"Time Abhors a Paradox" Creepypasta

For those who've been curious about wanting to time travel, here's a good argument not to.
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[@Jolis_Parsec]

I think I figured out the ending, folks. Dmitri couldn’t kill the younger narrator since the older narrator wouldn’t exist to be brought back to the past as a result, thus creating a true paradox, and as the topic title states, time abhors paradoxes, so it simply erased Dmitri from existence instead. Man, that’s a scary way to go, but at least in this instance, the bastard deserved it at least.

[@XavionofThera]

Which is nonsense, because change is something that happens within time (I.E. at one time Dmitri exists, and at another time he doesn't). You can't change time itself.

[@physics_hacker]

The conservation of mass and energy would mean that he couldn't have been erased from existence, but there's already something that could be erased: the time machine itself. Or, the concept of it. The materials used aren't a problem but the concept that Dmitri brought back to his younger self has no origin. The older Dmitri got the concept when he was a kid from his older self, who got it as a kid...and so goes the loop. There is no origin point of the concept, so it can easily be erased from having ever existed in the first place thus fixing the paradox. Which means Dmitri is still out there doing his thing, he just never got involved with time travel, at least in this manner.

[@zumiez12ful]

@@XavionofThera oh boy you need to do some research time travel does exist and stuff is being changed all the time one piece of example is look up the Mandela effect that's just the surface if you know where that look you can find lots more proof another the bell project Philadelphia experiment there is Soo much more

[@ILootStandingStill]

iCaStOut Do you like making yourself sound stupid?

[@RoleReverse]

Devin Louden they said the same thing to the Wright Brothers

[@jorgeflores2742]

That moment when an old friend you haven't seen in a long time asks for your help and it has nothing to do with a pyramid scheme :O

[@3EBstudio]

yyeeeet

[@uhhfrankie9211]

Hate it when that happens 😳

[@Andronicus87]

The author should of said the protagonist got the better of young Dimitri and successfully blew his head off with a gun.

[@masondonnelly7286]

Stfu

[@talynorf389]

Jorge Flores 😂😂😂

[@Chars98]

So, since Dimitri couldn't have taken him back in time if he was already dead, "time" got rid of him to prevent a paradox. That is why nobody remembered him when he "moved". The narrator did, because he still had to go back to make the situation that caused the paradox. Once complete, that was erased too.

[@TheGlitchGuy957]

Very helpful comment, thank you.

[@DrakeD3th]

Chars98 Thank You 👍

[@akshattejas4348]

Ahhhh just some time traveling things maaan

[@zichithefox4781]

Dang. This story was really well thought out.

[@Devilish420]

That still doesn't explain how the narrator got back to the present day since Dimitri was erased from existence and the narrator didn't have the knowledge to operate the time machine. Did "time" just place the narrator back in the present? Or did it just put his consciousness back in the present when Dimitri was erased?

[@liliths_gf3075]

“Friend is a strong word”, hugs him immediately upon seeing him

[@MyNaMeIsLiAm16]

TBH, I would have if he had just vanished off the face of the earth for years upon years. That's just me :P

[@liliths_gf3075]

TheNameisLiam lol honestly same, I just thought it was funny

[@nicemomasmr]

He said that friend was a strong word because dude tried to kill him at the end. It was foreshadowing.

[@mazooooney]

Nostalgia is a hell of a thing

[@marandahartley]

No

[@Kiggidisvawgegawgin]

I honestly thought Dimitri was going to kill the narrator because he lost once in pokemon.

[@Disrupted_SP]

that was the real hidden reason ofc. too shameful to admit it

[@LolaFulana305]

Me too

[@bongo526]

I thought he went back in time to win the game

[@malevolentthedragon]

I laughed

[@LonesomeKrow]

Dimitri: *loads shotgun with malicious intent* “This is for that damn Nine-Tails you pulled off.”

[@michelelyons9410]

Really enjoyed this story. The protagonist's friend was obviously a sociopath, since he had no empathy or concern for his friend---and neither did his "younger" versions. I was glad that this story did not take the obvious path of killing the protagonist, but instead of the timeline "fixing" itself, destroying the one who had been causing the damage (who totally deserved it) and restoring the innocent to his normal life and timeline. Excellent story, very interesting, well told.

[@rope435]

Agreed, very satisfying story

[@Keidon1337]

@@rope435 so the universe has a sense of justice?

[@MelonMafia1]

@@Keidon1337 Nah, Dmitri just fucked with time and she fucked with him back

[@Viva-qd2bo]

Most likely a psychopath, since basically the only difference between a sociopath and psychopath is that psychopaths a born, sociopaths are made

[@ethanadams8109]

@@Keidon1337 In the sense that it seeks to correct those who interfere with the natural flow of time

[@zaphyyy]

I need a friend that just instantly believes me when I say I made a time machine no questions

[@Zafor-ium]

Maybe you're just too stupid for anyone to believe you.

