If you had to live in a period of the human history (past), which one would you choose ?
I think I'll choose roman times or the end of the 19th in Europe.
Porthos
That's a thought provoking question. It would have to depend on what region of the world I was to live in. But probably Roman times in a prosperous Hispano-Roman city, so long as I wasn't a slave! Or the 1890s.
Pauline
Probably I would prefer to live in the future, not in the past. It depend of what would (will) be the changes and developpments, but I think 2100 would be good. This, if the most of changes will be beneficial ones in the world.
Sander
Re: Which period would you like to live ?
fab wrote:
If you had to live in a period of the human history (past), which one would you choose ?
The Netherlands in the mid 17th century, the Dutch golden age ... meeting rembrandt, destroying English fleets, fighting french behind a large canal and having cheap German semi-slaves ...
patriccke
I'd most definitely prefer to live in the future
Elaine
patriccke wrote:
I'd most definitely prefer to live in the future
But, what if the future ain't so rosy? What then?
Sander
Elaine wrote:
patriccke wrote:
I'd most definitely prefer to live in the future
But, what if the future ain't so rosy? What then?
Yeah, maybe you end up in World War III or in a totally energy depleted planet. On the otherhand ... the future is totally unknown and would probably be most exiting.
Elaine
Well, since I'm a little vain and superficial, I would've loved to have lived in Swingin' Sixties London, wearing mod fashions, hanging out with Twiggy, the Shrimp, and Terence Stamp, smoking grass with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and once in awhile I'd cross over the Channel and shoot a movie with Alain Delon.
patriccke
Elaine wrote:
patriccke wrote:
I'd most definitely prefer to live in the future
But, what if the future ain't so rosy? What then?
I'd spend my whole life wishing I were born in the 1970s
David
The 1940s, or the 1880s.
André in Zuid-Afrika
Elaine wrote:
Well, since I'm a little vain and superficial, I would've loved to have lived in Swingin' Sixties London, wearing mod fashions, hanging out with Twiggy, the Shrimp, and Terence Stamp, smoking grass with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and once in awhile I'd cross over the Channel and shoot a movie with Alain Delon.
Hm, somehow I picture you there!
Porthos
Elaine wrote:
Well, since I'm a little vain and superficial, I would've loved to have lived in Swingin' Sixties London, wearing mod fashions, hanging out with Twiggy, the Shrimp, and Terence Stamp, smoking grass with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and once in awhile I'd cross over the Channel and shoot a movie with Alain Delon.
Yeah, me too. The swinging sixties baby yeah! When protection is for sailors and free love is for all! Experiment with psychodelic drugs, and stick it to the man! Yeah, those were the days! Also the days when, if you were a Chicano, you could get a thrashing by the police! Sounds fun!
Loic
I'd like to live in the pre-war epoch when wearing one's Sunday best to church was not considered quaint, but de rigeur.
And maybe get famous participating in nationalist movements. There were many more opportunities to do something great in the past for the number of causes to fight for were numerous.
Deborah
I'm happy I was born when I was (1950). I got to be a teenager in the '60s, and that was a lot of fun. I can't think of any time earlier than that that would have been tolerable for women. And I think if I'd been born earlier, my lofty height would have made me something of a freak, whereas by the late '60s, when I was in college, it was considered attractive (albeit the wrong size to be for a dancer). Actually, I think being born anytime after 1950 would be OK, and being really tall is not as much of a burden in the dance world now as it was when I was dancing.
On the other hand, the '60s was a rather optimistic time, and I don't think that's the case now.
Harrenys Targaryen
The Reformation.
(In my past-life, I was an iconoclast.)
Elaine
Deborah wrote:
I can't think of any time earlier than that that would have been tolerable for women.
I agree. Sure we have romanticized notions of the distant past, but when I think about it, there is no way that a gal like we would've thrived pre-1960s (perhaps the 1920s, but even then women were restricted in what they could or couldn't do). I would not have been happy in corsets and crinolines, inhaling smelling salts, and hoping Mr. Right would ask me to dance at the cotillion, nor would I have been happy slaving over a hot stove decked in pearls and high heels so that Ward can come home to a good meal and a pretty wife. I picture myself sort of like Julie Christie in "Darling"... only prettier and Latina.
Porthos
Hey Elaine,
Is that avatar pic of you, only with a wild rainbow color spectrum plastered on? Because if so, you look a lot like a really close friend of mine.
Fredrik
Having recently made a topic about the Danish irredenta in South Schleswig, I think I would have liked to be born in Åbenrå in the extreme north of the German Empire in 1905 of Danish parents. That way I could experience the last (albeit provincial) remnants of the belle epoque that loic longs for, survive WWI because I would be too young to be drafted and celebrate hitting puberty with my parents and adult neighbours voting me and the region home to Denmark in 1920....
Ooops, I guess I just stole Harreny's second dream, after being an iconoclast....
Walker
Hm, oppression and bloodshed, disease and poor medicine. No, thanks, I think I prefer to live in this time. However, I would love to have a time machine so I could go back in time and check things out.
