I don’t understand time travel.

Not in the usual way, the science of it. I just don’t understand why it is when someone writes a time travel story for television or science fiction that they always travel back to some pivotal moment. They travel back to Nazi Germany or the JFK assassination.

I want someone to travel back in time to a normal, regular day. That matters more to me.

I want to travel back in time and …

…see myself in the first grade, see what I was like.
…see if people talked about me when I left the room.
…see if I talked about people when they left the room.

I want to wander around my home town, see the old stores, what stories I remember.

I want to see the cars changing styles, moving forward in time. And clothes, and music.

I don’t want to mess with the time line, create a paradox or some crazy accident in the future. Time travel should be a strictly hands-off vacation. This tour is for onlookers only. Please keep your hands inside the ride at all times.

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