[@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS]

@@Zafor-ium So you're stupid enough to instantly believe someone telling you they built a time machine as long as they're kind of smart. It's not like it's more likely they'd be joking. SMH.

[@Zafor-ium]

@@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS lmao, jeez!!! You took that seriously, it was a fucking joke. dude, the guy I originally said that too knew it was a joke, jeez you have to much time.

[@freddiegonzales5042]

@@Zafor-ium r/woosh ception

[@anthonyconde7604]

They have to either be really special, or young enough to still believe in Santa. Weird taste in friends IMO.

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

"I still hadn't thought what message to give to my younger self" The entire section of choices I just went "Buy bitcoin early" at escalating volume inside my head.

[@kylewagner7393]

Antares Maelstrom buy Amazon and Apple too

[@aidantaylor2669]

Bitcoin is down a lot right now, Invest in companies like Juul, apple, Amazon, and invest in Oil/Gas rig stock, and 3D printing, you would be so rich you wouldn’t know what to do with yourself

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

@@aidantaylor2669 You do realize Bitcoin is back up to about 10,000 and with early I mean EARLY around 2009 when there still wasn't any official trading etc, when you could buy 10k of them for a hundred bucks or so. No company investment can offer a Million times return over 8 years.

[@Snomrade]

Lists all life choices. Don’t do any of this

[@ShadowFox10587O]

@@aidantaylor2669 you realize you could just do both right? Step 1. Go back in time Step 2. Send message to other you Step 3. Other you invest in bitcoin AND companies like Amazon and Google Step 4. Many years later you are floating naked in your solid gold swimming pool full of money

[@michellecieoffi4846]

I see. The ending was him tricking Dimitri into creating a paradox. He used a simple question, "How are you going to kill me?", and Dimitri created a paradox by overthinking it. He should know how his friend will die since it happened in the past, but it didn't happen yet, but it will happen and then he'll know, but he should know since it happened in the past. This thought train creates a paradox and in order to avoid creating one the universe kills Dimitri so that the paradox will not be challenged.

[@QueenNeptune]

I agree with this but I dislike this ending though. It feels like it betrays what we know about Dimitri. The genius guy that's not forgetful didn't question the fact that this memory was "missing" from everything else that day. You would think he would be at least a little bit worried after noticing this but we didn't see that in the story. I could just nitpicking but it seems like the author foregone the logic of the story a bit.

[@disnothsi2218]

@@QueenNeptune No that isnt dimitri forgetting it. It's dimitri overlooking the obvious thats why it was stated so much that Dimitri often overlooked the simpler things.

[@lemonvolt]

Correct, this is the simplicity that he knew his friend could see while he would over look a crucial detail. Like he said it was a common occurrence as children that dimitri missed the obvious.

[@QueenNeptune]

@@disnothsi2218 I guess I would agree with you if I consider that detail small but that seemed like a big thing to me and something he should encountered before with the deer and the dog. Also I wasn't saying he forgot, I'm saying he somehow didn't noticed that memory wasn't there while planning this out. I guess Dimitri falls under the genius type that is "dumb genius" lol.

[@MistressHorrors]

Thank you. I was over thinking this way too much.

[@ASH-mf1ul]

Youre like a old friend that never leaves i can always count on another amazing story thank you ive been watching you since 2016 you are a amazing human

[@justins7796]

Agreed :) CreepsMcPasta makes me not feel lonely lmao

[@driftertravelerman6893]

likes iffy uh

[@RazzSFG]

I’ve been watching him since 2023

[@emfs9522]

​@@RazzSFGInteresting, are you a time traveler?

[@Kiirrriito]

​@@RazzSFGayo wtf bro

[@chichichai_]

See, kids? This is why you don’t trust strange genius friends.

[@jennikemp7158]

Just Harihar why not maybe I wana go fuck up reality

[@fastmeansoftransportation2719]

Well in that matter it means that someone on the comment section is a time traveler or will be a time traveler and is now in the same time as us but he is from the future.😅

[@weightedblankett9656]

b-but *i ‘ m t h e s t r a n g e g e n i u s f r i e n d . . .*

[@kata1261]

As the resident strange genius friend, can confirm.

[@undeadprincess5726]

"You go back in time and kill your grandfather, how are you still alive?" My mom cheated

[@eggmug562]

As someone once told me Multiverse theory is a bitch.

[@horseless.headman]

@@eggmug562 nice reference

[@greatpower6063]

Maybe it wasn't your grandmother's first husband that raised your mother.

