What Civilization Would You Want To Live In???

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-01-04 05:06pm

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:America, late 80's. That way I can invest in technologies and make insane amounts of money .

More to the point gamble on major sports events. Easy money

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2004-01-04 05:10pm

Lonestar wrote:Numenor, after all, it "happen in Earth's past".

Well, if you get Numenor, I want Valinor...as an Elf.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-04 05:43pm

Lord Pounder wrote:
StormTrooperTR889 wrote:America, late 80's. That way I can invest in technologies and make insane amounts of money .
More to the point gamble on major sports events. Easy money

Can I bring back a sports almanac?

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2004-01-04 06:14pm

I've always thought 1920s America and London sounded like a lot of fun.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-04 06:19pm

Bertie Wooster wrote:I've always thought 1920s America and London sounded like a lot of fun.

Yeah, if you don't mind cars that only go 30 mph and factory smoke everywhere.

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2004-01-04 06:28pm

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:I've always thought 1920s America and London sounded like a lot of fun.
Yeah, if you don't mind cars that only go 30 mph and factory smoke everywhere.

In that case, I'd be sure to pack my asthma inhalers and bring my Buick. I mean, they'd have petrol for my car, right?

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-04 06:31pm

Bertie Wooster wrote:
StormTrooperTR889 wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:I've always thought 1920s America and London sounded like a lot of fun.
Yeah, if you don't mind cars that only go 30 mph and factory smoke everywhere.
In that case, I'd be sure to pack my asthma inhalers and bring my Buick. I mean, they'd have petrol for my car, right?

It might not be formulated right. And no one could work on it if it broke.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-04 06:46pm

I think the Roaring Twenties in the States or Toronto would be cool, that or World War Two Britain. Somewhere where there's a strong, cohesive identity, with character and excitement.

Granted, I sound like a poetic moron, but what can you do?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-01-04 06:52pm

30 mph cars?
If you had the money, you could pick up a 110 mph Buggatti, Hispano-Suiza, Issotta Fraschini, Bentley, Packard, Pierce Arrow, or any number of more obscure, high-dollar performance cars of the twenties.

Even a Model T could do 55.....

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-04 06:54pm

I know what they're capable of, but the quality of the roads severly hindered performance.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2004-01-04 09:39pm

Any era where I could get a good, broadband Internet connection...

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-01-05 12:35am

Joe wrote:America, 2004.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-01-05 12:58am

America, 2004 here as well. After all, it's home. That's said, I like the idea of going back to 1980s and buying alot of technology shares in key companies. I could watch the old cartoons as well.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-01-05 01:08am

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:America, late 80's. That way I can invest in technologies and make insane amounts of money .

Why not start in the 70's so you can have insane amounts of sex and still have time to invest like crazy in the 80's?

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-01-05 01:23am

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:I've always thought 1920s America and London sounded like a lot of fun.
Yeah, if you don't mind cars that only go 30 mph and factory smoke everywhere.

And the fact that the world wasn't in the best of shape. Sure everything was cheap but ya didn't get payed $5 an hour. Then the fact that that was a flight of fancy. Just around the corner is a horrible time.

I'm happy where I am, when I am.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-05 08:25am

I feel I should also mention that, being a product of the 80's, that was also a quite magical time for me. The 80's was great and I still think Miami Vice is cool. Come on, man. White blazer and slacks, hot pink t-shirt and a ferrari. What could be cooler? Big hair, Hair Bands, hair spray, yuppies, atari, go out-arcades were popular, colors everywhere! Jams, Howard the Duck, Pogo Balls, Neon EVERYthing....

I'm also curious...when you think of past decades, what do you think of? I associate it with weather, for some reason for instance:

the 70's- when I think of the 70's I think of drab, dreary, rainy days, no sunshine, and always cold. Perhaps because earth tones were so popular and cars were either pea-soup green, anemic shit brown, or Deathbed White.

The 80's- when I think of the 80's, I think of a hot summer. REALLY hot summer. Maybe because I lived in Georgia, but I associate the 80's with super hot temperatures, and cool, air conditioned houses. Color, color, color. Neon, big hair, blah blah blah. said all this already, but COLOR

the 90's-Crisp winter. Nothing special here. Just bundle up. it's windy, it's cold, it's the 90's. I graduated H.S. here. Street Fighter 2 tournaments at Pearl Ridge Mall stand out.

the 2000's- Jury's still out on this one, though it looks like a "Fall" Decade to me.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-01-05 08:33am

Earth 1000 years from now, just to see what has changed

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-05 10:13am

Living in the 90s era America would also be great. I always wanted to see what the early nineties were like.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-01-05 10:26am

lukexcom wrote:
Lonestar wrote:Numenor, after all, it "happen in Earth's past".
Well, if you get Numenor, I want Valinor...as an Elf.

Well according to this, Valinor is about where the American South is around ten thousand years later.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-01-05 10:29am

Current day either America/Europe/or Canada.

Honestly matters little but I'm not that interestred to visit the good ol days.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-01-05 11:01am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
lukexcom wrote:
Lonestar wrote:Numenor, after all, it "happen in Earth's past".
Well, if you get Numenor, I want Valinor...as an Elf.
Well according to this, Valinor is about where the American South is around ten thousand years later.

[Cletus] Y'know wha', ah can call ol' Stormcrow from up here! HEY! GANDALF! Get off the dang roof![/Cletus]

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-05 03:23pm

Tsyroc wrote:
StormTrooperTR889 wrote:America, late 80's. That way I can invest in technologies and make insane amounts of money .
Why not start in the 70's so you can have insane amounts of sex and still have time to invest like crazy in the 80's?

Because I have an aversion to STD's

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Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2004-01-05 04:11pm

Rome would be nice, but I'm not Roman, I'd probably be a slave. I think I'll stick with the present.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-05 06:14pm

With the exception of today, I'd say 1950's-1980's America.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-01-05 10:21pm

I was going to name some places and times, but I'd probably be burned as a witch or heretic in all of them. Best case scenario I'm just ignored because I'm female. I'll just stick with now.

(Though the thought of doing some massive crazy investing in the 80's sounds great, as long as I kept my knowledge of now.)