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gigaqps lemmy.world gigaqps@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-09
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Godort lemmy.ca Godort@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Force mom to go see a doctor.

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rumschlumpel feddit.org rumschlumpel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-23
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

"The Lotto numbers for 2026-09-12 are 16 20 25 33 39 45, Superzahl 0."

Sounds materialistic, but I haven't found a solution for any of the issues I had 5 years ago, I didn't make any major wrong decisions since then, and stuff like "buy RAM and GPUs" is irrelevant after winning millions of eurobucks.

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zeppo lemmy.world zeppo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#4 · Quote Reply

You should just break up with her while you have the chance

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the_q piefed.social the_q@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-08-04
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Stop the house from burning down on April 18th, 2024 at 5AM.

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tal lemmy.today tal@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-04
#6 · Quote Reply

CLS's stock price will increase by 3,860.57% over the next five years.

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Otter lemmy.ca otter@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-05
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"The Lotto numbers for 2026-09-12 are 16 20 25 33 39 45, Superzahl 0." Sounds materialistic, but I haven't found a solution for any of the issues I had 5 years ago, I didn't make any major wrong decisions since then, and stuff like "buy RAM and GPUs" is irrelevant after winning millions of eurobucks.

If we had more time, then you could have sent back the lotto numbers from 5 years ago

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betterdeadthanreddit lemmy.world betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-06
#8 · Quote Reply

Start planning a good sentence to send to yourself today and have it ready 5 years from now.

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sicarius lemmy.world sicarius@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#9 · Quote Reply

When you apply for van insurance make sure you siren the names of the drivers correctly!

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HerrVorragend lemmy.world HerrVorragend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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"The Lotto numbers for 2026-09-12 are 16 20 25 33 39 45, Superzahl 0." Sounds materialistic, but I haven't found a solution for any of the issues I had 5 years ago, I didn't make any major wrong decisions since then, and stuff like "buy RAM and GPUs" is irrelevant after winning millions of eurobucks.

"The winning numbers for Friday, Sep17, 2021 are 14 17 20 27 32 EZ 3 7"

Warum lange warten?

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Dharma Curious (he/him) slrpnk.net dharmacurious@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-22
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Force mom to go see a doctor.

<3 same message, friend. Same message. :(

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rumschlumpel feddit.org rumschlumpel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-23
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"The winning numbers for Friday, Sep17, 2021 are 14 17 20 27 32 EZ 3 7" Warum lange warten?

Look at Herr "I have smart ideas when put on the spot" over here.

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Semisimian startrek.website semisimian@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-03-06
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CLS's stock price will increase by 3,860.57% over the next five years.

Put as much money into your index funds and don't stop until October 13th, 2026. Then convert it all to cash.

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Scott 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️ lemmy.ca RodgeGrabTheCat@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-09-10
#14 · Quote Reply

Find a new job when Frank retires. Jason, his replacement, is a fuckin idiot.

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Suck_on_my_Presence lemmy.world Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#15 · Quote Reply

YOU LIKE WOMEN!

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kindnesskills literature.cafe kindnesskills@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-12-24
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Remember to bring your protective gear, and don't ever ride even once if you don't have it - you will suffer the consequences for years.

Or possibly: All behavioural changes (even seemingly positive ones like being more brave, assertive, active, loud and outgoing) are symptoms of something going on in your pets, so prioritise going to the vet more often when they appear - catching issues early means less damage to surrounding organs, less suffering and cheaper treatment.

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anton lemmy.blahaj.zone anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-07-24
#17 · Quote Reply

Make shure you do administrative stuff well ahead of deadlines, then double and triple check you actually did it.

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lauha lemmy.world lauha@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
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"The Lotto numbers for 2026-09-12 are 16 20 25 33 39 45, Superzahl 0." Sounds materialistic, but I haven't found a solution for any of the issues I had 5 years ago, I didn't make any major wrong decisions since then, and stuff like "buy RAM and GPUs" is irrelevant after winning millions of eurobucks.

Plot twist, your past self receives the sentence verbally and they have nothing to write it down to.

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tryagain sopuli.xyz tryagain@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-12-27
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Put as much money into your index funds and don't stop until October 13th, 2026. Then convert it all to cash.

Wait what happens on October 14?

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rumschlumpel feddit.org rumschlumpel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-23
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Plot twist, your past self receives the sentence verbally and they have nothing to write it down to.

The sequence of the numbers is not important and it's not all or nothing (5 correct numbers would still net a decent amount of money), so there's a chance that I'd recall enough to make use of it anyway. But it's a good point, this kind of thing hinges on the specifics of how the sentence is transmitted much more than something like "take out fire insurance" or "don't trust X".

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Shadow lemmy.ca Shadow@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-22
#21 · Quote Reply

Buy Nvidia stock.

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LeftReddit2 lemmy.world LeftReddit2@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-10
#22 · Quote Reply

"Hi, how ya doing?"

