Its the 14th century and you’ve had no time to prepare, after you’re done reading this post you are snapped. What do you do?

    • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      Europeans would show up and my Native American homies would be armed with cartridge rifles, six shooters and a crank rotary machine gun.

      I would try for better, but I think there just wouldn’t be the time for fine tooling more advanced fire arms would require. Even getting all that going before I croak is going to take a lot of ambition.

      Also assuming they don’t think I am some evil spirit that they quickly kill when I demand industrial metal facilities be constructed.

      Oh, they would probably also have penicillin before the white man, so that would be a major advantage.

  • Lord Wiggle
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    93 hours ago

    I would kill everyone I meet with the plagues I carry which I’m immune to.

  • @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    123 hours ago

    Double entry accounting system.

    I’m an accountant by trade. The double entry system wasn’t invented until the 15th century.

    I could account for any lords various assets, goods, and livestock in an efficient, reliable and accurate manner

  • I Cast Fist
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    I guess I could make a name as a mathematician, though that’d depend where the fuck I’m snapped to.

    I’d like to warn the Incas to not trust anyone with white skin, kill them all on sight and NEVER let any of them get within 100km of Potosi, but I don’t think I’d be anywhere near the Andes either way.

  • @conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    Well, staying in the same location? I’m in the US, so… I’d probably try to get writing invented. To my knowledge, besides some of the Central American empires, there’s no evidence or even claim of there having been any kind of writing or system for making information durable. I know there’s a lot of clay here, I’m pretty sure we could bake clay tablets to store down information. There’s also tule reeds here that were already being extensively used, and those could probably be made into a kind of paper as well. As to whether the people would accept that, I have no fucking idea at all; what we know of the California tribes suggests they were always semi-nomadic, but that’s all very well into the post-contact period and much of what we know was written down by the Spanish while being the biggest bastards they possibly could to the locals. I dunno how useful record-keeping would be to a nomadic people. It’s also entirely possible the people would be like “uh, yeah, we know how to write, dummy”, and it was just lost in the multiple waves of pandemics.

    I think probably something that -might- be achievable is figuring out glass. I’m mostly sure that if the native Americans had glass, we would have seen some sign of it in the archeological record by now. I’m sure some smarty pants is going to come along and tell me “you can’t just throw sand in a kiln and make glass, you need a special kind of sand blah blah blah and here’s 99 reasons why that won’t work”. Yeah, you’re probably right, but I don’t know any better, so I’d still definitely try. I also remember reading that clear glass was a thing figured out near Venice when they started adding grass ash or some shit to the sand, so I’d definitely experiment with that, too. Glass is just dead useful -and- pretty, so I’m fairly confident I’d get some acceptance that way.

    I would say metal smithing, but the only metal deposits nearby that I know of are mercury and gold. You can’t make nails and tools out of mercury and gold.

    Also, maybe water wheels? To my knowledge, we have no record of native Americans using water wheels for work (I.e. grinding corn or acorns into flour). I think if I managed to put a basic water wheel together, I’d be pretty popular.

  • @Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    94 hours ago

    Die as you forgot to teleport me to where the earth was at the time.

    Otherwise I guess my main knowledge that could be useful is some basic first aid. Secondary to that, a little bit of electrical stuff.

  • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    I know thousands of songs. Also, musical instruments like the saxaphone haven’t been invented yet.

    • @Kookie215@lemmy.worldOP
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      Oh I think you’re the first person to suggest music! That is a really good idea, provided you don’t die of dysentery of course.

  • Denixen
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    I’d use my knowledge of history, politics, psychology and science to become an influential advisor to powerful lords and help them conquer the world in exchange for living in luxury.

      • @J0hnD03@lemm.ee
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        54 hours ago

        The second he opens his mouth they know something off. Dialects and languages did change a bit.

        If you’re around superstitious and xenophobic people things can get out of hand quickly.

        • @lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works
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          65 hours ago

          Maybe, but you did say you were going to find a cute girl. So you will be encountering some radars. I wish you the best of luck in this thought exercise

          • @whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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            I find it hilarious that in even a thought experiment with no bearing on reality you always have people that will shit on your hypothetical fantasies.