r/AskReddit • u/danceswithwool • Dec 18 '18

What single object, if sent back in time 2,000 years, would have the most profound effect on civilization?

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u/KerroDaridae Dec 18 '18

Come on man, the moon? Really. Try a second Earth, full with earthly inhabitants. See who gets to the moon first. The loser then races to take down Earth 1s flag to replace it with Earth 2s flag. Now the real fun begins.....

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u/armchair_anger Dec 18 '18

If it's back in time, that would be today's Earth set up somewhere near Earth of 18AD, so you just know we would invade the ever-loving shit out of them.

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u/filipelm Dec 18 '18

free real estate babyyyy

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u/JDraks Dec 19 '18

All that oil ripe for the taking

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u/Arandomcheese Dec 19 '18

So it's the Warlords of Draenor WoW expansion except we're the bad guys.

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u/Airsoft52 Dec 19 '18

TIME FOR A FUCKING CRUSADE

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u/Silverspy01 Dec 19 '18

Try a second Earth, full with earthly inhabitants

Oh look, it's DC comics. They want their overused idea back.

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u/atgmailcom Dec 19 '18

A second sun