Example:

"So, are you gonna join us for the party tonight?"

flashback sequence to getting bullied a lot in school

"Um... no thanks!"

Or it could be for more serious thing like war and the backstory of dictators.

Feels a little like an invasion of privacy, but that could be nice, sometimes.

For wars and such, yeah, definitely. There's so much confusion, sometimes, that having a fail-proof flashback explaining everything would be great.

To make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe - Carl Sagan

The flashback would have to go all the way back to the Big Bang to fully explain it

"Why is the Milk Gone?"

(great channel btw

Existential Crisis Warning 👀)

Lol that was a good watch

Limit it to the past 5000 years, just the highlights.

"Today we sign the puberty blocker ban into law!"

Flashback to JK Rowling deciding to repress his gender dysphoria after being abused by his ex-husband

You are now hired as a writer for Netflix.

If this existed, it would prevent a lot of us from making the same mistakes as a species over and over and over.

"OH, eggs are more expensive due to the tariffs!"

that guy's more recent stuff is much better. he's really grown as a writer and video creator

one of my favourite videos of his, "sleep is just death being shy", guides you through a mortality related existential crisis and leaves you with a sense of wonder for existance, good stuff