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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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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (21 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (4 children)

A time machine is a teleportation machine. If we can imagine a time machine existing, a teleportation machine isn't really far fetched.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I cannot wait for time travel to exist so all the pedants online can be like “um actually, it’s a space-time machine”

Edit: because I am also pedantic like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Truly the most culturally relevant development from the technology!

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