqarP15 posted [p:967061643] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Turn back to birth year or travel to future...I be in my 80s if I went back in time to birth year but get to see family I've never talked to since I was a baby and they passed on or travel a undetermined amount of years forward. Well I know I'll die alone but at least I'll get to see if Dragon Quest X is ever translated to English. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterplum 08/04/22 9:33:46 AM #30:	redrocket posted... I have a family, so 1 is the only option. 3 Is pretty interesting. If I was older or suicidal I would 100% pick it. Go forward 500 years and you basically are going to be in the jetsons or instantly dead with basically nothing in between --- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdWiElvIQAAQpBt.jpg <cite>masterplum posted [p:967064579] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>redrocket posted... </cite> <quote>I have a family, so 1 is the only option.</quote> 3 Is pretty interesting. If I was older or suicidal I would 100% pick it. Go forward 500 years and you basically are going to be in the jetsons or instantly dead with basically nothing in between </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 08/04/22 9:35:35 AM #31:	MarkS2222222222 posted... Why not #1? Sounds like you age a year with #2 BlueCrystalTear posted... Any changes from the relived year do stick, but they're likely minimal since it's basically reliving things as you were then. You may avoid a traumatic experience or something by talking yourself out of it when you didn't then. Those 50/50 decisions that you made and regret (or are happy about) may go the other way. But, for the most part, it's the same as it was. No thanks. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:967064612] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>MarkS2222222222 posted... </cite> <quote>Why not #1? Sounds like you age a year with #2</quote> BlueCrystalTear posted... </cite> <quote>Any changes from the relived year do stick, but they're likely minimal since it's basically reliving things as you were then. You may avoid a traumatic experience or something by talking yourself out of it when you didn't then. Those 50/50 decisions that you made and regret (or are happy about) may go the other way. But, for the most part, it's the same as it was.</quote> No thanks. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 08/04/22 12:36:26 PM #32:	These results are as fascinating as I would've expected. A lot of people want to gamble on the unknown, which I wouldn't do honestly. I'd probably want to go backward to see if I could pick up a lost skill, lose some weight simply by not having all the crap I eat now, and revivify my life that way. Would probably pick the 1850s or so, before the Civil War but also before the Industrial Revolution started the exploitation of the working class. And I wouldn't have to learn another language if I found an English-speaking community, but I'd refine my speech and such to fit with the times. --- BlueCrystalTear \| You're living your own life. You're you. #FearTheDeer \| ((FREE HUGS)) <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967068519] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>These results are as fascinating as I would've expected. A lot of people want to gamble on the unknown, which I wouldn't do honestly. I'd probably want to go backward to see if I could pick up a lost skill, lose some weight simply by not having all the crap I eat now, and revivify my life that way. Would probably pick the 1850s or so, before the Civil War but also before the Industrial Revolution started the exploitation of the working class. And I wouldn't have to learn another language if I found an English-speaking community, but I'd refine my speech and such to fit with the times. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SirChris 08/04/22 12:43:55 PM #33:	Option 1 to when I was like 5-7 and my mom was healthy and young. --- Acknowledge Me "Yeah Chris is right." - Eddv, no context required. <cite>SirChris posted [p:967068701] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 1 to when I was like 5-7 and my mom was healthy and young. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnkboy907 08/04/22 12:48:55 PM #34:	I pick option 1, because 2 and 3 would both probably suck to experience. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnkboy907 posted [p:967068791] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I pick option 1, because 2 and 3 would both probably suck to experience. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 08/04/22 2:22:17 PM #35:	Missed this. banananor posted... Can I affect the present from the past? Like, bury some treasure in a weird place, then pick it up when I warp back? You can, but keep in mind that the treasure may be recovered by somebody else in that span of time. So if you, say, were to take a priceless Sumerian ceremonial urn (with engravings and gold trim or w/e) and bury it a thousand miles away in modern-day eastern Turkiye, you'd have 5000 years of people who could potentially find it before you could, so it's risky. But if you were able to recover it and you'd buried it in a way that would preserve it the best, you would certainly be filthy rich. It's possibly worth it. Or you could use your modern knowledge to recover a "long-lost" treasure... just keep in mind you'll probably be noted by historians that way, and have to admit you share your name with yourself. You can also write an anonymous novel using standards that people weren't quite ready for and come back to find out that every media you've ever loved has changed because of it. I'd suggest you don't do that. You'd get no royalties if they couldn't find you. --- BlueCrystalTear \| You're living your own life. You're you. #FearTheDeer \| ((FREE HUGS)) <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967070797] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Missed this. banananor posted... </cite> <quote>Can I affect the present from the past? Like, bury some treasure in a weird place, then pick it up when I warp back?