• chaosCruiser@futurology.today
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    4 hours ago

    If I get to go with a Tardis, language barrier won’t be a problem. If not, medieval Europe will be out of the question, since languages have changed so much during the past few centuries.

    If you travel back even further to see mammoths or even dinosaurs, languages won’t be an issue. Who knows what the ancient microbes will do to your immune system, so there are some serious risks.

    I guess the past 200 years might be the most reasonable ones to choose from. I think I might want to meet James Prescott Joule (1818-1889), the inventor of the correct unit of energy.

    James Watt (1736-1819) would be pretty interesting too, so I hope English hasn’t changed too much. Would be pretty annoying if I were can’t communicate properly.

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 hours ago

    Is it one way? If so, I will pass.

    If not, I would take my kid to see some of the big steam engines of the past that we can't anymore, take a ride on an established safe train/route. (Or maybe buy some old Lego to take home)

    • DoiDoi [comrade/them, he/him]
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      edit-2
      4 hours ago

      Seriously, this is a question that's essentially "What if?" which has been debated by philosophers, argued by historians, fantasized and written about in countless books and displayed in libraries and museums around the planet.

      so therefore no one should ever be interested in the topic ever again lmao what. Take a breath dawg, chill, it's ok for people to converse on the internet

    • Kuori [she/her]
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      4 hours ago

      okay so sounds like it's a pretty popular ponderance

      maybe chill the fuck out? since it's so normal?

    • TonoManza@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 hours ago

      I'd go back 30 seconds before you hit submit on this question and take your keyboard away from you.

      Seriously, this is a comment that's essentially "waaa I didn't like this" which has been posted by toddlers, argued by narcissists, fantasized and written about in countless comments and displayed in posts and videos around the planet.

      What on earth did you think this comment would add to the fabric of society?