A time traveller comes back from 50 years in the future. You have 3 hours with them. What do you do? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/12770326

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The time traveller is able to travel backward and forward through time (max forward is 2074) and they can only transport things that can fit in a small backpack.

You can choose when the 3 hours begin but it has to be in 2024 and once it has begun the timer can't be reset or stopped.

They will answer to the best of their ability but imagine this is a random person from 2074.

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[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Are they able to effectively teleport? Or do they just time travel where they stand?

[-] Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

Good question. Well any form of time travel would be teleporting since the earth is moving. So I guess they solve teleportation to.

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Well, for money then, definitely have them travel to a time and place with a hyper inflated currency, and then bring it back in time to have tons of money. I think this might technically be a form of arbitrage.

Hmm… assassination would be pretty easy, but idk who

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Shit just have them rob a mint from like the 1800’s. This way you could say that the money has been passed down, as you auction it for a butt load.

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