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If a time travel device was real what would you say to the person who controls it?
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The best part is that if time travel is ever invented then it already has been.
Save the goddamn gorilla. Maybe things would be better.
Save the gorilla, save the world!
Lol Heroes reference?
There are dozens of us, dozens!
By Harambe, I think they're onto something!
And the weasel, just to be safe.
"Why the fuck do you look like Billie Piper?"
Blame the time vortex and an information paradox called Bad Wolf.
- or "wibbly wobbly timey wimey... stuff" if you prefer.
Jolly good, that would already be very close to what I'm hoping hear which is that I am in fact talking to the time travelling device and that its proprietor has gone missing for exactly those wibbly wobbly reasons.
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(This shit writes itself, I swear, if you fuck this up....)
I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
~(ah forgot: and your time machine)~
"Have you watched looper?"
Don't go back too far! People from 1000 years ago or even probably just 250 years ago will probably die from your modern germs, causing a history changing plague if it spreads!
Unless you have some sort of all purpose antibacterial/viral gel to be applied sexily to each other's skin under black light before and after contact. Then do go ahead.
With COVID around, I could see as little as 10-15 years
You toy with powers greater than any God, Jesus christ where are you getting the energy from?
How would we know?
"You're really bad at this"
"...try to do it before they film Home Alone 2 - that way you can save a piece of our childhood as well as our country."
Go back and kill Abraham. Let's see if it changes history for the better.
Or at least stop him from creating a religion from his schizophrenia.
"Gimme that time machine, fool!"
inquire if they can take me with them. Going on a dr who adventure sounds like a grand old time. Plus would be amazing to access future medical technology.
Not so sure
So, how's your grandpa?
Have you gone to see the dinosaurs yet? No?
Okay, then are you going to go see the dinosaurs after this?
"Lemme get some of that time machine."
Find that fish that crawled out of the ocean and evolved into us and kick it back in. None of this is worth it, we might be happier as dolphins.
Dolphins evolved from land mammals just like we did. Kick that fish and there won't be any dolphins.
Hmmm... Seems the dolphins really were the smart ones after all, they went back.
“Why are you back, I’ve already talked to you. Were you too late?”
Can I have a go?
you’re a dumbass, eat some mints in the future and go back, cause a fucking paradox of knowing what’s gonna happen in the future, then don’t eat mints after you did in the future.
Surely the original timeline wasn't worse than this?
"Why are you coming after me? I've done nothing!"
Yet
Wrongdoer; it might be harmful. Time travel brings injustice.