Time Travel

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Mon May 16, 2011 9:43 pm

I would go back to the 60's :3

Alex M. · Post by **Alex M.** » Mon May 16, 2011 9:49 pm

sonic id furreh!!! wrote:I would go back to the 60's :3

Ditto.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:14 pm

I wish i could travel to the early 70's and just live from there on.

That would be awesome.

theblackcateyes · Post by **theblackcateyes** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:16 pm

ME!!! ME!!!! ME!!! Well if you say that....

I'll visit:

- The disco age (COOL

)
- The 90's (ROCK!!!)
- The day before the creation!!!jajajja

angelusbr · Post by **angelusbr** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:39 pm

If I could, I would go back in time to prevent some deaths of my relatives, like my greatgrandmother who died from being anorexic (she started with this nonsense at the age of 84, can you guys believe that?)
But going back in time would either:
1)create a parallel universe with the change you caused, while the other will remain as it is
2)create a paradox, because now you didn't have the reason to go back in time in first place.

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:52 pm

I would go back to the 90s (start at January 1st 1990 of course) to live there for sure because I'm just so Nostalgic.

But I would say the furthest back I would go back in time to live (not to visit but to live) would be about 1985. To visit I would go to the 20s, the 60s, ect. basically anytime earlier 1985.

shadowhaz · Post by **shadowhaz** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:00 am

I'd Love to go back all the ways to the 30 in LA beacuse Ive always enjoyed alot of the things from that era X3

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sun May 22, 2011 6:41 pm

copper wrote:I would go back to before life emerged onto land. i would want to sit on the shore and watch the boundless ocean wash over the bare rock, thinking of how one day life will take over the land, but for now, I would be alone, in solitude, able to walk around in piece and quiet.

That would be impossible, the atmosphere was highly toxic before the first life forms existed, you'd die quickly.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:00 pm

Also contagions from your skin, saliva and clothing (if you wear any) would infest the planet.

Unless we're going with the "leave no trace" form of time travel.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:05 pm

Sleet wrote:Also contagions from your skin, saliva and clothing (if you wear any) would infest the planet.

Unless we're going with the "leave no trace" form of time travel.

Unless it's a stable time loop, and the first time traveler goes back in time and dies and their cells become the origin point of life on Earth.

Coatl_Ruu · Post by **Coatl_Ruu** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:38 pm

CaptainPea wrote:
Sleet wrote:Also contagions from your skin, saliva and clothing (if you wear any) would infest the planet.

Unless we're going with the "leave no trace" form of time travel.
Unless it's a stable time loop, and the first time traveler goes back in time and dies and their cells become the origin point of life on Earth.

It would be like being your own (great * 10^bajillionty) grandfather!

Retinq · Post by **Retinq** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:47 pm

Shake wrote:Ooooh, new idea! Exploit time loops and blah blah to create an army of myself. What for? We'll think of that as we go along!

->

I like this idea!

yehoshua · Post by **yehoshua** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:18 pm

Unless we have a simple way to return to the present like if you automatically go back half an hour after you get there, I would go on Amelia Earhart's plane and find out what happened.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:26 pm

If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the 20th century, and give Titanic's crew floating screeeeewdriiiiverrrrrrrrs

In all seriousness, I think the most interesting pursuit (that doesn't involve actively attempting to meddle in the mechanics of time) would be to go just film things. You'd need to be discreet about it, but you could probably make a fortune selling 21st century quality videos of Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address.

Retinq · Post by **Retinq** » Mon May 30, 2011 1:39 pm

I would go to the future, get the plans of future inventions and documentation about future discoveries and bring them back.
I'd solve some problems and be rich (if not for those stupid bureaucrats.

)

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:24 pm

I would travel to 300 BC whence the duties of life were less complex.
Escape from society and become a wayfaring wanderer.
Pursuing an eremitic, ascetic life with a vow of silence.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:27 pm

You can do that, yaknow. You could also probably find monks to do that with somewhere.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:53 pm

I'd visit the late 70's and see a Sex Pistols show.

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:49 pm

I'd visit dinosaurs...

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:59 pm

You'd have to be careful! I take it you know a lot about the subject? What would you hope to accomplish? *tilts his head*

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:25 pm

Film dinosaur fights and sell them of pay-per-view?
It's the only logical answer

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:33 pm

KJOokami wrote:I'd visit dinosaurs...

I sense editing...

At least in present time, I feel obliged to continue my studies and later support my family. Yes, I am well aware of monastic life. I would not enjoy that kind of life, I would prefer to be a traveler. I think I would enjoy a world less inhabited by humans. If I was in 300 BC, I would see no more McDonalds and less politics. If some kind of disadvantage comes that I cannot travel, then I would want to settle and become a monk.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:36 pm

Out of curiosity, ignoring the dangers of interacting with local fauna, does anyone know if the climate and atmosphere of any point during the reign of dinosaurs would be livable to humans? I assumed it would, but then I got to thinking it might not.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:12 pm

I'd visit many various points randomly dispersed throughout time in English-speaking areas and walk around saying "Don't worry, I am not here to change history, I'm just visiting."

Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:13 pm

I'd go to the past and punch Hitler, then go to the future and punch future Hitler.

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:04 pm

CaptainPea wrote:Out of curiosity, ignoring the dangers of interacting with local fauna, does anyone know if the climate and atmosphere of any point during the reign of dinosaurs be livable to humans? I assumed it would, but then I got to thinking it might not.

As far as I know, it would be livable (assuming you stayed far enough away from volcanoes and other such areas that would be filled with dangerous gases; but I guess that goes without saying). The oxygen levels would've been lower (how much lower, I can't recall), but none so much that you'd die purely for that reason. I imagine it'd be something like living with the oxygen levels of the latter portions of a climb to the top of Everest or some similar climbing location. You might find yourself in need of a supplement of some type to keep you from feeling like an asthmatic (unless you are an asthmatic, in which case I'd recommend avoiding such a venture without a constant supply of good oxygen).

Over time, you'd probably be able to adapt.

Alternatively, I could just be making that up on the spot to make myself sound more knowledgeable on the subject than I am. But I do recall looking this up at some point, and I don't think you'd die.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:46 pm

CaptainPea wrote:Out of curiosity, ignoring the dangers of interacting with local fauna, does anyone know if the climate and atmosphere of any point during the reign of dinosaurs would be livable to humans? I assumed it would, but then I got to thinking it might not.

It likely wouldn't be. Don't quote me on that.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:48 pm

Yeah, capturing film of history would probably be a good idea. Especially if we're operating on a BTTF-like ruleset in which interacting directly with other people is a bad idea, it would involve few people going back, and relatively little chance to screw up history.

Sleet wrote:It likely wouldn't be.

:B

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:43 pm

Yeah, I was wrong. Oxygen levels were apparently higher in the dinosaurs' age. Varying, but averaging around 26% compared to today's 20 to 21%.

I can't seem to find anything about how an increase in the percentage of oxygen would effect us, but a quick google search told me that humans can survive (albeit, uncomfortably) with oxygen levels as low as 15%; taking it as low as 12% could be dangerous, and any lower than 10 would kill us fairly quickly.

sonic id furreh!!! · Post by **sonic id furreh!!!** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:15 pm

well of coarse oxygen levels were higher, that's why everything was so much bigger

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:44 pm

KJOokami wrote:Yeah, I was wrong. Oxygen levels were apparently higher in the dinosaurs' age. Varying, but averaging around 26% compared to today's 20 to 21%.

I can't seem to find anything about how an increase in the percentage of oxygen would effect us, but a quick google search told me that humans can survive (albeit, uncomfortably) with oxygen levels as low as 15%; taking it as low as 12% could be dangerous, and any lower than 10 would kill us fairly quickly.

Less oxygen in the air just means you need to breath more volume per unit time in order to maintain cellular function. It's taxing on the lungs and will likely lead to sooner breakdown and therefore shorter lifespans, but one can hardly say we need exactly our oxygen concentration to live.

Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:09 pm

the real question is: what gasses were in the air other than Oxygen?

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:28 pm

Well I'd imagine nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:39 pm

Methane and xenon were predominant at that time.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:24 pm

I would go back to Germany in 1900, go to the Mauser company, and buy three Mauser C96s in additions to stocks and ammunition. Than I would go to a bank and get a safety deposit box, leave them in for years and years, and than pick them up when I come back to the modern era.

yehoshua · Post by **yehoshua** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:40 pm

I would go back in time, five years ago and tell my job interviewer that I see myself right there.

MilesKingford · Post by **MilesKingford** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:12 am

I don't really know what I would do. I think I would just go back in time and meet historical figures of importance like Churchill, Newton, Cavandish (don't think I spelt that right) and others.
I wouldn't do anything messy such as change history, although I would be tempted, I know that it would never turn out the way I would want it to. People have gone mad over the idea to change history only to become the very thing they wanted to destroy. Very sad but true. I suppose there will always be those noble people who would believe that they would succeed despite the reality of the situation being far from what they are trying to make it, though if one wishes to do good then there is plenty to do in our own timeline, there is no need to travel back in time, in my opinion.

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Post by **Dissension** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:17 pm

As this has come up a lot recently, let's not use our time-traveling to gather evidence for or against any religion. This is potentially inflammatory; discussion of religion and other hot-button topics is not kosher.

I'd like to go back to the '80s, the height of human civilization and culture. ;3

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:42 pm

Dissension wrote:I'd like to go back to the '80s, the height of human civilization and culture. ;3

Not to mention the peak of stylish (really freakin' huge) cellular devices. :p

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:36 am

If I were able to view history with some sort of time device?
That would be the construction of the great pyramids.