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Rules and Regulations

  1. Threads should be based mostly in reality with at least one "fantasy" element. Such as "100 US Marines find themselves in the Roman Empire" or "In 2020 Vladimir Putin gains superpowers".

  2. Comments should accept the premise of the thread as true but answer the question realistically. Meaning, don't question how or why 100 Marines were sent back in time. Just give your thoughts on what would happen.

  3. No insults. Keep it civil and don't correct spelling or grammar. Do not encourage trolls.

  4. No low effort posting or commenting. Answers should provide in-depth answers. Not jokes or images and no bots or personal politics.

  5. Use the [Geography] tag to indicate points of divergence based on different landscapes. Use the [DBWI] tag to signify double blind what-ifs. Use the [Challenge] tag for posts where you're asking how something could have happened different rather than what if it happened differently. Use [HWI] for historical based questions and [FWI] for future based questions.


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JK Rowling apologizes for her hatred

She suddenly says "I'm sorry for what I have done" and sort of reverts to how people viewed her circa 2011 but with more modern social views. What changes now that she has renounced her transphobia?

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2025/01/30
17:19 UTC

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Yellowstone Erupts on September 11th, 2001

What changes if Yellowstone erupts on 9/11??

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2025/01/27
16:36 UTC

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What if royalty and nobles had no sons?

Startin 1500 anyone within 5 steps of inheriting a royal or noble title conceives only daughters. How much does this mess up primogeniture?

2 Comments
2025/01/27
04:36 UTC

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MWI: Tom Cruise converts to Mormonism early in his career

What changes if he basically has the same career but is a Mormon instead?

1 Comment
2025/01/24
17:12 UTC

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You have made Yeltsin sober

You are an alien that somehow knows Russian and you convince Yeltsin, before he comes to power, to quit alcohol. What changes in the 1990s if he governs while sober?

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2025/01/19
02:14 UTC

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Israel is teleported(within the Green Line. w/ some of the settlements) to Europe. Israel now borders Portugal on its right side

2 Comments
2025/01/14
20:53 UTC

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Saddam Hussein acts like his South Park counterpart except he still speaks Arabic of course

Saddam Hussein is, in 1979, replaced by his South Park counterpart. Other than speaking Arabic, he has the same obnoxious personality of his South Park counterpart. How do the generals handle the fact this guy is even more of an a-hole than he already was(his sons were spoiled little princelings).

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2025/01/09
03:37 UTC

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MWI: Claire Dunphy runs for Senate in California in 2016

Can Claire Dunphy win this Senate race in California in 2016?? She would almost certainly be a Democrat.

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2024/12/29
13:46 UTC

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Drop Bears are real

How does Australian history change if these carnivorous koalas that are capable of eating humans are real?? How does white settlement go? How does the war with the Japanese go?

2 Comments
2024/12/27
20:31 UTC

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MWI: Kim Jong Un decides to become a Capitalist

He decides to make Juche a capitalist idea. That means you can buy stuffed Kim dolls build a bear style and he opens a Disneyworld-like park in Pyongyang.

2 Comments
2024/12/23
13:57 UTC

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MWI: How does Russian History change if Rasputin really is an evil sorcerer

Despite being a devout Christian in real life, Rasputin is depicted in the Don Bluth movie(who had in earlier drafts survived an assassination attempt) as an evil sorcerer. Can he save Russia from communism and keep the Orthodox Church and the Crown intact if he has the powers he had in the Meg Ryan movie?

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2024/12/15
15:42 UTC

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North Korean government falls: but with a twist

It doesn't fall from a group of former Al Qaeda people, but it falls to a bunch of demons from a Hollywood depiction of hell. The demons replace the Kims with Satan-worship. How does the world react now that there is a Satanist country in eastern Asia?? Of course the demons know Korean, they are demons and can easily learn human languages.

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2024/12/11
16:25 UTC

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MWI: Could Claire Dunphy beat Trump in 2016?

Could Claire Dunphy(D-California) from Modern Family beat Trump in 2016 if she was a real person??

