Mitch McConnell’s death. Just to settle this once and for all.
OG Woodstock easily
This is monstrous, but the first Europeans going to Western Africa to enslave people. It must have been clumsy, awkward, brutal, violent, and coercive. In short, one of humanity’s most callous, idiotic moves.
If I could interact (using modern tech), I’d sink every one of those ships with mines and drones. I’d monitor boats from space. I’d send a few of the slavers back knowing — and telling — only that enslavement will destroy them and Africa is not theirs to exploit.
The rest who survive would be taken care of, taught the strengths of diversity, other cultures, and West African ways of living. They would be the welcome wagon for any Europeans to return. Their tasks: stave off invasion, disrupt slaving activity, open negotiations with Europe. Undo the scourge of that institution and the attendant supremacy that followed.
Then, I’d set the same protections for the Americas. Unfortunately, Asia is accessible over land and contact predates my selected moment.
IDGAF if — as consequence — it sets human development back by 400 years of labour, resource exploitation, and “progress”. It’s worth it.
The grand opening of the Roman Colosseum.
The Tunguska Event
No restrictions? Big bang starting from, say, an hour before.
I wonder if whatever language the scientists would be arguing in would be comprehensible to you, you know, from inside the simulation they were arguing about whether or not it was ethical to run.
They’re arguing for an hour about contamination and having to explain this to the powers that be before a morbid suggestion gathers all attention to the start of the test.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg?wprov=sfti1
In 1561 a space battle happened in broad daylight (edit: dawn actually) over Nuremberg, so I think I’d like to see that, assuming I could come back just after, 1561 would be a shit time to live
Edit- link, other linked wiki articles in the link are worth reading as well.
Well. It obviously were the effects of all the stupid idiot time travelers all ariving at the same time…
the inception of our universe.
with any luck the portal will trigger a causality loop that will rip our entire existence apart so quickly that we won’t even have an opportunity to understand that we no longer exist.
quick and painless way to make all the stupid go away.
The Continental Army taking over the airports from the British during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s.
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Not a historical moment, but I would visit my favourite Author and thank him for the books he wrote.
Something smaller. I would like to go with my mom to see Elvis in a high school basketball gym.
Change my answer… I wanna join you and your mom and see Elvis in a high school gym.
The day of my birth. I’d like to know what my family was like before I was there. What my brother and sisters said about me. How my dad reacted, etc.
some good options already posted:
the pyramids being built
the big bang
to that i’ll add:
watching a t-rex and seeing what that thing actually looked like and how it hunted (this one is kind of stretching the rules a bit)
Jesus Christ when he was alive in his prime years. I want to see him turn water into wine. This would answer if he was actually real and if he really did that. (spoiler I believe he did but it would be interesting to see).
I would love to see the building of Machu Picchu
This is all assuming that I am able to view without affecting history in any way shape or form and am able to survive the experience (with my sanity intact)
BMW 1992, to prevent the invention of Xenon HID Headlights. 😈
Boston Molasses Incident.
