Current Events > Would you rather be trapped 3000 years in the past, or 3000 years in the future?

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Evening_Dragon 10/29/25 9:46:07 PM #51:	__starsnostars posted... If not you're never going to overcome the language barrier Explorers and traders learned new languages all the time. Or at least enough to be on decent terms and affect trade. --- And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life? It's Guide <cite>Evening_Dragon posted [p:986881136] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>__starsnostars posted... </cite><quote>If not you're never going to overcome the language barrier</quote>Explorers and traders learned new languages all the time. Or at least enough to be on decent terms and affect trade.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
2001mark 10/29/25 9:46:56 PM #52:	The one with probable electricity, not the one certainly without. <cite>2001mark posted [p:986881144] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>The one with probable electricity, not the one certainly without.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jumi 10/30/25 3:41:23 AM #53:	I'm not even sure if humanity will be here 3000 years in the future. --- XBL Gamertag: Rob Thorsman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/robertvsilvers <cite>jumi posted [p:986883120] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>I'm not even sure if humanity will be here 3000 years in the future.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thekosmicfool 10/30/25 3:49:01 AM #54:	I'm going future. I KNOW I'd be fucked in the past; I'm only pretty sure I'd be fucked in the future. --- Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost "Who put these bodies between us?" <cite>thekosmicfool posted [p:986883153] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>I'm going future. I KNOW I'd be fucked in the past; I'm only pretty sure I'd be fucked in the future.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GGuirao13 10/30/25 4:06:17 AM #55:	Future, easily. At least technology can be helpful. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>GGuirao13 posted [p:986883217] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Future, easily. At least technology can be helpful.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 10/30/25 4:49:11 AM #56:	The past, if only to meet the dinosaurs --- Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds, along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest.. is silence. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:986883342] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>The past, if only to meet the dinosaurs </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chadawah 10/30/25 6:06:13 AM #57:	rexcrk posted... The past, if only to meet the dinosaurs I see what you did there. Ha. --- Bethany took my pickles. All of them. Even the spicey ones. <cite>Chadawah posted [p:986883571] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>rexcrk posted... </cite><quote>The past, if only to meet the dinosaurs </quote>I see what you did there. Ha. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 10/30/25 6:21:48 AM #58:	buddah86 posted... 3000 years into the future there might not be an earth. So you could potentially be wiped from existence. There is nothing we could conceivably do that would destroy the planet. Barring something that we cannot comprehend, the planet will still be here. --- You see, I'd always thought of Propane as a dignified lady. But she's not just clean burning, she can also be, a dirty girl. <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:986883637] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>buddah86 posted... </cite><quote>3000 years into the future there might not be an earth. So you could potentially be wiped from existence. </quote>There is nothing we could conceivably do that would destroy the planet. Barring something that we cannot comprehend, the planet will still be here. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
M1Astray 10/30/25 6:41:40 AM #59:	Honestly lets be real here, both are certain death within a day. People seem to still somehow underestimate the chain reactions we're setting off in the climate. Yes, the Earth will possibly recover. In a few million years after our extinction. 3000 years from now is juuust enough time to see Earth's new equilibrium. Which can include, among other things hothouse Earth. It might also see Earth lose so much oxygen you'd die of asphyxiation within minutes. Make no mistake we're setting off The Great Dying 2.0 and right now the only reason we might fail to set it off is because we have a very real possibility of wiping our civilization out before we lock it in. If I have to pick which I'd prefer I suppose the future provides a quicker cleaner death and satisfies the morbid curiosity of confirmation of how much we fucked the planet up. Personally I'd rather just travel 30 years to the past instead. --- Currently Playing: Xenoblade X Definitive Edition (Switch), Fate/stay night Remastered (Switch), Arknights (Android) <cite>M1Astray posted [p:986883710] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Honestly lets be real here, both are certain death within a day.People seem to still somehow underestimate the chain reactions we're setting off in the climate. Yes, the Earth will possibly recover. In a few million years after our extinction.3000 years from now is juuust enough time to see Earth's new equilibrium. Which can include, among other things hothouse Earth. It might also see Earth lose so much oxygen you'd die of asphyxiation within minutes. Make no mistake we're setting off The Great Dying 2.0 and right now the only reason we might fail to set it off is because we have a very real possibility of wiping our civilization out before we lock it in.If I have to pick which I'd prefer I suppose the future provides a quicker cleaner death and satisfies the morbid curiosity of confirmation of how much we fucked the planet up.Personally I'd rather just travel 30 years to the past instead. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 10/30/25 9:02:20 AM #60:	mustachedmystic posted... There is nothing we could conceivably do that would destroy the planet. Barring something that we cannot comprehend, the planet will still be here. Or a sufficiently large asteroid. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:986884354] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>mustachedmystic posted... </cite><quote>There is nothing we could conceivably do that would destroy the planet. Barring something that we cannot comprehend, the planet will still be here.</quote>Or a sufficiently large asteroid.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-Crissaegrim- 10/30/25 9:12:32 AM #61:	Future. Be nice to see what Keith Richards is up to. --- Work in progress bass guitar sound- https://youtu.be/rWj0ZbwTMQU?si=IiqHSLOcy2RaLNaM https://youtu.be/UdKl9R1l9YY?si=bHWWk7oCI9Blt3mj <cite>-Crissaegrim- posted [p:986884435] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Future.Be nice to see what Keith Richards is up to.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vengeance29 10/30/25 10:56:15 AM #62:	I'm a diabetic, so if it was 100 years in the past or 3000 years in the future, I'd still pick future. <cite>Vengeance29 posted [p:986885251] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>I'm a diabetic, so if it was 100 years in the past or 3000 years in the future, I'd still pick future.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
