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xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

https://explainxkcd.com/2976/

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The first one was also used in the short series "11.22.63". Going back to change things results in huge amounts of temporal inertia to overcome.

[–] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And the second one reminds of the TV series "Travelers", with future factions of time travelers emerging from the changes of previous time travelers in the past. It's worth noticing that time travelers from "Travelers" only displaces their mind consciousnesses, not their entire bodies.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Watched a couple of episodes, didn't get to the time war part. May check it out.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Which was originally a Stephen King novel.