[@greatpower6063]

Everyone usually has two grandparents...except in my family where my abusive father kept my mother isolated other people and from her relatives until my grandparents from both their families died and the rest of the family that i know of doesn't talk to him or us.

[@boredalot5676]

At what age was your grandfather when you killed him?

[@katakana1]

*They travel back in time* But Dmitri said that you can't go forwards in time with the machine... Will they just be two 'missing persons' cases?

[@DaChoc0cat]

*Deleted on accident but again* You would be able to go back in time because that's the "past". Every second that goes by in the present becomes the "past". So you could go backwards in time then "back" to the time or second you left which would still be the "past" or "present" but not the future. Which would be a second or more after you left UNLESS time passes while you're gone so you could return to ahead of the time you left since it happened already but not for more than the time you've been gone. Not being able to go to the "future" is probably because it would mean going to a time that hasn't happened yet which would immediately cause a paradox. You probably guessed it but I enjoy thinking about stuff dealing with time and paradoxes.

[@donnabrahamworsley5857]

Explain how I drew this *__* Paradoxius

[@chaosdirge4906]

@@DaChoc0cat This kind of logic is why time paradoxes if it were possible to travel back in time probably aren't an actual thing. To us humans right now we just perceive them that way because its our version of a robot not being able to do something outside of its programing.

[@Enzo012]

I think he meant forward from present not forward from the past to the present.

[@Keidon1337]

I saw a video once, and theoretically you can only transfer consciousness back in time, and your body that you transferred your consciousness out of would perish.

[@marchingflute5181]

About time travel... "It's about time" Duh...

[@Snomrade]

Thyme traveler’s paradox

[@marchingflute5181]

Yeah, that'll spice things up a bit

[@idtgc1945]

I know no one ever appreciates these but the pictures are pure quality. Nice job Creeps

[@angelaricks5379]

The moment you think you're mature enough to time travel is when you really are not mature enough to time travel. Great story and excellent narration, I immensely enjoyed this story. Thank you very much. Paradox, in your face! lol!🤣

[@danieloneil3503]

Aaaw, yisss! Just in time for another exciting episode of Sir CreepsMcPasta's 'No Sleep for You Assholes Tonight!' Theatre. My FAVORITE time of day!

[@Tug-rs9uj]

Bobby Strange lol my mildly phsico brain can only fall asleep with these

[@kyliemills4155]

YES

[@kyliemills4155]

Tug0522,me too!

[@jeffe9349]

Gave me an anxiety attack. I thought it was going to end with Dimitri at the door again and the series of events plays in a casual loop

[@georgemcmillan9172]

I have listened to litterally hundreds of these stories, and have never been affected by any of them. I have to say, this particular story had me on edge just after the kid showed up on the playground. I expected a different ending, and was completely taken back by the end. Obviously, he killed Dimitry when he tried to kill him. That's why he couldn't remember his younger self, and his head exploded. Excellent story!!!

[@harderdaddyowo2153]

George Mcmillan That doesn’t make sense... If his younger self got killed then he wouldn’t exist to do the whole story.

[@georgemcmillan9172]

@@harderdaddyowo2153, his head exploded when they went back in time, did it not? The main charachter survived, did he not?

[@MargaritaOnTheRox]

Actually, I think Dmitri realized the paradox that he couldn't kill the narrator, and his head exploded. It's a closed loop, "Harry Potter rules." He couldn't kill the narrator because he had never killed the narrator. He grew up and went to college.

[@marlonagostini8633]

I think both demitris' heads exploded, thats how time straightened out the paradox, by deleting demitri completely out of existence

[@yoshiraenn]

If the narrator killed him then how did dimitri exist in the future, the whole event wouldn't have happened

[@rjkudwa225]

Let me guess, your childhood woods? Its was, and it was beautiful.

[@aksprkl6594]

?

[@RM-cv5sc]

@Rekora says "our protagonist killed Dimitri in self defense. " I think that makes the most sense. 1) after that summer Dimetri suddenly "moved". Did he move or is that just something he chose to believe. Trauma does things to memories. 2) no one seemed to remember Dimitri except him. The Mandela effect. 3) no one at the door at the end. The knock was an echo from the previous timeline. 4) I suspect towards the end (in the past) the narrator asked how he would be killed. It is very possible that he remembered having to defend himself. (Possibly a repressed memory coming to the surface) 5) no trace of Dimitri online. "He was a ghost" Time was trying to correct itself but the narrator never knew, ( at least not consciously) On a side note: I suspect forced time travel may have been the cause of Dimitris mothers sickness.