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2024/12/04
14:59 UTC

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What if the events of the ps1 game 'Medievil 2' occurred

1886 presumably August - early October Localised within London

The dead come back to life this includes fossils

Mutant infectious pumpkins monsters prowl Kew Gardens

The nearby freak show have produced robot Elefants to conquer London

Mutant limb creatures and merlocs turtle things roam the sewers

Jack the ripper can now jump buildings

And a large cathedral (presumably St Paul's) blows up

Ignoring the times arrow comic produced what realistically occurs in normal history?

2 Comments
2024/12/02
22:17 UTC

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MWI: Oil found in North Korea

Despite being improbable, Pyongyang magically is now sitting on top of an oil field. What changes politically?

0 Comments
2024/12/02
20:29 UTC

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Tony the Tiger runs for President in the 2016 primaries

What changes if this guy is in the same primary field as Trump with his main platform being against healthy foods based on the fact he's promoting a sugary cereal?

3 Comments
2024/11/27
23:03 UTC

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Yosemite Sam runs for Governor of Texas in 2026

How does he do in the GOP primary, with his only policy being EXTREMELY lax on guns and the right for people to use dynamite?

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2024/11/15
13:50 UTC

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MWI: A Dog is elected President of the United States

How would a dog do as president of the United States? (Handwaving the whole age thing.) Think of a male pug for reference and they have to do this job. Their running mate is a regular human(who is a gay woman).

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2024/11/09
17:54 UTC

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Zombies in the America in civil war

How do zombies change the outcome if stereotypical Romero type zombies are added?? Do they help the North win faster?

1 Comment
2024/10/24
13:20 UTC

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MWI: every NFL team is to be taken literally

For instance, every Miami Dolphins player is literally a dolphin.

1 Comment
2024/10/20
13:10 UTC

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XI Jinping changes China's national anthem to the Winnie the Pooh theme song

Yeah, it is of course in Mandarin for obvious reasons, but he decides to make himself INTO "Little Bear Winnie".

0 Comments
2024/10/18
13:05 UTC

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Captain Crunch runs for President as a Republican in 2012

Can Captain Crunch beat Mitt Romney in 2012?? He is a businessman with military service, which are two things going for him.

2 Comments
2024/10/15
12:58 UTC

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MWI: 30 year war made even worse

A Romero-type zombie outbreak starts around 1634 near Prague around the time the French intervene. What changes?

0 Comments
2024/10/08
12:53 UTC

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MWI: Trump runs against his 2016 self

How would the 2024 election go if Trump was running against his 2016 self?

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2024/10/03
12:56 UTC

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MWI: Alf ends up in our universe

Alf lands in our universe, not the sitcom universe. How does President Reagan and his administration respond finding out that there is a cat-eating alien living in someone's house?

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2024/09/29
12:35 UTC

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MWI:Saddam Hussein after 1991 goes REALLY insane

Saddam Hussein becomes a huge fan of Anime and Japanese culture and pop music. He wants to make Iraq "Kawaii" and throws Japanese words into random Arabic sentences. How do his generals respond now that he has posters of Sailor Moon in all of his palaces?

1 Comment
2024/09/27
13:23 UTC

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MWI: The Book of Revelation actually happens literally in 1187

The Second Coming of Jesus occurs during the Crusade that Richard I was on. How do the wars between Christian invaders and the Islamic resistance go?

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2024/09/24
13:19 UTC

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MWI: Putin gets killed by a bear in 2014

What happens if, after his first invasion of Ukraine, he is randomly killed by a bear in 2014?? The bear is a magical bear that no Russian security service can protect him from.

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2024/09/21
17:48 UTC

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MWI: Adolf Hitler, as fuhrer, decides to convert to Judaism

As soon as he takes power, Hitler randomly decided to convert to Judaism. Of course, him being Hitler, he calls it something like "Aryan Judaism", and it does not resemble any known form of Judaism(He is trying to appeal to mischling and people of the Association of German National Jews). What happens to him?

0 Comments
2024/09/19
12:30 UTC

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MWI: Humanity gets access to Star Trek type tech

The tech though is only at Archer's level, not Kirk's, Picard's, or Burnham's, meaning it is primitive by Trek standards. Does humanity try to build the Terran Empire?

0 Comments
2024/09/17
12:31 UTC

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