Depends on the rules.
Round trip to a ‘read only’ version of the past? I’d like to see the dinosaurs.
Round trip that can make changes? Probably a few hundred or even thousand years ago, so I could give them modern technology, information about climate change, try to educate people on social issues, etc. I’d create detailed instructions and try to make a religion out of it. There’s no guarantee it would work, but I’d hopefully return to a solarpunk utopia. Honestly not sure if I would try this, as it would basically overwrite everything I’ve ever known.
One way trip? I’d probably pass, unless I can de-age. I would definitely want to go back to being a child with all my current knowledge.
Round trip that can make changes? Probably a few hundred or even thousand years ago, so I could give them modern technology, information about climate change, try to educate people on social issues, etc
What tech would you take back if you could though?
Big pass on a one-way ticket. I’d quite like to see a dinosaur though…
It should be a very short glance though…
Is it one way? If so, I will pass.
If not, I would take my kid to see some of the big steam engines of the past that we can’t anymore, take a ride on an established safe train/route. (Or maybe buy some old Lego to take home)
I’d definitely pull a Biff Tannen
1988 and see the Berlin Wall (from the west obviously), travel through ghost metro stations
why would you want to hang out on the nazi side?
(from the west obviously)
Big fan of the Kentler Project?
I was in West Berlin in 1981, we had a picnic by the wall and rode the metro through the ghost stations. Which were a bit meh to be honest. You had to change a certain amount of currency to visit the east and we couldn’t afford it, so we just stayed in the train and went back again.
We hitched to Berlin, and the freakiest part was driving through the corridor that linked West Berlin to West Germany.
I was born after the Berlin Wall fell, but have read a lot about it, that is why I find it so fascinating.
I’d go back 30 seconds before you hit submit on this question and take your keyboard away from you.
Seriously, this is a question that’s essentially “What if?” which has been debated by philosophers, argued by historians, fantasized and written about in countless books and displayed in libraries and museums around the planet.
What on earth did you think this question would add to the fabric of society?
I’d go back 30 seconds before you hit submit on this question and take your keyboard away from you.
Seriously, this is a comment that’s essentially “waaa I didn’t like this” which has been posted by toddlers, argued by narcissists, fantasized and written about in countless comments and displayed in posts and videos around the planet.
What on earth did you think this comment would add to the fabric of society?
okay so sounds like it’s a pretty popular ponderance
maybe chill the fuck out? since it’s so normal?
You know you could have just downvoted and moved on. Instead you chose to suck the fun out. You’re a fun-sucker.
Every party needs a pooper and I guess that poopers you. Party pooper
In my family we call that the fun sponge.
The word you’re looking for is “curmudgeon”.
What I was actually trying to do is encourage a discourse that furthered society, rather than rehash a trope such as the one found at the source of this thread.
I’m not confident that this will actually eventuate here, but I’m hopeful that someone will pleasantly surprise me.
Nah, you were just being a dick for no good reason.
tips fedora. Ah, a fellow articulate. I too galavant through Lemmy in search of stimulating discourse. Unfortunately, I am met with conversation that is most superfluous. Heh. You’ve probably correctly surmised my IQ is higher than most.
Good luck fellow intellectual. Let us further society.
We’re on Lemmy. No conversation on here or on any social media is likely going to “further society” in any way.
