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i.e. pay $5 to go back 5 days.

The time travel is permanent and one-way.

Edit: this is a one time offer and your budget is however much liquid cash you have right now. Cards are accepted, though.

For non-Americans, feel free to convert $1 USD to your currency

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m not sure if I would want to. Too many nice things have happened to me by chance, and I’m not sure if I could make them happen again.

Of course it’s tempting to start over and do a second play-through. Maybe I’ll save up and reconsider on my deathbed.


edit:
Also, move to Venezuela by then. A single dollar should get you enough bolivars to travel as far back as you want :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

For $13,000 I can be 16 again? SOLD!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'd go back a bit over a decade and make a lot better decisions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

10 years back. Back to high-school when I would hang out with my friends at the bus stop and at lunch and after school.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Does time reverse for me too? Do I remember? Do I get younger?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

immediately thinks of the alternate ending to The Butterfly Effect πŸ€”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Nah thanks, I'm good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Do I get to choose which day gets reversed? Can I make October 14, 1066 go backwards and see what happens?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Less than a month ago when I hadn't yet accidentally deleted several days of vacation photos. Other than that, my life tended to get better over time, no way am I travelling back to a time when it was worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No cloud back up? If you deleted them from a computer, they are still there if you haven’t installed anything else. There is recovery software to help you get them back

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty difficult to imagine doing this honestly. Do I retain the memories of what I'm reversing? Or is it just a rewind? Because if I don't retain the memories then it's a bit pointless, but if I do I think I'd have a hard time reliving things. For instance I would never go back far enough to erase my children, but my youngest was born 2 weeks before COVID. Regardless of any get rich quick scheme I could think of, I am really not certain I'd want to knowingly live through that again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't go further back than the birth of my daughter, because there's no way I'd take the chance to not have her in my life, no matter what I might wish to change from before that. That said, I'd like to change a few things since, so I'd probably do that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'd go back to the beginning of 2019. I don't want to backtrack too far, but this would give me enough time to sell the house, move, and get situated before covid and the price of everything going crazy.

But it's not just about that, it's about repairing a relationship with a loved one while I still can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have more than enough to get to 2010, which is as far back as I can go (so I don't erase my son). I have a LOT of things to do differently in that time...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

March 2010 - bitcoin was way, way less than a penny.

[–] ArmokGoB 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I murder my child self, do I just stop existing? I'd take up that offer in a second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Given the question, you reverse time so yoy come back your child self

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