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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (5 children)

There's a story called "Time Safari" that ends in a dude just straight up killing another dude. This was in a kid's literature book.

Also I think Casque of Amontillado is funny.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I thought that was called a Sound of Thunder. Because the last line went "there was a sound of thunder, then silence." Or something to that effect, heavily implying that the time safari employee killed the hunter who stepped off the trail and on to a butterfly.

I also remember that one of the results of stepping on the butterfly was that all English words were spelled fonetically (typo intentional), a "mistake" I would happily go back in time to commit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I also remember this short story, the death of the butterfly also changed the results of an election.

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