Dropped into a parallel universe. Same location

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A related question was asked in a different forum here. But I thought this would be an interesting scenario.

I actually gave it a little thought once upon a time.

How about this question; You are dropped right where you live now...but it's an alternate universe where everything is exactly the same...except you were never born. And you have no money. No credit cards.....

What would you do? Now remember, there is nowhere to go to.
Your family won't know you, and won't believe your story. So you can't try to convince them that this has happened to you. You need to start a new life.

Just you..and the clothes on your back. What would you do?
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  • Is this a variation of the "if you had to start your 'im journey' over with no money...what would you do?" Will the spammers show up?

    I'm in an alternate reality - and I have clothes? Who would have thunk it - and why would I want to come back here anyway?

    I don't want to do it unless I can be invisible. That's not negotiable.

    You really are crazy, aren't you? I thought the Riff was kidding ...
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  • Well, since I was never born, I don't think I'd have to worry about it. If I were never born, then there would be no me to drop into a parallel universe, duh!! :p


    Terra
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  • Wouldn't take long before I got arrested!
  • At first I was going to just answer "I'd die" and leave it at that. However...

    If I'm dropped "right where I live now" and "my family doesn't know me," then I'd guess my wife would call the cops, I'd be charged with trespassing at the very least, and since I couldn't prove who I was, I'd be spending quite a bit of time behind bars.

    That would take care of the food/water/shelter thing while I figured out what to do next, which would take more time than I'm willing to spend on thinking about it right now.
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  • It all depends! Tere ARE some ideas I had that OTHERS made money off of, because of my inaction. It is possible that I could do the same there. I guess I would first have to find out how to blend in though.

    Steve
  • Well, that's easy. I'd find a computer and logon straight away and find this thread on the Warrior Forum. Then ask you for your advice Claude. And they say that only Einstein was a true genius!
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    • I would go to the authorities and claim amnesia and get some welfare while they fruitlessly try to find out who I was. Based on that I would go from there, eventually they would give me some id cards and I could get a job and buy a cheap laptop, get online and see if a parallel Claude Whitacre exists, If so I would buy his alternative world book, One Call Bank Robbery and masterfully and effortlessly get some money without being implicated or leaving a trail.

      I would be pretty well off that way

      Alternatively and more easily I would have loads of unheard, never written tunes in my head and become successful as a songwriter. Any lyrics I cant remember I could make some up being fairly talented like that. I could also write stories remembering some from my other life that have never been told. Could do some great alternative earth history ones too only would be real events (Harry Turtledove does well writing them)

      Huge possibilities here for profit. Would miss my family though having no access to them!
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  • No problem at all. Since I'm only a few hours away, I'm gonna head for Uncle Claude's place

    Every inter-dimensional traveler needs a long lost uncle.
  • I do what any sane universe changer would do with $20...buy a pizza.

    Next, I'd put some dog poo in a paper bag, light in on fire, put it on Claude's porch, ring the doorbell and run. Then I'd watch from behind a bush as Claude stomped out the fire, laughing uncontrollably knowing Claude will never know who did it because I'm not from this universe.
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    • Claude -

      Sounds like a scene from Talisman - one of my favorite all time books.
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  • Do I know I cant go back? Do I know how I wound up in this universe?

    If I just knew I was stuck here ... and I knew everything was the same.

    My perverse curiosity would kick in. Some one had to take my place.
    I would track down that person and play peeping tom.

    If he looks just like me ... the story might take a interesting twist.

    If he doesn't and nobody knows who I am, that means no responsibilities.

    Time to grab a back pack and go hike across the world. No time like the
    present to go enjoy all those wonders I keep putting off because life
    and responsibilities keep getting in the way.
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    • Ken; In this scenario, you would know you can't get back. You would know what happened. You may know how you wound up here. Nobody took your place.

      Yes, you retain all your memories. And you know that everyone you ever met wouldn't know you. If you had kids, they weren't born. If you are married, they married someone else. Think of this as real. You can't convince your parents, or your wife, that they knew you in another universe. You are simply alone.

      Ian; You can't travel through time. Nothing is different except you weren't born. You cannot hop to different dimensions or universes.

      It's as though you appeared and everyone on the planet was hypnotized to believe that you never existed.


      guys; What would you do? how would you survive? You have to eat, find a place to stay....

      The truth is, after awhile, you'd just get used to it, and be like everyone else.....Maybe even try to get together with the spouse that isn't yours anymore (And has no idea who you are)

      My question originally was more of a survival question, not a "I would travel to other dimensions" question. You keep reminding me of things I left out that change the picture dramatically.


      Yeah, actually just like that. Thanks.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man_(TV_series)
  • They can't do it HERE either! GO AHEAD and rob banks! HAVE FUN!