[@dragon436]

Truly the best time paradox story on this channel compared to the others you've read. Simply brilliant with a magnificent twist for an ending! LOVED IT! and also loved that it was over half an hour long 😍 KUDOS to the author if he's see this 👏👏👏

[@donnabrahamworsley5857]

Ur pix is epix!

[@frankwilson7629]

@@donnabrahamworsley5857 m

[@riteshetwgjgyvyd5226]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the time we spent playing with our childhood friends and did so much . When he said the woods have been cut off, i felt that shit too hard.

[@anjaknaizuk3752]

huh at first when older Dmitri died, i thought that perhaps young Dmitri had attacked the young narrator, but the young narrator fought back and accidentally killed young Dmitri instead, thus killing older Dmitri. That would also explain the sudden move after the summer, because if young narrator was seriously traumatized by being attacked by his friend like that, he could have subconsciously blocked that out (ptsd/ptss type thing). And since he was so young, he might have drawn the conclusion that Dmitri moved away. That could also explain why narrator couldn't find anything on him after he passed. the information of the attack could have never went public, and the families and police kept it quiet, so he couldn't find any articles on it, ect

[@sean..L]

Genius friend? This is just like ‘the day God blinked’.

[@theoriginalpancake2847]

I’ve been wondering about that one. Did you like it?

[@gavtriggs664]

Shit watch a movie called Predestination if you want to be screwed with by the concept of the space time continium

[@ethanchaney1139]

I thought that’s what I was listening to until the first minute or two has gone by and it had a different story line

[@sean..L]

Doctor Slurmp from what I remember It was great.

[@theoriginalpancake2847]

Okay cool I’ll give it a listen thank you.

[@lemonlimeskull0007]

You survived a time traveling killer. If that's not badass, idk what is.

[@jemoeder3103]

surviving abortion

[@ryanduffy45]

In the beginning when he started talking about his genius friend who lived in the house behind his, that played Chess , Pokemon and MTG. I literally have a friend who is a genius (IQ of 165 when he was four) and we literally played those same games and I almost never won. He lived in the townhouse across from ours. Had our own woods too. We've been friends for going on 25 years now. Just the parallels between what he described and my real life gave me goosebumps. Freaky coincidence.

[@sarahbellee.bradburn8760]

Me: Has a migraine, takes pain meds, clicks on this video, and tries to relax. Me 34:32 later: Cool story. *HEAD THROBBING VIOLENTLY.*

[@gabrielgarcia437]

Me: feels sleepy, gets ready and tucked in for bed, clicks on this video, and tries to relax Me 34:32 later: cool story, CANNOT SLEEP BECAUSE NIGHTMARE FUEL.. Also me 34:32 later: hey im supposed to be asleep right now.... CLICKS ON ANOTHER CREEPYPASTA VIDEO..

[@jonathanmiddleton890]

@@gabrielgarcia437 bro I know how you feel

[@budemawa411]

Everyone out here trying to make sense of time travel, I’m just here like: yeah it seems like you’ve got a bad case of the wibbly wobblies, too much timey wimey stuff.

[@officerspider7996]

Time Traveller’s Paradox. Title: *Time Abhors a Paradox*

[@deadgiveaway-z3i]

*ikr, what's up with dat?*

[@TommyElijahCabelloReal]

*Yeah, Creeps!*

[@solsasson2760]

Yeah wtf creeps

[@electri-citywatts]

probally a nod to the fact of time travel abhoring a paradox, in one time line the title is Time Traveller’s Paradox. in another the title is Time Abhors a Paradox

[@chunkchunk223]

DatEdBoi _217 wibbly wobbly timey wimey

[@Nagatem]

The time traveler’s paradox, that sums up the plot of yugioh 5ds

[@Bleideris0]

Who even watches that bs?

[@TypeZeta2]

Blenderis YO no one.

[@brandonmiotke]

Blenderis YO lol it’s not bs. Yugioh, all series’s were good until V-Rains

[@KidayaGaming]

@@brandonmiotke all the series in yugioh were good except for Zexal and Arc-V. Vrains is decent for what it is.

[@brandonmiotke]

Ricky Despres personally, I liked zexal for the cringiness. I guess I just liked that era of the game more than these later ones

[@katakana1]

You know, time traveling FORWARDS is actually much easier than traveling back.

[@sageset4509]

Katakana! It’s so easy I’m doing it right now

[@funnelvortex7722]

I mean all you have to do is travel fast, the faster you move the faster you move into the future. Satellites in orbit age less than things on the surface. Einstein is a mindfucker.

