What if you woke up in 1821

[beanz]

I like logic in time travel, though; which is why I can't stand Harry Turtledove. Dude thinks that replacing A with B is good enough. "Hey, let's make blond haired blue eyed people the slave race instead of blacks and Indians!' 'Hey! Aliens in World War II!' 'Hey! satyrs and centaurs in Constantinople!'

and then he doesn't do anything interesting with them. At least to me. I know plenty of people who think he's the shyt, though. But dumping white people down as slave race doesn't explain why they were chosen as the slave race, or what's happening in Africa and why nothing else changed except for that one small 'shock' point which isn't small at all.

Anyway, being the greatest songwriter reminds me of this painting:

The ugly duchess. The joke the painter made is that everything she's wearing was fly as fukk -- 20, 30 years in her past. She's his Disco Stu. The joke for me is that it was painted so long ago I have no idea that she's supposed to be out of style, and that if I time travelled to 1413 instead of 1513 people would think she's weird in a different way, or even avant garde. Or dangerous to society. Or just wack.

So definitely, be Marty McFly. (Or the Thomas Edison of music, for a real life thief). Have a Plan B if your 1821 audience doesn't get your music, though, or want to string you up.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

I'd start a career as a fortune teller and become rich.

What if your fortunes are offensive? bytches get the vote? what's wrong with you? A nikka president? The monarchy is dead and/or powerless? What you mean 'Prussia who'? China what? Jews what??!!

What happens if people want to 'speed up' the timeline? Israel is an actual country? Russia was the global superpower for how long? Germany did what now? There's what in Africa???

Fortune telling is extremely intellectual, for a time-traveller. What do you tell, when, and to whom? What are the consequences?

So fortune telling is cool, it's chess. But I'd rather be the Hugh Hefner of 1821 french porn distribution -- or the Guttenberg. That's checkers. I know a little bit about a darkroom. I'd work to invest the fukk out new 'photo etching' technology. Looks like some French dude made the first photograph as we recognize it back in 1822, so I'd be right on time ahead of schedule. As long as I landed in France.

Everybody likes sex; and those that claimed not to, I'd make a fortune catering to under the table. Just like today. There are still the consequences of fortune telling, but since I'm just selling sex who gives a fukk? I'd just need to have superior firepower and political protection to stave off the thumpers, and I'd be good to go.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Original patent troll, yes Edison is.

And the more I think about it, the more I think you have a great idea stealing songs from now to play then. Especially if you meant church songs. Bring back one Baptist hymnal and you could eat well for the rest of your life, your kids' lives, and your kids' kids' lives. It's not morally bankrupt like bringing back guns and ammo, it's not degenerate like my porn idea, and it's not tech intensive like sewing machines or steam/combustible engines.

Because you made me think, @beanz, here's an original original style version of Amazing Grace, sacred harp style Y'all probably already heard this in certain churches, but I thought it was neat. They'll think it's new school, blow their minds.

 

[beanz]

Original patent troll, yes Edison is.

And the more I think about it, the more I think you have a great idea stealing songs from now to play then. Especially if you meant church songs. Bring back one Baptist hymnal and you could eat well for the rest of your life, your kids' lives, and your kids' kids' lives.

And just for you, @beanz: an original original style version of Amazing Grace, sacred harp style They'll think it's new school, blow their minds.

i was thinking more along the lines of the temptations and other motown and 50s rock classics. be like marty mcfly in back to the future part 2 except ill take full credit and copyright my shyt

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Kill slavemasters

That's the best idea of all. It'd be a short trip to 1821, but satisfying.

 

[the cool]

I would be out raping women left and right. Back then you would never get caught

 

[Shogun]

Invest in oil

 

[beanz]

I would be out raping women left and right. Back then you would never get caught

 

[Groanman]

Man, this is very interesting.

If I had a choice, I'd like to go back to the exact moment where the first white person declared that Black people were inferior.
I would beat his ass to a bloody pulp.


Whoever would be waiting for this person to make that declaration would be there like..............

Person 1: "Hey, some white dude was supposed to come out and make a grand declaration."
Person 2: "Oh you didn't hear the news? That white person was found beaten to death last week."
Person 1: "Oh shyt! Word?"
Person 2: "Yep. Whoever beat him struck him everywhere but under his feet!"
Person 1: "Wow. Do you know what he was supposed to declare?"
Person 2: "Nope. All of his notes and research are missing too."
Person 1: "Oh well."

 

[mtu wa chuma]

Go back to sleep I start work at 2130

I just got this.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Invest in JP Morgan and collect my money in the future.

What if you woke up in 1821 with a current copy of wikipedia committed to memory.

 

[RAX 010]

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

I'd own my own masters.

 

[Robo Squirrel]

I would be mad as fcuk


















I clearly paid Doc for 1984!!!!!!

 

[NatiboyB]

I'd try to get to Canada ASAP. But I'd set up a bank account somewhere legit with a few dollars.