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[โ€“] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

So in this scenario you're back in 1923?

I'm pretty sure it'd be anything including the words "World War II".

Bonus points if it also includes a date.

[โ€“] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

You might be able to streamline the process by saying "fears of World War III" and letting them fill in the gaps themselves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We should start talking about World War IV then

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~ Albert Einstein

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