What era/year would you time travel to if you had a time machine?

[GreenOctagons]

I’d love to check out the 80s all over the world. The music and just general life looked so good back then.

Also, the Wild West back in 1800s would be very cool to check out. Drinking in the saloon all day.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I'd honestly just go back to the 90s/very early 2000s. I was a kid during that time so life seemed so simple then. Nostalgia be powerful ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I guess though if I were just visiting, completely untouchable/invincible and invisible, I'd probably go back much further just to see some famous historical events unfold, and to see some famous paintings being made (like I'd love to watch Van Gogh paint)

 

[Xara]

i’d go back to the 2000’s if i could. i’ve really been nostalgic for my childhood these past couple years, and despite the hardships in it, i’d love to experience it again. the vibes of the 2000’s are unmatched imo. kids and disney/family channel shows and movies from that era (suite life of zack & cody, that’s so raven, wizards of waverly place, the big comfy couch, recess! etc) were immaculate; none made after 2013-2014 hit the same tbh (probably because i wasn’t the target audience, but y’know ). online games (moshi monsters, webkinz, moviestarplanet, girlsgogames etc) were amazing, music was great, the world wasn’t as technology-reliant or obsessed, blockbuster was still standing (i love streaming services, but the nostalgia...), being alive wasn’t as expensive as it is now, etc.

the 2000’s definitely weren’t perfect, but life seemed so much simpler and cooler back then. i was in such a rush to grow up and start doing the things the adults around me were doing that i just... didn’t appreciate my childhood, or the things listed above that made it so great, while it was actually happening lol. i was just vibing back then, and i miss that.

though, some of the fashion trends from the 2000’s were... . idk if i could handle seeing people wear dresses over jeans again LOL.

Spoiler: never forget

 

[Aniko]

Maybe the 90' too and attend a few concerts. And then the 70' for the same reason,

 

[LadyDestani]

I would love to travel to the Victorian era and get to experience it in person. It's my favorite historical period. The fashion, the architecture, the design, horse drawn carriages and early automobiles. I just love it all.

Things were far from perfect then, but in a way that would be part of the experience too. Fighting for women's suffrage and equal rights, being part of a revolutionary time period.

 

[-Raven-]

Of the years I actually lived through, or if I could only choose one year, then I’d go with 2016. That was the best time of my life, and a lot of dramatic things happened that I’d love to relive. The memes were top. It was an amazing year for music which flew over my head at the time. Plus I started to make a few stupid choices in life after that which I could avoid reliving. Not that I regret them in this timeline but I could have wound up better now. Honestly things went downhill in the world since that year to me but I’m still living the best I can so that’s not as grim for me as it sounds.

Of years I hadn’t lived in, 80s-90s. Getting to see the rise of tech, invest in some companies very early on, social progress in the 90’s, etc. There were still some rights issues I wouldn’t like to live through, but I can see how people were very optimistic back then. As hard as things are now, it’d also be nice to know eventually we would make progress on things like LGBT+ rights and see how those come along. I would also have the 00’s Internet, which imo was the golden age of the Internet, to look forward to and relive. Same for 6th gen of gaming. Hey, I could get some expensive stupid rare games as they came out.
I guess if I could only choose one decade- my answer was assuming I could return to the 80’s or 90’s and live from there- I’d go with the 90’s or 00’s. I can’t really know what the 90’s were like, but the 00’s were better than the last decade, imo. Since I’m a woman, anything before the 80’s seems… unpleasant to me. 80’s might even be pushing it, but social issues seemed pretty ok by at least the 90’s, so I’d also like to be optimistic about the 80’s. I don’t know, for all I know, maybe I would have been fine in the 70’s too. That was a pretty great decade for music, so I could buy some cool vinyls pretty easily. To be fair, 70’s/80’s is also getting to the point where maybe technology would be too far back for me.

I would absolutely not go to the 60’s or earlier. Even if theoretically I were in a privileged group I wouldn’t like seeing how bad rights were for certain people at the time. We still have problems today, but I’d feel pretty depressed living through those things, with how prominent they were several decades ago. I’m bi myself, and LGBT+ discrimination- all discrimination, sexism, etc., sucks- but I think I could hang in there with the 90’s discrimination and enjoy what that decade had to offer, maybe even the 80’s- I imagine until the 70’s or 80’s or even 90’s, discrimination of all kinds was really on another level. Affected by that or not, it’d be sad surrounded by that all the time.

 

[nightglow]

To visit, a super long time ago.. like 8,000 years ago or something just because I wanna see.
To actually live, the 1990s because where I live I feel like that was actually a pretty good time period.

