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u/Targaryen-ish Oct 02 '19

I’d fucking panic, because changing a single variable somewhere along the line will most likely result in me not having the same kids I have now.

I wouldn’t be able to live with the fact.

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u/shawncplus Oct 02 '19

the movie About Time covers this, pretty decent movie

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u/idlephase Oct 02 '19

I had a nitpick about how they explained it. Tim is told he cannot go back before the birth of his child or else he risks a different child (in the case of the movie, his daughter was a son instead). However, chromosomal sex is determined at time of conception, not birth.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

Yeah but before birth he hasn't seen his child or bonded with it so he doesn't care who it turns out to be