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Would you rather travel forward in time 100 years or backwards? Why?
Would you rather travel forward in time 100 years or backwards? Why?
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Forward because life for humans truly sucked until around 100 years ago
Forward. I hope to extend my lifespan with the technology available then.
Forward
Because 100 year backwards in time wasn’t to friendly to people of my melanin amounts where I live.
Backwards.
100 years from now, I’d be woefully out of place, with knowledge that would barely be useful in that time.
100 years ago? I have knowledge that would be placed at a premium. And I know where to be and not be, and when. What to invest in, not invest in, and when to be out of the stock market completely (hint: October, 1929).
The clothing would be really uncomfortably, unfortunately.
Into the future. You can find out all the data you need to go back and get rich
Q: is it a 1-way trip?
Because if it is, I’m not sure I’d go forward… as who knows what the hell is going to happen.
If I can come back, then yes forward… to take a look.
Forward.
I’m a woman.
If I go forward 100 years, I’ll probably be killed in minutes by diseases my immune system can’t defend against.
If I go backward 100 years, I’ll probably wipe out the whole world with diseases I’ve brought back and that their immune systems can’t defend against.
Forward. I know how the twenties ended and frankly I’d rather not go through Any of that.
100 years in the future I’m probably past the initially stages of the cluster fuck we’re headed towards and people have learned to adapt. It might mean joining the cast of Dune 2 Electric Boogaloo or Water World minus the gills, but if I’m going to die anyhow, why not go out in search of new mysteries rather than just old legacies.
Backwards would be 1922, which is pretty close to WW2, but 2122 might be even worse than that lol
I would still chose forward though
100 years back my country was under British rule so yeah hard pass. Forward it is.
Too much melanin here to choose to ‘live 100 years ago’.
In the future we go. Because as someone on Youtube always says: The past was the worst.
I predict this will be divided down racial lines.
Backwards cause at least we know what happened in the past. The future is always uncertain.
Either one is fine. I can either look up the historical lottery numbers, or I can leave a note for myself with the lottery numbers. Same outcome.
Forward. Hopefully things will be significantly better
since there is no internet 100 years ago probably not, unless it’s a wasteland in a 100 years
Forward of course. I already know that 100 years ago was shit.
As Louis C.K. says, as a white man I can go back to any time in the past and be welcome, but forward, no thank you, who knows when the white people have to pay for all the shit we did. So it’s 1922 for me.
back because i truly cannot fathom what life looked like back then
Backwards.
I don’t trust how the forwards will turn out. Backwards I know the history, I also know the market and what to invest in, stuff along those lines.
Forwards might have issues with climate change, super-mecha-covid, WW3, robot/AI domination, or whatever the fuck.
Also, I know the culture of 100 years ago well enough that I could make slip into that world. The culture of 100 years into the future will be unknown and quite alien to me. That may cause major depression and loneliness if I can’t make that adjustment.
I often think of how I’d love to go back in time just to have a pint in my local pub. Don’t know why, it just takes my fancy. It has been there since the 17th century so I’d like to jump back 50 years at a time. I’d like to taste the ale and listen to the conversation. I bet the dialects would be beautiful.
Backwards for me. First off I would be able to be filthy rich which is cool! Next I dont understand why people say they wouldn’t go back because things where shitty? If you know the mistakes we’ve made before they happen you can make a difference. You would be a prophet of sorts. May be hard to get folks to listen but atleast worth a try!
Back. I just want to see what my hometown looked like back then, and if indeed things really were better back then.
Back to the future
Let’s make this easier for everyone.
White Guys: Either one.
Everyone else: Forwards.
Backwards to create a new timeline.
I will be a benevolant dictator so don’t worry…too much.
100 years in the future; I’d get to see myself as a 132 y/o man…
IF medicine would allow us to live that long by then
Forward. If I went backwards I’d probably be hate crimed.
100 years backwards. I always feel like I was born too late and have a feeling of nostalgia for eras I’ve never experienced. And I feel like it was easier to actually experience and live life back then and enjoy it for what it was.
Plus, the world will be a right mess in 100 years time.
Forward. I think I’ll do okay scavenging in the barren nuclear wasteland
Forward. As someone who loves computers and tech, going back 100 years would be devastatingly boring. I would want to see where AI gets us.
Backwards because forward hasn’t happened yet.
Backwards
Given how the 1920s were, I could open huge gigantic lines of credit everywhere. Then I could try to figure out ways to by gold and prepare for the Great Depression. Credit fraud would be really easy to pull off 100 years ago.
100 years back to start a Race war…HELTER SKELTER
Backwards. I really don’t like the idea of electric and self driving cars.
If I could go back 100 years and return, I would totally go back 100 years. Plan is to make a killing on the stock market, and bury a bunch of 20 doollar gold pieces in my basement. Plus chicago in the 1920’s should be fun