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Do you wish you were born later in the future?
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JordanN
Banned
This.
I should have been an 80s child, and when I grew up, I would have invested in the internet in the 2000s.
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
you probably would have invested in myspace
Pejo
Member
I was pretty satisfied with growing up in the 90s. It was a great time to be a kid/teen before camera phones and social media were huge. I actually got away with all the stupid shit I did and it's not documented everywhere.
That said, I wish I'd live long enough for us to get our cyborg bodies so I could exist long enough to see true space travel.
Well, ok, let's be honest, humans will probably blow themselves up before it gets to that point.
That said, I wish I'd live long enough for us to get our cyborg bodies so I could exist long enough to see true space travel.
Well, ok, let's be honest, humans will probably blow themselves up before it gets to that point.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I'd prefer to have been born about 6 to 8 years earlier. Because 1) I'd like to have experienced the 80's a bit more and 2) I'd be closer to my brothers in age.
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Banned
Where's the option to not have been born?
DKehoe
Member
In one sense yeh since quality of life generally improves as time progresses. Maybe I contract and die from some condition here in the present that they cure in the future. But if I was directly offered to switch? Nah, my loved ones are here.
There's always new opportunities to invest in.
There's always new opportunities to invest in.
JordanN
Banned
While true, the world before the 2000s was a far different place compared to where we are today.
Like for starters, there was no 2008 market crash. That was fucking huge and we're still feeling the effects of it today.
Cost of living has also gone up. I wouldn't have had to choose between setting aside money to start/invest in a new business, and actually being able to eat or have a roof over my head for example.
Just look at house ownership as proof of this. The younger generation can't even afford it anymore, yet most people over the age of 50 have.
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Ornlu
Banned
I'd make a monster of an Enlightened Despot; 1700's Europe woulda been my oyster.
Or in the 1400's - 1500's, I could have been a boss mercenary company captain.
C'est la vie. By being born now I also got to...ya know, not die in childhood, so there's that.
Well, that's one that nobody can really complain about. If you really felt that way you would have already solved that issue.
Or in the 1400's - 1500's, I could have been a boss mercenary company captain.
C'est la vie. By being born now I also got to...ya know, not die in childhood, so there's that.
Well, that's one that nobody can really complain about. If you really felt that way you would have already solved that issue.
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JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Yes. I wish I had been born late enough to when our life expectancy was 150 years or more, and we had found some sort of life somewhere out there in the universe.
Also would love to enjoy 24k/480fps gaming
Also would love to enjoy 24k/480fps gaming
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Banned
Im working on it.I'd make a monster of an Enlightened Despot; 1700's Europe woulda been my oyster.
Or in the 1400's - 1500's, I could have been a boss mercenary company captain.
C'est la vie. By being born now I also got to...ya know, not die in childhood, so there's that.
Well, that's one that nobody can really complain about. If you really felt that way you would have already solved that issue.
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#Phonepunk#
Banned
wish i was born in the past. the future seems like an over regulated SJW drag. take me back to when cocaine was an ingredient in Coke.
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Ornlu
Banned
Maybe try making the best of it instead?
Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool
Member
Yes, I do.. all the time
just Imagine, PS-X (or Playstation 10), running 32K resolutions, (thats 4 times more than todays 4K's), All games installed will only take 10-15 seconds, and any updates will take less than 30 seconds, you can play any game right away ones it all set up in less than 1 minute, and all games does not have loading times, (if you wanna take a break, pause it)
hey, I know this sounds stupid, but this is just a dream of mine that's not gonna happen even in a million years!
just Imagine, PS-X (or Playstation 10), running 32K resolutions, (thats 4 times more than todays 4K's), All games installed will only take 10-15 seconds, and any updates will take less than 30 seconds, you can play any game right away ones it all set up in less than 1 minute, and all games does not have loading times, (if you wanna take a break, pause it)
hey, I know this sounds stupid, but this is just a dream of mine that's not gonna happen even in a million years!
Ememee
Member
Yeah, I am absolutely satisfied and grateful for the time period I grew in. Experienced life without the internet. Grew up as it advanced. But got through college/youth before Social Media took completely over.
teezzy
Banned
Youd be shocked just how much of life is in your control if you hammer down and devote yourself to improving. I believe in ya duder.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Seeing future technology is incredibly appealing. If I knew what to compare it to, then yes, absolutely I would likely want to live in a age with better tech, better medicine, better access to travel, better videogames. The future can mean a lot of things though, and things can get worse too. So it depends.
