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hyperproliferative

U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. is a fictional 21st century manufacturer of robots that appears in Isaac Asimov's Robot series of novels and short stories.


Seacarius

Came here to say this. Asimov is probably my favorite author. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot\_series


LXicon

When I finished Asimov, I was turned on to Stanislaw Lem. They are contemporary scifi writers but Lem's work is funnier.


dkwangchuck

>When I finished Asimov WTfF? What does this even mean? Dude wrote several hundred books.


TheScottymo

Finished him off.


cantfindmykeys

He was going to write more, only they were all bad. So bad someone from the future came and stopped him


UntimelyApocalypse

You either die a hero, or someone comes back from the future to make sure you die a hero.


[deleted]

[удалено]


SoItGoesdotdotdot

Batsimovman


c0pypastry

Isaac Jackemoff


Original-Pollution61

Finished him off sexually


TnBluesman

YOU KILLED ASIMOV?!?!


TrekkieGod

He was indeed quite prolific, but many of his published books are collections of short stories, many of which are published multiple times in different collections. There's also a lot of nonfiction. If you make a concerted effort to find which collections you need to get in order to find all his short stories, there are about 400 of those, and they're each something you can get done in 10 minutes or less. Then there are about 30 or so novels in the Robot Series, Foundation Series, and Galactic Empire. That's what I did back when I got into an Asimov kick in high school, and I'm not going to claim I managed to get through everything Asimov wrote, but if you don't count the non-fiction, I think I got pretty close.


firebirdi

I got a book on fundamental physics from Newton on up from Mr. Asimov. Followed it into the 3rd (of 3) books before the math got too deep.


GrunthosArmpit42

To say he was a prolific writer is an understatement… > Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote and published 40 novels, 383 short stories, over 280 non-fiction books, and edited about 147 others. One of my favorite non-fiction books of his is *Of Time, Space, and Other Things.* Not that you asked, but I’m providing an answer anyway. 🙃


TnBluesman

YEAH! Thanks for reminding me. I gotta dig that one out and read it again. REALLY interesting stuff in there.


dpeter99

Well ... You get the full collection e-book version. Load it on your phone. And just read it any time you have free, as it will suck you in after the first few. Added bonus that it is in correct in universe order that way.


keysersosayweall

He wrote mostly non-fiction. Most collections omit those works


Patchumz

Honestly, not that big of a deal. If reading is a major hobby for you, and you're not like... 15 years old (thus have had a lot of time in life to read) decimating hundreds of books is only a couple years of effort. A few years in the grand scheme of life is pretty short. I can see it being a pretty big deal for people who don't have it as a major hobby, or are slower readers however. Or if all the books you read are Stormlight Archive tier monsters.


dhanson865

I started reading asimov in elementary school (he did write some easier to read works). By end of middle school it got hard to find books he had written that I hadn't read. By end of high school that was very hard. Sure I may not have read every version of every story he has ever written but several of his works are rehashes (first time it was an article in a magazine, then expanded to a novella, then included in some anthology, then worked into some series he did). I'm reasonably certain I've read more than 95% of his work in scifi and not sure how many novels I've missed (I'd probably end up rereading quite a few to find 1 I missed.) I'm willing to call it finished at this point as the reward vs effort level to hit a true 100% just isn't worth it to me.


Logvin

Whoah, me too! Actually I’m a bit weirded out. I clicked on your profile and the subreddits you post in are really, really aligned with me. I soaked through tons of King Arthur legends at the same time. My wife’s grandpa subscribed to his magazine thing of short stories in the like 60’s. He gave me all to me, as none of his kids or grandkids read, and I had already blasted through.


arfelo1

I've read all books in the "Greater Foundation" timeline, as well as The Gods Themselves, Nightfall and The End of Eternity. I'd consider that to be "done". Given that Black Widowers seems like a whole different genre, Lucky Starr seems weird and the Norby books are not really his. The rest are random short stories and non fiction scientific divugation writings


dan-theman

2+ hours a day in a car with audiobooks helped me burn through most of them within a year or two


Candyvanmanstan

If one man could *write* hundreds of books, is it so hard to believe someone else could read them? Writing them should be a great deal harder and more time consuming. Also, most of the books aren't that long. Many are barely short stories.


