Normally when this is asked, people think about reviving, curing, resurrecting. This question is about who you save if you were transported to a time a little before their death, like maybe a day before or even a week before. Anything about terminal illnesses or diseases contracted don’t really count here because, when those things happen, they happen and there’s really nothing you could do to have prevented it.

I think I would’ve wanted to prevent JFK’s assassination. I’d tell him “dude, do not get in that limo and drive down Elm Street” and I’d show him a newspaper clip of the day of his assassination. I’d probably be looked at a little crazily and suspected of maybe being involved in something that pertains to that day. But, it’s an effort I would’ve gone through to do that.

  • chippydingo@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    So true. As a former feral/latchkey kid I am no essentially no-contact with my parents because of how shit they were and still are. I don’t want my kid to ever wonder if I am proud of them or love them so I never miss a chance to say it. Things can happen so fast and tragedy is all too common in the US with a child in public school.

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      22 hours ago

      I was mostly a latch key kid, although my mom fervently denies that. Hell my key is still hidden in the lampost at my dad’s house.