Anachronism -- Choose Your Time

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-11-14 08:47pm

If you had to choose a time period in the past to spend the rest of your life in, which one would it be?

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-14 08:48pm

I'm perfectly happy with the present. People have more rights, I think overall we're less frightened of each other (barring morons, as always), and our standards of living are far higher than any other time in human history. Even a hundred years ago life was miserable for 99.9% of the people by most modern people's standards.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-11-14 08:51pm

The 1980s
Yes I'd love to be one of your start-up investors.. Mr Gates is it?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-14 08:52pm

I'll stay here. If hard pressed maybe the 1980's. But here's good.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-14 08:52pm

Modern is good enough for me.

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-11-14 08:53pm

Ten years ago. I'd like to go back, put some money in dot.com, and then bail out just before the whole thing comes crashing down. Never have to work again in my entire life.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-11-14 08:54pm

Ten years ago. I'd like to go back, put some money in dot.com, and then bail out just before the whole thing comes crashing down. Never have to work again in my entire life.

See My Post

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-14 08:54pm

data_link wrote:Ten years ago. I'd like to go back, put some money in dot.com, and then bail out just before the whole thing comes crashing down. Never have to work again in my entire life.

Lol, I second that.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-11-14 08:56pm

I occasionally think the 1940s would've been okay (keeping in mind, of course, that being a white guy, I wouldn't have been faced with a lot of the shit that minorities were.) But then I think about things like that, the nostalgia wears off, and I settle for drinking nineteen 40's of Mickeys. lol

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2002-11-14 08:58pm

I grew up during the seventies and eighties, and the present does nicely, thank you. Although Data_Link's i-dear is a dilly!

Mike_6002 · Post by **Mike_6002** » 2002-11-14 09:03pm

A Future 1984 style world

A hail Big Brother

Ya I'm crazy.....no wait that the US

(Okay I don't like the states politically have some good people...Dalton...Phong....ect)

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-11-14 09:04pm

See my post

Best method is being there during Gate's IPO

Along with AOL, Yahoo and Amazon and you can be fucking SET FOR LIFE

Yahoo IPOed at 8 and a quater, ended the day at twenty and December 2000 on the 25th was kicking over the 240 points....

starfury · Post by **starfury** » 2002-11-14 09:09pm

Ten years ago. I'd like to go back, put some money in dot.com, and then bail out just before the whole thing comes crashing down. Never have to work again in my entire life

ditto for me, I third that.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 09:11pm

A few years into the future. Maybe about five or ten, at the most. But for the greater part, now is fine.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-11-14 09:17pm

A real gambler -- how do you know the future won't be worse? Besides, we're all going there whether we like it or not. lol

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 09:19pm

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:A real gambler -- how do you know the future won't be worse? Besides, we're all going there whether we like it or not. lol

Why do you think I said not too far?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-14 09:21pm

verilon wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:A real gambler -- how do you know the future won't be worse? Besides, we're all going there whether we like it or not. lol
Why do you think I said not too far?

A lot can change in even a year.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-11-14 09:24pm

Medieval times. Back when money didn't mean shit.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 09:28pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:Medieval times. Back when money didn't mean shit.

Back then, when thje Plague was rampant.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2002-11-14 09:28pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:Medieval times. Back when money didn't mean shit.

And the nice thing about those days was, you really knew your king, didn't you? He was the guy who didn't have shit all over him, out in the countryside repressin' people. You really got to know your politicians personally in those days...

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-11-14 09:31pm

Money didn't mean shit, no; they mostly used pointy sticks and sharp pieces of metal to make their point.

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-11-14 09:35pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:Medieval times. Back when money didn't mean shit.

OMFG ROFL...

Sorry, but money meant a LOT back then. Potentially even more than it does now.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-14 09:37pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:Medieval times. Back when money didn't mean shit.

When money didn't mean shit and you had to shit in a bedpan.

Mike_6002 · Post by **Mike_6002** » 2002-11-14 09:47pm

Feudalism, Chivearly, Knights, Raping, Killing, Looting...Good Time but still rather be in 1984 where we all safe from ourselves

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-14 09:49pm

Mike_6002 wrote:Feudalism, Chivearly, Knights, Raping, Killing, Looting...Good Time but still rather be in 1984 where we all safe from ourselves

And with no Plague, mind you.