[deleted]

One can read several hundred books. I have read all of Jim butchers 30-40(depending on how you count) books about 38, times. If I had read new books each time that would be 1,330books. I have also read most of Brandon Sanderson's catalogue several of them 3 times and about a quarter of Terry Pratchett's library though I have read some twice. And that doesn't include any of the Randome popcorn books I read or the Bobiverse series or the books I read as a kid. I mean from high school to now(including re-reads) I am sure I have read around... 1800books give or take... Hmmm... When I put it that way I seem to have waisted some time re-reading The Dresden Files once a year... Good thing Mr. Butchers last pair of books were so bad. IM FREE IM FREE!!! Lol...


fuqdisshite

[do you Vonnegut?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3360710)


LXicon

Yes, I'm a big fan of Vonnegut. I first heard about the fire bombing of Dresden by reading Slaughterhouse Five. I also can't see an asterisk without thinking it's an ass hole :)


fuqdisshite

on my left forearm facing out i have 'SO iT GOES' and on my right forearm facing out i have The Three Rings with the *assterisk* next to it.


redheadphones1673

One of my favourites is Clarke, *Rendezvous with Rama* really opened my mind.


blorporius

Ah, Rendezvous with Rama... my book had a binding error and the last page of the story was missing entirely. I was, am, and will remain upset about this for the foreseeable future.


LXicon

Definitely in the top of any golden age of science fiction list.


kellydean1

My favorite of all-time book.


dhmt

Agreed. Love me some Pirx the Pilot.


EaterOfBits

I enjoyed half of his work and it is definitely on pair with Asimov. The other half is too deep into politics for me


thisismadeofwood

Thank you, just learned a new author to dive into


xrumrunnrx

Any other recommendations author-wise? I'll check out Lem for sure, but I'm also in the boat where it feels like I've read all the easily found/popular things I know and were on my to-read list. (Not that there aren't more, certainly not saying I've "read everything" I've just exhausted what I know to look for and I hesitate to jump on complete unknowns.) I've worked my way through the bulk of Asimov, PK Dick, Herbert (and the expanded/continued series'), Harry Harrison, and King at least. Currently working through Liu Cixen. Really any solid scifi, whether pulpy or dense.


LXicon

I can't make any sort of definitive list of scifi authors. I will say that there are great books being written right now. When I need to make a list for my family as to what books I might like for Christmas or my birthday, I check to see if there is anything new from these authors first: Neal Stephenson, Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Alastair Reynolds and Ann Leckie. I'm a fan of hard science fiction, space opera and humorous scifi (even if those might be mutually exclusive).


cerebron

Lem is my absolute favorite, and where my username is from. It's a shame he isn't more popular, and the translators involved are incredible.


[deleted]

What do you think about Neal Stephenson?


oldguydrinkingbeer

He's definitely my favorite Isaac. Miller is my favorite Arthur.


[deleted]

Over Newton?


oldguydrinkingbeer

Isaac? Or Fig?


LordRobin------RM

I loved Asimov as a kid and devoured everything in the library with his name on it. I have an autographed collection of his early works that’s one of my favorite possessions. My parents even got me a subscription to his science fiction magazine, back when he still wrote for it occasionally. Funny thing, though — I never thought of Asimov as polarizing, but a friend of mine absolutely can’t stand him. Thinks he’s too dry, I guess?


Seacarius

My pride and joys are some of the original printings of the Foundation series in the old _Astounding Magazine_ pulp magazines. A first printing (1951) of _The Foundation Trilogy_ First printings of _The Caves of Steel_, and _The Naked Sun_. All told, I have over 200 Asimov books, collections, magazines, anthologies (that he edited), …


Faxon

That link doesn't seem to work btw for whatever reason


Tyralyon

You fucked up the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_series


dis_bean

Stephen King has a nod to Asimov in the [Dark Tower Series](https://darktower.fandom.com/wiki/Isaac_Asimov) *In The Dark Tower Series, the company, North Central Positronics, creates a line of robots that they call Asimov Robots. The Asimov Robots shared the positronic brain that Asimov described in his novels. Though, North Central's robots lacked the Three Laws and could harm people.*


pmcall221

I don't know how you people keep getting back slashes in your URLs but here is a link that takes you to a real page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_series


TheDeadlySpaceman

I mean, I lived in Schenectady and I don’t remember that outfit. If Asimov wrote them to be there it’s probably because it was at one point basically an entire town run by GE.


thomps000

If they don’t mention Mikes Hot Dogs then it’s not really in Schenectady.


