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[–] 101 points 11 months ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    That is unironically a really cool premise for a sci-fi noir mystery novel. A detective has to figure out how multiple people in different parts of the world are all killed in exactly the same moment.

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  • [–] 56 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Suffocate or get immolated trying to move from the friction of the now solid air mass.

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    [–] 45 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    boobs

    for legal reasons and to avoid the community burning me at the stake I will provide no further context.

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    [–] 37 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    First, I take a long rest. Then, I might nap a bit.

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  • [–] 36 points 11 months ago

    Immediately panic. Why did it stop? How do I start it? Am I still aging? Can I still die?

    Fuck FuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuck

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Lol probably freeze to death. Photons stop moving, molecules stop vibrating. Electronic devices probably don't function/respond. So I could sleep (forever), no video games/tv/movies. Time travel trips me up; like I could walk around, but would time stopping fuck with the cohesion of matter/reality etc? Think you need a few more preconditions for this poll.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    That's fair. I was trying to keep it broad to incite discussion. But since we're getting deeper sciencey with that. Let's assume that physics still includes active friction, gravity and heat transference especially since you can move. This is something like a gravitational anomaly that has affected the time space continuum in that you can move even though "Time" is stopped and everyone else is frozen in the moment

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    [–] 26 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Release the Epstein files, and since they won't need it anymore, transfer Trumps and Elons Cash to me; afterwards start a looooooong list of cash transfers to everyone NOT in the Epstein files. I hope i don't age while time is stopped, because that might take a while. While i'm at it, go down the list of Top 100 richest people and fucking do it again. Keep a respectable sum for myself, but only in the "me and the closest to me will never have to worry about money again"-region, not more.

    Steal Denuvo's encryption keys.

    Defenestrate Putin (and Medvedev just to make sure the war ends), then pull the same move in Israel. Personally slap every Russian and IDF soldier who willingly went into war.

    Destroy all the North Korean artillery and rockets aimed at Seoul and place notes in front of SK politicians informing them about the new situation.

    Dismantle the surveillance networks - all of them. Let every Citizen know how much information their state had about them - except for Cartel/Mobster types, those i put on skateboards like cardboard cutouts and let them ride down a steep hill into prison gates.

    Do i still have time left?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Dude, time is stopped. You can keep going until you want time to start again. And I've got a list for you:

    • Every single kiddy diddler? Suddenly in prison, with piles of evidence of their crimes.
    • You can solve every missing persons report where anyone is still alive. It'll take you a while, but you've got the "time."
    • Every bribe of every politician - and especially justices of the Supreme Court - exposed with thorough documentation.
    • Go around and erase all medical debt and all student debt. All of it. Use some of Elon's money to do it.
    • Find and reunite families that were split up by Trump's family separation policies.
    • Cut Russia off from the internet entirely. They've demonstrated that they're not ready to join the broader civilized community. Pay special attention to permanently offlining the "Internet Research Agency."

    I'm sure I could come up with more.

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    [–] 23 points 11 months ago

    Nothing.

    My cat is asleep on my lap. I am now trapped for all eternity.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Remove as many nazis and nazi sympathizers as I can, probably.

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    [–] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Quickly get into every missile silo and jerry-rig a way to remote control them, move all the personnel out of the silos, lock access, set up cameras in all of them, then find a way to resume time. Once time resumes, announce that I have control over all the nukes, launch a high-atmosphere blast near DC, Moscow, Beijing, London, Paris, to prove it, become a global dictator.

    A benevolent dictator, of course. (pinky promise 😉 just trust me bro 😈)

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    [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)
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    Hit refresh and reset buttons and wonder why my devices don't work. Honestly no idea what I'd do once I figure out what's going on - any socially/legally unacceptable behavior would be a huge risk because I'd have no way of knowing how long the timestop lasts.

    TBH I'd probably just try to wait it out, maybe take a walk outside and take a look around.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    Hit refresh and reset buttons and wonder why my devices don’t work

    David Wong wrote a book where time would stop, but he actually put thought into it. So like, a field of grass was basically a field of razor blades because nothing else could move.

    Fog and clouds could be walked on, a bunch of other stuff that made sense but is rarely thought of.

    I think it was "This book is full of spiders"

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Possibly arrange for some billionaires to meet their demise.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Go find an Aztec god. Someone is bound to be in charge of this mess.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Finally. Sleep.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    One could arrange a lot of pranks with a time freeze...

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    Take a fuckin' nap, and then a week to myself

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Would I be blind since the photons won't be flowing into my eyes anymore??

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    [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Visit trumps campaign office and adjust the campaign speech at “Four Seasons” to actually be at “Four Seasons Landscaping”

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I got a house full of books, notebooks to write my partners notes, and sleep. If it seems to last more than I don't know, a month? Probably walk to an Ocean, then see if one can walk or drive across one. Try and figure out why time seems stopped.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Do I retain my inertial momentum? If so, I immediately slam into the ground or shoot up into the sky, turning into a fine mist or burning up instantly, or both.

    If the planet (and the universe) stop moving, but I don't, I'm dead, haha.

    Similarly if we say that I don't retain that momentum, what happens to my ability to see? Light is no longer travelling, so I'll be mostly blind? Will I be able to move through the air, given that I'll be pushing on time-frozen air molecules? If I can move them by exerting force, are they sufficiently sparse that they have somewhere to move that doesn't require pushing even more frozen air, to the point that moving becomes very difficult?

    Will air that I've moved continue to move after I breathe it out, or will it go back to being frozen in time, such that I can't sleep or stay in the same spot for long, because I will build up an unmoving cloud of CO2 around my face and die?

    What other ways can you think of that would make pausing time this way suck or kill you? :-D

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Suffocate probably

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago* (5 children)

    Is air stopped as well because you very quickly cook to death

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Look at the movie cashback

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Intimidate a French man by moving him back to his original postion on the stairs while I pose dramatically. /ref

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Shit myself but that's my answer for most things

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Depends on what time of the day/night it is and where I am. I imagine if I am at home, sleep or play computer games. If I am at work I am screwed... Fighting to drive home if other cars are stuck in time would not be fun. Would have to borrow a motorcycle or a slim form of transportation to get home. Or just bunker down at a local restaurant (that has alcohol) until time resumes. Doesn't sound like an ideal situationat all unless I am at home or can get there easily.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Lots and lots of reading and learning. Especially languages

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