# Going back in time to change something, what would you change? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330 "2012-04-30T04:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Filledwithfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/filledwithfire/32/671_2.png) [@Filledwithfire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Filledwithfire)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/1 "2012-04-30T04:47:14Z")
I’ve pondered this question for a long time because it’s actually not as easy as you’d think. I have a list of what I would change, but in addition to that list, I have a chart that lists the cons. You’ve seen “Back to the Future” so you probably know that changing one thing will change the future from then on. (this question is easier if you like history) TL;DR List something that you’d like to change, but also list the cons. Here’s one of mine; I’d would love to go back and prevent “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mien Kampf” from ever being published. I think that these two books messed up the world so bad that you van still see the effects of them today. Preventing these two books, or just killing Marx and Hitler, would result in much less turmoil, let alone a world war. The cons would be that the due to WWII not starting, the Great Depresison would have have just lasted longer. Japan would probably still be militaristic (and possibly have taken over north Asia), and would not have invented such ground breaking technology. Another con would be that the USA would not have been elevated to no.1 in the world. Those cons are just from stopping two books(or their authors). They are also just my theories and could probably be proven a different way. State your answer, and state the affect it would have. ---
**Author:** ![zerrubabbel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zerrubabbel/32/592_2.png) [@zerrubabbel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zerrubabbel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/2 "2012-04-30T05:26:15Z")
something I would like to change… I probably would have taken things that take skills on a lot sooner… for instance, yoyos, languages, and I would have take music more seriously earlier on… In reality tho, I wouldnt change a thing, because I believe this is the way things are supposed to be, despite all the hard things that have happened in my life ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/3 "2012-04-30T05:29:32Z")
Nothing. The potential outcomes are too unpredictable. Things may be worse than they came out with the original events. ---
**Author:** ![mozartm99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mozartm99](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mozartm99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/4 "2012-04-30T20:30:59Z")
I would go back in time with a modernistic yoyo and give it to the grandpa of the maker of duncan or some other company and see where we are when I got back. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/5 "2012-04-30T20:32:58Z")
I wouldn’t, I might see myself and make a blackhole… ---
**Author:** ![sirnaq\_MN42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sirnaq_mn42/32/613_2.png) [@sirnaq\_MN42](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sirnaq_MN42)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/6 "2012-04-30T21:49:53Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Nothing. The potential outcomes are too unpredictable. Things may be worse than they came out with the original events. This ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/7 "2012-05-01T01:40:44Z")
Please, no alternate realities. I don’t like paradox’s… ---
**Author:** ![mozartm99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mozartm99](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mozartm99)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/8 "2012-05-01T03:32:28Z")
How can you not like paradoxes? ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/9 "2012-05-01T03:35:36Z")
Changing the past would just make me, that much more perfect! I don’t think my wife could stand that. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/10 "2012-05-01T12:01:29Z")
> [@mozartm99](#): > > How can you not like paradoxes? “…the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Granted that’s a worst case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.” ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/11 "2012-05-02T16:28:30Z")
> [@skitrz](#): > > Changing the past would just make me, that much more perfect! I don’t think my wife could stand that. :wink: That actually makes sense! Even though you don’t need to be any more perfect… :wink: I wouldn’t go back in time. I might not exist if I do that. I could possibly make the yo-yo not exist! How could we live without that??? ~Shadowz143 ---
**Author:** ![popdada](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/popdada/32/629_2.png) [@popdada](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/popdada)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/12 "2012-05-04T01:43:30Z")
I would have dated Barbara Manchester…she was very cute…tall, slim, blond… and she always liked me…but I didn’t want to hear the whole “Barbie and Ken” thing… ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/13 "2012-05-04T01:47:26Z")
> [@popdada](#): > > I would have dated Barbara Manchester…she was very cute…tall, slim, blond… and she always liked me… What??? She told me the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![popdada](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/popdada/32/629_2.png) [@popdada](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/popdada)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/14 "2012-05-04T02:32:43Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > > [@popdada](#): > > > > I would have dated Barbara Manchester…she was very cute…tall, slim, blond… and she always liked me… > > What??? She told me the same thing. she did more than just tell me… ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/15 "2012-05-04T02:43:17Z")
Sheesh boys, you can call me Ken! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_oyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/troy_oyo/32/340_2.png) [@Troy\_oyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Troy_oyo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/16 "2012-05-04T18:27:55Z")
> [@koenigseggfire](#): > > I’d would love to go back and prevent “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mien Kampf” from ever being published. I think that these two books messed up the world so bad that you van still see the effects of them today. If you have ever read “The Communist Manifesto” you would realize how you sound right now. The pamphlet was written by Marx to influence a revolution in the then modernized Europe. He had no intentions of a revolution in Russia until they had industrialized, which they had not. The concepts described in this book are just as sound as any other political theory and if carried through, would present a great society that is both economically and politically strong. However, it is due to the actions of cruel and unjust leaders that has brought upon the bad name of Communism and therefore the Communist Manifesto. You may hate it if you want but you must realize it’s historical importance and it’s potential for being an educational tool. ---
**Author:** ![liife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/liife/32/1060_2.png) [@liife](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/liife)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/17 "2012-05-05T14:16:14Z")
I’d go back in time a few years and kill myself to see what would happen. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoFactoryFreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a88e4f/32.png) [@YoYoFactoryFreak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoFactoryFreak)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/18 "2012-05-06T18:37:48Z")
> [@liife](#): > > I’d go back in time a few years and kill myself to see what would happen. lol ---
**Author:** ![turtleyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@turtleyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/turtleyo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/19 "2012-05-10T00:00:35Z")
> [@liife](#): > > I’d go back in time a few years and kill myself to see what would happen. Isn’t that a paradox? ---
**Author:** ![anjilek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/anjilek/32/1116_2.png) [@anjilek](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anjilek)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330/20 "2012-05-10T15:49:24Z")
> [@koenigseggfire](#): > > I’ve pondered this question for a long time because it’s actually not as easy as you’d think. I have a list of what I would change, but in addition to that list, I have a chart that lists the cons. You’ve seen “Back to the Future” so you probably know that changing one thing will change the future from then on. > (this question is easier if you like history) > TL;DR List something that you’d like to change, but also list the cons. > > Here’s one of mine; > > I’d would love to go back and prevent “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mien Kampf” from ever being published. I think that these two books messed up the world so bad that you van still see the effects of them today. Preventing these two books, or just killing Marx and Hitler, would result in much less turmoil, let alone a world war. > The cons would be that the due to WWII not starting, the Great Depresison would have have just lasted longer. Japan would probably still be militaristic (and possibly have taken over north Asia), and would not have invented such ground breaking technology. Another con would be that the USA would not have been elevated to no.1 in the world. > > Those cons are just from stopping two books(or their authors). They are also just my theories and could probably be proven a different way. > > State your answer, and state the affect it would have. I would go back and not read this thread! J/K [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/going-back-in-time-to-change-something-what-would-you-change/37330.md?page=2)