If you had access to a time machine would you use it, and
if so to do what?
The answers (in order recieved):
Hell yeah, I'd use it. I'd go forward to a time when something
really cool was invented, and
then I'd come back and like show all my friends. Cause like, I'd be the only
guy with "the
really cool future thing."
What would I use it for? What wouldn't I use it
for? I'd be the time-traveller extrordinaire. I'd
be checkin' out the future, checkin' out the past,
destroying time-space continuum left and right.
I'd be a mad-man! But I'd keep it to myself and
perhaps a few lucky individuals. If everyone was
doing it, it just wouldn't be as cool. If everybody
was doing it, I would probably just check out the
future a few times. Might not even bother coming back.
I would use it to go back to last week, so that
I could get my previous answer at the top of the
list by answering before anyone else.
I would probably use it to go back in time to high school, and cause
one or two particularly obnoxious dweebs to "disappear." Seeing as how
no one
heas heard from said dweebs for quite awhile now, there's a good chance I
may
have already done that.
Another thing I'd love to do with a time machine is go back to the
beginning of
the semester, and tell myself about a few things that have happened over
the
semester and see whether or not I'd believe them, because there has been
some
debate on that subject.
No use for a time machine.
If we had time machines, our lives would be much much
much different. Why do you need to change life for
the better? Living life as it is is the best way
to live life.
Since the creation of a time machine is impossible
I cannot answer this question. In the true philosophical sense
of the question...the answer would be no...life is a learning experience
based on making mistakes and then making more mistakes
No, if you do something you are going to regret, its your own damn
fault.
If I had access to a time machine I would travel back in time to
witness the great mysteries of the world. I would see just how the Egyptians
built the Pyramids, I would go back and see the Dinosaurs, meet Christ, and
witness the creation of the universe, world, etc. By this time I'd be
tired so
I would sleep. Then the NEXT day...
I wouldn't want to change anything, because all
that temporal paradox stuff gives me a headache.
So instead I'd just do some visiting, like
I'd use it, I'd go back in time, and raise a butt-load of money, and
buy all kinds of coolio stuff.
TIME MACHINE??
If I had access to a time machine I'd rent it
out by the hour..say $125 an hour
I would go back in time and undo the major mistake I made, a year ago
last September.
If you don't know what this is..then good for you others who knew about that
'EX' then you all understand.
Absolutely I would use it! I wouldn't try changing
anything (that trick never works) but I'd like to visit
some ancient cultures... And if I could pick up a few
valuable antiques I could re-sell today at a huge profit,
so much the better...
I would go back in time to put on that blasted
condom so that I wouldn't now be attending la maz
class with an ex-girlfriend.
To see if my dreams of Victoriana and Bohemia were all they were
cracked up to be. That and to get some really wonderful additions to my
wardrobe
Do I get two chances? Okay. These both involve me coming up to
myself, tapping myself on the shoulder, and giving myself a bit of info.
First, I'd go to April of 91, and drop a hint that having a physical
relationship with that blonde woman over there would rank very low
on the "Good Choices" list.
Then I'd go to June of 95, and let myself know that no matter what I was
about
to fall asleep, and it would really be better for everyone
if I were to stop driving first.
Uh... those taken care of, there are a few separate times, like in 92,
93, and
94, when I would remind myself that certain someones
do indeed like me and are about to leave so I might want to do things
differently the last time I see her.
No. Not a very exciting answer, huh? I just don't think it would
do me much good. If I went into the past, I'd just try to rearrange
things and
fix some things, and I try to do too much of that in life already, so being
able to do that for real probably
wouldn't be such a hot idea. And I definitely wouldn't go into the
future, for
two reasons: 1) I don't want to ruin the surprise and 2) If bad things are
happening, I don't want to know about them yet. I know the arguement is that
if I knew about my future, I could
prevent it and make a new one, but messing with the cosmos makes me very
uneasy. I like to think that everything happens for a reason. Suffering is
the path to knowledge! Ho! (Any good hero knows that.)
Sure I'd use it. I'd go back to the day I fucked
up the best relationship I ever had and I'd
not have fucked it up.
Plus I'd go back to that day in 1759 when the
French got defeated in Quebec by the British.
I want a francophone North America, dammitall!
I would go back to the time of
the dinosaurs and go fishing, to see what I
would catch.
Oh yes, I would use it to change some of the
biggest mistakes I've ever made. Then, when I
realized life wasn't as great as it is now, I
would go back to the time before the machine
was built and destroy it.
i'd go back in time and buy stock in
well-performing companies. then i'd
come back to this time and give the money
to people who need it (including me) and
probably end up living a life of decadence,
but at least i had good intentions.
I'd travel
back to the court of Henry VIII during the
reign of Anne Boleyn. I've always thought it
would be interesting to know what she looked
like -- this woman who brought about the
English Reformation.
i would go back to my sophomore year auditions
for the high school musical. and, knowing what
i know now, i would not have frozen and i would
get the part that *was* MINE!
my answer is
Absolutely. I'd go back to 1984, and figure out some way to keep Steve
Garvey from hitting the home run off of Lee Smith. I would also keep my
3rd grade self from being toasted in Cub Scouts.
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