Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'

[darkless]

Go back to November 22, 1963, Dallas Texas, and actually find out who shot JFK, because quite frankly, it has been bugging me for like a decade now.

No one ever put together that the bullet came from the same place as one of the cameras thatw as recording the event O_O

Nah i kid i tell that to conspiracy theorists and they troll the internet for days looking for the video its really quite funny

 

[DalekJaas]

Go back to the cretaceous and see if I can survive an hour amongst my T-Rex brethren.

 

[Lonan]

Go back in time and shoot George Washington in the head, thus preserving the British Empire in all it's glory.

You're lucky you're hiding behind the Internet, boss. Fat, gun-totting American says grrrrr!

[And politely points out that George Washington would have had a harder time of it if your inbred, lunatic king hadn't been too busy talking to the walls to dedicate the necessary resources to the rebellion.]

Now that I've started a second War of 1812, I would go back to visit myself as a senior in high school and beat the crap out of me until I agreed to make better decisions about my future. Then I'd come back to the present and collect the CEO checks from Google.

The person who said that is from South Africa, you're evil if you can't agree with his wanting the British Empire to have never fell. They were racist, but a hell of a lot less racist then Aparthied. Not to mention the lack of crime and general order. On the British Empire, it mostly fell because of getting involved in WWI, and then ultra-liberal lobby groups preventing the Allies from quickly killing Hitler, which kept WWII from being short and not very costly. After that, people were just sick of having an Empire, and it was gradually returned the conquered people.

 

[coldfrog]

I'd go back to the mid 70s, buy many options of the star wars ip, then return to the modern day.

Change it from an hour to a week and I would be all over the fall of the Roman Empire.

With only an hour though, I'd probably just go back to when Microsoft had it's IPO and buy a metric ton of stock and bring it back with me to the modern day.

And any other responses of this sort...

Where would you get the money for this?

Think very hard before you answer my question, lest I mock thee!

(also Isaac Dodgson is exempt from this because of the way he phrased his answer)

Also, I suppose I should contribute. I would probably like to go back to the american revolution. Just because I'm curious. Or, the greedy answer is the lottery numbers one.

 

[ThaBenMan]

I would just hang out for an hour on my front lawn, a million years ago.

Or go back and steal Abe Lincoln's hat.

 

[some random guy]

I'd kill my grandfather and see what happens.

 

[hypothetical fact]

I would go back 2 seconds and push myself off the time machine where I would go back 2 seconds and push myself off the time machine where I would go back 2 seconds and push myself off the time machine where I would go back 2 seconds and push myself off the time machine where I would go back 2 seconds and push myself off the time machine where I would go back 2 seconds and push myself off the time machine.

Now that's a paradox.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I'd go back to about 1884/1886 and meet Nikola Tesla and rob several banks to get him some funding and put a bullet or three into Thomas Edison.

 

[Tattaglia]

I'd bring back a tactical nuke and detonate it in Ancient Greece. Fuuuuuuck you, philosophy!

Or go back and steal Abe Lincoln's hat.

Dude. Righteous.

 

[LopsidedWaffle]

A bit dorky, but I'd go to England and speak to James Herriot, preferably in a time before he was near death. I was so bummed when I found out he died (I wanted to be a vet so bad when I was little and his written accounts were always interesting).

Also, the idea of going back in time and seeing the first creature come from the water to land would be pretty epic. There's also the benefit of possibly seeing huge creatures in the water...but from a distance; I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to swimming

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I'd go back a few seconds, grab the time machine, then go back to the exact same time, grab both time machines, then go back to the exact same time, grab all four time machines, and so on, so forth, until I had as much as I wanted, and then go back to the instant before I went back to get all those time machines, and then do whatever the hell I want with my many time travelling hours.

 

[iseko]

If i'd be able to take along lots of guns and weapons of mass destruction. I'd go to the time of the crusaders. Lets see how they like it when I shoot nerve gas up their bum's.