# My Time Machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279 "2025-02-13T19:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/1 "2025-02-13T19:15:14Z")
Choose: 1. Go back in historic times as you are? Or… 2. Go back to a younger you, as you were then? Decisions, decisions… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/2 "2025-02-13T19:19:17Z")
When going back in your own timeline, de-aging, do you keep your memories of the future? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/3 "2025-02-13T19:35:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > 1. Go back to a younger you, as you were then? Been there. Done that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/4 "2025-02-13T20:54:10Z")
And, how exactly? Super powers? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/5 "2025-02-13T20:55:28Z")
I’ve already been a younger me. Haven’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/6 "2025-02-13T21:01:00Z")
Historic times, as I am, 2nd Century Roman Britain. Gonna find out what those goddam dodecahedrons are really about. Probably I get murdered by someone either for asking, or just for being there. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/7 "2025-02-13T21:01:00Z")
Ohhhh. Sorry. Misunderstood your meaning. Yeah. But there are times I’d like to be my younger self. Maybe make better choices. Or at least different ones. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/8 "2025-02-13T21:17:08Z")
“_May you stay Forever young…_” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/9 "2025-02-13T21:18:31Z")
Historic times. There are so many mysteries from the past. What was Greek fire? What really happened with the JFK assassination? Where is Cleopatra’s tomb? What caused Mayan civilization to collapse? It would also be interesting to see what things were like in times past. What was life like in a medieval village? In a town in the old west? In pre-Columbian times in different parts of the Americas? ---
**Author:** ![FrenchDunadan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frenchdunadan/32/5449_2.png) [@FrenchDunadan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrenchDunadan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-time-machine/1014279/10 "2025-02-13T21:21:27Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Historic times, as I am, 2nd Century Roman Britain. Gonna find out what those goddam dodecahedrons are really about. > Probably I get murdered by someone either for asking, or just for being there. or worse: hey there’s a guy that keeps talking about dodecahedrons, oh let’s mold some in bronze in case the trend stays…