    Steve
  • Do you know who you are/were? Do you retain your memories? These things are important to know if we're to plot a new course.


    Rob Claude, too, while you're at it. He's the one that created this mess. In fact, we should just get him right now, before he carries out his evil plan.
  • Kind of like this:
    Nowhere Man (TV Series 1995


    Try to find some legal way to get by, get working.
    Or, write a book and go on Coast To Coast.

    Dan
  • There have been cases of amnesia in this dimension, so that avenue occurred to me as well. There'd be local news on a slow news about this odd guy who doesn't have any documents of who he is and can't explain anything about his existence (without being sent to a mental hospital). People would probably emerge saying they know me, then I'd start networking and learning all about myself according to how other people with records of their existence are perceiving it, select the most promising prospect, and adjust accordingly.
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    • I would avoid this town at all costs!




      And probably do what the guy in the first Terminator film did that went back in time naked, knock off a store for food, etc.


      And take it from there!




      Shane
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  • Does this magical dimensional shift make me young and full of energy again, or am still a little worn down and kind of shabby?
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  • Kay - I didn't even think of that book. I really enjoyed that one, too.

    I think I'd go with the amnesia plea, too. Really. Who in their right mind would believe the real story - no matter how true it was.
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  • Banned
    Back in the 80's I was in high school, one day I was called to the front office. I got to the front office, told them my name & handed them my hall pass. They looked at me & told me I wasn't me, go back to class. I went back to class, stranger things have happened.
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    • You do not have amnesia. You know who you are. Nobody else does. And everything you've done in your life has been erased. You know you are in another universe. You know that nobody knows you (I have no idea how any of this would happen).

      You cannot network to find people who know you...because nobody knows you. On this Earth, you were never born.


      You are still you. the way you are now.




      It's like herding cats.
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  • Claude, are you saying nobody would know me?

    Oh, and are there zombies in this world?
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  • I would find a way to turn the zombies into my own undead army...of door-to-door vacuum salesmen, thus putting Claude out of business in yet another universe.
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    • Interesting. You love the idea of an army of zombies.

      So I was asking myself...why wouldn't this zombie army turn on you? What incredible defense do you have that would keep you safe from their undead grasp?

      What is it about you that makes you different from all the people that the zombies would devour? And then it occurred to me...

      Zombies eat brains.

      Applause Crowd Cheering sound effect - YouTube
      Thank you..Thank you.
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  • I know according to M-Theory, such universes may exist. But still we have the conservation of mass and energy theory to deal with. To offset the mass, a lot of energy would have to be transferred to this universe.

    Is there any way to send all of our problem child, career criminals over there, and the icing on the cake is we solve some of our energy crisis?

    What about sending our career politicians over there too? They should do pretty good over there, as no one believes what they say in this universe.

    Why can't we turn this hypothetical scenario into reality? Someone get Stephen Hawking on the phone.
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    • Be careful what you ask for. Many of our problem children and career criminals actually play major roles in society, culture, the arts, and technological advancement, eg organized crime groups such as Gameloft.
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    • David; The problem is that I just read a report on "Dumpster theory" where all the unwanted from all the other universes were dumped here...eons ago.

      I wasn't really sold on the theory...until I met "Riffle, Leader Of The Zombie Hordes"
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  • The new reality has zombies, fluffy rabbits, cats, cats with ADHD, zombie fluffy rabbits,
    zombie cats, and zombie cats with ADHD (unless they meant the cat shepherd has ADHD).
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    • LOL, well that is a relief!


      But unless it has fluffy Martian, ADHD, zombie, carnivorous, chess playing, alcoholic, crack addicted rabbits, l may have to give it a miss! :rolleyes:


      Shane
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  • Why is it always a parallel universe? Why can't it ever be a perpendicular universe?
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    • Then events like this would only last a moment. Nobody would really
      notice - just a once in a while "Wow. That was weird." kind of thing.
      Just not as much fun. And speculation.
    • Kurt; That's just silly. Perpendicular universes are something that people used to believe in, before there was science.


      (Actually, it's pretty clever. I wish it would have occurred to me)
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  • Do I have a time machine? Can I go back or forward in time if I choose to?
  • OK, as I am wont to do......

    I'm going to hang a left.

    You know all those semi-mythological creatures like Bigfoot, Mothman, ETs,etc.
    It occurred to me that they cross back and forth between dimensions.
    That explains why they are so elusive.

    As for me....
    I am most assuredly from another dimension as I don't fit in this one. :p
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    • I don't know if you were joking or serious, but there are quite a few people who believe that.

      I've had similar thoughts. Like maybe I jumped through the wrong wormhole and ended up on planet Earth instead of someplace that makes more sense.
    • That reminds me of me, though I don't really imagine myself fitting anywhere and long dropped the burdensome notion that I even really need to.
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