For me it is the “fall of the Berlin wall” and the celebrations after the border openings.
Drpends. If i was allowed to live past it, the extinction of the dinosaurs
Franz Ferdinand.
I guess I might say King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, because it was the foundation for the rule of law in the West. But it was just a bunch of smelly dudes in a marsh. A lot of historical events are important, but not that spectacular to see.
So if I’m honest, it’d be Queen at Live Aid.
aaaaayyyyyyyy ooohhhhhhhhhhh!
Queen at Live Aid.
That’s a great call.
For sure, some events would not be as spectacular to watch. They’re still fascinating to think about though.
Standing at Runnymede imagining how it might have happened, and then considering the legacy and impact it had in bringing me back to the spot hundreds of years later.
Hard to say for sure but some things might actually be more fun just to ponder over.
Brutus stabbing some little king wannabe.
Would you take a turn like everyone else?
Probably not. Just watch from a safe distance, and perhaps add fuel to the fire screaming “sic semper tyrannis!”.
“Weird accent, but right on pal!” - Some Roman, probably.
I’ve always wished I could have taken part in the Menlo Park Homebrew Computer Club from 75 to 86.
The first meeting of the club was held on March 5, 1975, in French’s garage in Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California, on the occasion of the arrival in the area of the first Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) Altair 8800 microcomputer, a unit sent for review by People’s Computer Company. Steve Wozniak credits that first meeting as the inspiration to design the Apple I.
So I guess I would use the incredible advancement of time travel to go back a few years before I was born to hang out in some dude’s garage.
This is a great answer. Wozniak’s autobiography is a good read.
My great grandfather was aboard the USS Missouri when the Japanese came aboard to surrender. He always said that it was one of the biggest moments of his life, and he always regretted that he didn’t have a camera during that visit. I think that I would like to go back in time to that event, and bring a camera with me.
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When hitler killed himself in the bunker. I would have been fascinated to witness how a guy responsible for millions of deaths somehow considered himself the victim and was forced to commit suicide. He was an evil bastard and a coward unwilling to face the consequences of his actions.
Take his bullets and poison away. Let the Russians deal with him.
I’d actually prefer to witness a fair trial. Just because I’d actually like to know how he’d try to defend and explain what he did. It might have given us the chance to study him and what led to him becoming that way.
I’m pro studying people like psychopaths and sociopaths to better understand what it takes to be or become one to prevent horrible outcomes.
We should spend way more time on studying and understanding murderers and the source of their actions.
For sure but I don’t think there’s anything that he could say that would satisfy curiosity. It just would be repetition of the same dogma, like Saddam and Milosevic.
Probably the christians arriving in Jerusalem and killing everyone.
Which time?
I’d be kind of interested to see the gathering where the Dutch killed and ate their prime minister.
Jesus throwing the conmen out of the church.
I don’t care for the religion, but if this actually happened, it would be so satisfying to see. So-called “christians” act more like the ones he kicked out than their supposed “lord” himself.
I don’t think it’s fair to just say “Christians”, it’s really the US-based evangelical prosperity gospel preachers. They really are the modern version of the money lenders in the temple.
They’re basically “pay for pray” m/billionaires using religion to exploit the poor and hopeless while travelling in their private jets.
They pay no tax and live in luxury while claiming that their success is proof of God’s love.
If that’s how things worked, then Mother Theresa would have been rich. Ghandi would have owned a Bentley. But of course, that’s not how God or love works at all, and it makes me really angry.
I’ve often thought about becoming a Christian version of Mr Beast; raising tons of money and giving away every single penny. Telling people that prayer is free and God loves them no matter what. Paying off people’s mortgages and bills if they are suffering, regardless of their religion.
And then turning around to those prosperity gospel preachers and challenging them to do reverse tithing, 90% of their income goes to charity, not 10%. No living in mansions paid for by their church. Not taking any appearance fees or book royalties. Exposing them as the grifters they are.
I haven’t done that already because I would want to do an actual Bible studies degree first, otherwise I’d feel like just as much of a fraud.
This. Most Christians despise prosperity preachers. A lot of churches even refuse to sing songs from “churches” which promote it who also make music en masse for money (I’m looking at you, Hillsong, Bethel and Elevation)
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.
~Jesus Christ
Matthew 23 is Jesus absolutely bitching out the religious leaders “Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.”
As you say, the so-called ‘Christians’ really act like the Pharisees in the Bible that is called out against. If the bible they claim to believe in is true, then a loooooooooooooooooot are probably going to be in for a rude awakening because they were warned in the same book, Chapter 7 verse 23 when the person they claim to follow says “I never knew you.”
There’s a quote attributed to Ghandi but it’s not verified to actually be by him. But is a very appropriate one in my day to day “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
The extinction of the dinosaurs. Or the big bang.
Either of those sound like a blast.
Hard question. Something that had to be amazing was Times Square on V-J day. Had to been a hell of a party and a feeling knowing that mess was over.
the KT impact
Jan 6, so i can blast benny hill music.
