If I Thanos snapped myself, wouldn't that just delete half of me? Left or right? Top or bottom half?
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I'll snap the neurons that cause you to post this question so that
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Whoever invented circular toilet seats and 1" long sink spigots.
Tough call. There are so many possible points of inflection, and it's hard to know where history goes when you eliminate any single point. Let's say that you snap Adam Smith; does that mean that capitalism never happens, and that we live in a system of mercantilism forever? Or does the system get described by someone else and happen inevitably? What about Ghengis Khan? How does history change if the Mongol empire never happens? Do we all end up speaking Chinese? I you snap Julius Ceasar so that the library of Alexandria never burns, and the Roman empire remains democratic--for a time, at least--then what?
We can propagate effects through time? Perfect. I'm going send a snap forward into the future. From now on, anyone that attempts to gather up the infinity stones gets instantly dusted.
I feel like it's one snap per attempt.
Like, thanos couldn't permanently limit population, his one snap was big but finite.
Might as well Snap away the stones. They're a thing. Much easier, very finite, just make sure you Snap away the stones deep into the past.
I'd go back to the very beginning, the Prime Mover, and prevent all of it from happening in the first place.
I think the birth of Hitler is an easy choice. But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that eliminating some earlier event could both right another wrong and negate Hitler's existence.
Aside from that there's the existence of the internet, which I'm not sure has been an overall benefit to humankind. I think about this often.
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