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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remove as many nazis and nazi sympathizers as I can, probably.

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Nothing.

My cat is asleep on my lap. I am now trapped for all eternity.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

World domination

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 100 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago
[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago (3 children)

No idea. But did you hear about the thousands of neonazis who all died at exactly the same time? Crazy stuff...

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

That is unironically a really cool premise for a sci-fi noir mystery novel. A detective has to figure out how multiple people in different parts of the world are all killed in exactly the same moment.

[–] weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

... and how'd that floating knife get there? Just, floating where they just happened to be standing ... Weird!

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Suffocate or get immolated trying to move from the friction of the now solid air mass.

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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Release the Epstein files, and since they won't need it anymore, transfer Trumps and Elons Cash to me; afterwards start a looooooong list of cash transfers to everyone NOT in the Epstein files. I hope i don't age while time is stopped, because that might take a while. While i'm at it, go down the list of Top 100 richest people and fucking do it again. Keep a respectable sum for myself, but only in the "me and the closest to me will never have to worry about money again"-region, not more.

Steal Denuvo's encryption keys.

Defenestrate Putin (and Medvedev just to make sure the war ends), then pull the same move in Israel. Personally slap every Russian and IDF soldier who willingly went into war.

Destroy all the North Korean artillery and rockets aimed at Seoul and place notes in front of SK politicians informing them about the new situation.

Dismantle the surveillance networks - all of them. Let every Citizen know how much information their state had about them - except for Cartel/Mobster types, those i put on skateboards like cardboard cutouts and let them ride down a steep hill into prison gates.

Do i still have time left?

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dude, time is stopped. You can keep going until you want time to start again. And I've got a list for you:

  • Every single kiddy diddler? Suddenly in prison, with piles of evidence of their crimes.
  • You can solve every missing persons report where anyone is still alive. It'll take you a while, but you've got the "time."
  • Every bribe of every politician - and especially justices of the Supreme Court - exposed with thorough documentation.
  • Go around and erase all medical debt and all student debt. All of it. Use some of Elon's money to do it.
  • Find and reunite families that were split up by Trump's family separation policies.
  • Cut Russia off from the internet entirely. They've demonstrated that they're not ready to join the broader civilized community. Pay special attention to permanently offlining the "Internet Research Agency."

I'm sure I could come up with more.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Shoot every single nuke to space and detonate all nukes in space.

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[–] python@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First, I take a long rest. Then, I might nap a bit.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Or a sleep study. Efficiency! 😃

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Visit trumps campaign office and adjust the campaign speech at “Four Seasons” to actually be at “Four Seasons Landscaping”

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Since the entire would would go dark. I’d probably sit around in darkness and wait for time to start again.

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (8 children)

boobs

for legal reasons and to avoid the community burning me at the stake I will provide no further context.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 28 points 2 days ago

I choose to believe that you will run around flashing people. Wouldn't that be embarassing if time suddenly starts running again!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Your honesty is respectable.

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[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 35 points 2 days ago

Immediately panic. Why did it stop? How do I start it? Am I still aging? Can I still die?

Fuck FuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuck

[–] HuskerNation@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Is air stopped as well because you very quickly cook to death

[–] Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Would there be enough friction to cause that? I'd assume you wouldn't be able to breath first, since the air wouldn't go into your lungs

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, if time is stopped then everything would technically have an infinite amount of inertia.

[–] Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Hum, I'd assume time stop would actually be better as super speed then. Almost close to light speed, enough to make things seem frozen.

[–] HuskerNation@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No air would mean no way for your body to cool. You would cook yourself to death

Breathing is another problem

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Although that would also mean no radiant heat would be transferred to you from the environment. Would you freeze or cook if the only source of heat around is your body heat?

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Would I be blind since the photons won't be flowing into my eyes anymore??

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

You become a photon. It's the only way to answer the conditions.

Or would you see the photons that are present where your eyes are at the moment, and by moving around you see the photons that already were where you just moved, still approximating normal vision?

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[–] killea@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lol probably freeze to death. Photons stop moving, molecules stop vibrating. Electronic devices probably don't function/respond. So I could sleep (forever), no video games/tv/movies. Time travel trips me up; like I could walk around, but would time stopping fuck with the cohesion of matter/reality etc? Think you need a few more preconditions for this poll.

[–] weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's fair. I was trying to keep it broad to incite discussion. But since we're getting deeper sciencey with that. Let's assume that physics still includes active friction, gravity and heat transference especially since you can move. This is something like a gravitational anomaly that has affected the time space continuum in that you can move even though "Time" is stopped and everyone else is frozen in the moment

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Take a fuckin' nap, and then a week to myself

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Quickly get into every missile silo and jerry-rig a way to remote control them, move all the personnel out of the silos, lock access, set up cameras in all of them, then find a way to resume time. Once time resumes, announce that I have control over all the nukes, launch a high-atmosphere blast near DC, Moscow, Beijing, London, Paris, to prove it, become a global dictator.

A benevolent dictator, of course. (pinky promise 😉 just trust me bro 😈)

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Your high altitude warning shots would wreck civilization. Read up on the starfish prime tests.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

better have a dead man switch on that or you're going to have every intelligence service on the planet gunning for you before you can get a lot of dictatoring done.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Possibly arrange for some billionaires to meet their demise.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hit refresh and reset buttons and wonder why my devices don't work. Honestly no idea what I'd do once I figure out what's going on - any socially/legally unacceptable behavior would be a huge risk because I'd have no way of knowing how long the timestop lasts.

TBH I'd probably just try to wait it out, maybe take a walk outside and take a look around.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Go find an Aztec god. Someone is bound to be in charge of this mess.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Was a tv show back in the day where a girl had powers to touch her fingertips and pause time. Always wanted that power to sleep longer, do large projects without interruption, etc. I think it was called Out of this World, her dad was an alien and they communicated through some weird walky talkie sphere thing.

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[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

I got a house full of books, notebooks to write my partners notes, and sleep. If it seems to last more than I don't know, a month? Probably walk to an Ocean, then see if one can walk or drive across one. Try and figure out why time seems stopped.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

One could arrange a lot of pranks with a time freeze...

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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