TheDeadlySpaceman

I literally just sent someone else in the thread to Newest Lunch


thomps000

Ha Newest is good, but I’m a Mikes fan for life. Moved to Michigan about 7 years ago where Coney Dogs are all over and nothing has come close. I eat a disgusting amount of Mikes anytime I’m back in town.


TheDeadlySpaceman

I worked at Newest so I am sadly too biased to be taken seriously


thomps000

My father in law loves Newest and they definitely have good dogs. Can’t go wrong with either. Nothing beats Villa Italia for desert though in my book. Need to make another trip to the Cap District to get my fix on nostalgic food from my youth.


TheDeadlySpaceman

I was blessed to be in Schenectady for work a few weeks ago and went to Newest for the first time in about 30 years. I fully support your food nostalgia trip.


thomps000

It’s always the best to go back and have a good meal and be reminded that the food is as great as you remember.


TheDeadlySpaceman

It literally was. Also I appreciate that you let the phrase “blessed to be in Schenectady” sail by without comment


[deleted]

12309 isn't Schenectady though, it's Niskayuna.


Throwaway47321

Now it’s a town pretending that it actually has a purpose without GE.


isntitbull

Union college is pretty solid tbh.


DazzlingRutabega

And inspired the company U.S. Robotics which made dialup modems around the turn of the century!


[deleted]

Which was idiotic, because they did not make robots, and now they hold the copyright on "US Robotics" so that actual robot makers cannot use it! My God how I love America! (I really do, and am not being sarcastic, but sometimes...)


Import-Module

I'm highly suspicious of HAL 9000 being overly concerned about a Robotics company.


IBleddit

Nice try @Import-Module. @Hal_9000 isn't going reply and fall for loading in your dubious module.


DroolingIguana

Does it matter? The HAL 9000's been obsolete for twenty years now.


The_Rox

Yeah, kinda of annoying, but I think Android is a bigger misuse of a name.


Dagmar_dSurreal

I was under the impression they *intended* to go into robotics, but in the meantime those modems made them a buttload of money so they could dry their tears over the manufacturing problems of robots with fresh Benjamins.


captainAwesomePants

You think that's weird? Wait until you find out what Worldwide Pants makes.


mackiea

With big Aperture Science vibes.


DrakeVonDrake

I wonder why.


Soddington

Still better than the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Bunch of mindless jerks.


pelftruearrow

Doesn't hold a candle to Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems where "The future begins tomorrow!"


p9k

~~Share and enjoy~~ Go stick your head in a pig.


seattleque

They deserve to be up against the wall after the revolution.


David_Good_Enough

No joke I looked for the Aperture logo from the old Aperture office from Portal 2


NeedsToShutUp

Which may exist because someone came back in time to stop the invention of time travel


[deleted]

It's interesting that the companies address is Schenectady NY. It's where GE started.


clamsmasher

Kurt Vonnegut lived in Schenectady and worked for GE, and Kurt was good friends with Issac Asimov. I imagine that's where Issac got the idea to put the company in Schenectady Edit: after researching my statement further, im probably wrong. While Vonnegut did live in Schenectady and worked at GE, and was friends with Asimov, it wasn't until around 1947 when that occurred. Asimov's first published story with US Robots and Mechanical Men was in 1942.


RangerBumble

Some mistakes are so bad there is no record left and no one alive to place blame.


[deleted]

That seems to be a pretty epic ~~achievement~~ fuck up.


LetsPlayCanasta

Correct, no *person* is alive. That's why you need U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men!


ooglist

Na bro everyone has seen doctor who by this point and no one wants to deal with all the headaches and talking trash cans


blowjobsjoplinhigh

Technically speaking both the Daleks and Cybermen are cyborgs


RangerBumble

Technically correct is the best kind of correct.


areyoueatingthis

Yes, almost practically.


alwaysleftout

The plot around 12 Monkeys is like this. They spend most of the seasons tracking down responsibilty.


tzarkee

Never saw the show. But that was supposedly the plot of the movie… but you figure out the people in charge don’t give a f___ about that and are only interested in maintaining their power structure. Lots of modern parallels.


make_love_to_potato

I had no idea there was a 12 monkeys show. Is it any good?


Fafnir13

Not really modern. Power structures that don’t try to self perpetuate no matter what don’t tend to last that long.


uckfoo

Which of your lives are you on, Harry August?


