cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/12770326

Rules:

  1. The time traveller is able to travel backward and forward through time (max forward is 2074) and they can only transport things that can fit in a small backpack.

  2. You can choose when the 3 hours begin but it has to be in 2024 and once it has begun the timer can’t be reset or stopped.

  3. They will answer to the best of their ability but imagine this is a random person from 2074.

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      What’s the paradox? Or are we assuming they’re your grandchild and you’re doing the nasty in the pasty?

      • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        If our kid meets the young version of their other parent in the future, they might prevent them to become a time traveler for example

  • Bizarroland@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Ask them what is the best way to get rich over the next few years. (If nothing else, then tomorrow’s lottery numbers)

    Ask them what the greatest invention of their last 50 years was and get a sample and a printout of the patents and as many patents as samples for batteries and processors and communication devices as I can get my hands on.

    I would ask them to get me a 2074 laptop, with a Linux install & full source code, a kiwix copy of Wikipedia 2074, and if they have time and space some copies of some of the best music and movies of the next 50 years.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    Please go to next week and bring me the winning lottery numbers, then please go to next year and bring me a newspaper with the stock market records, then go ten years in the future and bring me a map of what areas are being developed for housing.

  • dutchkimble@lemy.lol
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    8 months ago

    Ask them to get a sports almanac back, and new seasons of shows I’m waiting for, and perhaps a copy of GTA6 if it’s out by 2074

  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    If our kid meets the young version of their other parent in the future, they might prevent them to become a time traveler for example

  • bunkyprewster@startrek.website
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    8 months ago

    When we go back in time, we worry about changing the past. But we expect this person from the future to tell us all the stuff so we can fuck around with (for them) things that already happened.

  • Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Take then to a plant store to stock up on seeds.

    As much fresh water as they want to drink. Maybe let them take a shower too.

    A trip to the zoo and/or aquarium.

    Afternoon picnic in a sunny park without personal air conditioning equipment.

    Ask who started the fire? It wasn’t us but someone did. I bet theynhave figured it out by then.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    1. Ask if nuclear war has occured.

    2. If they can go back to their time and grab things to bring something back, I’d have them bring back (assuming they still have them) a USB portable hard drive (or something similar) that has many petabytes with of data (assuming it exists).

    3. Ask if they wanna play games because I don’t know what else to do with a time traveler.