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Consider: While going about your daily life, you encounter someone who claims to be you, but from the future. How do you ensure that this person is who they claim to be? Simple, you make a point of creating a time travel password, a word or phrase to say to your past self to convince him/her that you are who you claim to be. This may also work with sufficiently advanced clones that also share your memories up to the point of cloning.

Obviously it is of the utmost importance that you never tell anyone else this password, but how many of you have such a thing? In a more general sense, how many of you are prepared (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared) for other ridiculously unlikely events?

I just assume its Kyle trying to fuck with me, lol...

ask him what I did that one time at Band Camp.

Oh, I suspect I'll know it's me. ;)

The lyrics to "Werewolves of London".

The lyrics to "Werewolves of London".

Isn't that a film? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Isn't that a film? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

That's "A Werewolf In London".

SHIT why didnt i think of that before i gave her half of all my stuff?

it seemed so fair at the time....

That's "A Werewolf In London".

Ah, I see.

Consider: While going about your daily life, you encounter someone who claims to be you, but from the future. How do you ensure that this person is who they claim to be? Simple, you make a point of creating a time travel password, a word or phrase to say to your past self to convince him/her that you are who you claim to be. This may also work with sufficiently advanced clones that also share your memories up to the point of cloning.

Obviously it is of the utmost importance that you never tell anyone else this password, but how many of you have such a thing? In a more general sense, how many of you are prepared (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared) for other ridiculously unlikely events?

I'll ask him about his encounters with girls during his middle school years, my friends, his first mental breakdown, etc. I'll know it's him.

I'll ask him about his encounters with girls during his middle school years, my friends, his first mental breakdown, etc. I'll know it's him.

That'll take time. A password is far quicker.

Isn't that a film? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Nah, it's Warren Zevon's 1978 classic.

That's "A Werewolf In London".

Ah, I see.

Actually, it's An American Werewolf in London.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082010/

That'll take time. A password is far quicker.

Groin kicks are quick. The effects linger a while, but the actual moment of communication is pretty quick. *nod*

That'll take time. A password is far quicker.

I can talk very fast and convey a lot of information in a small group of words. If he's me, he'll understand.

A few seconds of talking to him should convince me. If he's become popular or got a job as a politician or something I'll just ask him about the humiliation in the past.

Personally, knowing myself, I would only interfere with the past if it were for my benefit.


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What would happen if you went back in time and sexually abused yourself?

Are you trying to make an intentionally terrible idea, or does this kind of nonsense come naturally?

TIEM TRABEL NO EXEEEST!

Consider: While going about your daily life, you encounter someone who claims to be you, but from the future. How do you ensure that this person is who they claim to be? Simple, you make a point of creating a time travel password, a word or phrase to say to your past self to convince him/her that you are who you claim to be. This may also work with sufficiently advanced clones that also share your memories up to the point of cloning.

Obviously it is of the utmost importance that you never tell anyone else this password, but how many of you have such a thing? In a more general sense, how many of you are prepared (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared) for other ridiculously unlikely events?

I wouldn't need such a password. I'd know it was me, anyway.

Are you trying to make an intentionally terrible idea, or does this kind of nonsense come naturally?

TIEM TRABEL NO EXEEEST!

You can theoretically go forward in time, its gettin backs the trick....

Are you trying to make an intentionally terrible idea, or does this kind of nonsense come naturally?

TIEM TRABEL NO EXEEEST!

Actually, I had to search the internet for this idea.

I highly doubt that time travel exists, but even if it did, there are things I know that nobody else knows.

Consider: While going about your daily life, you encounter someone who claims to be you, but from the future. How do you ensure that this person is who they claim to be? Simple, you make a point of creating a time travel password, a word or phrase to say to your past self to convince him/her that you are who you claim to be. This may also work with sufficiently advanced clones that also share your memories up to the point of cloning.

Obviously it is of the utmost importance that you never tell anyone else this password, but how many of you have such a thing? In a more general sense, how many of you are prepared (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared) for other ridiculously unlikely events?

already got one. I just ask who are my fantasy women. only I can answer that. ;)

I'd ask him to buy me a drink :wink:

You can theoretically go forward in time, its gettin backs the trick....

black boxes on planes have proven that it can be done...though thats more the opposite

I wouldn't need such a password. I'd know it was me, anyway.
I'd know it was me because I'd have a password.

