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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 83 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Literally the plot of Back To The Future

[–] tyler@programming.dev 37 points 5 days ago

Only if the lady started to fall in love with the time traveler. Otherwise a very very different story.

[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think this implies he intentionally did it. Like a sort of temporal suicide... Which, IIRC, was not the plot for back to the future

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The worst part is that, assuming your mom loved your dad and it wasnt a nefarious conception, your mom would probably totally fancy you like in the film.

Horrific but feasible

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I dunno. I look almost exactly like my mother's father, so that would make things even weirder.

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 11 points 5 days ago

I did do the Nasty in the Pasty

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

He was about to become his own father. 

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 52 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I mean, that’s certainly one way to end your existence

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like how they are just watching him fade like "it's probably for the best"

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Sorry, this doesn't usually happen. It's not you, it's the causality violation."

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

If time travel were a thing I would happily go back and prevent myself from being conceived. I'm not suicidal and don't want to die, but given the choice, I'd rather not exist than have to work for most of my life.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Start being a flashmob of more than one and you have an opportunity to change that.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

In the future, please resist the urge to give people advice they didn't ask for. Thank you.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And Caillou was never born.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

thats the last frame meaning i think

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

It would be trivially easy to do this, too. If you delayed them even a second, a different sperm would probably fertilize the egg.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Strange choice to make the time traveler a young child and eager to talk about their parents having sex.

[–] baines@piefed.social 21 points 5 days ago
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Should have been a middle-aged haggardly man whose life has been miserable, making it clear why he'd want to go back in time to prevent his conception.

[–] Vizzerdrix@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Hate it when this happens

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

If I could time travel I would go back in time on the day of my conception and kick my dad in the balls so hard, he'd need medical attention

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 5 days ago