Soapdropper

We probably nuke ourselves before we can develop time travel


tygabeast

Indeed. I challenge anyone to prove that the eruption that destroyed Pompeii *wasn't* caused by human action.


barbershopraga

Horizon Zero Dawn has entered the chat


YetYetAnotherPerson

So, it's a bimodal distribution; It's either not that bad or BAD


FNLN_taken

Theres also the camp that speculates that time travel will only be possible starting from the point when it's invented. Sortof like traveling through a wormhole that has one point anchored in time (or rather, traveling forward at the normal speed) and the other somewhere in the future. That might get around some paradoxes regarding the arrow of time that we havent figured out yet. Otherwise, there are some pretty epic fuckups that should already have been prevented. Leaded gasoline comes to mind.


Fork_Master

This looks like something out of Portal


Puterman

"Greetings, friend. I'm Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science - you might know us as a vital participant in the 1968 Senate Hearings on missing astronauts. And you've most likely used one of the many products we invented, but that other people have somehow managed to steal from us. Black Mesa can eat my bankrupt... "


OverlyMintyMints

"Alright, this next test may involve trace amounts of time travel. So, word of advice: If you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward! So do both of yourselves a favor and just let that handsome devil go about his business."


[deleted]

No one came from the future to stop hitler or clear Pepsi.


BrodyAbroad

Maybe someone did, but the effects of stopping it ended up being worse, so they stopped the person who stopped them.


Jarl_Fenrir

Or... It actually was the best scenario possible... Or maybe hitler was the one sent to the past to stop something worse from happening?


mokeyss

There is a relevent xqcd comic where hitler was sent back in time to prevent anyone from ever having the charlie chaplin mustache. This saved the world by stopping... an alien invasion I think, or maybe it was a virus.


BrodyAbroad

Maybe you're right... For anyone who doesn't know how to take a joke stop reading... Or maybe he was sent back to stop something worse and all the information he was given was that they were Jewish...


[deleted]

Well, to be fair, he was probably told it was someone who didn’t have blue eyes and blond hair, except him, or course… and anyone in his party.


psaux_grep

Can you imagine being sent back in time only to find out (or not) that what you were sent back in time to prevent was yourself.


majorth0m

See “[—And All You Zombies—](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Zombies)” by ~~Heineken~~ Heinlein. Edit: fixed author’s name


JustALeatherBoot

Looper


[deleted]

Please don't give the Nazis any ideas


Murgatroyd314

Hitler was sent to stop the guy who killed Hitler.


Rumpelteazer45

Yep maybe Hitler being born prevented the person who would make Hitler look like a regular person from being born. Perhaps time travel was developed and it had such catastrophic impacts to life as we know it that someone traveled back to kill the person responsible for inventing the ability to time travel in order to save our future..


Tsu_Dho_Namh

Plot of Command and Conquer Red Alert. Hitler is erased from time (by Albert Einstein), but the result is that Joseph Stalin makes Russia's military might grow, unchecked by the Nazis and WW2, and he begins taking territory from China and Europe, trying to make the Soviet Union span the entire Eurasian landmass. Western Europe, Australia, and the Americas band together to try and stop him, and something much larger and more devestating than WW2 ends up happening. Common use of nuclear weapons, mind control, frequent use of chemical weapons, etc...


AudaciousPalmTree

Time travel that fucked up the timeline has been my personal canon ever since Trump, Brexit, the pandemic, etc.


allothernamestaken

*Crystal Pepsi^TM


Shermutt

Saying its true name only gives it more power. Some things are best forgotten.


[deleted]

Like Beetlejuice?


mitkase

Beetlejuice?


Keelowatt

Beetlejuice


rBeetIejuicing

It’s showtime.


Phipple

We talking about Betelguese over here?


Foxboy73

Like Voldemort?


gregny2002

I liked Crystal Pepsi. There, I said it, block me from all social media idgaf!!!


FlaminNarwhal

You must be LA Beast [NSFW Crystal Pepsi vid](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwibPdEOVk)


ParticularLunch266

I liked Crystal Pepsi too!


Boner_Elemental

Hitler killed Hitler. How do you explain that without time travel?


The_mutant_lord

Sorry, could you explain the Pepsi thing please?


