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{{quote|'''Ten things you should never touch while time traveling.''' |
{{quote|'''Ten things you should never touch while time traveling.''' |
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1. [[Butterfly of Doom|Butterflies]]. |
1. [[Butterfly of Doom|Butterflies]]. |
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2. [[Back to The Future|Lightning bolts]] (this applies to normal traveling as well) |
2. [[Back to The Future|Lightning bolts]] (this applies to normal traveling as well) |
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3. Relatives |
3. Relatives |
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4. Your past self (you won't go blind, you'll just annihilate all matter in the universe instantly) |
4. Your past self (you won't go blind, you'll just annihilate all matter in the universe instantly) |
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5. [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act|Hitler]] (I know it's tempting, but it always winds up [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act|worse than before]]) |
5. [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act|Hitler]] (I know it's tempting, but it always winds up [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act|worse than before]]) |
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6. [[Terminator|A T-1000]] |
6. [[Terminator|A T-1000]] |
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7. The primordial soup from which all life originated (unless your touching the soup is what triggered life in the first place. This is really a judgment call, but if you're wrong, all life ceases to exist. No pressure.) |
7. The primordial soup from which all life originated (unless your touching the soup is what triggered life in the first place. This is really a judgment call, but if you're wrong, all life ceases to exist. No pressure.) |
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8. [[X |
8. [[X-Men|Professor Charles Xavier]] |
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9. Something you thought was a moth but turns out to actually be a butterfly. (Cause seriously, there is |
9. Something you thought was a moth but turns out to actually be a butterfly. (Cause seriously, there is ''nothing'' worse than touching a butterfly when you're time traveling.) |
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10. Any of my stuff. (Cause I will hunt you down, Rip Hunter style.)|[http://m-mcgregor.livejournal.com/177540.html Fanfic author M McGregor on LiveJournal], 2/7/09}} |
10. Any of my stuff. (Cause I will hunt you down, Rip Hunter style.)|[http://m-mcgregor.livejournal.com/177540.html Fanfic author M McGregor on LiveJournal], 2/7/09}} |
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{{quote|There's no future in time travel.}} |
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{{quote|Gosh, that takes me back... or forward. That's the trouble with time travel, you can never remember.|'''The Fourth Doctor''', ''[[ |
{{quote|Gosh, that takes me back... or forward. That's the trouble with time travel, you can never remember.|'''The Fourth Doctor''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Androids of Tara"}} |
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{{quote|I would not want to bet against the possibility of time travel. My opponent might have seen the future and know the answer.|'''Stephen Hawking'''}} |
{{quote|I would not want to bet against the possibility of time travel. My opponent might have seen the future and know the answer.|'''Stephen Hawking'''}} |
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{{quote|Wow, I can remember when all this was buildings...|'''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy|Johnny Maxwell]]'''}} |
{{quote|Wow, I can remember when all this was buildings...|'''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy|Johnny Maxwell]]'''}} |
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{{quote|I'm a time traveller. I point and ''laugh'' at archaeologists.|'''The Tenth Doctor''' to archaeologist River Song, ''[[ |
{{quote|I'm a time traveller. I point and ''laugh'' at archaeologists.|'''The Tenth Doctor''' to archaeologist River Song, ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Silence in the Library"}} |
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{{quote|Now, messing with yourself ''from a previous time travel jaunt'' [[Too Dumb to Live|is about the stupidest thing you can possibly do]] [[Noodle Implements|without a death ray and a bottle of tequila.]]|''[[ |
{{quote|Now, messing with yourself ''from a previous time travel jaunt'' [[Too Dumb to Live|is about the stupidest thing you can possibly do]] [[Noodle Implements|without a death ray and a bottle of tequila.]]|''[[Genius: The Transgression]]'' source book}} |
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{{quote|Why Is It That When The Subject Of Temporal Mechanics Is Broached Your Sparing Human Intellects Instantly Assume The Most Ingratiating Posture Of Surrender Imaginable|'''Kanaya Maryam''', ''[[ |
{{quote|Why Is It That When The Subject Of Temporal Mechanics Is Broached Your Sparing Human Intellects Instantly Assume The Most Ingratiating Posture Of Surrender Imaginable|'''Kanaya Maryam''', ''[[Homestuck]]''}} |
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Latest revision as of 02:45, 8 January 2018
Ten things you should never touch while time traveling. |
There's no future in time travel. |
Gosh, that takes me back... or forward. That's the trouble with time travel, you can never remember.
—The Fourth Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Androids of Tara"
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I would not want to bet against the possibility of time travel. My opponent might have seen the future and know the answer.
—Stephen Hawking
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Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction. But I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you: they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm.
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Time travel. It's a cornucopia of disturbing concepts.
—Ron Stoppable, "Kim Possible"
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Wow, I can remember when all this was buildings...
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I'm a time traveller. I point and laugh at archaeologists.
—The Tenth Doctor to archaeologist River Song, Doctor Who, "Silence in the Library"
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Now, messing with yourself from a previous time travel jaunt is about the stupidest thing you can possibly do without a death ray and a bottle of tequila.
—Genius: The Transgression source book
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Why Is It That When The Subject Of Temporal Mechanics Is Broached Your Sparing Human Intellects Instantly Assume The Most Ingratiating Posture Of Surrender Imaginable
—Kanaya Maryam, Homestuck
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