[@unhingedconnoisseur164]

@@funnelvortex7722 bruh i mean that works but you're moving forward right now

[@victorhurwitz5559]

@@funnelvortex7722 isn't that the twin paradox with one twin on earth and one in a space station are the same age but when the one in space is on the space station for 10 years than returns to earth the twin on earth is older than the twin in space because the speed of the space station moved faster in space making him age slower in space than on earth and time moved in space check it out this is a summarized version there are better explanations on the internet

[@3DTyrant]

Well Yeah, it's easy. So easy in fact, all living things are constantly doing it, even as, and after I type out this comment.

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

Time abhors a paradox, but is seemingly fine with the bootstrap paradox of giving the guy the time machine plans from the future.

[@geminiadastra8662]

Time is picky

[@victorhurwitz5559]

Do you mean the one with a time traveller giving a book Einstein wrote to Einstein back in time before Einstein wrote it and than it repeats itself and the time traveller gives the book back to Einstein.The question of this paradox is who wrote the ideas Einstein or the time traveller who gave the book Einstein originally wrote?

[@storytellermich6984]

My take: His younger self defended himself and killed young Dmitri instead. Hence he couldn't remember his younger self and how he killed him....because he died then. Protag was then returned to where he should be.

[@bottlerocket2528]

I like these time travel ones

[@AravindKarthigeyan]

Any other time travel creepy Pastas?

[@DemandStrength.]

@@AravindKarthigeyan yeah,a few floatin around on here

[@Daws0nian]

There will be more Trust me

[@unfertlizedmayopacket691]

Only the smartest play the Pokémon card game...

[@jupiterquake8541]

*ALTERNATE ENDING* Dmitri smiles, "I haven't decided yet... apparently."

[@emmae2520]

Alternate ending: Dimitri's head explodes because young Dimitri kill shot him, as young Dimitri had been plotting against his older self once he heard that he had become creul enough to kill their best friend, for who young Dimitri the friendship was fresh and current and real

[@TheGlitchGuy957]

@@emmae2520 Epic. :o

[@Nekrotix12]

That was honestly the most deadpan, blunt reading of someone's head exploding I've ever heard. It was like "And then his head exploded." like he just stubbed his toe or something xD

[@BMillzebub]

Interestingly, Dmitri created a time travel paradox by giving his younger self the plans for a time machine. It's called a Bootstrap Paradox and is my personal favorite time travel paradox.

[@saltycracker5977]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but couldn’t it be solved if he had instead said “So the man who looked like me gave me instructions for a time machine. When I got older, I went back in time and did the same thing to keep the cycle going.” I might be completely wrong though idk

[@emeraldwisp7563]

The time machine was just one of those hurricane simulators and it just rearranged the forest, obviously.

[@emeraldwisp7563]

And the mist and wind was just some drug BOOM SOLVED

[@donnabrahamworsley5857]

No it was ur profile pic

[@Kizakoto]

Boy I have never seen a word like "abhors" in my entire life that threw me off 😭😭 I can tell this video is gonna slap

[@kingbling7571]

Hatred*

[@xoelurec]

King Bling which word???

[@QOArkaria]

@@kingbling7571 What are you correcting???

[@kingbling7571]

@@QOArkaria abhors

[@QOArkaria]

@@kingbling7571 When you use the "*" it's generally assumed you're correcting selpling or adding new word. *spelling *a But yeah, Abhor does mean to hate something. :D

[@christopherrobin3763]

Your voice is very soothing I often fall asleep listening and sometimes dream of the story you're telling lol it's pretty cool often I'm seeing the things happening but once in a while I'm experiencing it. Now those times are creepy. I enjoy them

[@francesscat2783]

Same thing happens to me. When I fall asleep listening to creeps I'll be dreaming the story. Makes it pretty creepy, I love it!

[@fcantil]

The universe erasing Dmitri from existence to prevent a paradox kind of reminds me of convergence points from Steins;Gate. Though, the difference is that if a person changes the past to change the outcome of something, and that something is a convergence point, the universe would somehow find a way to make that something have the same outcome as if it wasn't affected by the time travel at all. So like, if you went to the past to prevent someone's death, and that person's death is a convergence point, the universe will change some stuff so that he will still die but just in another way.

[@msak131195]

Perfect timing for me to go to sleep. CMP, Thank you so much, i really love your story telling. you kinda cure my insomnia, so thank you

[@Xirru]

Same xD UwU

[@luvaarsnowfield]

So he Terrifies your insomnia into wanting to sleep? That is awesome. X3

[@gig2734]

I am impressed that you find so many stories so often.

[@joedogg777]

Don't know how I missed this one fer so long. Awesome story, very well told!

[@karaleesimmons3147]

I just checked his channel for new narrations. I’m pleased

[@pseula]

Really enjoyed this! Not quite sure how it's escaped my attention for the past year, but glad to have finally arrived!

