You have a time machine, what do you do with it?

[Nickolai77]

Just finished watching Blackadder: Back and Forth, a terrific film which ends when Blackadder ....

Spoiler

Makes himself King of Britain, Baldrick his Prime Minister and takes Maid Marian as his Queen.

And this got me thinking as to what i would do.

So, you have a time machine, (feel free to imagine what it looks like)and you can change history and do whatever you like- what would you do?

My ideas are thus:
1)Download the entirety of wikipedia, and also reliable Latin-English dictionary.
2)Find a band of loyal followers and we arm ourselves to the teeth.
3)Go to ancient Rome, seize control of the Empire.
4)Sell wikipedia to Roman Empire, have their philosophers translate wikipedia into Latin, and have them learn from it.
5)Go back to the present day with all the Roman Gold, share it with my followers, build myself a space castle on the rings of Saturn.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Stop the Dark Ages.

Or, actually... I would give the Native people of anywhere that was colonized weapons equal to empires like Britain or France, just so that we could have a different world all together.

 

[DatCracker]

I would kick Hitler in the dick.
Then I'd ask Stalin how he made his mustache so goddamn fantastic.
Also I'd gallop around with Walt Whitman and his staggering love of America because it sounds like fun XD

 

[xdiesp]

One word: hoverboards.

 

[socialmenace42]

Erm.....




Sell it?

 

[TrevorGruen]

I would kick Hitler in the dick.
Then I'd ask Stalin how he made his mustache so goddamn fantastic.
Also I'd gallop around with Walt Whitman and his staggering love of America because it sounds like fun XD

PAHAHAHAH!

Ahem (OT) i would personally go back to various points in time to get brand new copies of very rare or special editions of games and consoles that would be too expensive or rare to get on ebay. Seriously, the gold zelda gameboy sp is something like 500 dollars new!

 

[Not-here-anymore]

It would take a lot of preparation, but I would gather a group of my mates, and between us we'd learn all of the greatest non-weapons related engineering/technological advances of the last century. Then rock up in the early 1900's, let loose our ideas, and watch the money roll in. Invest it in various companies that are guaranteed to be on the rise as a result of our actions, travel back to the new (and hopefully improved) present, and find infinite money along with modern/futuristic luxuries. Alternatively, if we've made the present a total shithole, travel back, undo it, and invest in apple and microsoft as they start up.

Oh, and get a pet dinosaur, obviously.

 

[Bobic]

I would travel through time with my time machine.

 

[TrevorGruen]

Stop the Dark Ages.

Or, actually... I would give the Native people of anywhere that was colonized weapons equal to empires like Britain or France, just so that we could have a different world all together.

Better yet, go back to the Incas or the Mayans or some other long gone ancient civilization and give em some assault rifles and shotguns (and teach them to use them), as well as plenty of ammo. Lets see how well Cortez takes over them bastards now eh?

 

[Hainted]

Go back,kidnap Jesus and Mohammed,bring them to the modern day and show them all the religious extremists.Then take them back and let them go.

 

[TrevorGruen]

It would take a lot of preparation, but I would gather a group of my mates, and between us we'd learn all of the greatest non-weapons related engineering/technological advances of the last century. Then rock up in the early 1900's, let loose our ideas, and watch the money roll in. Invest it in various companies that are guaranteed to be on the rise as a result of our actions, travel back to the new (and hopefully improved) present, and find infinite money along with modern/futuristic luxuries. Alternatively, if we've made the present a total shithole, travel back, undo it, and invest in apple and microsoft as they start up.

Oh, and get a pet dinosaur, obviously.

aww man why do i always forget the pet dinosaur. But yeah investing in apple is a no brainer. As far as improving the world, how about going back in time to tell scientists to get a head start on fully electric cars. Or better yet, go back and tell 3d realms to get off their lazy asses about Duke Nukem Forever.... CRAP I CANT MAKE THAT JOKE ANYMORE!

 

[Nickolai77]

Oh, and get a pet dinosaur, obviously.

^This. I would have a pet Lesothosaurus in my space castle.

 

[Sneeze]

I honestly wouldn't do much, I wouldn't risk preventing and large disasters because who knows what kind of stuff could stir up afterwards, stopping anything like that would have huge implications on the future and wouldn't be something I'd want to be part of.

I'd probably just get really curious and go back in time and break the time machine before I could use it go go back and break it... Just to see what would happen.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Stop the Dark Ages.

Or, actually... I would give the Native people of anywhere that was colonized weapons equal to empires like Britain or France, just so that we could have a different world all together.

Better yet, go back to the Incas or the Mayans or some other long gone ancient civilization and give em some assault rifles and shotguns (and teach them to use them), as well as plenty of ammo. Lets see how well Cortez takes over them bastards now eh?

Yeah... The Mayans fell... well... somehow.

But the Aztecs and Incas where taken over by Spain, which would be included in the above. Besides, I dont want them to be able to take over the other countries. I want to see the United States as we know it be states in the form of Native American tribe owned land. Or the African people to still be the might nation of Zulu. Stuff like that.

 

[Pyromaniak3]

I dunno, i go back in time just to be badass, get a giant dinosuar steed (or a saber-tooth tiger). then i'd go back 2000 years (around jesus's time) just to prove he nvr existed or wasn't all powerful, just to piss my mom off... cuz she pisses me off with all her religious crap... nvr shuts up.

EDIT: oh and i would also invent microsoft with Bill Gates and be filthy f-ing rich

 

[Cheesepower5]

Fuck shit up, just to see what happens.

Kill Brutus, King James II, Lincoln or someone like that. Imagine a world where the Roman empire stuck around or democracy never returned to Europe.