Would you stop time if you could?

[snoopy7548]

Would you be able to absorb nutrients, would you need them in the first place?

If I would not need nutrients and would be able to get access to a reasonably fast way of transportation and would be able to cross oceans I might consider it, to travel around killing lots of evil people. That way once time starts again at least the world would be a better place for a little while.
The problem is that I don't think 20 years would be enough, unless you could basically teleport around.

Ridding the world of lots of evil >>>> Not being able to talk to anyone for 20 years

It could be like the Quicksilver scene in First Class, except on a much larger scale.

 

[uhohs]

Time unfreezes and a huge/sizeable part of the population drops dead from knife wounds that appeared out of no where. hah
Of course you could compile a huge hit list and do some planning before stopping time.

I think this idea could be adapted into a video game with a shorter time stop duration.

 

[Rifter]

in a heartbeat without a second thought yes.

 

[madoka]

Man, I wrestle with the ethics of touching a boobie after over a decade of being alone, but you guys are straight into mass murder.

 

[nakedfrog]

Man, I wrestle with the ethics of touching a boobie after over a decade of being alone, but you guys are straight into mass murder.

They prefer "moral cleansing".

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Man, I wrestle with the ethics of touching a boobie after over a decade of being alone, but you guys are straight into mass murder.

Life will continue as if it never stopped in 20 years time. You can steal lots of stuff, but anything over a few tons to millions is going to attract the attention as you have to physically steal it (as there is no way to do electronic transactions) and you therefor have to find a way to inconspicuously use it afterwards. You can steal lots of cash, but the bills can't be known to a bank or so or have to be stolen in small quantities, otherwise it would still draw unwanted attention after those 20 years. And if you steal items or gold or so you would have to find a way to sell them without anyone noticing.
You could steal lots of expensive computer hardware from another city or so and sell it via eBay of course, but even then you wouldn't be able to make more than a few tons to millions without the amount of storage required drawing attention. So in a few weeks you could gather that.

Sexual gratification is nice, but indeed there is the moral issue, and even if you would ignore that you wouldn't be able to do that non-stop for 20 years without wanting something else for a change.

So what to do with the rest of the time? There is no internet, there are no computer games, there is no one to play sports with, there is no music, there is no entertainment at all, besides the limited entertainment you can create for yourself. So why not travel around and get rid of evil? If you have people you care about and you don't like the thought of evil roaming free that should give you a good reason to try get rid of it. And if you are evil it gives you the perfect opportunity to get rid of some of the competition.

 

[sdifox]

Man, I wrestle with the ethics of touching a boobie after over a decade of being alone, but you guys are straight into mass murder.

You froze all the earthlings and you are worried about ethics? A wee bit late don't you think?

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I would make history with the Great Panty Disappearance Act. Imagine one day all of the women out there spontaneously missing their undies.

 

[snoopy7548]

I would make history with the Great Panty Disappearance Act. Imagine one day all of the women out there spontaneously missing their undies.

All the women? Have fun with that...

 

[SilverMirage]

Life will continue as if it never stopped in 20 years time. You can steal lots of stuff, but anything over a few tons to millions is going to attract the attention as you have to physically steal it (as there is no way to do electronic transactions) and you therefor have to find a way to inconspicuously use it afterwards. You can steal lots of cash, but the bills can't be known to a bank or so or have to be stolen in small quantities, otherwise it would still draw unwanted attention after those 20 years. And if you steal items or gold or so you would have to find a way to sell them without anyone noticing.
You could steal lots of expensive computer hardware from another city or so and sell it via eBay of course, but even then you wouldn't be able to make more than a few tons to millions without the amount of storage required drawing attention. So in a few weeks you could gather that.

Sexual gratification is nice, but indeed there is the moral issue, and even if you would ignore that you wouldn't be able to do that non-stop for 20 years without wanting something else for a change.