[@shadowbladergod2140]

Time to fall asleep listening just to wake up and listen to the whole thing again bc i usually fall asleep before I finish these

[@anthonyconde7604]

When Dmitry implied that your head explodes I didn't think it actually would; just a major headache, or at worst some Interstellar/Doctor Strange bullshit.

[@younglink6530]

The story ends Me: I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS I DONT NEED SLEEP I NEED ANSWERS

[@yasutakeuchi]

One of the best creepypastas I've heard. A lot of times it's about a cheesy monster or is melodramatic demon/ghost stuff

[@zhaolang1215]

I don't know why but when I imagine Dimitri I think of mandark from Dexter

[@donnabrahamworsley5857]

...𝙄

[@goldkarna2423]

Narrator smarter than the so-called genius, LOL.

[@lavamaster2863]

It was mentioned that dimitri tended to miss obvious shit

[@mazen6446]

I'd say it's more like he got lucky with a question he simply asked out of an emotional response. He just wanted to know how he went.

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

Morningstar I really heavily doubt that’d be the average human’s emotional response - since the narrator does seem pretty average

[@Rekora_Wulf]

Take a shot every time creeps says “Trees”

[@gabrielheflin6964]

Are you ok?

[@Rekora_Wulf]

Gabriel Heflin I don’t drink so I’m fine lol

[@ethanchaney1139]

I thought this was “The day God Blinked” until about a minute or two into it and the story line was actually different

[@MelonMafia1]

Oh true

[@shouta_aizawa2729]

When god blinks? Is that it?

[@justaregulartoaster]

I swear, every fictional Dimitri is either an inventor or a pianist

[@marchingflute5181]

That sure blew my mind

[@chuuyanakahara408]

I freaking LOVE paradoxes! This one was great!

[@spoonsareoccasionallymadeo5728]

*Snake, what have you done? You changed the future!! You've created a time paradox!*

[@gavtriggs664]

Snake?SNAAAAKE!

[@gavtriggs664]

Snake?SNAAAAKE

[@jafetguzman5012]

Jack? Jack!!!

[@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS]

I had a really smart childhood friend named Dimitri that people couldn't remember too! In fact he... man I don't feel so good. Why's it so hot and bright in here? Wait... What am I doing in the kitchen? What was I talking about again?

[@tanaz568]

It's 2:31 am here, good time to listen to it 😊

[@toaofmemes2419]

I read this at 2:31 pm eastern standard time

[@rayanmbadiwe2133]

33:30 Yeetus Yeetus Dmitri Deletus

[@darrenv2594]

listening to this story today creeps me out bc i just had a dream about time travel last night

[@ch1mp081]

First rule of time travel don't over think time travel

[@badradish2116]

i guess the paradox BLEW HIS MIND

[@oGkrique]

I used to be subd to you and not know why then I started to get too attached to you and I love it 😂😂😂😂

[@LegendaryCollektor]

Well crafted stories start interesting conversations. This was a wonderful story

[@EnderCorePL]

I have a paradox for you; What will happen if Pinokio says "This statement is false"?

[@eggmug562]

Nothing.

[@christopheraaron1255]

I've been away from your channel for a while. I can't quite put my finger on it, but you've improved. Your delivery just seems better. Well done.

[@krispybananaz]

Ayyy!! 40K getting some love!!

[@TheMoonhead30]

Love ya stories bro iv ptsd and helps me change how am thinking etc headphones and you're voice for a hour helps many thanks 😊

[@Iyiouseismouse]

I love that they mentioned space along with time but even with keeping the same space as the machine, how does that help when you travel time and both you and the machine would presumably be in the wrong place due to the planet's orbit and the rotation of our galaxy (which happens at 40k mph, so you would end up time traveling to deep space if you went much further than a handful of minutes)

[@Spuggky45]

Traveling through time, assuming it were possible, would be a terrible idea. It would most likely kill you. The first problem is spatial orientation. The earth, the milky way Galaxy, everything is constantly moving. If you traveled back in time to say, the year 1500 for example, the earth is most likely not in the same position it was in when you left. One of two things is likely to happen. A) you would find yourself inside of a tree or a mountain or something (resulting in your instant death) or more likely B) you could pop up in space, resulting in a slower, more painful death. The second problem is displacement. Let's say you could go back in time to exactly the spot and moment you want to go. Again, lets say an empty field in the year 1500 AD. The problem is that the field ISNT empty. It has air in it, air that you have now displaced. That air has to GO somewhere. According to Google, an average adult male takes up about three square feet of space. Because you just materialized into this field in 1500, that three square feet of air is now going to be violently shoved out of the way, slamming into more air, which is now violently displaced. You would likely cause a huge explosion, leveling everything for who knows how far, and because you are in the center of this huge explosion, you will likely be vaporized.

