And if you could live in an entirely different era which would it be? (In order of art history!)
And which era would you live in? :):):)
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Which era would you want to live in? :):):)
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And in which country?
03/01/2012
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Future. I was born too early. I want to be living on another planet...another star system. Free to travel the universe. FAST.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
Life, stuck on this one rock. I think we SHOULD be at least exploring our "space neighborhood" by now.
03/01/2012
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I do love the Victorian Age, but I don't think I could live with the social restrictions and double standards on women. I love the Renn Faire, but I couldn't live with the disease and childhood death rates, not to mention the lack of science, sanitation, safe food and water etc in this time. I like the look of the Depression years and the 1940s, but again, the lack of comforts I've become accustomed to would be too difficult to live in those eras. And there was polio.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
I, for the longest time, wanted to live in the 1960s, as a teen or 20 something, but again, the restrictions on women and minorities were overwhelming.
Can we go back to the Clinton Administration? That would be great!
03/01/2012
I"m fascinated by ancient Rome. I visited Pompeii (omg, was that 12 years ago already?). It was fantastic!
03/01/2012
The Rococo era in France. I love the drama and over-the-top-ness of it all.
Also: the very, very end of the 1800's, on through the early 1930s.
Also: the very, very end of the 1800's, on through the early 1930s.
03/01/2012
Um, can I just take an entire trip through history? Rome, Greece, Egypt, Sumeria... Um, Henry VIII, French Revolution, 1920s, 1960s, 1980s. Yeah, I have a thing for history.
03/01/2012
I'd rather just live now, or in the future (if the future holds greater gender equality).
03/01/2012
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Me to - I like the idea of living in the future. I'm not naive enough to think that everything would be better - but I'd take a chance that it would be better than known history where the life expectancy ranged from 20-50.
Originally posted by
Bignuf
Future. I was born too early. I want to be living on another planet...another star system. Free to travel the universe. FAST.
Life, stuck on this one rock. I think we SHOULD be at least exploring our "space neighborhood" by now.
Life, stuck on this one rock. I think we SHOULD be at least exploring our "space neighborhood" by now.
03/01/2012
I would love to of been a teen in the 60's!
03/01/2012
I'm a modern 50's housewife
03/01/2012
Instead of being born in 86 I wish I would have been a teen in the 80s. I think the late 70s through the 80s had THE BEST music. I go to a ton of concerts now but man it would have been a blast back then for me. I still go see the bands like Journey, Poison, Def Leppard, Heart, the list goes on but it's not the same!
I like the Renaissance and enjoy the festival near here but don't go every year. I don't know if I'd wanna life my entire life in that era though.
I like the Renaissance and enjoy the festival near here but don't go every year. I don't know if I'd wanna life my entire life in that era though.
03/01/2012
Quite a few of them I would enjoy, hard to choose.
03/01/2012
Romantic
03/02/2012
indoor plumbing would be the deciding factor for me. I could cope without electricity but life without hot showers and potties would be intolerable.
03/02/2012
I don't really care. I like the way things are now I couldnt do without all my luxeries.
03/02/2012
Renaissance Italy might be fun.
03/02/2012
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Same here! Love the music and the whole hippy idea
Originally posted by
Beck
I would love to of been a teen in the 60's!
03/02/2012
I'd like to try them all out. Do we get to pick our occupation and/or status for the time period in question?
03/02/2012
It would be hard to live in a time without modern medicine and antibiotics, but if I did, it'd probably be the American Wild West (ex. Kansas, 1870s).
03/02/2012
Hmm. I like a few eras, Uh, well, Ren era, victorian era, and probably staying in the modern era. Or the 1980's
03/02/2012
Hard to pick one. I'd love to have the power to travel to all and to all places in each time. I'd have to be a time traveler. I don't think I'd be happy in just one place and time anyway.
03/02/2012
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Same reasons why I would love to.
Originally posted by
dbm6907
Same here! Love the music and the whole hippy idea
03/03/2012
on the one hand I enjoy the modern era, on the other hand, we sure are stupid here in the future.