But I actually am pretty happy with when I grew up and lived. I got to see the creation of video games from zero to what it is now all in one lifetime. How many people get to see a medium explode in quality every 4 years for their entire life? I got to see the 90s era of music that appears to have been a peak that wont be replicated for a very long time, if ever. I got to see the creation of the internet, streaming, large tech advancements, and still have decades left to enjoy superior tech like smartphones and large TVs. I got to grow up playing outside, walking all over town as a kid wherever I wanted in the 80s before the media culture shifted everyone to be too scared to be out of your house, and before tech took over kids' lives to the point they get fat and don't even play outside.
I was kind of in the sweet spot. I got snuck in to see Deftones on the Adrenaline tour when I was 14, so I couldn't have been any younger to see the peak 90s concerts and the creation of moshing, tons of insane house parties, tons of insane concerts - but I still have decades left to live and see where tech goes. Not too bad.
But I actually am pretty happy with when I grew up and lived. I got to see the creation of video games from zero to what it is now all in one lifetime. How many people get to see a medium explode in quality every 4 years for their entire life? I got to see the 90s era of music that appears to have been a peak that wont be replicated for a very long time, if ever. I got to see the creation of the internet, streaming, large tech advancements, and still have decades left to enjoy superior tech like smartphones and large TVs. I got to grow up playing outside, walking all over town as a kid wherever I wanted in the 80s before the media culture shifted everyone to be too scared to be out of your house, and before tech took over kids' lives to the point they get fat and don't even play outside.
I was kind of in the sweet spot. I got snuck in to see Deftones on the Adrenaline tour when I was 14, so I couldn't have been any younger to see the peak 90s concerts and the creation of moshing, tons of insane house parties, tons of insane concerts - but I still have decades left to live and see where tech goes. Not too bad.
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Stilton Disco
Member
Same. I was born just early enough to see how much better life was in the 80's and 90's, but by the time I was old enough to enjoy it, the 00's were already here and with it the slow decline of pretty much all art, culture, fasion, social cohesion and morality.
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GobbledeeGoo
Member
You'd just complain about wanting to experience whatever punk was in in fashion then. Probably like aquatic punk where we bioengineered humans to have gills to survive the flooding of Earth.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Nope, 20 years earlier.
Thousands of years into the future could be cool just to see the tech and alien poontang. But I have my doubts that humans will be thriving then.
Thousands of years into the future could be cool just to see the tech and alien poontang. But I have my doubts that humans will be thriving then.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
You can't?
BigBooper
Member
Only after eating brussel sprouts, and even then it's only temporary.
DESTROYA
Member
You just haven’t tried hard enough!
You can do it, I believe in you.
Woo-Fu
Banned
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LordKasual
Banned
I'm a minority, so i have absolutely no desire to have been born earlier. The further back I go the fucking shittier it gets, i'm quite thankful i dodged the worst of that shit.
I'd love to be born sometime after humanity has stabilized from the fallout of climate change. It's pretty much all uphill from there.
I'd love to be born sometime after humanity has stabilized from the fallout of climate change. It's pretty much all uphill from there.
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pr0cs
Member
I'm happy when I was born but I really miss the 80s and early 90s.
To me they were the best point in time.
There was enough technology to make your life better, improved communication but not invasive in your life.
Enough real social connection with people via phone, tv radio.
News wasn't so polarizing
Kids still spent more time outside playing with each other than indoors
Video games existed but weren't littered with ways to take money from your pocket.
Not so much focus on trying to be something different, men were men women women (not saying that some people didn't struggle with their identity but that there wasn't so much focus on tribalism)
Travel was still possible, vacation destinations were still often happy for you to spend money there (looking at you Mexico)
To me they were the best point in time.
There was enough technology to make your life better, improved communication but not invasive in your life.
Enough real social connection with people via phone, tv radio.
News wasn't so polarizing
Kids still spent more time outside playing with each other than indoors
Video games existed but weren't littered with ways to take money from your pocket.
Not so much focus on trying to be something different, men were men women women (not saying that some people didn't struggle with their identity but that there wasn't so much focus on tribalism)
Travel was still possible, vacation destinations were still often happy for you to spend money there (looking at you Mexico)
Riven326
Banned
Become Amish.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
No. The world is fucked now. My future kids might never get to experience the joy of playing outside or becoming friends with a neighbor. I wouldn’t want to grow up like kids grow up today.
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Riven326
Banned
It would make it easier at least. I don't understand these people who are like, rich people aren't happy! They look pretty fucking happy to me.
MetalAlien
Banned
Yea if anything I'd like to be born slightly earlier so I could appreciate the 70s more than I did,
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Banned
Wait, how old are you?