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[–] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's just another problem with the mechanics of the snap at the end of Avengers: Endgame

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[–] witty_username 7 points 3 days ago

Heyy this property features in the accidental time machine by Joe Haldeman

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

See, that's a problem they always skip in time-travel movies.

[–] Codeviper828@lemmus.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

At least in Doctor Who, the T.A.R.D.I.S. can teleport through space as well as through time, solving that problem. But most time machines don't

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Also ghosts likely wouldn't be affected by a gravitational pull, so the concept doesn't make sense and there'd just be a trail of ghosts in space.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

NGL, I don't really feel confident assuming anything about the physics of ghost dynamics

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What is this comment in response to?

[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Glad I’m not the only one confused. Who’s talmbout ghosts

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

I also think about this a lot.

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[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Same place relative to what?

It's space-time, not space and time. Moving backwards in one moves you backwards in the other.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I always wondered about this

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