Julian
Walker wrote:
Hm, oppression and bloodshed, disease and poor medicine. No, thanks, I think I prefer to live in this time. However, I would love to have a time machine so I could go back in time and check things out.
I feel the same way. Sorry for such an unimaginative answer. " alt="" border="0" /> A time machine would be cool! Or better yet, a stargate!
Uriel
None of them. They all sucked for women. I'm with you, Pauline -- I'd rather live in the future.
Akoni
I'd like to live somewhere between 800 and 1500 anywhere in Europe
Alba
During the Englightment period in France or the Renaissance in Italy.
Walker
Dear, oh, dear... well, when I go back and visit you all who want to live in times long passed, no hugs and kisses will be necessary.
Joanne
Walker wrote:
Dear, oh, dear... well, when I go back and visit you all who want to live in times long passed, no hugs and kisses will be necessary.
Dude, just hold your breath!
Walker
Joanne wrote:
Walker wrote:
Dear, oh, dear... well, when I go back and visit you all who want to live in times long passed, no hugs and kisses will be necessary.
Dude, just hold your breath!
KSa
I'd like to live in Warsaw or Cracow between 1870-1939.
It would be nice to die on 31 of August 1939.
Elaine
Alba wrote:
During the Englightment period in France or the Renaissance in Italy.
I guess if you were a) male, b) a member of the aristocracy or educated class, and/or c) a talented artist lucky enough to land a rich patron, then yeah, I guess those periods would be alright. But as a lowly female among the unwashed masses...
I think I would've loved to have been a writer/creative force living in Montparnasse during the Années Folles, and serving as muse to Picasso, Dalí, Duchamp, Fargue, Prévert, Miller, Brassaï, Man Ray, etc. And in return for my magnanimity they'd immortalize me on canvas, photo, film, and the written page.
Either that or exchanging bon mots and withering ripostes with Dorothy Parker at the Algonquin.
Deborah
Elaine wrote:
Either that or exchanging bon mots and withering ripostes with Dorothy Parker at the Algonquin.
The latter actually sounds like fun...except for the cigarette smoke.
Wanderin
KSa wrote:
I'd like to live in Warsaw or Cracow between 1870-1939.
It would be nice to die on 31 of August 1939.
while defending Warsaw?
I like Middle Ages a lot, with knights, swords, and all that stuff, yeah, and my lover should have been a prince on a white horse hehe
KSa
Wanderin wrote:
KSa wrote:
I'd like to live in Warsaw or Cracow between 1870-1939.
It would be nice to die on 31 of August 1939.
while defending Warsaw?
No, the day before the WWII broke out.
Alba
[quote="Elaine"][quote="Alba"]During the Englightment period in France or the Renaissance in Italy.[/quote]
I guess if you were a) male, b) a member of the aristocracy or educated class, and/or c) a talented artist lucky enough to land a rich patron, then yeah, I guess those periods would be alright. But as a lowly female among the unwashed masses...
I think I would've loved to have been a writer/creative force living in Montparnasse during the [i]Années Folles[/i], and serving as muse to Picasso, Dalí, Duchamp, Fargue, Prévert, Miller, Brassaï, Man Ray, etc. And in return for my magnanimity they'd immortalize me on canvas, photo, film, and the written page.
Either that or exchanging bon mots and withering ripostes with Dorothy Parker at the Algonquin. [/quote]
Well of course I'd be a member of aristocracy...otherwise no! lol perhaps be Da Vinci's inspiration ahahah j/k....also it would be cool to live in 19th century England...smth along the lines of a Jane Austen novel, lol.
Wanderin
KSa wrote:
Wanderin wrote:
KSa wrote:
I'd like to live in Warsaw or Cracow between 1870-1939.
It would be nice to die on 31 of August 1939.
while defending Warsaw?
No, the day before the WWII broke out.
ah, sh!t, i'm so bad in history that don't know when it began, shame on me!
KSa
Wanderin wrote:
KSa wrote:
Wanderin wrote:
KSa wrote:
I'd like to live in Warsaw or Cracow between 1870-1939.
It would be nice to die on 31 of August 1939.
while defending Warsaw?
No, the day before the WWII broke out.
ah, sh!t, i'm so bad in history that don't know when it began, shame on me!
Actually, for Russians it started in June 1941.
Wanderin
nope, it started for soviet people
KSa
Wanderin wrote:
nope, it started for soviet people
...including Russians
You know, even during the Soviet era, we used to call the citizens of the Soviet Union just "Russians" although we knew very well that Soviet Union consisted of dozens of different nations.
Wanderin
yes, I know...even now for many people everything what is to east from Poland is Russia, though I guess some people will argue with that
André in Zuid-Afrika
KSa wrote:
Wanderin wrote:
nope, it started for soviet people
...including Russians
You know, even during the Soviet era, we used to call the citizens of the Soviet Union just "Russians" although we knew very well that Soviet Union consisted of dozens of different nations.
Same here in South Africa. Somehow, "the Soviets" was always used only in a negative sense...
Wanderin
it's normal. "west" even now doesn't have anything positive in Russia
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