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Its the 14th century and you've had no time to prepare, after you're done reading this post you are snapped. What do you do?

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'd probably be dead in no time for a long list of reasons

First of all, nobisy would be able to understand me, as even current English would be barely recognizable by them

Then there is the issue that I'm probably at least a foot taller than most people and let's just say that "being even remotely different" back then was a good reason to be killed

Then there is the food issue. Food was scarce (hence most people being quite a bit shorter than me) so it'd be hard to keep myself fed. Clean water? Hah, good luck with that.

Then there is the issue of diseases. I probably carry shit that their bodies won't be able to handle, si being around me will likely make people sick, which in turn will get me labeled as a witch which would get me tortured and burned. Similarly but conversely, loads of diseases that were rampant back then are now gone, and likely my body is less equipped to handle that, I'd die from some disease

Ignoring all of that...

I'd probably start spreading the knowledge of democracy, and the harms of religion, and how important it is to immediately kill kings or king wannabes. I'd make a library with a vast wealth of knowledge and give access to the first country that successfully transforms itself to a representative atheist democracy with laws in place to ensure that no king, fascist, or wannabe will ever be able to rise up again.

That country would become the dominant world power within decades, spreading democracy and science over the world.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm building a boat to go find the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria to sink them real good. Then nuke China and Ruzzia at their palaces. Same to every "kingdom". That's what they all deserve. Complete erasure from history. Instead people would just know that there used to be an asshole who wanted everyone to work and give him all the money.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Let's skip the "I have no basic survival skills" part (also skipping disease) and assume we find a nearby group of humans. If you approach first contact carefully they'd probably let you live with them in exchange for labor, giving you time to learn the language.

I think I have enough ambient exposure to modern technology that I could contribute at least 3-4 major innovations to my group over a couple decades. The challenge would be conveying and implementing ideas more than remembering them. You're not going to get back to modern standards of living in your remaining time traveled years no matter how much you remember, but what little you can impart to others would earn your keep.

I don't know what all the innovations would be, but germ theory and pasteurization come to mind.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago
  1. establish a new culture in the Americas that will unify and kill European settlers on sight.
  2. teach the native Americans about the future they're preventing
  3. teach them European science, politics, history, economics, etc
  4. give them a technological advantage that will set them ahead of Europe by 650 years by teaching them manufacturing skills.

basically, I want to destroy white colonialism. we have a toxic culture that honestly doesn't deserve to exist on a planet it wants to destroy.

I'm also curious to see how North America would turn out after 650 years have passed after I have achieved my goals.

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