the 70’s, man. Gonna get my disco on.
Or are you talking about further back, like before we all existed? Then maybe when dinosaurs roamed the earth, aka before humans came and ruined it.
@lseeber I was a little kid. So I missed out on the fun. Wearing bell bottoms that ultimately just get wrapped up in the chain of your banana-seated bike causing you to fall over does not count as fun.
@moonhat - Meh, fun in the '70s. It wasn’t much like That Seventies Show in my experience - better to watch the reruns! Though a themed roller disco might be fun - with enough sangria.
@moonhat haha… you were supposed to put a rubberband around them! I was actually a bit more late 60s early 70s hippie/freak pre-disco, it was hard to go from Black Sabbath, Led Zep, etc… to… BeeGees. I did a little tho.
@parodymandotcom I bought 100 shares of Apple stock after it cratered but had bounced back a bit; I think it was around $9 a share. I sold when it hit $50 a share - back then I was always worried the price would come crashing down again.
Should have sold half and kept the rest.
/image Apple stock
@compunaut@parodymandotcom In the mid-90s, prior to Jobs return, there was a clockwork trend in Apple stock. Each time Apple was ready to release new products or tech, stock would surge. Usually about a 100%-150% increase. Then slowly over a few months it would start to decline to around it’s previous value. Next product release, same performance.
Once I noticed the trend I began buying as soon as I became aware of something pending. Initially a few hundred shares, eventually a few thousand shares. Once the product or tech hit the street and stock stabilized, I’d dump it all, then wait for the next cycle. I was deeply involved in developing product for the Apple market, so I was well tuned to what Apple was up to, generally well before the average day trader.
Over the course of a couple years I managed a pretty fair return. Not huge, but several thousand dollars. For a convenience trader such as I was, it was a pretty thrilling experience.
In 1997 when Jobs returned to Apple and they bailed on a few partnerships (notably Motorola and Power Computing), and stock prices began marching upward, the cost of admission to play my game became serious money. I stopped playing. The risk was too great.
In retrospect, I should have been playing higher stakes in my little day trades. Several thousand shares rather than hundreds. Or maybe gone all-in and angled for the big profits. But hindsight is always made with the knowledge of outcomes, and therefore not meaningful.
Ha! That was the first try.
I can’t narrow it down to just one. It would be so cool to sample many times and places. Thus I need a machine to transport me around - although perhaps not as randomly as stargate or at times, Dr. Who.
I struggle with this question because it seems to imply a one-way ticket. I mean, I’d like to go back and see how some ancient civilizations lived, but I wouldn’t want to stay long.
I think the 1920’s. I have always been fascinated by the decade. I would love to be a flapper, visit a speakeasy, ride in a model T (a new one) , etc. It sounds thrilling.
@Mehrocco_Mole that’s even close enough that it’s not so bad if it’s a one way trip, but you’d probably have to dodge past you in the future as you made your way back to the present.
Also make sure to remember to sell in early '18, so far.
Ideally, some time before 9/11 and life’s purpose would be to foil the terrorists’ plots, so the U.S. government didn’t have cause to perpetrate the theft of freedom and liberty under the so-called ‘PATRIOT Act’ and FISA courts, and NSA capturing every transaction on the internet, and warrantless wiretaps, and TSA shakedowns, and…
That’s tough. A big part of me would want to go back to around the 13th century or so. And then again, early 1900s would be great.
I definitely wouldn’t want to see what the distant future looks like. I don’t think I’d like that at all.
Probably the not so distant past. I’d figure out how to make some money at the lottery/stocks and buy a ton of land.
Maybe get a message to my parents to get my dad’s brain scanned way earlier to find the cancer before it was out of control. Maybe if I go back far enough, convince them to not leave Norway, or give them the money to go back.
Would I cause a disturbance where I would wipe myself out of existence?
It would be worth the chance to give them a better life.
@PolkSaladAnnie If we are ignoring the paradox of running into ourselves, I’d also go back to 2006, to relive the best 10 years of my life, and possibly avert or at least cushion personal tragedies from 2013, 2016, and 2017.
the 70’s, man. Gonna get my disco on.
Or are you talking about further back, like before we all existed? Then maybe when dinosaurs roamed the earth, aka before humans came and ruined it.
@moonhat Hey it’s your trip back you can go as far as you want.
@moonhat ha… the 70s… they’re difficult to remember if you were a teen or older then, lol. It’s a blurrrrrrrr.
@lseeber I was a little kid. So I missed out on the fun. Wearing bell bottoms that ultimately just get wrapped up in the chain of your banana-seated bike causing you to fall over does not count as fun.
@moonhat - Meh, fun in the '70s. It wasn’t much like That Seventies Show in my experience - better to watch the reruns! Though a themed roller disco might be fun - with enough sangria.
@aetris roller disco, fun! And with sangria, groovy.
/giphy disco sangria
@moonhat haha… you were supposed to put a rubberband around them! I was actually a bit more late 60s early 70s hippie/freak pre-disco, it was hard to go from Black Sabbath, Led Zep, etc… to… BeeGees. I did a little tho.
If it were me, I enjoy history it’d be way to hard to narrow down since I have so many questions from things I’ve read or watched.
@Targaryen
What kind of history?
@PlacidPenguin History in general, though I enjoy military history. I’m also trying to learn a bit more about history in Asia.