This is a great idea!

Actually, I had to search the internet for this idea.

At least I have creativity. :p

At least I have creativity. :p

Yeah, you were the first one to come up with a chastity belt. :rolleyes:

Yeah, you were the first one to come up with a chastity belt. :rolleyes:

Actually i think i saw this in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"

Yeah, you were the first one to come up with a chastity belt. :rolleyes:

My version allows people to piss and shit on each other more freely. *nods* And it comes with tons of awesome gadgets....shiny gadgets....of terrible power...BWAHAHAHAHAHAH MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/Mad_scientist.png

Hey, you have to give him credit, it spans two different threads, lol

My version allows people to piss and shit on each other more freely. *nods* And it comes with tons of awesome gadgets....shiny gadgets....of terrible power...BWAHAHAHAHAHAH MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yeah yeah yeah, it's still a chastity belt.

I'd ask trick questions about rejistanian grammar ;)

I'd mentally formulate a password on the spot, then ask for it. If I'm really talking to a version of myself from the future, I/they (?) will be able to give it (as if they are really me, they'd almost assuredly remember the time they were visited by themselves from the future in great detail and will thus remember the word they were thinking of during the incident).

If they're a clone/impostor clone this doesn't work too well, but I think I'd end up harvesting their organs either way so I'm not sure it matters.

Consider: While going about your daily life, you encounter someone who claims to be you, but from the future.

I'd have the bastard arrested. How dare he try to interfere with his own past?

I don't want a piece of the dilemmas of time travel. But clearly, IF time-travel is someday possible, it's only being done according to strict rules and talking to your earlier self would be OUT. Far too much potential for time-travellers to take over the world using inside (ie future) information.

Even if it was permitted, I wouldn't co-operate. I'll live my life according to the rules all my fellow time-groundhogs do, thanks.

Oh, I suspect I'll know it's me. ;)

*kicks your groin with steel cap boots*

Was that it? :p

*kicks your groin with steel cap boots*

Was that it? :p

...yep...

*collapses*

...yep...

*collapses*

How do you know it isn't just one of your disciples?

*dissolve to the future*

"Hey, Ballo, I heard you went on the Haj!"
"I sure did, Looney! It was awesome ... I kicked the Prophet right in the nuts! And I received His Mud!"
"Oh, crap. You're a holy man now. I wish I could go!"

There was a password we had when we were kids...if someone came to pick us up that wasn't a parent, they had to tell us the password or we'd run screaming.

That'd do in a pinch.

There was a password we had when we were kids...if someone came to pick us up that wasn't a parent, they had to tell us the password or we'd run screaming.

That'd do in a pinch.

It was the name of your pet, right?

*kidnaps Neesika*

If I was about to kick 'myself' in the groin, 'I'd' dodge it, knowing it would happen. resulting in the proof the 'he' is me.

If I was about to kick 'myself' in the groin, 'I'd' dodge it, knowing it would happen. resulting in the proof the 'he' is me.

But 'he' might have some other way of knowing you'd do that!

If I could physically transport myself back in time, would I not also be capable of sending back a "drone" -- invisibly small using future technology, capable of archiving video into the future? And arrive, knowing the kick was coming?

Which is to say, whatever you do or say could be "anticipated" by a back-in-time traveller.

Hmm, that makes "passwords" useless too ... the future interloper could just try and try again at the same point of "your" time, until he gets a "password" which you accept.

...yep...

*collapses*

The Da Goofball code. I have cracked it. :p

i'm responding to this tread do to the unlikely event that there were exactly 42 previous posts!

unlikely events, most of them, granted not all, are among the little delights that make life worth living.

and i HAVE had, a number of interesting ones in my life. even one or two physically "impossible" (without stepping sideways and taking an unscheduled shortcut through some parallel universe, or whatever it was)

Time travel is bunk.

Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters all 'round!

