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oiprocs

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Originally posted by: binister
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I'd go back and tap a passed over opportunity from 1978. :)

By "tap" do you mean "have sex with?"

By "have sex with" do you mean nakedness accompanied by penetration in all the right places?
 
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I'd be more patient when my girlfriend and I were talking about stuff, then yelling about stuff, then breaking up over stuff. That one hour coulda softened a lot of pain.
 

OdiN

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Go back with the winning lottery numbers to a time where the powerball was like 400 million.
 

Srfrbum

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Originally posted by: Oiprocs
Originally posted by: binister
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I'd go back and tap a passed over opportunity from 1978. :)

By "tap" do you mean "have sex with?"

By "have sex with" do you mean nakedness accompanied by penetration in all the right places?

ROFL

I'd go back to Sept 11th bring a couple friends with me, we would each go to the airports where the terrorists came from, and take off all our clothes and pretend we have bombs strapped to us, so that we would cause such a mass panic in those airports, the flights would be delayed, and the terrorists would never make it to the planes. This way, looking on into the future, we would save the lives of millions. Just by dancing with out penises dangling out. Hmm... so simple yet so difficult.
 

Zenmervolt

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Since in order to avoid a massive paradox I couldn't change anything that happened, there's this one date that I'd love to re-live, except that it took quite a bit more than an hour...

ZV

EDIT: See, if you go back and change something, then you wouldn't have a reason to go back and change it because it will have happened differently. But then because there wasn't a reason to go back and change it, you wouldn't have gone back to change it. Which would mean that it would happen and then you'd have a reason to go back and change it. And then when you went back to change it, it wouldn't have happened, so you wouldn't have a reason to go back and change it, so it would have happened... Catch the circularity?
 

Agentbolt

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This many replies and no one would go back to relive the best sex they've ever had? What is WRONG with this place.
 

krotchy

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Originally posted by: Agentbolt
This many replies and no one would go back to relive the best sex they've ever had? What is WRONG with this place.

This is a computer forum. Only 5% of the population has had sex worth going back for :p
 

compuwiz1

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Originally posted by: Oiprocs
Originally posted by: binister
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I'd go back and tap a passed over opportunity from 1978. :)

By "tap" do you mean "have sex with?"

By "have sex with" do you mean nakedness accompanied by penetration in all the right places?

Yes, and more than once. How much time do I have, 1 hour? At that age I could go more than once in an hour. :)

 

Bateluer

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Originally posted by: Agentbolt
This many replies and no one would go back to relive the best sex they've ever had? What is WRONG with this place.

This many replies and people have so many selfish desires? :p

Since it has to be in MY past and I was only born in 1983, it'd have to be between 83 and now. I wouldn't go back to Sept 10th 2001 though. The terrorist power base had already grown too strong by that point. If we'd stopped the Sept 11th events, they'd have tried something else, the US was too complacent and ignorant to care. Americans cared for a few years after 9/11 and then forgot again. I'd likely gather information about where Bin Laden and other terrorist cowards were at a specific date in early 2001 and get the military to eliminate them.

Also, I'm surprised no EU members have stated they do anything about the various terrorist bombings in Spain and England that occurred after 9/11.
 

alrocky

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Originally posted by: Bateluer
I wouldn't go back to Sept 10th 2001 though. The terrorist power base had already grown too strong by that point. If we'd stopped the Sept 11th events, they'd have tried something else, the US was too complacent and ignorant to care. Americans cared for a few years after 9/11 and then forgot again. I'd likely gather information about where Bin Laden and other terrorist cowards were at a specific date in early 2001 and get the military to eliminate them.

Go back with the winning lottery numbers to a time where the powerball was like 400 million.
I'd opt for saving lifes and cashing in. Memorize as much info regarding 9-11-01 and stop those planes and put as big a dent as I could in BL's group. Blurt out Deep Throat's name and perhaps mention who's dying just for kicks.
 

Spook

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someone won the 400M... so go back one drawing before the high point...
:)
 

Rubycon

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Das Leben ist eine Verschwendung von Zeit, die Zeit ist eine Verschwendung von Leben, so verschwendet man all die Zeit und die Zeit Ihres Lebens. Sie können Ihr Leben erweitern, indem sich selbst, sondern zu vertiefen sie benötigen Sie einen Freund. Jedes Mal, dass sich eine Freundschaft, aus der sich eine Lebensader. Man kann nie zu viele, nur allzu viele richtig kümmern. Ich möchte glauben, wenn ich sterbe, habe ich mich wie ein Baum, Sauen Saatgut jedes Jahr im Frühjahr und nie zählt den Verlust, da es sich nicht um Verlust, es ist das Hinzufügen von den künftigen Leben. Es ist der Baum der Art und Weise des Seins. Stark verwurzelt vielleicht, aber Verschütten ihren Schatz auf der Wind.
 
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Originally posted by: Rubycon
I should've mentioned that this would have only read only capabilities! Going back in the past and changing ANYTHING is risky! ;)

Still stand by my wish and i wouldn't change anything even if i could, it was the most perfect moment in my life.
 
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Can I change something, or just visit?

If change is possible then I'd probably stop myself from marrying my ex (with apologies to my wonderful daughter who would then never be). If I was just visiting I guess I'd want to see my mom again, so sometime in my childhood.
 
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Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Can I change something, or just visit?

If change is possible then I'd probably stop myself from marrying my ex (with apologies to my wonderful daughter who would then never be). If I was just visiting I guess I'd want to see my mom again, so sometime in my childhood.

Wait, you'd rather not get married and thus not ever have your daughter than having gone through that and now having your daughter?
 
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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Can I change something, or just visit?

If change is possible then I'd probably stop myself from marrying my ex (with apologies to my wonderful daughter who would then never be). If I was just visiting I guess I'd want to see my mom again, so sometime in my childhood.

Wait, you'd rather not get married and thus not ever have your daughter than having gone through that and now having your daughter?

Correct, though it's a very hard thing to be faced with. My daughter's life has been complete and total chaos and hell as a result of everything. She really has almost no chance at even semi-normalcy now.

Everyone around me has suffered endlessly as a result, not just me. Bankruptcy, medical issues from stress, total rifts and lost loved ones, etc. It was the single largest disaster in my extended family.

If it was just as simple as my life being a pain because of it, I'd be fine with it. But I destroyed a LOT of people by marrying my ex, including my daughter.