So what to do with the rest of the time? There is no internet, there are no computer games, there is no one to play sports with, there is no music, there is no entertainment at all, besides the limited entertainment you can create for yourself. So why not travel around and get rid of evil? If you have people you care about and you don't like the thought of evil roaming free that should give you a good reason to try get rid of it. And if you are evil it gives you the perfect opportunity to get rid of some of the competition.

You've gotta go to the right outlets. I go to the Diamond District in NYC. I've got a few people who buy - Luriya and Bullion Exchanges I can vouch for. That's how you can scale to millions.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Yes. No question.

 

[Kaido]

ice cream insecurity is a serious issue facing many people in the world today

On that tangent, when I was watching Frozen, I got curious about the history of the ice trade. Turns out it's real & it's crazy! It started on our side of the pond back in the early 1800's. Wikipedia has some great reading on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_trade

To be totally honest, I didn't think anyone had access to ice until the advent of modern refrigeration, but people are pretty dang creative & found ways to get jumbo-sized ice cubes carted around the world, and of course, the whole refrigeration thing ended up wildly changing the entire food industry because now you could ship veggies, fruits, meats, etc. from non-local farms. Crazy stuff...it's sometimes hard to realize how good we have it today because you can buy strawberries in the dead of winter for an extra couple bucks at the local grocery store & that's just a totally normal things these days!

 

[nakedfrog]

On that tangent, when I was watching Frozen, I got curious about the history of the ice trade. Turns out it's real & it's crazy! It started on our side of the pond back in the early 1800's. Wikipedia has some great reading on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_trade

To be totally honest, I didn't think anyone had access to ice until the advent of modern refrigeration, but people are pretty dang creative & found ways to get jumbo-sized ice cubes carted around the world, and of course, the whole refrigeration thing ended up wildly changing the entire food industry because now you could ship veggies, fruits, meats, etc. from non-local farms. Crazy stuff...it's sometimes hard to realize how good we have it today because you can buy strawberries in the dead of winter for an extra couple bucks at the local grocery store & that's just a totally normal things these days!

They had ice way further back than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl

 

[sdifox]

On that tangent, when I was watching Frozen, I got curious about the history of the ice trade. Turns out it's real & it's crazy! It started on our side of the pond back in the early 1800's. Wikipedia has some great reading on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_trade

To be totally honest, I didn't think anyone had access to ice until the advent of modern refrigeration, but people are pretty dang creative & found ways to get jumbo-sized ice cubes carted around the world, and of course, the whole refrigeration thing ended up wildly changing the entire food industry because now you could ship veggies, fruits, meats, etc. from non-local farms. Crazy stuff...it's sometimes hard to realize how good we have it today because you can buy strawberries in the dead of winter for an extra couple bucks at the local grocery store & that's just a totally normal things these days!

Dude even I knew about ice trade...
And it is much older than those pix

 

[Darwin333]

You've gotta go to the right outlets. I go to the Diamond District in NYC. I've got a few people who buy - Luriya and Bullion Exchanges I can vouch for. That's how you can scale to millions.

You still have to square it with the taxman which is the real hard part.

 

[Kaido]

Dude even I knew about ice trade...
And it is much older than those pix

Never even heard of it before seeing it in Frozen! That's when I was like huh, I wonder if people actually chopped up big chunks of ice & transported them around the world...

 

[Kaido]

They had ice way further back than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl

Holy crap! That's amazing!

 

[Kaido]

They had ice way further back than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl

Dang:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)

A cuneiform tablet from c. 1780 BC records the construction of an icehouse in the northern Mesopotamian town of Terqa by Zimri-Lim, the King of Mari, "which never before had any king built."[2]

 

[sdifox]

Never even heard of it before seeing it in Frozen! That's when I was like huh, I wonder if people actually chopped up big chunks of ice & transported them around the world...

Saudi Arabia even towed icebergs...well tried

https://www.theatlantic.com/technol...cesses-of-zany-iceberg-towing-schemes/243364/

 

[BarkingGhostar]

All the women? Have fun with that...