[@NotSoSerious69420]

I mean except the only problem here is in order to travel back in time you’d have to move through space since the motion of particles is the fundamental causality of time. If you’re going back in time you’re going back in space to the time in which both your time and space are identical.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

*"And I realized I could never escape my terrible destiny: I had merely postponed it. ...history abhors... ...a paradox..."* -Raziel, 500 BBO (Before Blood Omen) Also, be careful not to zero-sum, kids! It happened to the Dwemer, it probably happened to Arniel Gale, and it might happen to you if you try to cause a paradox in a non-branching timestream!

[@lucifers.morningstar3805]

vae victus - Kain & Raziel

[@Maruweh]

Soul Reaver! One of my all-time favourites!

[@kimlambert159]

My poor little brain is overloaded. Damn good story! Ill be thinking about this one for a while! I think he killed Dimitri in one of the other time travels but doesn't remember. Since Dimitri proved that a body can exist in multiple parallels he came back to try again except that nature would not allow it. This story could have endless endless possibilities! Thats my guess lol

[@internetmysteries7080]

This was really awesome! Such a great story once again!

[@ghn_yug3351]

Internet Mysteries I didn’t get it can u explain It to me

[@bored4ce657]

I can’t believe his head exploded from where he couldn’t understand or even remember something that hasn’t and has happened , imagine the narrator remembering all of that and creates his own time machine to stop it from happening , that would be a pretty cool sequel

[@georgemcmillan9172]

The thumbnail is me, trying to get away from my children with my wallet in tact...

[@jonathanmiddleton890]

Bruh OMG hahaha

[@javeydones5163]

There’s a few issues with this one, firstly it’s stated in the story that the time machine does not allow for forward time travel, so how did Dimitri ever return to his own time when he was doing all the earlier experiments? Also Dimitri would know he can’t make his younger self kill his friend because if he had done that, then his friend would’ve never been there in the first place, therefore he shouldn’t be there now. If he could’ve been killed in the past then he wouldn’t be alive currently.

[@gabi2real]

first point is a good one, it’s possible he lied but i have no clue what purpose that would serve. as for the second one, it’s mentioned that dimitri often overlooked obvious details that the narrator would pick up on, ultimately leading to his defeat. i guess you can call it foreshadowing.

[@HarukoHoshiko]

logic error'd out of existence. ~

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

cartoon logic tho

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

As far as I can tell, this story actually manages to resolve every paradox mentioned.

[@NotSoSerious69420]

Except Dimitri died because the second he tried to remember killing him and realizing he doesn’t remember because it didn’t happen. This couldn’t be possible if the paradox didn’t exist.

[@unsalted_pepper550]

Yayy!! Please do more long stories

[@rickguillen2016]

By Far the best Creepy Pasta I've heard yet

[@lukemorahan43]

Love ur vids man

[@Necromankas]

A Soul Reaver quote as a title? Excellent.

[@Horde1Blades]

Wait, what!? The universe only corrects a paradox if the people involved in the paradox realize it is a paradox? Best argument for willful ignorance I've ever heard xD

[@saltycracker5977]

Actually, I think it was because the young Dmitri tried to kill the young narrator, but because he made that move, it cause the paradox, which destroyed Dmitri. It was at THAT moment, when young Dmitri made the move, the blew old Dmitri's brains out. Or it could just be a flaw in the story who knows lol

[@galacticplastic1741]

1) 0:00 2) 34:00 3) 4:15 but this time, no time machine; "Time Abhors a Paradox" Question: Did it all happened in 1 timeline?

[@soundwave8466]

Can u do a video on The Hybrid Experiment? U can read it on the No Sleep subreddit. U might find it interesting.

[@MathewSteeleAtheology]

The time traveler's paradox is one of the main reasons I don't consider any book, tv show or movie with time travel to be science fiction, but rather pure fantasy.

[@chrisb9179]

"Time abhores a paradox." Well this writer obviously loves his legacy of Kain games enough to lift a line straight from it.

[@chrisb9179]

@Red Dunkey I see you're trying very hard to be featured on NightMind. It's a long road before you're Marble Hornets brother. Good luck.

[@andreastewart8871]

I'm only getting to hear this properly, now... Wow!! Another one to save. Excellent, Creeps, just excellent...

[@GlitterismyCRACK]

Whoa 😮! I’m a bit confused 🤷🏼‍♀️. Did young Demetri end up getting killed, and that’s why the older ones head exploded 🤯🤯??

