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What if you were sent backwards in time?
Topic Started: May 27 2015, 01:13 AM (633 Views)
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Imagine waking up one morning only to discover that you had been sent hundreds of years into the past. What would you do? How would you cope?

I've imagined this scenario many times. First thing to deal with is the use of language. A lot of words would be used differently, wouldn't exist or you wouldn't know what they meant. It gets harder the further back in time you go. If anyone has ever heard what Norman English sounds like then you might know where I'm coming from.

Some towns and villages had vagrancy laws. If you were suspected of being a vagrant then you'd be whipped, punched and kicked out of town. There were times in the past when local militia were especially nasty. Giving folks a beating for minor offences and even sexually assaulting people sometimes. If you can survive all this then be sure to stay in whatever town you land in. The roads between places were lawless and unpredictable. You would be lucky just to have your clothes stolen and not your life. Whatever you do, don't stay out at night. But you can't do anything without money so you'd need to find work. The bigger the city, the more work available. But you might have to put up with shovelling horse s*** for a living if you want to eat any time soon. Then if there's a war on and you are an adult male, be prepared to be dragged into the army or militia and don't expect to come back alive.

Yep, the past sucks. It's violent, cold, there's too much disease and you never have any money.


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I'll be a Naive America and hopefully die before Vikings or Christopher Columbus comes.

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Seeing as how I'm not white, I assumedly would not bring any currency, and I speak a language that would likely not even be used as it is today... I'm going to have a BAD time. Only chance I have of being somewhat decent off is if I can bring in some commodities or some tech from modern day and say I'm from the future. Which may or may not get me killed for heresy.
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lots and lots of sex

hopefully i can manage to infect enough women with my seed to build an empire of offspring
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Depending on where I landed, I could make A LOT of money and become VERY famous/infamous.
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Peep, whatever you do never have sex with anyone before antibiotics are invented. So much Syphilis and VD it's untrue. Henry VIII got some nasty s*** from one of his wives. Charles II too.


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May 27 2015, 01:33 AM
Seeing as how I'm not white, I assumedly would not bring any currency, and I speak a language that would likely not even be used as it is today... I'm going to have a BAD time. Only chance I have of being somewhat decent off is if I can bring in some commodities or some tech from modern day and say I'm from the future. Which may or may not get me killed for heresy.
What I put in bold is word for word what I was going to say. If I go back 100 years...I'm probably going to get killed or life a rough life doing some very difficult manual labor.
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I'd probably be speared by a pack of confused and frightened aborigines.

Or

I'd try and fit in, learn the language, hunt myself some kangaroo for dinner, wait for the English settlers and join the winning team. They'll call me a hero!
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It's probably the same for us white folks too. If I went back to the 18th century than I would be forced into joining the navy or army by a press gang. Violent thugs hired by the military to literally drag people's asses into the military.


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Hmm, Idk I would still be taller then most people back then I would imagine but I'm brown, decently intelligent hmm
I think I would get by albeit would struggle a bit or a lot
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May 27 2015, 01:56 AM
It's probably the same for us white folks too. If I went back to the 18th century than I would be forced into joining the navy or army by a press gang. Violent thugs hired by the military to literally drag people's asses into the military.
Uh no. Being forced to join the Navy or Army isn't the same as being murdered for just existing.
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May 27 2015, 01:52 AM
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May 27 2015, 01:33 AM
Seeing as how I'm not white, I assumedly would not bring any currency, and I speak a language that would likely not even be used as it is today... I'm going to have a BAD time. Only chance I have of being somewhat decent off is if I can bring in some commodities or some tech from modern day and say I'm from the future. Which may or may not get me killed for heresy.
What I put in bold is word for word what I was going to say. If I go back 100 years...I'm probably going to get killed or life a rough life doing some very difficult manual labor.


Louie Ck said it best.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=A7FawbAJpoQ

1915 east coast? Nope don't want any part of that.
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It's akin to slavery man. Being forced into service against your will where you will fight and probably die horribly. If you misbehaved you got lashings or in the worst case scenario, shot.


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May 27 2015, 02:18 AM
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May 27 2015, 01:52 AM
Squall Leonheart
May 27 2015, 01:33 AM
Seeing as how I'm not white, I assumedly would not bring any currency, and I speak a language that would likely not even be used as it is today... I'm going to have a BAD time. Only chance I have of being somewhat decent off is if I can bring in some commodities or some tech from modern day and say I'm from the future. Which may or may not get me killed for heresy.
What I put in bold is word for word what I was going to say. If I go back 100 years...I'm probably going to get killed or life a rough life doing some very difficult manual labor.


Louie Ck said it best.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=A7FawbAJpoQ

1915 east coast? Nope don't want any part of that.
Lol sound pretty accurate
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May 27 2015, 01:51 AM
Peep, whatever you do never have sex with anyone before antibiotics are invented. So much Syphilis and VD it's untrue. Henry VIII got some nasty s*** from one of his wives. Charles II too.
im willing to take that chance

just gotta move quickly before the diseases kick in
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