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i.e. pay $5 to go back 5 days.

The time travel is permanent and one-way.

Edit: this is a one time offer and your budget is however much liquid cash you have right now. Cards are accepted, though.

For non-Americans, feel free to convert $1 USD to your currency

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[โ€“] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Less than a month ago when I hadn't yet accidentally deleted several days of vacation photos. Other than that, my life tended to get better over time, no way am I travelling back to a time when it was worse.

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Does time reverse for me too? Do I remember? Do I get younger?

[โ€“] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

immediately thinks of the alternate ending to The Butterfly Effect ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Nah thanks, I'm good.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Do I get to choose which day gets reversed? Can I make October 14, 1066 go backwards and see what happens?

[โ€“] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago

10 years back. Back to high-school when I would hang out with my friends at the bus stop and at lunch and after school.

[โ€“] theragu40@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty difficult to imagine doing this honestly. Do I retain the memories of what I'm reversing? Or is it just a rewind? Because if I don't retain the memories then it's a bit pointless, but if I do I think I'd have a hard time reliving things. For instance I would never go back far enough to erase my children, but my youngest was born 2 weeks before COVID. Regardless of any get rich quick scheme I could think of, I am really not certain I'd want to knowingly live through that again.

[โ€“] dom@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'd go back 1 year, and put ALL my money in nvidia stock.

I know I could make more going further back and picking other stocks, but I wouldn't want to go back too far to unmade some of the decisions I've made

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[โ€“] raptir@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago

January 2015. I would do my best to put paychecks away for a few months coupled with what I already had, and invest it all in Bitcoin in August/September when it was $200. Even if I just let it ride until November 2021 rather than playing the ups and downs I'm looking at a 340x return. If I emptied out my savings and 401k, even if I couldn't convince family members, I'd have tens of millions of dollars.

[โ€“] doubletwist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't go further back than the birth of my daughter, because there's no way I'd take the chance to not have her in my life, no matter what I might wish to change from before that. That said, I'd like to change a few things since, so I'd probably do that.

I have more than enough to get to 2010, which is as far back as I can go (so I don't erase my son). I have a LOT of things to do differently in that time...

I'd go back to the beginning of 2019. I don't want to backtrack too far, but this would give me enough time to sell the house, move, and get situated before covid and the price of everything going crazy.

But it's not just about that, it's about repairing a relationship with a loved one while I still can.

[โ€“] Haus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

March 2010 - bitcoin was way, way less than a penny.

[โ€“] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I murder my child self, do I just stop existing? I'd take up that offer in a second.

[โ€“] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Given the question, you reverse time so yoy come back your child self

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