 

[Beanz]

i guess when i would time travel to when i was born (2005.) technology advanced a lot from 2000-2010 so 2005 would be the middle of that, there was technology but it wasn’t as advanced. the internet existed, youtube and most social media websites were just created but all these things don’t look like they do currently. also like @/xara said the world was not as reliant on the internet/technology as it is today so that would be interesting to see, especially since i have grown up in a world that has always had the internet.

 

[Alienfish]

1960s/70s. Not only because I love the music a lot from the times(sans disco stuff lol) but also cause there was a whole other political era when people actually fought for stuff outright and there were no stupid social media.

 

[Midoriya]

I would go into the future. Specifically the 22nd century.

 

[GreenOctagons]

I'd honestly just go back to the 90s/very early 2000s. I was a kid during that time so life seemed so simple then. Nostalgia be powerful ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I guess though if I were just visiting, completely untouchable/invincible and invisible, I'd probably go back much further just to see some famous historical events unfold, and to see some famous paintings being made (like I'd love to watch Van Gogh paint)

The early 2000s were underrated. Even though I was young, I still prefer it

Post automatically merged: Sep 7, 2022

i’d go back to the 2000’s if i could. i’ve really been nostalgic for my childhood these past couple years, and despite the hardships in it, i’d love to experience it again. the vibes of the 2000’s are unmatched imo. kids and disney/family channel shows and movies from that era (suite life of zack & cody, that’s so raven, wizards of waverly place, the big comfy couch, recess! etc) were immaculate; none made after 2013-2014 hit the same tbh (probably because i wasn’t the target audience, but y’know ). online games (moshi monsters, webkinz, moviestarplanet, girlsgogames etc) were amazing, music was great, the world wasn’t as technology-reliant or obsessed, blockbuster was still standing (i love streaming services, but the nostalgia...), being alive wasn’t as expensive as it is now, etc.

the 2000’s definitely weren’t perfect, but life seemed so much simpler and cooler back then. i was in such a rush to grow up and start doing the things the adults around me were doing that i just... didn’t appreciate my childhood, or the things listed above that made it so great, while it was actually happening lol. i was just vibing back then, and i miss that.

though, some of the fashion trends from the 2000’s were... . idk if i could handle seeing people wear dresses over jeans again LOL.

Spoiler: never forget

View attachment 459481

The clothing back in the late 90s and early 2000s was so baggy I thought. But I kind loved it

Post automatically merged: Sep 7, 2022

i guess when i would time travel to when i was born (2005.) technology advanced gradually from 2000-2010 so 2005 would be the middle of that, there was technology but it wasn’t as advanced. the internet existed, youtube and most social media websites were just created but all these things don’t look like they do currently. also like @/xara said the world was not as reliant on the internet/technology as it is today so that would be interesting to see, especially since i have grown up in a world that has always had the internet.

I was born in ‘99 and feel the same. Technology existed but nowhere near as advanced now, would be cool to go back and see the differences

I remember having like 2MB internet speeds and thinking that was great

Post automatically merged: Sep 7, 2022

I would go into the future. Specifically the 22nd century.

I’m scared to see the future

 

[Aniko]

Of the years I actually lived through, or if I could only choose one year then I’d go with 2016. That was the best time of my life

LOL. It's the first time I see someone saying 2016 was a good year for them.

 

[Kitsuragi]

90s-2000s for me, anything earlier starts to feel a little sketch when it comes to society and social issues. i was born in 2000 so i didnt get to appreciate all the cool things until like '07.

 

[-Raven-]

LOL. It's the first time I see someone saying 2016 was a good year for them.

It’s becoming a more popular sentiment in gen Z who miss the memes from that year and some stupid stuff like youtube drama that basically ended after that, and some stuff from 2016 actually had bad effects that really set in starting the next year. I had bad things happen to me that year but think of it this way: people then could unite over their problems. People can’t even agree on how messed up things are anymore lol. Remember why did happen in 2016 though? Good memes, good music, Pokemon Go was fun for a couple of weeks, it was just so bizarre and so much unexpected stuff happened that year it was exciting. It’s hard to capture the zeitgeist of it here especially if you already decided that year sucked. It did not for me. 2016 was the last time I was really naive and had fun with memes and jokes and felt like people cared about the world before some sense of doom really set in. I don’t know how much of that is solely me but I definitely see things in a pre- and post-2016 way (and then again with 2020 but 2016 set in motion things that actually had bad effects AFTER that year).

