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Okay, not really, but what if I was in 1950 and my phone is almost out of juice. I didn't have my charger on me because I wasn't expecting to time travel today. Don't even have a USB cable with me. 1950 is boring and I want to listen to music or play a dumb phone game. Is there anyway to get the electricity into my battery without exploding it? Without power I'll never be able to explain to this guy that the weird plastic brick in my pocket is also a computer. Protip: If you time travel back to before electricity but you do have a USB cord you can charge your phone with bananas: https://www.joe.co.uk/life/how-to-charge-your-mobile-phone-with-a-banana-video-13017 This might not work if you live somewhere bananas were not locally available back then though. Maybe try lemons or potatoes?
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i would go outside and scream racial epitaphs at the sky, it was the thing to do
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Jul 23, 2020 04:14
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If the movie Back to the Future taught me anything, OP, it's this: Do not gently caress your mom. Nothing good will come of it. Find some crazy haired scientist who doesn't age for like 30 years and charge your phone but don't gently caress your mom. That's my advice.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:14
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gently caress your mom immediately
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Jul 23, 2020 04:16
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Universe Master posted:If the movie Back to the Future taught me anything, OP, it's this: Do not gently caress your mom. Nothing good will come of it. Find some crazy haired scientist who doesn't age for like 30 years and charge your phone but don't gently caress your mom. R.L. Stine posted:gently caress your mom immediately I appreciate the input, but my mom wasn't born until 1953. She's not here yet. And I certainly don't want to gently caress any of my grandparents.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:23
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TV really sucks in 1950. I think getting used to HDTV was a mistake. I have no idea what this blurry black and what screen is trying to show me. Are they people? Who knows! I can't even see individual hairs.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:25
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Invent LSD and start dosing the water supply of a small town for shits n' giggles!
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Jul 23, 2020 04:26
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Look on the bright side, 49 years before the birth of this insufferable website.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:28
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If you know the USB port uses a 5 volt power bus at 1.5 amps for charging then that's pretty much all you'd need to tell the electrician you end up talking to. It'd be easy for anyone with experience maintaining electronics to build a power adapter. The hardest part would be making a connector that mated up to your USB port; everything else would be off the shelf parts.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:29
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20 Blunts posted:i would go outside and scream racial epitaphs at the sky, it was the thing to do I think most places it would still be odd for a middle aged lady in weird clothes to stand in the street doing that. Lobotomies were really big back then. OTOH, so was valium. Tough call. Wait, no, valium wasn't until 1963. gently caress that then.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:51
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I'd sell the phone to the DoD, just tell them it can be used to spy on commies, then live like a loving king for the rest of your future life in the past.
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Jul 23, 2020 04:52
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Have you tried gay sex?
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Jul 23, 2020 05:04
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Kibbles n Shits posted:I'd sell the phone to the DoD, just tell them it can be used to spy on commies, then live like a loving king for the rest of your future life in the past. Do you know that in 2020 there are lost episodes of Doctor Who that nerds are desperate to watch? Some of them still have audio recordings and people like make shoddy animation to go with the audio. Sometimes parts of the episode are only available as old transcripts and people dub in the missing bits. All so they can watch an old black and white show for children. I guess the moral here is to get the first generation of video recorders as soon as they come out and record everything from the early TV era.
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Jul 23, 2020 05:13
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Here you go, OP. Print that out and bring it with you and you'll be good to go (unless your phone has a non-standard charging port, in which case get the pinout you need for that.) Just knowing that the phone needs 5V DC wouldn't do you a lot of good if you don't know what pin to send the voltage to, and you wouldn't want to just guess. But if you hand that pinout to an electrician or scientist in 1950 they can probably rig you up a charging station. Now, if you were in 1850...
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Jul 23, 2020 05:22
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Miles McCloud posted:Here you go, OP. Do you need the port, or can you just take out the battery and charge it directly somehow? I'm worried complex schematics could get me flagged as a russian spy or something. I mean, I'm obviously not russian, but I don't speak fluent 1950 canadian either. And I'd totally fail any spy tests like "who won the 1949 World Series".
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Jul 23, 2020 05:31
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Facebook Aunt posted:Do you need the port, or can you just take out the battery and charge it directly somehow? The phone controls the charge to the battery and prevents you from overcharging it. If you try to charge it directly I think you run the risk of exploding it, and then good luck finding a replacement in 1950.