</quote>You can, but keep in mind that the treasure may be recovered by somebody else in that span of time. So if you, say, were to take a priceless Sumerian ceremonial urn (with engravings and gold trim or w/e) and bury it a thousand miles away in modern-day eastern Turkiye, you'd have 5000 years of people who could potentially find it before you could, so it's risky. But if you were able to recover it and you'd buried it in a way that would preserve it the best, you would certainly be filthy rich. It's possibly worth it. Or you could use your modern knowledge to recover a "long-lost" treasure... just keep in mind you'll probably be noted by historians that way, and have to admit you share your name with yourself. You can also write an anonymous novel using standards that people weren't quite ready for and come back to find out that every media you've ever loved has changed because of it. I'd suggest you don't do that. You'd get no royalties if they couldn't find you. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nanis23 08/04/22 2:58:40 PM #36:	Neither, all options suck. But 1 is the least bad so it guess 1>3>2 Thanksfully nothing disasterous happened to me so I don't want to go back in time. Of course I made mistakes, especially with girls, but I doubt that even if I got another chance and did it right, it would have got far As for life-altering choices, I don't see myself changing any of them. I was pretty sure about every choice I made. Yes my life kinda sucks but I don't think it could have been that much better if I picked this option and there is a big risk it could have been worse. 3 is interesting because I am curious what the future holds. Like, 200 years from now, have we invented teleportation yet? another form of fast travelling from point to point? what about Video Games, can I just sit in my room for 5 years and "catch up" on all my favorite games that were released in the last 200 years? But..........it also has the risk of the world going to shit. A fallout of a nuclear war. Or world hunger. Or Climate Change or god knows what. And of course everyone I know is dead so.... bad choice But then there is the second choice and I don't even know why would I pick it No technology sounds so bad And once again mostly anyone you know doesn't exist and even those that do, don't know you What's the point --- wololo <cite>Nanis23 posted [p:967071534] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Neither, all options suck. But 1 is the least bad so it guess 1>3>2 Thanksfully nothing disasterous happened to me so I don't want to go back in time. Of course I made mistakes, especially with girls, but I doubt that even if I got another chance and did it right, it would have got far As for life-altering choices, I don't see myself changing any of them. I was pretty sure about every choice I made. Yes my life kinda sucks but I don't think it could have been that much better if I picked this option and there is a big risk it could have been worse. 3 is interesting because I am curious what the future holds. Like, 200 years from now, have we invented teleportation yet? another form of fast travelling from point to point? what about Video Games, can I just sit in my room for 5 years and "catch up" on all my favorite games that were released in the last 200 years? But..........it also has the risk of the world going to shit. A fallout of a nuclear war. Or world hunger. Or Climate Change or god knows what. And of course everyone I know is dead so.... bad choice But then there is the second choice and I don't even know why would I pick it No technology sounds so bad And once again mostly anyone you know doesn't exist and even those that do, don't know you What's the point </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nanis23 08/04/22 3:02:29 PM #37:	Oh wait I misread option 1, I only go back to one year and then poof back again...at the current timeline? so even if something bad happened back then it doesn't mean it affects the current one? Super pointless so it's the best option by far I don't really have any good year to return to :\ --- wololo <cite>Nanis23 posted [p:967071611] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Oh wait I misread option 1, I only go back to one year and then poof back again...at the current timeline? so even if something bad happened back then it doesn't mean it affects the current one? Super pointless so it's the best option by far I don't really have any good year to return to :\ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
azuarc 08/04/22 6:31:07 PM #38:	I'd pick option 1 in a heartbeat if I had the ability to actually change anything. But I also believe in a certain view of causality that suggests everything would happen precisely as it was -- if nothing is changed, nothing will change. So what's the point? I lived it once. Why relive it? --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. <cite>azuarc posted [p:967076592] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I'd pick option 1 in a heartbeat if I had the ability to actually change anything. But I also believe in a certain view of causality that suggests everything would happen precisely as it was -- if nothing is changed, nothing will change. So what's the point? I lived it once. Why relive it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AriaOfBolo 08/04/22 8:38:02 PM #39:	I...don't think I want any of those options, as described. --- New name, new gender, same great Bolo flavor! Now with no spaces! <cite>AriaOfBolo posted [p:967079312] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I...don't think I want any of those options, as described. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 08/04/22 10:04:08 PM #40:	I'd probably do a university year again, that was a fun time. So 2009 or 2010. Re: option 2, could I have a customised shirt and trousers made filled with loads of information about when I'm travelling to? They'd be the clothes on my back after all. --- Not to be confused with XIII_minerals. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:967081090] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I'd probably do a university year again, that was a fun time. So 2009 or 2010. Re: option 2, could I have a customised shirt and trousers made filled with loads of information about when I'm travelling to? They'd be the clothes on my back after all. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uglyface2 08/04/22 10:10:49 PM #41:	Option 2. Option 1 wouldn't end well because past me made some poor but not illegal decisions, and Option 3 would put me in a future that I'm not prepared for. With Option 2, I can go back to a relatively safe period, gain some historical perspective, and come back wiser for the wear. <cite>Uglyface2 posted [p:967081261] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 2. Option 1 wouldn't end well because past me made some poor but not illegal decisions, and Option 3 would put me in a future that I'm not prepared for. With Option 2, I can go back to a relatively safe period, gain some historical perspective, and come back wiser for the wear. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 08/04/22 11:21:05 PM #42:	I dont understand not picking anything. If anything, pick option 1 and just relive a nice year of your childhood, or a year you played a lot of video games, or whatever. --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:967082549] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I dont understand not picking anything. If anything, pick option 1 and just relive a nice year of your childhood, or a year you played a lot of video games, or whatever. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GuessMyUserName 08/04/22 11:34:18 PM #43:	AriaOfBolo posted... I...don't think I want any of those options, as described. --- I request affiliated many pipes. Been a bad girl, I know I am. And I'm so hot, I need a fan. I don't want a boy, I need a man. <cite>GuessMyUserName posted [p:967082758] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>AriaOfBolo posted... </cite> <quote>I...don't think I want any of those options, as described.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
guffguy89 08/05/22 12:18:18 AM #44:	Just clarifying again that there will be no changes at all with option 1. You are literally reliving the year you lived in the past. Every decision you make, everything that happens to you will be repeated exactly as it happened that year. I'm not sure why you think things would change at all? It would only change if we had any knowledge at all that we were reliving the year, but we dont. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. <cite>guffguy89 posted [p:967083420] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Just clarifying again that there will be no changes at all with option 1. You are literally reliving the year you lived in the past. Every decision you make, everything that happens to you will be repeated exactly as it happened that year. I'm not sure why you think things would change at all? It would only change if we had any knowledge at all that we were reliving the year, but we dont. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrinceOfKoopas 08/05/22 12:26:05 AM #45:	Option 1 because Options 2 and 3 could be fatal. --- For the best videogame commentary story on the Internet (sometimes featuring GameFAQs poll of the days and contest discussion) visit https://www.koopatv.org <cite>PrinceOfKoopas posted [p:967083532] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Option 1 because Options 2 and 3 could be fatal. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 08/05/22 12:38:15 AM #46:	guffguy89 posted... Just clarifying again that there will be no changes at all with option 1. Wrong BlueCrystalTear posted... Any changes from the relived year do stick, but they're likely minimal since it's basically reliving things as you were then. You may avoid a traumatic experience or something by talking yourself out of it when you didn't then. Those 50/50 decisions that you made and regret (or are happy about) may go the other way. But, for the most part, it's the same as it was. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:967083700] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>guffguy89 posted... </cite> <quote>Just clarifying again that there will be no changes at all with option 1.</quote> Wrong BlueCrystalTear posted... </cite> <quote>Any changes from the relived year do stick, but they're likely minimal since it's basically reliving things as you were then. You may avoid a traumatic experience or something by talking yourself out of it when you didn't then. Those 50/50 decisions that you made and regret (or are happy about) may go the other way. But, for the most part, it's the same as it was.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TomNook 08/05/22 12:41:06 AM #47:	guffguy89 posted... Just clarifying again that there will be no changes at all with option 1. You are literally reliving the year you lived in the past. Every decision you make, everything that happens to you will be repeated exactly as it happened that year. I'm not sure why you think things would change at all? It would only change if we had any knowledge at all that we were reliving the year, but we dont. Would RNG systems play out exactly the same? What forces would cause a computer randomly generating something to spit out the exact same data in scenarios where it is specifically being random. You can make cases for a human rolling a dice always being the same, because they'd be in the exact same place and throw it the exact same way. But what forces cause a computer's random data to be exactly the same on a repeating time loop? Because if that is a factor, the world could potentially be very different based on butterfly effects from millions of people being effected by random data. --- Bells, bells, bells! <cite>TomNook posted [p:967083734] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>guffguy89 posted... </cite> <quote>Just clarifying again that there will be no changes at all with option 1. You are literally reliving the year you lived in the past. Every decision you make, everything that happens to you will be repeated exactly as it happened that year. I'm not sure why you think things would change at all? It would only change if we had any knowledge at all that we were reliving the year, but we dont.</quote>Would RNG systems play out exactly the same? What forces would cause a computer randomly generating something to spit out the exact same data in scenarios where it is specifically being random. You can make cases for a human rolling a dice always being the same, because they'd be in the exact same place and throw it the exact same way. But what forces cause a computer's random data to be exactly the same on a repeating time loop? Because if that is a factor, the world could potentially be very different based on butterfly effects from millions of people being effected by random data. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jakyl25 08/05/22 3:40:27 AM #48:	Computers also cant do true randomness. Any RNG generated by a computer is still based on some infinitely small actual computation based on the state of reality at the time. --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRlKR5nU8AA_v_C?format=jpg&name=large <cite>Jakyl25 posted [p:967085509] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>Computers also cant do true randomness. Any RNG generated by a computer is still based on some infinitely small actual computation based on the state of reality at the time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nanis23 08/05/22 4:43:03 AM #49:	I don't really see any reason to argue over this, this is a hypothetical question that no one can prove the answer to unless we invent a time machine So far now we can only abide by OP rules, which stated-"It would be re-experiencing the year of your life as you did (you may make a couple different choices, but it's up to then-you)," So if you can make different choices, it means the timeline is altered anyway --- wololo <cite>Nanis23 posted [p:967085995] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>I don't really see any reason to argue over this, this is a hypothetical question that no one can prove the answer to unless we invent a time machine So far now we can only abide by OP rules, which stated-"It would be re-experiencing the year of your life as you did (you may make a couple different choices, but it's up to then-you)," So if you can make different choices, it means the timeline is altered anyway </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
banananor 08/05/22 5:01:02 AM #50:	yep. computers aren't truly random. they are just "good enough" at randomness for human use. for truly serious implementations of cryptography, they'll use "good enough" algorithms, but pick initial starting inputs from nature that are practically impossible for humans to predict ahead of time Shattered posted... People saying option 1 is pointless are overlooking that it would allow you to get another year with a deceased loved one / pet. You wouldn't know it at the time but you would after you sprang back to the current time. option 1 is just a blast of sharpened memories. you don't actually get another year with them- you just remember that year more distinctly. depression is said to be a fixation on the past, while anxiety a fixation on the future. feeling like you were suddenly ripped away from your present and skipped to your future would suuuuuck BlueCrystalTear posted... You can, but keep in mind that the treasure may be recovered by somebody else in that span of time In that case, what I'd do would require some prep and research with good lawyers in the present. But I'd for sure game the system Ideally, I'd travel back to the year before I was born, and find a way to gather a valid ID. After that, I'd gather as much wealth as possible using future knowledge (lottery, patents, normal job, whatever). and then use the money to form a trust that invested in companies like apple or microsoft, keeping the trust hidden from my future self until the year 2023. Nice! If any step of the above proves impossible, I'd be a lot more limited. Without a valid id, I can't win the lotto, file a patent, or hold a decently paid job. I'd have the use a sketchier path of under-the-table work or loans, and then sports gambling, Biff Tannen style. I also couldn't form a trust. Then, I'd have to hide the treasure somewhere. This is tough, because being absent for the following 30+ years and not having an ID means I can't trust anyone or use official institutions. I might pick some graves that I know are still around in the year 2022 and put containers of gold or collectibles in there. While I do believe in the butterfly effect, I can hopefully avoid this disrupting my life and it'll all work out. --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:967086103] in You gain a... [t:80117718]...</cite> <quote>yep. computers aren't truly random. they are just "good enough" at randomness for human use. for truly serious implementations of cryptography, they'll use "good enough" algorithms, but pick initial starting inputs from nature that are practically impossible for humans to predict ahead of time Shattered posted... </cite> <quote>People saying option 1 is pointless are overlooking that it would allow you to get another year with a deceased loved one / pet. You wouldn't know it at the time but you would after you sprang back to the current time.</quote>option 1 is just a blast of sharpened memories. you don't actually get another year with them- you just remember that year more distinctly. depression is said to be a fixation on the past, while anxiety a fixation on the future. feeling like you were suddenly ripped away from your present and skipped to your future would suuuuuck BlueCrystalTear posted... </cite> <quote>You can, but keep in mind that the treasure may be recovered by somebody else in that span of time</quote>In that case, what I'd do would require some prep and research with good lawyers in the present. But I'd for sure game the system Ideally, I'd travel back to the year before I was born, and find a way to gather a valid ID. After that, I'd gather as much wealth as possible using future knowledge (lottery, patents, normal job, whatever). and then use the money to form a trust that invested in companies like apple or microsoft, keeping the trust hidden from my future self until the year 2023. Nice! If any step of the above proves impossible, I'd be a lot more limited. Without a valid id, I can't win the lotto, file a patent, or hold a decently paid job. I'd have the use a sketchier path of under-the-table work or loans, and then sports gambling, Biff Tannen style. I also couldn't form a trust. Then, I'd have to hide the treasure somewhere. This is tough, because being absent for the following 30+ years and not having an ID means I can't trust anyone or use official institutions. I might pick some graves that I know are still around in the year 2022 and put containers of gold or collectibles in there. While I do believe in the butterfly effect, I can hopefully avoid this disrupting my life and it'll all work out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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