03/03/2012
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I have lived in most of them and in quite a few countries Seriously I would still rather be here and now.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
03/03/2012
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Same, actually. I wouldn't want to live under some of the conditions of the past having what we have now in terms of rights, technological advancement, hygiene, etc. But it's fun to daydream.
Originally posted by
Airen Wolf
I have lived in most of them and in quite a few countries Seriously I would still rather be here and now.
03/03/2012
I always wanted to live in the 50s.
03/03/2012
modern, I love my toys too much to live with out them.
03/03/2012
I wish I could live in modern time and dress like the rich women of the Renaissance era!
03/03/2012
I am a huggeee history fan, as in I love so many eras that picking just one to live in would make me want to scream! I love anything to do with history, especially the Medieval era, Renaissance era, Edwardian era, Victorian era, Edo period Japan, Romantic era, etc, etc. Oohhh, to have a chance at experiencing each of those would definitely be a dream come true!
05/02/2012
I'll stay here, thanks. I don't trust the future (who knows what could happen?) and as much as I like some things about past eras, I'd prefer to live in a time and place with, yknow, indoor plumbing and wifi, and less racism than in the past. The intense class divide would also not be fun what if you went back to medieval times only to become a peasant or something?
05/02/2012
Sorry, I can't do without modern medicine. Even now it seems a bit archaic and there are tons of things I would like to happen still. :\
I also need the sex and gender equality that time has brought us (at least here).
Maybe I should live in the future? If not, I think I would like to live in the 1890s-1940s as a rich person. I think that would be fun and very interesting. I also think my personality is suited to the American West in the mid to late 1800s. I really don't think I'd want to live before the American Civil War.
I also need the sex and gender equality that time has brought us (at least here).
Maybe I should live in the future? If not, I think I would like to live in the 1890s-1940s as a rich person. I think that would be fun and very interesting. I also think my personality is suited to the American West in the mid to late 1800s. I really don't think I'd want to live before the American Civil War.
05/02/2012
Hmm, I guess it would depend on the what were my reasons...
For clothing and religion: Ancient Greece.
For chivalry: Medieval/Renaissance.
For women's rights: Now or further into the future provide those rights are lessened.
For people being more accepting of every single thing that they aren't now: Who knows when?
For clothing and religion: Ancient Greece.
For chivalry: Medieval/Renaissance.
For women's rights: Now or further into the future provide those rights are lessened.
For people being more accepting of every single thing that they aren't now: Who knows when?
05/02/2012
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I'm not quite sure, but I wouldn't mind missing out on this whole economic situation. Oh...and I definitely wouldn't mind skipping a few years ahead into the future.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
05/02/2012
Any time period, any country where I could live on a mountain and not have to think about paying taxes to some fat man in a building saying I have to pay someone money for not doing anything but making my life miserable. Just have a little farm, grow old with a man or two and ignore the world.
Or have a baby dinosaur. I've always wondered if they could be taught to do little tricks??? Can you imagine a T-rex as a guard dog? I do wonder!!!
Or have a baby dinosaur. I've always wondered if they could be taught to do little tricks??? Can you imagine a T-rex as a guard dog? I do wonder!!!
05/02/2012
Antique Greek-Roman totally
05/02/2012
I like the era I'm living now.
05/02/2012
Sumerian-Egyptian, Greek (before the Athens fiasco cuz they had the plague and were having a lot of political strife and all that).
But BY FAR my most FAVORITE era is the Victorian (you forgot that on you list :c)
Jack the Ripper, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Jane Austen... the beautiful houses, the manners, the suits... the music, the writing styles, the love of art. B| unce
India, England, France or Persia area
But BY FAR my most FAVORITE era is the Victorian (you forgot that on you list :c)
Jack the Ripper, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Jane Austen... the beautiful houses, the manners, the suits... the music, the writing styles, the love of art. B| unce
India, England, France or Persia area
05/02/2012
Just give me a dang time machine! There are so many era's I would love to have been a part of.
05/02/2012
I don't know what 'era' you would call it but if I could choose a time period it would be the 1950s. I love the fashion and the whole pin up girl look. I want to be the housewife in her high heels with the vacuum in her hand. lol
05/03/2012
Medieval, roman, or modern.
05/03/2012
I'm a woman...modern is the best.