@PlacidPenguin @Targaryen Almost everything I know about Asian history I learned watching anime. Rorouni Kenshin, set in the Meiji Era, was especially interesting. Here’s a list of anime series set in seven different Japanese eras. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2015-08-01/.91067
If it’s a one way trip, I’m staying right here… Things just keep getting better.
I would go back right before the internet got big- the 90s maybe?
@sammydog01 so you could corner the market on cat gifs?
@medz Actually so my kids wouldn’t have to be raised in this shitty social centered media society, but yeah, I could make some bucks.
I would go back to shortly after Steve Jobs left Apple the first time and Apple stock was dirt cheap.
@parodymandotcom I bought 100 shares of Apple stock after it cratered but had bounced back a bit; I think it was around $9 a share. I sold when it hit $50 a share - back then I was always worried the price would come crashing down again.
Should have sold half and kept the rest.
/image Apple stock
@compunaut @parodymandotcom In the mid-90s, prior to Jobs return, there was a clockwork trend in Apple stock. Each time Apple was ready to release new products or tech, stock would surge. Usually about a 100%-150% increase. Then slowly over a few months it would start to decline to around it’s previous value. Next product release, same performance.
Once I noticed the trend I began buying as soon as I became aware of something pending. Initially a few hundred shares, eventually a few thousand shares. Once the product or tech hit the street and stock stabilized, I’d dump it all, then wait for the next cycle. I was deeply involved in developing product for the Apple market, so I was well tuned to what Apple was up to, generally well before the average day trader.
Over the course of a couple years I managed a pretty fair return. Not huge, but several thousand dollars. For a convenience trader such as I was, it was a pretty thrilling experience.
In 1997 when Jobs returned to Apple and they bailed on a few partnerships (notably Motorola and Power Computing), and stock prices began marching upward, the cost of admission to play my game became serious money. I stopped playing. The risk was too great.
In retrospect, I should have been playing higher stakes in my little day trades. Several thousand shares rather than hundreds. Or maybe gone all-in and angled for the big profits. But hindsight is always made with the knowledge of outcomes, and therefore not meaningful.
@compunaut @parodymandotcom All I could afford was this stock image of an apple from the internet.
You ask as if it’s a hypothetical.
My answer is apparent.
1920’s in New York City. Or mehbe Chicago. Either one.
Gosh so many choices so many eras and places to visit.
It is certain
/8ball should a time travel machine be included in this question?
Ha! That was the first try.
I can’t narrow it down to just one. It would be so cool to sample many times and places. Thus I need a machine to transport me around - although perhaps not as randomly as stargate or at times, Dr. Who.
I struggle with this question because it seems to imply a one-way ticket. I mean, I’d like to go back and see how some ancient civilizations lived, but I wouldn’t want to stay long.
I think the 1920’s. I have always been fascinated by the decade. I would love to be a flapper, visit a speakeasy, ride in a model T (a new one) , etc. It sounds thrilling.
@tinamarie1974 the flapper thing went thru my head too. I’m not skinny enough though, or was there chubby flappers??
@moonhat how about you and me!
we can show them how amazing curves can be!
@tinamarie1974 sounds perfect! Let’s get in the meh time machine and we’re outta here!
@moonhat @tinamarie1974 @Dave @ChadP we need a Meh brand time machine. Not this one though…
Would love to visit. But world not want to live there. : (
I’m female. There is no time prior to this one I’d want to live in. If I was a guy I might feel differently.
@moondrake If you went back we might be reading about Moondrake for her contributions growing up.
@moondrake or maybe you could make a difference in womans suffrage
One in which you’re not missing you
@llangley
@Mehrocco_Mole that’s even close enough that it’s not so bad if it’s a one way trip, but you’d probably have to dodge past you in the future as you made your way back to the present.
Also make sure to remember to sell in early '18, so far.
Days of Future Past
I know it’s long, but when you’re done, it’ll be the future.
Things are only getting better.
Ideally, some time before 9/11 and life’s purpose would be to foil the terrorists’ plots, so the U.S. government didn’t have cause to perpetrate the theft of freedom and liberty under the so-called ‘PATRIOT Act’ and FISA courts, and NSA capturing every transaction on the internet, and warrantless wiretaps, and TSA shakedowns, and…
@simssj How 'bout go back to the beginning of American gov’t when they weren’t lawyers and they didn’t get paid or get perks?
@lseeber I could live with that.
With lower life expectancy in the past. I wouldn’t have much time to enjoy or would I be DOA?
@kodojr3 I tried to leave the question fairly open I would imagine you were selected to go back to a time they’d probably have certain rules in place.
That’s tough. A big part of me would want to go back to around the 13th century or so. And then again, early 1900s would be great.
I definitely wouldn’t want to see what the distant future looks like. I don’t think I’d like that at all.
@lseeber The future could be interesting. What about it worries you?
@Targaryen - What’s worrisome is just HOW interesting!
Probably the not so distant past. I’d figure out how to make some money at the lottery/stocks and buy a ton of land.
Maybe get a message to my parents to get my dad’s brain scanned way earlier to find the cancer before it was out of control. Maybe if I go back far enough, convince them to not leave Norway, or give them the money to go back.
Would I cause a disturbance where I would wipe myself out of existence?
It would be worth the chance to give them a better life.
@PolkSaladAnnie If we are ignoring the paradox of running into ourselves, I’d also go back to 2006, to relive the best 10 years of my life, and possibly avert or at least cushion personal tragedies from 2013, 2016, and 2017.