Do you wish you could live in another century?
By jess_d_blue
@jess_d_blue (385)
United States
July 11, 2007 10:05am CST
I really don't - but it could be partly due to my lack of skill in history. If the past were like the movies - perhaps :)
The recent past ... perhaps. The 50s onward would probably be a good choice for different reasons of course :)
But honestly - have you ever dreamed of living in a different day and age?
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@jess_d_blue (385)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Ah renaissance, this compares closely to a previous poster who opted for 1800s - 1920s in mindset. Different thoughts and moving through into new things. Love to see that first hand for sure.
Perhaps we could all go on a trip spending a little time in each of them? Wouldn't THAT make history class worth going to!
@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
11 Jul 07
I practically wouldn't want to for the reason that I haven't really given this thing much thought prior to stumbling upon this question of yours. I love modern, and I love technology as much as I do like manual stuff, but I prefere having machine and electronics around to do the things that I am not as thrilled to be doing manually.
I spend a lot of time in my computer and online, and I find it really comfortable to access anything and everything.
I even keep my cellphone charged everytime I am to go out because I do not know if I can function without a mobile phone these days. I cannot even imagine how we survived the meet-ups before without contacting one another while on our way.
I do not abuse technology but then I find it really helpful in our daily life.
So if there is by any chance that I am to choose as to what century I would want to love, it would be somewhere in the future instead of going back to the past.
@jess_d_blue (385)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Oh now that brings up quite a different angle now doesn't it!
Although (much to my friends annoyance) I have yet to have a cell phone. I somewhat understand what you are saying :)
I think that seeing the future could both be bad and good. But if you take out all that "you could rip time apart!" stuff I think that this would be an amazing thing as well.
@ranjeetkolarkar (1595)
• India
12 Jul 07
i would definitely like to have an experience of the next century but I do not think it to be possible this time.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
funny, i posted a discussion like this several months ago...i am glad that i have gotten a chance to put my two cents in this area again! lol
i would love to live at the turn of the 20th century - the late 1800 to say the mid 20s...i think that a lot of exciting things happened then/along with a lot of new inventions...the world was testing its wings then.
@jess_d_blue (385)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Oh yes definatly! Everything started to move faster and get their momentum going for certain.
I'm glad we both find this subject interesting as well - I very much enjoyed the book "Timeline" and I think this is where the question came from. :)
@truartiss (386)
• United States
11 Jul 07
I wouldn't want to live in another country but I would love to go and visit. Or like spend a week or month there.
@jess_d_blue (385)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Oh yes, that would be fun for sure!
Or perhaps spend a week per period for a year. Can you imagine how crazy that would be?
