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You are given an opportunity to hard reset our universe (particularly, the Earth). You are also allowed to change one rule about the new universe. What rule would you change? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by Marighost@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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The rule could be anything, as funny or as serious as you want. The universe will progress in a similar way that it has up until this point, unless your changed rule prevented it from doing so.

Some examples might be:

The invention of currency is not allowed.
Iron is slightly less stable.
The Ancient Greeks are able to cultivate Silphium, which does not go extinct now.

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[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 6 months ago

I will hard reset the universe. The new rule is that any sapient lifeform has the power to reset the universe.

Welcome to the crabbiest of crab bucket universes.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

New rule is that everyone has to be nice to me.

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[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

All shows from our current universe that " ended too soon" instead go 1+ season too long, all long running series end with fans craving more.

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That whatever species ends up dominating the earth with tools and technology branches out from bonobos instead.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

Humans don't evolve, we bring noting to the table of life and dont want to share.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Fell asleep thinking of a question similar last night. No colonialism. Colonizing other lands outside of your own established borders would be forbidden.

How different the world would be.

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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Instead of leap days time just runs backwards to keep the calendar in sync.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Jenkins never existed.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

What do you have against code deployment

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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

The asteroid doesn't hit Earth in the late Cretaceous causing the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Gravity doesn’t exist. All matter interactions are by electromagnetism and Ver Der Waals forces only.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I'd just leave the off button in place.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Carbon is no longer an element and doesn't exist.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Karma is real.

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

no gravity.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So no universe

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[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

no friction, even better!

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