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The rule could be anything, as funny or as serious as you want. The universe will progress in a similar way that it has up until this point, unless your changed rule prevented it from doing so.

Some examples might be:

  • The invention of currency is not allowed.
  • Iron is slightly less stable.
  • The Ancient Greeks are able to cultivate Silphium, which does not go extinct now.
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Nice try God, I'm not getting you out of this one.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Any public service over $1m revenue needs to offer a childfree version.

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[–] thefactremains@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

All sentient beings have photographic memories and, through DNA, they can store and recall all of their previous ancestors' memories. All the way back to their oldest sentient ancestor.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Sounding like Richard Rahl and The Sword of Truth now. (Please don't hate me the first 3-4 books were good...)

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[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No quantum mechanics. Things have concrete properties even when no one's watching, and they can all be observed at the same time. The universe is complex but understandable.

Also, P=NP and π is 3.33 repeating, just for the lols.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is a normal integer between 4 and 5 but sapient beings are completely incapable of percieving it.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

That's next level evil

[–] hedidwot@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago

Every living creature is entitled to an equal portion of useful surface area of the earth proportional to their size and space requirements.

Not like that has anything to do with us possibly living out of a car next year if rent rises 30% again for the 3rd year running.

Fuck landlords hoarding property.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Base 36 counting becomes predominant.

0 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 A B

C D E F G H

I J K L M N

O P Q R S T

U V W X Y Z

Also the point at which hundred changes over to thousand gets pushed back by a power, so 6KL2 is Sixty Kay Hundred Elty Two, while 8,A59G is Eight Thousand Ayty Five Hundred Ninety G. Same with the changeover to Millions, Billions, Trillions, etc.

Probably wouldn't change that much practically, but it'd make "Ten" a square that's also the product of two prime squares, and it's divisible by a lot more ways than the current number base, and it makes "One Thousand" the square of "One Hundred" the same way "One Hundred" is the square of "Ten" and that "One Million" is the square of "One Thousand."

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Okay but now you only have 3 fingers on each hand

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[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is hard to pick one.

Altruism is the default instead of selfishness

Cancer doesn't exist

No harm could come to children. No one would have wicked thoughts towards them. They'd fully recover from any non-lethal injury. They could get sick.

[–] TheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any and all personal gain becomes mutual gain.

  • If you don't intend to cheat anyone, the party you're interacting with gains in a similar "amount" as you
  • If you achieve personal gain at the cost of someone else, their net gain will be even greater than yours
  • In case there's no direct party you're interacting with while gaining (such as you running a red light when no one's around to be inconvenienced), society as a whole gains
[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So kind of enforcing karma as like a universal truth? I like it!

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One free wish for any and every person who achieves something truly outstanding for mankind as whole (only positive achievements).

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe also for a free "weaker" wish for personal achievements, like completing one's dream hobby project.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 year ago

If you eat a piece of cheese, you get to levitate for 10 seconds no more, no less. Doesn't matter the size of the cheese or the type (this includes lactose free).

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

let's get rid of the inverse square law. falloff is now linear.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Absolute mad lad

[–] callyral@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The angles in a triangle now add up to 179°.

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Karma now has a maximum of one hour turnaround time.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No religion.

[–] _ceebee_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

George Lucas does‘t mess with his movies

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