Facebook killed the radio star. And by radio star, I mean the premise of distributed forums around the internet. And that got got by Instagram/SnapChat. And that got got by TikTok. Where the fuck is the internet we once knew?
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You’re about to go back in time. You’re going to land somewhere in Europe during the High Middle Ages, in the range of 1000AD to 1300AD. You’re standing in your house. This trip will take you and about a loaded suitcase worth of volume. If you attempt to take more you won’t be able to predict what will be left behind. What do you take with you?You’re going for good. This is a one-way trip. You don’t know exactly where or when you will land within the given window, or what time of year it will be. (Let’s assume you can be confident that you’ll land on solid ground, though. Don’t worry about appearing over the ocean. inside of rock, or 100 meters off the ground. You’ll arrive safely. After that it’s up to you.)Don’t worry about changing history. It’s inevitable, so don’t go in trying to preserve the original timeline.So… what items will you put in your suitcase before you go? What’s the plan when you get there?Answers might perhaps be long. Leave them in the comments, or put them on your blog and I’ll link back.
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Our species really annoys me.
I would personally prefer to take a .22 - although it has much less stopping power, you could still get by with a couple shots, and a brick of 500 .22 rounds takes up about the same space as two bricks of 50 9mm rounds. My roommate has a Walther P22, and I've found that it's generally easier to shoot than my 9mm Ruger.The flip side is that I probably would like a shotgun. And a chainsaw that mounts to my left arm. That seemed to work out for Ash.
Quote from: MyndFyre on May 15, 2009, 12:21:59 pmI would personally prefer to take a .22 - although it has much less stopping power, you could still get by with a couple shots, and a brick of 500 .22 rounds takes up about the same space as two bricks of 50 9mm rounds. My roommate has a Walther P22, and I've found that it's generally easier to shoot than my 9mm Ruger.The flip side is that I probably would like a shotgun. And a chainsaw that mounts to my left arm. That seemed to work out for Ash.Fuck bricks. I'm just gonna buy a shit ton of bullets and dump them in the suitcase. Also, I don't know how well a .22 would stop a fully armored knight (neither I nor the Mythbusters have ever experimented) or a warhorse.
I can't imagine why you would want to time travel at all. Living in the present while contemplating the future is already quite a lot of effort and work.
Quote from: nslay on May 15, 2009, 02:17:40 pmI can't imagine why you would want to time travel at all. Living in the present while contemplating the future is already quite a lot of effort and work.You're being held at gunpoint? You were forced to do it by the government? Aliens? You're the only one that can fix a problem in the past that's about to destroy the world? You want to make it with some 11th century ladies of negotiable affection? *shrug*
I'd bring some halloween costume of something crazy so they think I'm a God. Then I'll just live the high life and have bitches stomp my wine out.
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 amI'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.That analogy doesn't even make sense. Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT.
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.
Quote from: iago on May 15, 2009, 03:30:24 pmQuote from: nslay on May 15, 2009, 02:17:40 pmI can't imagine why you would want to time travel at all. Living in the present while contemplating the future is already quite a lot of effort and work.You're being held at gunpoint? You were forced to do it by the government? Aliens? You're the only one that can fix a problem in the past that's about to destroy the world? You want to make it with some 11th century ladies of negotiable affection? *shrug*Hmm, but maybe preventing the pending world destruction results in something worse. Suppose preventing a nuclear holocaust results in an overall worse time line with the addition of world destruction by a slow and painful war grade virus?That's why I ask "why?" So many "ifs"... Visiting the past is a big gamble. And you know whats great about time travel, the joke is on you! You will have tried to change history for the better, possibly making it far worse and having to live its development all over again.