It would have to be an era with air conditioning. I'm soft - I don't know how people slept before A/C in humid climates.
So you're saying you're not going to join up with Sam Houston in the Texas revolution?
It would have to be an era with air conditioning. I'm soft - I don't know how people slept before A/C in humid climates.
I've had these time machine discussions and fantasies several times in my life. Being a huge lover of time travel books and movies I think it's built into my psyche.
One variation we did was - You get 30 days total but can spend them anywhere - and in any length per use. So 3 days at Woodstock gives you 27 days to spend elsewhere/elsewhen.
I still think my 'sweet spot' is 1955 - 1972. I could go back to 1945 if stretching it.
But having no immediate informational source as nearly complete and at your fingertips like the internet would be very difficult to re-adjust to.
And medical advances since then have been pretty amazing as well.
Right now is the greatest time in the history of our species.
I would not want to go back. I like modern medicine, sanitation, and dentistry too much. The average American now lives better than did the Roman emperors.
Going back in time and remaining at the same station basically invariable means you are a subsistence level farmer and enslaved (either formally through something called slavery or informally through serfdom or being a peasant and none of those sound fun).
Going forward...? Not sure what you are going into, to be honest.
So I am good right here. It is the best time that we know for sure about.
See - that's my problem. I really don't want to lose the ground women have gained in just MY lifetime. So I definitely would NOT want to go into the past.What time era in all of history would you like to live in, if not the present? You can go before age of men, any place, whatever.
But we're all outragedRight now is the greatest time in the history of our species.
I would not want to go back. I like modern medicine, sanitation, and dentistry too much. The average American now lives better than did the Roman emperors.
Going back in time and remaining at the same station basically invariable means you are a subsistence level farmer and enslaved (either formally through something called slavery or informally through serfdom or being a peasant and none of those sound fun).
Going forward...? Not sure what you are going into, to be honest.
So I am good right here. It is the best time that we know for sure about.
But we're all outraged
See - that's my problem. I really don't want to lose the ground women have gained in just MY lifetime. So I definitely would NOT want to go into the past.
I'd like to go into a future that includes affordable space travel. I'd like to leave this planet and explore other ones.
As I age I realize that nobody wants to see this naked ape breaking out any more.We live such safe, comfortable, and anodyne lives nowadays that we're simply bored. Our species is wired for conflict, hatred, and outright bloodlust.
I wrote more about it here --
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/how-bad-are-athletes-parents.253567/page-2#post-6940743
As I age I realize that nobody wants to see this naked ape breaking out any more.
Dinosaur times would be awesome. I would need a Prius to get away from them though.I thought this thread was going to be about raising a family in the days of legalized marijuana.
Um...I'll take dinosaur times, but just for like a few hours.
I'd like to see a time before all of the buildings and pollution just to see what it was like. I'd love to go back to when wolves and black bears and such inhabited what was going to be Iowa.
Otherwise the 1960's for all the drastic changes...I'd also like to compare notes to what the Boomers' parents were saying about them to see how it compares to what everyone's saying about Millenials.
Yeah, but I think that's why nobody can just be happy.
We're not wired to be happy. We're wired to be paranoid.
This is also why I think stuff like conspiracy theories and true crime has gotten so popular in recent decades. They always had some interest in prior decades, but they went from fringe interests to frankly cornerstones of popular culture in the past twenty years.
You think conspiracy theories and true crime have only recently gotten popular?
I recall a phrase from my childhood (during the cold war, but post McCarthy) - if anything went badly, it was "all a commie plot". The phrase was ubiquitous among adults AND children.You think conspiracy theories and true crime have only recently gotten popular?