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Jul 23, 2020 05:36
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Drink a bunch of battery acid and then plug the chord into your peehole, right up deep in the urethra
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Jul 23, 2020 05:44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyi_q7hIOmw
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Jul 23, 2020 05:59
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Hello, operator? Can you please patch me through to a complete dumbass? Thanks. 
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Jul 23, 2020 06:02
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Hello, operator? Can you please patch me through to a complete dumbass? Thanks. hello here i am a complete dumbass, an absolute doofus. how can i help you
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Jul 23, 2020 06:12
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Wait five years and look for a deloreon
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Jul 23, 2020 06:20
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:hello here i am a complete dumbass, an absolute doofus. how can i help you I want you to find someone dumber who can solve fewer problems, preferably in the wrong department.
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Jul 23, 2020 06:54
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Facebook Aunt posted:I appreciate the input, but my mom wasn't born until 1953. She's not here yet. And I certainly don't want to gently caress any of my grandparents. I will gently caress your grandparents for you
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Jul 23, 2020 06:59
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This is what charged up JO crystals are for, dumdum
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Jul 23, 2020 07:02
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You've travelled back to fifties and all you can think about is your dying phone battery? You could go see Elvis live for chrissakes. Anyway, you have more important work to do first. Nobody in the nineties would believe what a shitshow the world turned into in twenty years, let alone seventy years ago. So here is a list of names... I hope you don't mind getting your hands dirty.
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Jul 23, 2020 07:15
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Ohms law
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Jul 23, 2020 07:16
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Facebook Aunt posted:Protip: If you time travel back to before electricity but you do have a USB cord you can charge your phone with bananas: https://www.joe.co.uk/life/how-to-charge-your-mobile-phone-with-a-banana-video-13017 The 'bananas' charging is pure myth. You could use lemons if you had a shitload of them and the right metals. Or 110 pounds of potatos. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a16812/potatoes-power-a-phone
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Jul 23, 2020 07:28
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BigBadSteve posted:The 'bananas' charging is pure myth. Someone went on the internet and told lies?  Maybe 1950 really is better.
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Jul 23, 2020 07:33
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20 Blunts posted:i would go outside and scream racial epitaphs at the sky, it was the thing to do
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Jul 23, 2020 08:26
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sticksy posted:This is what charged up JO crystals are for, dumdum I presume OP has left their charger for that behind too.
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Jul 23, 2020 10:16
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you wouldn't be able to get to any free wifi though because McDonald's didn't exist in 1950
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Jul 23, 2020 10:21
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Facebook Aunt posted:Protip: If you time travel back to before electricity but you do have a USB cord you can charge your phone with bananas: https://www.joe.co.uk/life/how-to-charge-your-mobile-phone-with-a-banana-video-13017 Finally a use for bananas. I've been waiting for this for a very long time
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Jul 23, 2020 10:34
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20 Blunts posted:i would go outside and scream racial epitaphs at the sky, it was the thing to do Unless you're referring to dead people and what you'd like to have on their tombstone, you're thinking of "epithets". 
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Jul 23, 2020 11:11
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The first thing I would do is kill Hitler.
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Jul 23, 2020 11:45
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OP get off your phone and start chatting up some sexy 50’s ladies what have the pointy boobs. Or sexy 50’s fellas with those cool hats if that’s your thing.
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Jul 23, 2020 12:00
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Wheel-driven bicycle dynamos put out about 6v at 0.5 amp, you're going to get a good workout but your phone will charge eventually
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Jul 23, 2020 12:21
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If TV and Movies have taught me anything it's that prior to about the very early 1970's approximately 75% of all interactions, polite or otherwise, involved just flat out glaring and insulting the other person, often even striking them for no goddamn reason. So give that a shot. That seemed like everyone enjoyed that.
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Jul 23, 2020 12:36
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Hey, OP, how many jiggawatts would your phone need, and is there a clock tower nearby?
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Jul 23, 2020 13:01
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good thread OP havent seen you around in awhile E: my advice is wear a life preserver and ask for pepsi free Kibbles n Shits posted:I'd sell the phone to the DoD, just tell them it can be used to spy on commies, then live like a loving king for the rest of your future life in the past. its the 50s in america, more likely to assume shes a witch
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Jul 23, 2020 13:25
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Invent a bra that isn't made of traffic cones and make a fortune
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