Time Traveler Causes of Death
xkcd.com

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Many a hungry time traveler has Googled ‘trilobites shellfish allergy’ only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

https://explainxkcd.com/2976/

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    10·
    2 months ago

    The first one was also used in the short series “11.22.63”. Going back to change things results in huge amounts of temporal inertia to overcome.

    • Daemon Silverstein@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      And the second one reminds of the TV series “Travelers”, with future factions of time travelers emerging from the changes of previous time travelers in the past. It’s worth noticing that time travelers from “Travelers” only displaces their mind consciousnesses, not their entire bodies.

      • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Watched a couple of episodes, didn’t get to the time war part. May check it out.