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would you use a time machine to change your past
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would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:07 pm
if i had the option to change my past i would not

the past made me in to what i am today
the good and the bad take the bad away and i will no longer be me but a stranger wearing my face

my character and my sense of humor
my thirst for knowledge and understanding

it all could be replaced by a superficial shell of what i am
i like me with all my pro`s and con`s
i am me and i am happy

what about you
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:15 pm
I agree. Though I have some moments that I slightly regret, I wouldn't change anything. Smile
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:19 pm
I would go back and prevent the death of my friends that died way too young.
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:21 pm
I would go back and prevent the wrongs I have done to others.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:30 pm (This post was last modified: April 9, 2013 at 1:31 pm by dj-hato.)
(April 9, 2013 at 1:19 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I would go back and prevent the death of my friends that died way too young.

preventing a death could be hard if you follow the logic of the old movie time machine

or it could do more harm than good if you follow butterfly effect logic

plus that experience probably shaped you greatly into what you are you could be a completely different person
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:34 pm (This post was last modified: April 9, 2013 at 1:38 pm by My imaginary friend is GOD.)
If I could go back in time, I would probably go kill Hitler in the 1930s. Then I would kill my biological father in 1989, the year before I was born. Then I would never have been subjected to his psychological abuse.
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:34 pm
(April 9, 2013 at 1:30 pm)dj-hato Wrote: or it could do more harm than good if you follow butterfly effect logic

Or maybe one of my friends would have put an end to world hunger.

(April 9, 2013 at 1:30 pm)dj-hato Wrote: plus that experience probably shaped you greatly into what you are you could be a completely different person

True, but that person I became was not worth the death of my friends.
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Thinking about this, my current mindset is the result of my life experiences, my thoughts through the years. If I returned back I would alter my behaviour by correcting my wrongs therefore eliminating the possibility of me return back to correct my bad deeds, thus stopping my initial trip that would correct... Oh shit! Panic *head explodes* Big Grin

As to the question of the OP:

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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 2:27 pm
I would go back and change the numbers I picked for that mega billion lottery ticket.
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RE: would you use a time machine to change your past
April 9, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Nah....who is to say that the changes made would work out any better?
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