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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe it did and we were saved from a worse path.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm definitely not mentally prepared to find out what the timeline worse than this one is like.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure that timeline was just as boring and dumb, except that the soviet officer that stopped the nuke being fired during the cuban missile crisis was in the other room, and the world ended in 1962.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, is that really worse? Sounds like we were put out of our misery.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

I was considering a line at the end about how it may have been a more merciful timeline for many, sadlol.

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

It turns out Carthage is the never ending empire that rips open the chaos realms and brings about Warhammer 40k. Romulus and Remus were actually time travelers sent back to save the universe.