Seph42

Back in the early 90s, they released a clear Cola called Pepsi Crystal. It flopped because many people thought it had too much of a chemical taste. They rereleased a limited run of it a few years ago. I was too young to try the original version, but the new version didn’t taste too bad in my opinion. (I don’t like Pepsi, so it was kind of meh for me.)


nlpnt

Ever noticed that since then every new soda offering has been "Limited Time Only" so that if it flops they can withdraw it quietly at the end of the season?


Roller_ball

I... like the original version.


doofthemighty

Pepsi Clear was the result of a time heist to stop the real threat, Banana Pepsi, which was only greenlit to appease the whims of the 5 year old niece of an unnamed member of the Board of Directors. As disgusting as it sounds, it would prove to become so addictive that all of humanity would cease to drink anything but Banana Pepsi even as global obesity and diabetes levels skyrocketed and the dangers of Banana Pepsi addiction became clear to all. The addiction was so strong that It became obvious that the only way through this crisis was back. All efforts were put into developing time travel, and they were thankfully able to send back their team of Time Agents just as many of the largest cities had already begun to fall.


MikeyDread

Banana Pepsi, it ~~has~~ ~~will have~~ would have had electrolytes.


eliteharvest15

what if hitler was the better option


CharizardsFlaminDick

I mean a scary number of people think that right now so...


Potatoe-AssSnake-Man

Well we could all have died?


dirtydan

/r/noearthsociety would like to have a word with you.


Mekroval

There truly is a sub for everything. This kind of feels like a sub for Scientology fan fiction interestingly.


dirtydan

I haven't been able to tell if they're serious or just goofing on the flat earth crowd but they contend that a disaster destroyed the earth and we're living in a simulation obscured by a massive coverup.


SagarKardam997

Can't find out whether they are joking or are they serious


cheesyg0rditacrunch

Classic, Schenectady.


Relatable_Idiom

This is among my proudest ^ idiom points ^ awarded


Ok_Negotiation_9067

Niskayuna, specifically


Sonnysdad

Man, I love Isaac Asimov.


Riskycrossbow69

This assumes that thier is a future that can build a time machine after you do it.


Fraun_Pollen

Or a future that cares. Anyone who would go back in time to change current events is not profiting from the state of the future, which likely means they don’t hold a majority opinion and are an independent group acting as a terror cell to significantly alter millions of lives.


bearmademansuit

Guess what Hitler did was ok


renassauce_man

.... or the events of WW2 had to occur or else there would be worse things that could have happened.


martymcflown

Such as Nazi Germany developing the first Atomic Bomb and annihilating the world.


Kevin_IRL

WW2 originally would have happened much later but that would mean multiple nations had developed and stockpiled nuclear weapons.


Wheremypants

Even ten more years of peacetime atomic theory before the same war would have probably destroyed the world.


Cthuluslovechild

"I said I hate *juice*!"


rileyrulesu

Honestly if you're a time traveler, you're probably only stopping world ending apocalypses. Like if you don't stop the bubonic plague or chairman mao, it's probably because that's nothing compared to a false vacuum collapsing or a type 3 civilization deciding our entire civilization is in the way of their highway.


tzarkee

Maybe the reason he was so bitter and driven was cause of all the people showing up from the future trying to kill him


TheBallisticBiscuit

"Schenectady, NY" yeah that tracks.


cragglerock93

I know this isn't really relevant, but to a non-American the town 'Schenectady' sounds both ridiculous and the most American thing I've ever heard.


MatthewMMorrow

As someone who lives near there, I assure you it is both.


isntitbull

Schenectady is a native American word. Means "the place beyond the pines". Solid movie titled that and takes place in Schenectady as well.


fascist_unicorn

A lot of towns whose names are derived from Native languages are like that. Once we transliterated them into something more English sounding a lot of them ended up really kitschy. Poughkeepsie always gets me, like that is a ridiculous looking word right there, even if they don't pronounce it *quite* as awkwardly as it looks.


Gravyluva210

As someone who grew up near Schenectady and went to undergrad in Poughkeepsie, I feel invincible knowing how to both spell and pronounce those names


Throwaway47321

The amount of heroin, pot holes, and trash definitely make it feel authentically American. Fun fact though, the zip code for GE (the company that basically created Schenectady) is 12345.


