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submitted 3 months ago by Marighost@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

The rule could be anything, as funny or as serious as you want. The universe will progress in a similar way that it has up until this point, unless your changed rule prevented it from doing so.

Some examples might be:

  • The invention of currency is not allowed.
  • Iron is slightly less stable.
  • The Ancient Greeks are able to cultivate Silphium, which does not go extinct now.
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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 82 points 3 months ago
[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 52 points 3 months ago
[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I'm going to keep this for when I have to explain non-Euclidean spaces during game night.

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[-] Snowyday@startrek.website 11 points 3 months ago

That was great, thanks

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[-] esc27@lemmy.world 75 points 3 months ago

Instant karma. Weighted based on intent. E.g. If CEO cuts benefits to improve his stock value, then his balls explode. If a driver accidentally cuts someone off but feels bad about it, a full mosquito hits the windshield.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

Like...a mosquito that just ate a large meal? Or like "one whole ass mosquito"

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Never go full mosquito

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 61 points 3 months ago

Greed is removed from the list of possible emotions/personality traits.

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago

Great. Now everyone's horny.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You say that like it wasn't intended.

Welcome to my world.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

That was gonna be my change

Everyone horny all the time

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[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 months ago

Native Americans are immune to European diseases.

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[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Cats speak french, except in any situation where they can be recorded or transcribed, or when a french speaker can hear them. They also aren't very good at speaking french, but it's impossible for anyone to know that.

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[-] thefactremains@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

All sentient beings have photographic memories and, through DNA, they can store and recall all of their previous ancestors' memories. All the way back to their oldest sentient ancestor.

[-] HKPiax@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Basically Assassin’s Creed

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

is born

immediate ptsd from the memory of my parents plowing passionately which ended with my creation

crawls to the roof and jumps

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[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 29 points 3 months ago

A necessary requirement for higher intelligence is proper, functioning empathy. If you lack this, you're just... Incapable of intelligent thought beyond that of a particularly stupid dog

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 16 points 3 months ago

Humans do generally have proper functioning empathy

[-] jdeath@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

dogs, too. such a strange take

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[-] meathorse@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

Being bad or evil is literally bad for your health.

The better you act, the better your health - great teeth, good muscle, low fat, high fitness, good looks, and longevity (to a point), no addiction or mental health issues, selfless with no crazy ego. Ie Mother Teresa looks like a supermodel!

Health can fluctuate based on behavior but it always drops 3x faster than it improves. So if you fuck around on your wife, your teeth go bad, or you start balding etc. cheat on your taxes, or lie maliciously (excl. good lies like Santa) you start to get fat n ugly.

If you're a miserable prick who fires staff, scams people, bribes, hires children for sweatshops or harms people just to increase profit or boost share price you get cancer. But if you help those people then you may be cured provided you handle it really well and undo all the damage.

You attack someone, pedal harmful drugs or hoard unnecessary wealth, you go blind/deaf until you earn it back, more than once and it becomes permanent, each time after that you lose a limb for good.

You intentionally harm or kill someone via murder, drink driving, rape etc then it's game over via a slow, long, painful debilitating disease that's contagious to anyone you like or care about, ensuring you die alone.

To help identify the good/bad, your gut instincts are 10,000x more powerful and obvious to warn you of the dangers or benefits of each choice.

[-] makr_alland@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

How is "being bad" decided?

If it's decided internally ("bad" is what you believe is bad), then all the objectivists get a free pass for being assholes. Hitler is a supermodel, etc.

If it's decided externally (there's an universal definition of "bad"), how far into the future does it propagate? If I rescue from drowning someone who will genocide all the Dutch in the future, when do I go bald?

That said, beauty pageants would be much funnier, with trolley problems instead of talent competitions.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

This is why this one wouldn't work in any meaningful way. Good and bad is a human creation subject to the individuals perception.

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[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 3 months ago

Mother Teresa looks like a supermodel

Mother Theresa was a monster who got off on the suffering of others.

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[-] makr_alland@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

No quantum mechanics. Things have concrete properties even when no one's watching, and they can all be observed at the same time. The universe is complex but understandable.

Also, P=NP and π is 3.33 repeating, just for the lols.

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Base 36 counting becomes predominant.

0 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 A B

C D E F G H

I J K L M N

O P Q R S T

U V W X Y Z

Also the point at which hundred changes over to thousand gets pushed back by a power, so 6KL2 is Sixty Kay Hundred Elty Two, while 8,A59G is Eight Thousand Ayty Five Hundred Ninety G. Same with the changeover to Millions, Billions, Trillions, etc.

Probably wouldn't change that much practically, but it'd make "Ten" a square that's also the product of two prime squares, and it's divisible by a lot more ways than the current number base, and it makes "One Thousand" the square of "One Hundred" the same way "One Hundred" is the square of "Ten" and that "One Million" is the square of "One Thousand."

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

Found the nerd

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[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

Karma now has a maximum of one hour turnaround time.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

No religion.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

There should be at least 6 more ducks this time.

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[-] reshuffle6655@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago

Nice try God, I'm not getting you out of this one.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 16 points 3 months ago

Silphium was recently rediscovered so it's no longer considered extinct just highly endangered.

Aside from that, I would make it so that instead of having mental illness you would have magical powers.

Schizophrenic? Nope you just talk to the Dead. Adhd? Nope, you're an elemental wizard. Bipolar? Nope, you're either a healer or a necromancer. Depressed? Nope, you're just low on mana. (Major depression means that you're suffering from a curse) Psychotic? Nope, you're suffering a mana storm Narcissistic? Nope, you are an illusionist. Autistic? Nope, you're an enchanter.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Silphium was recently rediscovered so it's no longer considered extinct just highly endangered.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion

I must eat it now!!!

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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

I'd increase the speed of light.

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Humans are neutrally buoyant in Earth's atmosphere

[-] sprack@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Planck’s constant isn’t.

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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

CO2 doesn't cause extra global warming above 300ppm

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[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 15 points 3 months ago

Stupid thoughts become painful.

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[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 3 months ago

One free wish for any and every person who achieves something truly outstanding for mankind as whole (only positive achievements).

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

Life isn't possible

[-] callyral@pawb.social 13 points 3 months ago

The angles in a triangle now add up to 179°.

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[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 12 points 3 months ago

Positions of power are filled by people who are not interested in holding power.

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[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

gravity is now a personal choice

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[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 12 points 3 months ago

If you eat a piece of cheese, you get to levitate for 10 seconds no more, no less. Doesn't matter the size of the cheese or the type (this includes lactose free).

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[-] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 3 months ago

let's get rid of the inverse square law. falloff is now linear.

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago
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[-] vala@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

No sentient beings this time plz

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