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If you had a one-way ticket to Jan 1, 1999 that departs on Jan 1, 2024, and you are allowed to bring whatever fits into a backpack with you, what would you bring to use to take over the world, and how (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Bizarroland@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Assume that the future can change based on your actions, so any historical information that you bring along with you from the intervening 25 years may quickly drift out of the new realities history.

Edit: also assume that you can be given a healthy 21-year-old body if you want or take your previous self's place.

Further, identification will be provided for you if you were not born at that time.

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[–] ilovetacos@lemmy.world 72 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Gray's Sports Almanac

[–] neidu@feddit.nl 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Just hope your school bully doesn't find it.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

God forbid we end up on the 1985 timeline. Can you imagine if someone like Biff became rich and powerful?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Looks at every billionaire... Yeah imagine that.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The joke is that alternate-1985 Biff was literally based on Trump, specifically.

[–] ElleChaise@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why don't you make like a tree and get outta here.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It's leave, you idiot! Make like a tree and leave! You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong.

[–] victron@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Oh la la!

[–] Pietson@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

It only had information up until 2000 so better make good use of it for that one year