Imagine having the knowledge, that you knowingly stepped back in time, and all of your memories are now not real. They won't happen again unless you actually act exactly as you had before. No one believes anything you say because you are 6. You're forced to go through school again at 6.

Let's say you use your genius to progress quickly through school. Those sorts of kids become famous prodigies. You would end up on the talk show circuit with Ellen.

You would also know way more about your parents than you should at that age, and cause familial issues that would land you on Dr. Phil.

Imagine how torturous it would be to relive every moment, not being able to convince anyone of anything due to your age, unless you give up the fact that you were somehow sent back in time and know the future. Would you be able to convince your family without going insane? Would any government agency take qcute interest in your foresight? Imagine having to keep a level head while also going through puberty a second time.

How much will your presence affect the timeline? Maybe your first big move to get rich causes all subsequent moves to not exist. Maybe your parents hate you. Maybe it's chaos theory. Maybe you end up taking a path away from opulence and become an addict due to the constant anxiety, regret and boredom. Maybe you become a nihilistic mess that drives you to a worse life than you had before.

I'd take the definite of $10M. I know what I would do with it right now. I know it would be good.

Edit: a downvote without a reply telling me how I'm wrong is really an upvote.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I'd "suffer" through school again happily if I could take some opportunities that once passed me by. I was at a good age when Bitcoin hit the scene. I thought it was not very interesting and probably wouldn't amount to much.... At a time where you could get several a day with little more than the computing power of an era appropriate smartphone.

$10M now vs mining as many Bitcoin as you could back then, and then cashing out when it peaked in 2021.... Just that simple change and the 10M seems like nothing.

I also made some strategic errors in my youth, dropping out of school and going to work full time at a dead end retail job, and working there for years before deciding to go and finish my education. I had saved nothing from my time working and put myself pretty deep into debt by the end of it.

By the time I graduated, I was pushing 30, I was something like six figures in debt, and I had no job prospects. I ended up working at a call center.

So yeah, I'll suffer through grade school and high school again if it means I can do it right. I wouldn't excel so much that I stood out... Maybe just enough to skip a grade, get started on college just a little bit sooner. Invest any money I had into Apple or something, right before the big iPhone explosion. I would still be financially set for life, knowing what I know.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not really understanding why you'd need to convince anyone of anything? Why would you need to tell anyone you went back in time? All you need to do to become rich when going back in time is to memorize a winning lotto ticket or to invest in something that you know will make it big. Why do you think that you'd need to convince people you aren't crazy or whatever you're saying? Legitimately curious.

With going back and time, you could both become rich and change things and events from your past that you regret.

[–] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

An adult stuck in a 6 year old body that somehow knows everything and is more mature than their parents and also has money to invest, that I'm sure that won't rouse any suspicions.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I down voted for your cringey edit about down votes without telling you why your wrong being an upvote.

[–] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

You do you bud. It's all just opinions and assholes.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

No, that's not why people are choosing the red pill. Most people are not mere mercenaries.

[–] ibasaw@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weird. So if I wanted to upvote I should click the down arrow?

Anything you say my friend..

[–] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

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