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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe it did and we were saved from a worse path.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm definitely not mentally prepared to find out what the timeline worse than this one is like.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure that timeline was just as boring and dumb, except that the soviet officer that stopped the nuke being fired during the cuban missile crisis was in the other room, and the world ended in 1962.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, is that really worse? Sounds like we were put out of our misery.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

I was considering a line at the end about how it may have been a more merciful timeline for many, sadlol.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It turns out Carthage is the never ending empire that rips open the chaos realms and brings about Warhammer 40k. Romulus and Remus were actually time travelers sent back to save the universe.