[Question] If you could be magically transported to one place and time, when, where, and why?

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makare

I think it would be fun to see neolithic times too, I always wondered what their social dynamics were really like.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Oooh, I have one.

I'd go back to May 26, 1999. Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona.

I want to experience that roar of the crowd when Manchester United scored those two last minute goals to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Mathias said:
That statement is 100% inaccurate. Actually, wow, that's like a billion light years away from true. The common cold rhinovirus actually has very deep pockets (canyons) in it's capsid shell that house conserved protein receptors - i.e. it actually doesn't have to constantly "evolve" to counter tougher and tougher immune systems (what?).
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I knew as soon as I posted it that I was going to come across as a beetle-browed troglodyte...

It's a commonly-held perception that diseases have been evolving to get stronger as time's gone by. As a biologist, how do you weigh in on that?
 
doomdragon6

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I would go back in time to the day Mathias was born and stomp on him.

Er, wait, I can't change things. Nevermind. :|

Not really, that's just mean. I'd go back to feudal Japan and become an awesome ninja and dress in black and learn how to jump across rooftops and stuff. That'd be so badass, son.

Edit: Above is trollbait.
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

Mathias said:
Would you even know where to take a shit or how to wipe your ass without toilet paper?
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Ah the 90's... good times, good times.
Mathias said:
Oh yeah, that reminds me of all those lovely extinct infectious diseases that we time travelers would be susceptible to in a heart beat.
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Like i pointed out before, forget extinct diseases, people that are used to treated water drinking the water back then might be enough to kill you... hell, there are still places where the locals drink the water while the tourists are advised against it.
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doomdragon6 said:
I would go back in time to the day Mathias was born and stomp on him.
Er, wait, I can't change things. Nevermind. :|
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But is that a change or just a stable time loop?
Would certainly explain much...
 
Mathias

Mathias

Officer_Charon said:
I knew as soon as I posted it that I was going to come across as a beetle-browed troglodyte...

It's a commonly-held perception that diseases have been evolving to get stronger as time's gone by. As a biologist, how do you weigh in on that?
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Nope, its a push-pull situation. A pathogen finds a way to evade immunity in a population, that population responds, another pathogen comes in... There is no escalation so to speak, and adaptive immunity is an individual thing, not a population genetics thing. So it's not like you pass down immunity to polio to your kids, but because so many in the population are vaccinated against polio its not really a doing much (your kids still can get polio without vaccination though).

I think that misconception probably stems from bacterial resistance to antibiotic.
 
GasBandit

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Hah! The joke's on all of you! I've been secretly rolling in a pool of excrement every day for the last 15 years to harden my immune system! The past, and thus the present and future, WILL BE MINE!
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

We used to swim in bacteria infested lakes and rivers back home. I rarely get sick and when I do, my immune system is like an exclusive nightclub bouncer.
 
Frank

Frank

mr_thehun said:
I would go back to the height of the viking and make fun of how short they are. (I would die but it would be totally worth it)
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Same as now. Medieval people were just as tall as us, then there was a dip in the 14th-15th century and right back up to our current average height. Women on the other hand, are getting taller.

Vikings were described by those they were marauding as very tall so I'd assume Scandinavians were just as vertically gifted then as they generally are now.
 
Mathias

Mathias

So has anyone figured out how they'd take a shit and wipe their ass in 15th century England yet?

How bout those three seashells in the future?

Time travelers are fucked, I tells ya!
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

I'd go back to July 1054, a sunny day and spend it painting and taking pictures. Always wanted to see that event.
 
Eriol

Eriol

What does it say about me that I'd like to camp out in front of a certain tomb about 2000-ish years ago just to see it? Maybe also see a certain star 30-ish years before that, considering the season right now.


(really trying not to start a flame war about it though)
 
Dave

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I would go back to ancient times and take a metric fuckton of salt. Trade that salt for gold. Then come back. I'd be sure to have a gun so that if the natives want to get all up in my grill I'd school them with my boomstick.

When I came back I'd sell the gold and have fun spending money.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

HCGLNS said:
A sunny day in Scotland?! That's even rarer that a supernova. Besides we all know that the supernova was not visible in Europe :p
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Can't really say that... just look at the time frame... Europe was one of the least advanced areas on the planet in the 11th century. No one bothered to write it down.
 
Espy

Espy

Eriol said:
What does it say about me that I'd like to camp out in front of a certain tomb about 2000-ish years ago just to see it? Maybe also see a certain star 30-ish years before that, considering the season right now.


(really trying not to start a flame war about it though)
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It's kind of hard not to want to do it if you are a person of the Christian faith right? I mean, the hard part is deciding which of many events you would want to be at.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Espy said:
It's kind of hard not to want to do it if you are a person of the Christian faith right? I mean, the hard part is deciding which of many events you would want to be at.
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Then you rejoin the time stream and pick up the bible to see The Two Marys and one strangely ranting barbarian, discovering the empty tomb.
 
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makare

assuming we could also magically understand the language I'd go to the sermon on the mount. that would be something to see.
 
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makare

I do understand that is a joke and it cracks me up but on a realistic note I think they've found that location was chosen because it had amazing acoustics and so the people in the back heard just fine. at least i think i saw that on a show.. so take that with a grain of salt i guess
 
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