The “problems” in that year felt more like fun drama. Yeah it was sad but like I said people united over it. It’s not as depressing as things since, where it feels like people have just become numb to problems and say suck it up, and we don’t truly have a common enemy. Like I know that sounds wrong, but how I look at it, it works. Things feel less exciting since 2016 and I don’t think things have actually improved in the world, I think people were way too harsh on that year and overlook what that year did have going for it. Honestly way more bad stuff happened in my personal life in 2017. Also a lot of people say 2018 was good and that was one of the worst years in my life Same for 2019 I guess and… yeah 2020-on isn’t good. I actually had a better time in 2021, but 2020 and so far 2022 sucked. 2023 should be better. It doesn’t really change my point, I had a rough time but that doesn’t mean 2016 was a bad year and I think people forget what we lost after that. Compare people talking about 2016 to talking about 2020, because both are infamously hated and 2020 was way way way more gloomy. People can hardly even joke about anything that happened in comparison, it’s like in 2016 we actually had a sense of humor with what was happening and it was depleted after that.

edit: 2007 was a great year, Glink made a cool video about it.

edit: sorry that rant was so long im just really passionate about 2016 when ithink back on the years honestly

 

[Aniko]

It’s becoming a more popular sentiment in gen Z who miss the memes from that year and some stupid stuff like youtube drama that basically ended after that, and some stuff from 2016 actually had bad effects that really set in starting the next year. I had bad things happen to me that year but think of it this way: people then could unite over their problems. People can’t even agree on how messed up things are anymore lol. Remember why did happen in 2016 though? Good memes, good music, Pokemon Go was fun for a couple of weeks, it was just so bizarre and so much unexpected stuff happened that year it was exciting. It’s hard to capture the zeitgeist of it here especially if you already decided that year sucked. It did not for me. 2016 was the last time I was really naive and had fun with memes and jokes and felt like people cared about the world before some sense of doom really set in. I don’t know how much of that is solely me but I definitely see things in a pre- and post-2016 way (and then again with 2020 but 2016 set in motion things that actually had bad effects AFTER that year).

The “problems” in that year felt more like fun drama. Yeah it was sad but like I said people united over it. It’s not as depressing as things since, where it feels like people have just become numb to problems and say suck it up, and we don’t truly have a common enemy. Like I know that sounds wrong, but how I look at it, it works. Things feel less exciting since 2016 and I don’t think things have actually improved in the world, I think people were way too harsh on that year and overlook what that year did have going for it. Honestly way more bad stuff happened in my personal life in 2017. Also a lot of people say 2018 was good and that was one of the worst years in my life Same for 2019 I guess and… yeah 2020-on isn’t good. I actually had a better time in 2021, but 2020 and so far 2022 sucked. 2023 should be better. It doesn’t really change my point, I had a rough time but that doesn’t mean 2016 was a bad year and I think people forget what we lost after that. Compare people talking about 2016 to talking about 2020, because both are infamously hated and 2020 was way way way more gloomy. People can hardly even joke about anything that happened in comparison, it’s like in 2016 we actually had a sense of humor with what was happening and it was depleted after that.

edit: 2007 was a great year, Glink made a cool video about it.

edit: sorry that rant was so long im just really passionate about 2016 when ithink back on the years honestly

I'm not an online social butterfly or care about much meme, so I don't know,, it just personally sucked a lot and there was no end to it but I get the feeling, to me pandemic years were the best and happiest years in my life since a while even if a lot of tragic things happened too.

By the way that reminds me of that

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

Probably the 90s, a lot of things that I like date back to that era and I wanna see it first-hand. Animaniacs and N64 games on a CRT television sounds real interesting (since I'm so used to today's TVs).

Hell, I'd even choose the 2000's. I was born in 2007 and only got to really 'experience' the world in the 2010's, so even though I was born in that decade I also missed out on it.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

though, some of the fashion trends from the 2000’s were... . idk if i could handle seeing people wear dresses over jeans again LOL.

Spoiler: never forget

View attachment 459481

Aw I feel like I've seen the rare occasion where someone wore a dress over jeans and actually managed to make it look cute, but maybe I was just used to seeing it during that time?? The 2000s were indeed weird for fashion though.. I miss seeing the goth fashion in particular. Big ol pants and trench coats!

 

[Blood Eclipse]

The future where technology, medicine and information should be a lot more advanced and accessible (should be), assuming we haven't killed ourselves yet.

I've never been a fan of traveling backwards or looking back other than to see how dinosaurs and other ancient species looked like.
I just can't see myself in a time where the internet doesn't exist yet without going nuts.