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tal lemmy.today tal@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-04
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Wait what happens on October 14?

Clearly someone from five years in Semisimian's future just gave him the inside scoop.

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dontpanic lemmy.blahaj.zone dontpanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-07-01
#24 · Quote Reply

Just leave, he doesn’t love you.

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CultLeader4Hire lemmy.world CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-28
#25 · Quote Reply

Divorce him now!

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Quazatron lemmy.world Quazatron@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#26 · Quote Reply

Dump this job, it's making you miserable.

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farmgineer nord.pub farmgineer@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-04-25
#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

Staying in Japan is a mistake. When your company cuts the rest of the staff, GTFO to Europe.

(it will be up to a future version of me to send another message about if/how that works out).

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Eq0 literature.cafe Eq0@literature.cafe
Joined: 2023-08-01
#28 · Quote Reply

You’ll get the job, eventually, but you have to keep trying!

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terranoid lemmy.cafe terranoid@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-05-08
#29 · Quote Reply

"I'm going in dry"

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QueenMidna lemmy.ca QueenMidna@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-17
#30 · Quote Reply

You're trans. Divorce the alcoholic abuser and start being happy

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crystalmerchant lemmy.world crystalmerchant@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#31 · Quote Reply

Do everything you can to save the money faster to buy the house sooner

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invertedspear lemmy.zip invertedspear@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Don’t let mom get that surgery. She is the glue that keeps us all together and we need more years of that.

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CorrectAlias piefed.blahaj.zone CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-07-22
#33 · Quote Reply

Don't ever go bouldering again or you'll regret it for the rest of your life

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-16
#34 · Quote Reply

Buy gamestop, study in cafes not uni. Also :3.

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-16
#35 · Quote Reply

Staying in Japan is a mistake. When your company cuts the rest of the staff, GTFO to Europe. (it will be up to a future version of me to send another message about if/how that works out).

o7 gl

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zxqwas lemmy.world zxqwas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-24
#36 · Quote Reply

It's me 5 years from the future, [secret I've never told anyone should prove it] buy European defense stocks before 2022.

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dektep lemmy.world dektep@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-13
#37 · Quote Reply

stay single

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DrSleepless lemmy.world DrSleepless@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#38 · Quote Reply

Eat the mushrooms

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squirrel cake.kobel.fyi squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi
Joined: 2026-04-19
#39 · Quote Reply

That anxiety, that depression, that feeling of never fitting in, that feeling of either boredom or overwhelm... is ADHD.

Tbh, I wish I could transmit this to my past self 30 years ago.

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it_depends_man lemmy.world it_depends_man@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-19
#40 · Quote Reply

"Nvidia is going to be stable for longer than you think."

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3holly3 lemmy.dbzer0.com 3holly3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-03-09
#41 · Quote Reply

Do. Not. Seek. The treasure!

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gastroglizzy piefed.social gastroglizzy@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-08-26
#42 · Quote Reply

Stay home all day long, no matter what, on January 3rd, 2022.

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neidu4 piefed.social neidu4@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-09-10
#43 · Quote Reply

"It'll all work out brilliantly"

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Redfox8 mander.xyz Redfox8@mander.xyz
Joined: 2024-01-21
#44 · Quote Reply

Plot twist, your past self receives the sentence verbally and they have nothing to write it down to.

...receives message whilst scuba diving...spits out regulator in frustration...drowns. Never gets to send message from the future so doesn't drown.

Timeline broken, existence ends except for an endless five-year loop.

Woops!

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Agent641 lemmy.world Agent641@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
#45 · Quote Reply

"Fuck you, loser!"

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JackbyDev programming.dev JackbyDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-13
#46 · Quote Reply

Don't sell your Bitcoin yet.

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Etterra discuss.online Etterra@discuss.online
Joined: 2024-12-10
#47 · Quote Reply

Just give up already.

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lonefighter sh.itjust.works lonefighter@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-03-12
#48 · Quote Reply

Don't move across the country with him, get a divorce, your gut instincts are right, he's been cheating on you this whole time and he's about to financially ruin you.

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lonefighter sh.itjust.works lonefighter@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-03-12
#49 · Quote Reply

Don’t let mom get that surgery. She is the glue that keeps us all together and we need more years of that.

I'm so sorry

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Rhynoplaz lemmy.world Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#50 · Quote Reply

Bitcoin peaks at $100k

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Rhynoplaz lemmy.world Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#51 · Quote Reply

"The Lotto numbers for 2026-09-12 are 16 20 25 33 39 45, Superzahl 0." Sounds materialistic, but I haven't found a solution for any of the issues I had 5 years ago, I didn't make any major wrong decisions since then, and stuff like "buy RAM and GPUs" is irrelevant after winning millions of eurobucks.

Winning numbers are public record. Don't make yourself wait the full five years!

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