• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Sometimes I fantasize about using a time machine to top normal people from dying.

    go back and stop Elisa Lam, or stop some random person from getting killed in a dark alley, or talk to someone just long enough to stop them from causing a multi-fatality accident.

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      15 hours ago

      not a bad story for a superhero with time travel powers.

      the only consequence is that you will age (normal rate for you), but really fast compared to everyone else, given that you likely go back and forth a lot.

      Imagine how hard is it for your family to see you after a week and you look visibly older because you were busy saving lots of people, and you ended up living a few years in a single week.

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        14 hours ago

        good point, I was kind of hoping for a Quantum Leap thing though.

        just a near-endless cycle of saving peoples lives.