05/03/2012
I agree with nanamondoute. though we are regressing recently in some parts of the world. I prefer a future where things have gotten better for more people.
05/03/2012
Probably the 16th or 17th centuries. Hrm... or sometime in Ancient Egypt
05/03/2012
I'm a woman and I'm a lesbian. I want to live in the future, really.
05/03/2012
The here and the now.
02/26/2013
I'm going with the future! How cool would that be?
02/26/2013
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great britain before the roman empire came in. or i think i would have enjoyed being a mayan, or a native american/inuit/pacific islander before people came in and started changing your way of life.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
02/26/2013
So many are novel and new and would be great to visit, but I don't think I could truly live in any time except the present, or preferably the future. What with instability, culturally institutionalized sexism and racism being more acceptable, most any time in the past would be an outright hazard for people like me.
02/26/2013
Medieval for sure (:
02/26/2013
I like the times we're living in now more than any other time period. Internet is a big reason why of course hehe.
02/26/2013
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i'm okay with current era. previous ones were...way too uptight about sexuality and such.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
ideally, I'd take a future where the world didn't suck.
02/26/2013
modern
02/26/2013
I always told myself I'd do really well in the 80s
02/26/2013
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Antique Greek-Roman
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
02/26/2013
Renaissance
02/26/2013
I would only ever want to live in the modern and current eras because I don't want to constantly be afraid of dying.
02/26/2013
I feel I could do fairly well in the Renaissance, if I managed to weasel a little niche for myself. I'm on the way to making it my life, anyway!
I would also love to have been alive for Woodstock. Because eargasm.
I would also love to have been alive for Woodstock. Because eargasm.
02/26/2013
The idea of being an extremely wealthy Roman citizen in the Roman Empire with a stable of beautiful female sex slaves is tempting. Yes, I watched to much of Spartacus! Lol
Seriously though, I'll stay happily in the modern age thank you. However, I'm turning 45 in two days and thinking about the technology age we live in now I sometimes think it would be fun to be 21 right now in 2013. My kids are growing up with such cool gadgets and social outlets I never dreamed of when I was young.
Seriously though, I'll stay happily in the modern age thank you. However, I'm turning 45 in two days and thinking about the technology age we live in now I sometimes think it would be fun to be 21 right now in 2013. My kids are growing up with such cool gadgets and social outlets I never dreamed of when I was young.
02/27/2013
viking times~
02/27/2013
Prehistoric
02/27/2013
Victorian. Bring on the corsets!
02/27/2013
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th 50's i love vintage.
Originally posted by
DreamWolf
And in which country?
02/27/2013
I like what we've got today.
02/27/2013
I'd live in ancient Rome, if I could go back and try it.
02/27/2013
Modern times, mostly for my own safety.
02/28/2013
Modern times for me.
02/28/2013
Medieval and Renaissance.
02/28/2013
It'd be interesting to visit previous time periods but I'd never want to live in any of them. I like having rights.
02/28/2013
I wanna ride a dinosaur
03/01/2013
I would want to be a Medieval Viking- I love men and women with fair skin and hair! So beautiful! (Eric from True Blood is a great example!)
03/01/2013
i would stay in modern times for a number of reasons:
1)I can't imagine living without modern bathrooms and internet connection.
2)As a woman, I quite enjoy being my own person rather than belong to some man.
3)It is safer .
4)Modern hygiene standards are very high, in comparison to the past. I would be able to live among smelly people with rotting teeth.
1)I can't imagine living without modern bathrooms and internet connection.
2)As a woman, I quite enjoy being my own person rather than belong to some man.
3)It is safer .
4)Modern hygiene standards are very high, in comparison to the past. I would be able to live among smelly people with rotting teeth.
03/02/2013
Living in the 50's would be interesting, but with medical care and women's rights I think it is much better to live in modern times than any of these.
03/02/2013
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Haha agreed. But I love the fashion and lifestyle of the middle class in the 50s. I think I'd deal with the masochism and lack of women's rights for the elegance. :-P
Originally posted by
karenm
Living in the 50's would be interesting, but with medical care and women's rights I think it is much better to live in modern times than any of these.
03/02/2013
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