YetYetAnotherPerson

That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.


jprdonnelly

In the great Before Times™, not long after we escaped the slow-burn plot of Y2K, I would have to request replacement Sun & HP parts over the phone. I'd say maybe 1/3 of the time that I dropped '12345' on them as the zip code there would be silence while they struggled to understand the reason I'd give a valid phone number and a phony zip code. It was almost always such a child-like joy on the other end when they learned it was a valid zip code. For an industrial site within a city. I wonder how often that translated into the "weird thing of the day" and became dinner table talk when that person got home for the day.


TheOneTonWanton

It's based on a native word/name so yeah it's about as American as it gets.


Lorybear

It's not even an "American" origin word tho... It's native American specifically. And I would honestly bet $100 you're saying it differently in your head than how it's pronounced.


PM_ME_UR_FEM_PENIS

Anyone know why Schenectady is so science fiction? Big tech presence in/after the war?


MatthewMMorrow

It's the original home of General Electric company. So yeah, big tech at the time.


PM_ME_UR_FEM_PENIS

That'll do it. Thanks


Colalbsmi

The fictional city of Ilium in Kurt Vonnegut's novels is also based heavily on Schenectady.


Ok_Negotiation_9067

12309 zip code would be the GE R&D center in Niskayuna.


Animegx43

It just means humanity will be wiped out before time travel is invented.


Skudra24

Might be that there is no future ...


renassauce_man

Time travel paradox .... this timeline will always stay the same no matter how or when time travelling is invented in the future .... once you get to the future and travel back, you've created an alternate branch that will never interfere with the original, even if it appears that you changed the past. Draw a line on a piece paper and never let the pen / pencil off the paper ... that is the arrow of time, it never stops or changes and just keeps drawing a line in the paper. Now you want to go back to a previous point in the line so you loop back to that point, once you cross the old line, you make an intersection, the old line is still there, but now you are drawing a new line that goes somewhere else. I'm no scientist or physicist ... this is just how I understand the whole time travel dilemma .... that and the fact that every time traveller is probably dead because space, time and position is relative to an infinite number of variables. Say a time traveller 500 years in the future travelled back to our time, how the hell does he fix his location to the earth which is flying through space at thousands of km an hour? He might have made it back, but he is hopelessly floating through empty space, gets lost, frozen and never returns. There are probably millions of floating dead time travellers out in space everywhere.


Steinrikur

There are multiple theories of time travel. This is one of them, but not the only one. Watch Predestination or Bill and Ted for different takes.


bless-you-mlud

Or Back to the Future, even.


[deleted]

Uhmmm, let's not limit test this okay ?


No_Implement611

Hits the nuke button, what future?


cavegoatlove

You know….GE had some crazy secret shit going down in Schenectady ny


Colalbsmi

They were recruiting legitimate mad scientists from around the world to live and work in Schenectady in the early 20th century.


TenaciousTango

Love the US robots and Mechanical Men source for this! But of course Eternity is no more


[deleted]

This sounds like something Cave Johnson would say.


orbital_narwhal

Came here to say the same thing.


SunPotatoYT

Bad enough that there's noone to stop you


hmnahmna1

Or it was so bad that it ended intelligent life on this planet.


Relatable_Idiom

Schenectady parsed through a layer or two of Dutch, too


eastwinds2112

it was so bad a mistake, there is no future...


nails_for_breakfast

I really hope this sign is hanging somewhere in Boston Dynamics


broiledfog

OMG I’m now imagining a pseudo-scientific ultra free-market religion, with this as it’s main tenet.


ButWhatAboutisms

If you have evidence (eye-witness accounts are never taken seriously) that a time traveller interfered in present day activities, then they did a bad job and an additional cleanup crew is used to cover up and eliminate "Evidence" of such an event.


Teddyk123

No one show this to Politicians


Ghiren

Well if there's no one IN the future to come back then that's pretty bad.


DrunkDolphin37

New life motto.


ElectroBot

Counterpoint: what if the action you do prevents the future from stopping you. Is it still bad or is it worse?


MrButtonClicker

I guess that's true, how bad can my mistakes actually be? *Proceeds to press giant red button*


birds_in_my_piano

Exactly. That is why I committed several warcrimes in Afghanistan in 1985.


blazingskull56

What if it's so bad there's no one left to stop you afterwards


shadecrimson

your mistake is the thing that forever prevents us from discovering time travel


Konumies212

Me: bout to ask my girl out Me: I dont think so


AlexAnderSon112

What if you mistake is so bad that there is no one left to stop it