Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?

Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  well I’m a woman so anything I do will be witchcreaft. I would probably try to get to north america in some way and warn them “the fuckers are coming”.

  that would mess up the future lol

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• Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Hey ladies… Ever been with a guy who can read?”

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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Hey ladies… Ever been with a guy who can read?”

      Not so fast. Assuming you’re referring to English, the year 1375 would probably put you in the Middle English period. You might be able to read either.

      Here’s a sample:

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean, I’ve taken English Lit and courses on just Shakespeare so I can indeed read that.

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      • guy@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The weirder words was easier to read in Swedish

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• kmartburrito@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fucking A

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “I figure a guy that can time travel 650 years into the past can set something like that up”

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  • GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    … and B too

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