[@aspect7082]

no. like Old Demetri explained to the protagonist when he saw young Demetri for the first time, seeing something shocking or unexpected in a time that you have experienced can literally cause your head to explode. So, when the protagonist pointed out to Demetri that he couldnt have killed him, that confused the hell out of him, and Demitri became shocked when he realized there was no way that younger him could have killed the protagonist... in conclusion... PEW!

[@minia1122330000]

As far as i understand young protagonist killed young Dmitry in the forest possibly by pushing him on to the ground and he cracked his skull and the head explode for the old one was ether a coincidence or the efect of the hit traveling from back then from the young to the old multiplied buy the past time, and because of that the grandfather paradox hapened, were since the young Dimitry died the old wasn't at the dore and didn't send the protagonist to the past and that why in the end he was in the kitchen again

[@GlitterismyCRACK]

Thanx, both answers have given me much to think about and either could be right.

[@gavtriggs664]

Ahh TIMEPARADOX

[@minia1122330000]

@@GlitterismyCRACK glad to help

[@trashpanda9152]

Ouh really interesting one ! Narration on fleek as always

[@kadencemaggard5780]

WAIT THEY CANT GET BACK TO THE FUTURE BECAUSE HE SAID BACK BUT NOT FORWARD

[@treehuggerkyle]

Kadence Maggard Yeah but Dmitri said a lot of things which weren’t true to manipulate him into being part of his experiment. We have no idea which things he said were true.

[@KidayaGaming]

Depending on the time travel method we are talking about and the logistics behind it it is still possible to return to their own time. If we follow standard rules of time travel laws then we would have to say it's logically impossible. However if we follow the laws of time travel used in endgame which in all honesty seems like the most logical the future would be the past for the main character ergo he could still return if this was the case.

[@poojahazra7000]

The paradox woulda been easy to solve if old Dimitri killed Old Narrator, the Narrator's younger self would probably continue existing just like the 2007 dog did. This is because the death of old Narrator would be in the future now and would have no effect on past/younger Narrator, it also woulda been interesting if the story added younger Narrator finding his own deadbody but not recognizing it.

[@mechanicowl7086]

I feel like I've heard this before

[@monkeycake2612]

Time abhors a paradox, if you kill me, your current experiment, in the past, then you'd never have been able to perform the experiment in the first place now

[@3264-m3b]

A time paradox is only a paradox if time itself is a paradox.

[@seductivegopnik2580]

I have some questions about the ending: 1.) Some have mentioned that the thought process of the paradox is what creates the paradox, and is what caused Dimitri to be erased by time. Why? Wouldn't the paradox already have -- and always had -- existed, despite one human's brain going through its chemical functions to be deemed (by who/what?) as the 'proper' thought process? Even if it was, why Dimitri and not the narrator? The narrator also had no memory of being killed, because he wasn't, so wouldn't the explanation and thought process by Dimitri cause time to "erase" the narrator then and there, just as Dimitri did in the actual story? 2.) How is that erasure? Dimitri's head exploding? How is that the way time erases a paradox and erasing Dimitri? My initial understanding is that this was the effect and symptom of the 'time sickness' when the brain can't comprehend this unnatural occurance they're experiencing, and the head exploding was the extreme result of such an extreme time experience such as a paradox. What is time sickness anyway? How does it work? Why does it work like that? 3.) The time machine... where does it go? If they're in it, 'nailed to the ground because time and space are one', then wouldn't that mean it's still there, but the machine functions differently than universal time's functions? Why? What makes the atoms that make up the molecules that make up the materials of the machine special/distinct? How is it distincted? Wouldn't the simple existence of the machine's existence in space and two-way motion in time be a paradox itself? Like placing the machine in that field; wouldn't it already be there? Wouldn't it already exist twice until each direction of time collides? What point would that be? How do the laws of physics abide by the entity going reverse with time, if time and energy are two basic laws of the universe? For example if you shot it with a rocket launcher. Or just simply the wind. Or hey, everything else, such as the dirt, animals, people (wouldn't the people cutting down the trees encounter it, either going back or already there?), and trees. Like that tree that was right in front of them once they reached 07. What if a tree grew under them, or... through them? 4.) What made the narrator go back home like that?

[@igorkuzmanovic5990]

Clearly, this is a creepypasta, not a quantum physics theory. Good questions, but I don't think some great scientist wrote this piece.

[@seductivegopnik2580]

@@igorkuzmanovic5990 I know, I just enjoy thinking about it and writing it down :P ever since I saw that movie Primer which fucked with my head Still a great Creepypasta tho. Paradoxes, multiple twists, mind-fucks, and a creepy surprise sociopath -- good stuff, and amazing writing.