Put it on my credit card, it has Big Crunch roll-over!

I'd treat me like how I'd treat my clone from that previous threat. Free (clone) sex and I get to find all the results of sporting events over the next however long time period.

When I meet me, I will present myself with a talking bannana.

How do you know it isn't just one of your disciples?

*dissolve to the future*

"Hey, Ballo, I heard you went on the Haj!"
"I sure did, Looney! It was awesome ... I kicked the Prophet right in the nuts! And I received His Mud!"
"Oh, crap. You're a holy man now. I wish I could go!"

It's not the kick that sets the Goofball apart, it is the technique and timing. *nod*

I may teach my disciples much, but the art of causing maximum chaos with minimum damage is something that can't be taught. It must be experienced.

I may teach my disciples much, but the art of causing maximum chaos with minimum damage is something that can't be taught. It must be experienced.

Which explains the invoice for 140,000 ping pong balls, one shipping container, and surgical gloves.

I've had a password since the last time I met myself.

Ted: OK wait. If you guys are really us, what number are we thinking of?
Bill, Ted: 69, dudes.
Bill, Ted: Whoa.
[quadruple air guitar solo]

Which explains the invoice for 140,000 ping pong balls, one shipping container, and surgical gloves.

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That's not my signature. :tongue:

The Da Goofball code. I have cracked it. :p

... is that what LG calls them?

and cracked isn't the word I'd used... smashed, pulverized, mangled, definately more than just bruised... but not cracked... :p

... is that what LG calls them?

and cracked isn't the word I'd used... smashed, pulverized, mangled, definately more than just bruised... but not cracked... :p

*wince*

:(

*wince*

:(

stop faking... I've heard what you put your 'boys' through... one kick with steel toed boots won't even phase em.

the fact that your Crotch Seeking Weasels knows they stand no chance against you is more proof that you're just faking. :D

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That's not my signature. :tongue:

Did you ever go through with the plan you don't have? :wink:

stop faking... I've heard what you put your 'boys' through... one kick with steel toed boots won't even phase em.

the fact that your Crotch Seeking Weasels knows they stand no chance against you is more proof that you're just faking. :D

Just because they're indestructible doesn't mean they don't feel pain. :(

Did you ever go through with the plan you don't have? :wink:

Ye.... nooooo.

Just because they're indestructible doesn't mean they don't feel pain. :(

ohhh... forgot about that...

Novocane?

ohhh... forgot about that...

Novocane?

Ibuprofen. Good stuff and I own stock. :)

A goofball would do max damage with minimum force. If he is a dedicated follower, would ibuprofen be enough?

:hail: LG

A goofball would do max damage with minimum force. If he is a dedicated follower, would ibuprofen be enough?

:hail: LG

:hail: LG.

What the disciples will do with future technology boggles the ... well, it boggles everything really.

Consider: While going about your daily life, you encounter someone who claims to be you, but from the future. How do you ensure that this person is who they claim to be? Simple, you make a point of creating a time travel password, a word or phrase to say to your past self to convince him/her that you are who you claim to be. This may also work with sufficiently advanced clones that also share your memories up to the point of cloning.

Obviously it is of the utmost importance that you never tell anyone else this password, but how many of you have such a thing? In a more general sense, how many of you are prepared (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared) for other ridiculously unlikely events?

Click me!>>>:D (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/kante/paranoid.png)<<<Click me!
Weeeeeeell.....
Theres the armor plated crocodile for defense against zombie hitler... *check*
Theres the giant duck to fend off evil pirate ninjas... *check*
The giant shiny ball to fend off LG... *check*
Aaaand the crossbow traps and giant boulder to ward of Indiana Jones. *check*
I'd say I'm pretty prepared.

The day I see my future self would be rather sad. It will mean that time, like a recorded film, exist as predetermined and absolute. The process of coming back will simply be to go through the cycle of inevitability. Though life can still be enjoy through ignorance of the future, much like watching a movie. It is clear that this consciousness and free will is nothing more than an illusion.

So I will ask him why he come back. Not only would it test for truth, it will also be something I wanted to hear about.

You can theoretically go forward in time

No shit...