orangefire25 10/30/25 10:59:11 AM #63:	Future. I have no interest in living in 1000 BCE, and even if upon arriving in the year 5000 whether I can survive the planet or not or if there's anyone left at all, at least I'll have my answer. --- "My lord, even 'the bud' slips into alcoholism these days." - AlCalavicci <cite>orangefire25 posted [p:986885275] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Future. I have no interest in living in 1000 BCE, and even if upon arriving in the year 5000 whether I can survive the planet or not or if there's anyone left at all, at least I'll have my answer.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 10/30/25 11:15:38 AM #64:	Future, no question. 99% chance I'd be a slave / pauper in the past, and even the greatest emperor of three millennia ago would've traded his soul for a working hot shower and a Nintendo Switch. If the future is so bad that it would actually be worse than the past, I probably wouldn't live longer than a day anyway, so my misery would be short. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:986885452] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Future, no question. 99% chance I'd be a slave / pauper in the past, and even the greatest emperor of three millennia ago would've traded his soul for a working hot shower and a Nintendo Switch. If the future is so bad that it would actually be worse than the past, I probably wouldn't live longer than a day anyway, so my misery would be short.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkknight109 10/30/25 2:08:17 PM #65:	Future for sure. If I was transported into the past, I would be dead within days, based on the assumption that I keep my same geographic location and don't bring anything back with me. This area was uninhabited until ~200 years ago, so I would be stuck on an island with no aboveground water source and no tools with which to build a boat with which to escape. And even if I use vines to lash some logs together and make some sort of makeshift raft, the picture really doesn't get much rosier - I'm still in an undeveloped area with no food source, no idea where the nearest potable water is, and the only people who might be around won't speak my language. Being transported into the future might be just as bad, but I might also find myself in a futuristic utopia of some kind. Basically the options are a chance of being fucked versus a guarantee of being fucked, so I'll go with the former one. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:986887140] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Future for sure.If I was transported into the past, I would be dead within days, based on the assumption that I keep my same geographic location and don't bring anything back with me. This area was uninhabited until ~200 years ago, so I would be stuck on an island with no aboveground water source and no tools with which to build a boat with which to escape. And even if I use vines to lash some logs together and make some sort of makeshift raft, the picture really doesn't get much rosier - I'm still in an undeveloped area with no food source, no idea where the nearest potable water is, and the only people who might be around won't speak my language.Being transported into the future might be just as bad, but I might also find myself in a futuristic utopia of some kind. Basically the options are a chance of being fucked versus a guarantee of being fucked, so I'll go with the former one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pikachuchupika 10/30/25 2:15:01 PM #66:	It was pretty much a nomadic tribe life if you get transported to 1000 BC North America. Have fun with that. The only way to live a somewhat okay life would be to find a way to get to Europe. It would be a treacherous journey on a boat if you can make one. Even then you have to deal with no modern medicine, no technology, language barriers, and just miserable living conditions. And of course racism and xenophobia unlike anything experienced today. You would be considered an alien coming from a different world unless you can blend in. <cite>Pikachuchupika posted [p:986887208] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>It was pretty much a nomadic tribe life if you get transported to 1000 BC North America. Have fun with that. The only way to live a somewhat okay life would be to find a way to get to Europe. It would be a treacherous journey on a boat if you can make one. Even then you have to deal with no modern medicine, no technology, language barriers, and just miserable living conditions. And of course racism and xenophobia unlike anything experienced today. You would be considered an alien coming from a different world unless you can blend in. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 10/31/25 8:11:49 AM #67:	Chadawah posted... I see what you did there. Ha. Just making sure people are paying attention lol --- Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds, along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest.. is silence. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:986894011] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Chadawah posted... </cite><quote>I see what you did there. Ha.</quote>Just making sure people are paying attention lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DB_Insider 10/31/25 8:46:29 AM #68:	Robot2600 posted... 3000 years ago in Egypt would be totally fine. Sand and dust? --- :D <cite>DB_Insider posted [p:986894172] in Would you ... [t:81062558]...</cite> <quote>Robot2600 posted... </cite><quote>3000 years ago in Egypt would be totally fine.</quote>Sand and dust?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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