Nah, only the hot female celebrities. Maybe relcoate them to their heads or something since it is meant to be a prank. Might even magic marker onto their foreheads Make America Great Again.

 

[Nashemon]

Pffft.. Human interaction is overrated.

I think I'd have a lot of fun visiting secured areas like in the White House just to have a look around. Just hit up a city for a week, exploring various restricted areas that I wouldn't normally be able to gain access to. NASA, Disney World, airports, the pyramids, Tower of Pisa, catacombs, military bases, Buckingham Palace, the Vatican, Area 51, etc.

Afterwards you could be the world's most interesting person with the stories you could tell about places.

If you rob from a bank, you could launder it in random people's wallets. Take and leave the exact amount (or a bit less, or a bit more!), they'll never notice. If you end up with excess at the end of 20 years, return it to the bank lol

There's no end to the number of situations you'd walk in on. You'd probably witness a few murders taking place. You could pull ID's from wallets to find out who persons of interest are.

That 20 year mark would be quite a time to witness, too. The sudden explosion of things that you minutely disturbed in passing. Would anyone notice? or would EVERYONE notice?

The possibilities are endless. I don't understand the people thinking they'd get bored in a few months, while I'm thinking 20 years is not enough time. If anything it'd be a break from the monotony of real life and that I'd regret if I didn't take.

 

[IronWing]

They had ice way further back than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchāl

Cool! I knew they had designed evaporative cooling into their buildings but I didn't know about the icehouses.

 

[Darwin333]

Pffft.. Human interaction is overrated.

I think I'd have a lot of fun visiting secured areas like in the White House just to have a look around. Just hit up a city for a week, exploring various restricted areas that I wouldn't normally be able to gain access to. NASA, Disney World, airports, the pyramids, Tower of Pisa, catacombs, military bases, Buckingham Palace, the Vatican, Area 51, etc.

Afterwards you could be the world's most interesting person with the stories you could tell about places.

If you rob from a bank, you could launder it in random people's wallets. Take and leave the exact amount (or a bit less, or a bit more!), they'll never notice. If you end up with excess at the end of 20 years, return it to the bank lol

There's no end to the number of situations you'd walk in on. You'd probably witness a few murders taking place. You could pull ID's from wallets to find out who persons of interest are.

That 20 year mark would be quite a time to witness, too. The sudden explosion of things that you minutely disturbed in passing. Would anyone notice? or would EVERYONE notice?

The possibilities are endless. I don't understand the people thinking they'd get bored in a few months, while I'm thinking 20 years is not enough time. If anything it'd be a break from the monotony of real life and that I'd regret if I didn't take.

Laundering doesn't mean what you think it means and unfortunately as cool as it would be to visit most of those restricted areas they require some sort of electronic access. If electronics worked I might change my opinion from a hard no but any place that uses keycards or electronic locks would be off limits. I guess you could use old school dynamite to blow the doors but I'd imagine a place like area 51 has a fuckton of them and the only way to the really cool areas is probably an elevator. It would probably take quite a few years just to gather all of the material, get it there on your self powered vehicle and do all of the destruction to get in. That's assuming you could even find a large stock of dynamite without being able to do research on the internet and you don't collapse the elevator shafts while using it.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

If everything but you would stop moving I don't see why any kind of explosives would work. Even if you would manage to ignite a fuse or generate an electric signal, why would it continue to travel? If would just be frozen with the rest.
So the only way to get through anything would be using a pickaxe or so, which would take ages.

 

[Darwin333]

If everything but you would stop moving I don't see why any kind of explosives would work. Even if you would manage to ignite a fuse or generate an electric signal, why would it continue to travel? If would just be frozen with the rest.
So the only way to get through anything would be using a pickaxe or so, which would take ages.

I was making the assumption that chemical and mechanical things that you initiate would still work. Otherwise even a bicycle wouldn't work and banging all the hotties would be a no go because their pussy lips would be immovable. They'd basically be heavy mannequins, the best you could do was be a peeper.