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Topic: if you had a time machine?
mountainwatergirl's photo
Tue 06/23/09 05:35 PM


flowerforyou I would go back in time and save Jesus from being crucifiedflowerforyou


good sentiment, but it would cause some problems for the rest of us. he wasn't sent here to become a great carpenter and die peacefully as an old man.

however, he'd be a great boss to have on a construction site. you'd never have to bring your lunch. jesus just brings a fish sandwich to the site every day (and writes if off as a business expense) and turns it into a bunch of them. sure he could just keep one around from the last batch but he'd want to multiply freshness. nothing but boring water to drink? not for long...wine! and safety precautions are pointless when your boss can just zap you back to life if you fall off a ladder.


yep,,,Jesus was born to save us...so he was meant to die... I know that sounds sucky... but that's what the religion is.

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Tue 06/23/09 05:50 PM

i like theories that say time isn't linear. more interesting that way.

one problem i've never seen addressed in time travel stories or theories is conservation of mass and energy. i think if i went back in time i'd need to simultaneously send an equal amount of matter and energy forward to my present to maintain balance. otherwise, i'd leave the past with an excess and the present with a deficit.

and they always talk about not interacting with your past self. well, how picky should be be on that? my body could be made up of any number of things from the past. maybe i ate an apple right before i traveled back but in the past i stepped in some poop that was supposed to fertilize the tree that grew that apple and as a result that apple wasn't quite ripe in time for me to eat it? so by stepping on that poop i'd be stepping on one of the building blocks of me. not cool.

and let's say i go back to 1988 or something. some kids are riding skateboards, wearing jams and saying everything is "rad". a hot chick walks by in a thin shirt and a cool breeze switches the headlights on....but the skateboarders don't see because i'm standing in the way. i've just stunted their development!
that was a good 1:thumbsup: "just trying 2 catch up reading all the posts"drinks

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Tue 06/23/09 06:06 PM

that was a good 1:thumbsup: "just trying 2 catch up reading all the posts"drinks


gracias happy


as some have mentioned (as did back to the future 2), betting on sports would be great. however, i think it would be too likely that small changes in the past might make big changes to sporting events. instead, i think i'd place my bets (in the form or time, effort, money, etc.) into things that would be held more constant. i'd go back and invent the printing press, the toilet, velcro, write star wars (like hurley is attempting on lost) and buy up stock in companies that are now giants. true, i might alter the future so some of them flop...but probably not all.

what if you went back to the 80s and died and met god...but he was wearing a members-only jacket and had a mullet?

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Tue 06/23/09 06:18 PM



flowerforyou I would go back in time and save Jesus from being crucifiedflowerforyou


good sentiment, but it would cause some problems for the rest of us. he wasn't sent here to become a great carpenter and die peacefully as an old man.

however, he'd be a great boss to have on a construction site. you'd never have to bring your lunch. jesus just brings a fish sandwich to the site every day (and writes if off as a business expense) and turns it into a bunch of them. sure he could just keep one around from the last batch but he'd want to multiply freshness. nothing but boring water to drink? not for long...wine! and safety precautions are pointless when your boss can just zap you back to life if you fall off a ladder.


yep,,,Jesus was born to save us...so he was meant to die... I know that sounds sucky... but that's what the religion is.





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Tue 06/23/09 07:06 PM
In the end, it would cause more problems then solutions.

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Tue 06/23/09 07:50 PM




flowerforyou I would go back in time and save Jesus from being crucifiedflowerforyou


good sentiment, but it would cause some problems for the rest of us. he wasn't sent here to become a great carpenter and die peacefully as an old man.

however, he'd be a great boss to have on a construction site. you'd never have to bring your lunch. jesus just brings a fish sandwich to the site every day (and writes if off as a business expense) and turns it into a bunch of them. sure he could just keep one around from the last batch but he'd want to multiply freshness. nothing but boring water to drink? not for long...wine! and safety precautions are pointless when your boss can just zap you back to life if you fall off a ladder.


yep,,,Jesus was born to save us...so he was meant to die... I know that sounds sucky... but that's what the religion is.





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it's ok... HE's alive

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Tue 06/23/09 07:53 PM

Sad News=Time Machines are primitive & have been rendered obsolete sad2
Bad News=U have been targeted for Termination.Skynet protocol 6/22/29scared
Good News=U have 20 yrs of pitiful human existence remaining :smile: laugh
:laughing: :banana: :banana:

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Tue 06/23/09 07:55 PM



flowerforyou I would go back in time and save Jesus from being crucifiedflowerforyou


good sentiment, but it would cause some problems for the rest of us. he wasn't sent here to become a great carpenter and die peacefully as an old man.

however, he'd be a great boss to have on a construction site. you'd never have to bring your lunch. jesus just brings a fish sandwich to the site every day (and writes if off as a business expense) and turns it into a bunch of them. sure he could just keep one around from the last batch but he'd want to multiply freshness. nothing but boring water to drink? not for long...wine! and safety precautions are pointless when your boss can just zap you back to life if you fall off a ladder.
A-M-E-N :banana: :banana: :banana:

yep,,,Jesus was born to save us...so he was meant to die... I know that sounds sucky... but that's what the religion is.

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Tue 06/23/09 07:57 PM

I would go back to 9-10-2001 and stop the friggin terrorist hijackers. drinker


good Idea, but you would be taken down by security, because they still don't know its gonna happen... Just be anouther crazyman. But only for 1 Day.

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