• BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
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    2 months ago

    I thought that was called a Sound of Thunder. Because the last line went “there was a sound of thunder, then silence.” Or something to that effect, heavily implying that the time safari employee killed the hunter who stepped off the trail and on to a butterfly.

    I also remember that one of the results of stepping on the butterfly was that all English words were spelled fonetically (typo intentional), a “mistake” I would happily go back in time to commit.

    • Cramulh@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I also remember this short story, the death of the butterfly also changed the results of an election.