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Top-notch observation disguised as a meme. It's not new, but it's great.
A "whiteboard guy" meme, featuring two frames with a young-ish guy looking at the camera and gesturing at a small whiteboard or smiling. In the first, the whiteboard says "When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small"; in the second, "Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present."
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eshep
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People also think that any small change in the past could only have a negative impact on the present.
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Andy
Andy
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People traveling to the past should be way more worried about their gut bacteria. Imagine what 1800s food and water would do to you... Not pretty.

Wait what? Time travel isn't real and you're just making a point? Oh.... uh, nevermind 😅

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clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
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@Andy Scott @ted byfield Also: Worry about the futuristic bacteria and viruses you're bringing back to an era that has never seen them!

Quick, somebody write a novel where this explains the Spanish Flu!

@Andy @ted byfield
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clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
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@Cleopatra @ted byfield It's both, but only a time traveler can know the potentially pivotal moments.
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Seth Rutledge
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I'm always compelled to point out that the problem isn't doing something that will radically change the future, but rather, that you can or cannot control or predict that change. Great, you changed the future from one outcome you didn't know about to ANOTHER outcome you don't know about.
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