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How would you acclimate someone from the 1700’s to 2026?

Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:18 pm
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
3580 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:18 pm
If someone from that time dropped into now I believe the differences would
crack their mind almost immediately.

But, could you keep the person in an isolated room and slowly, over months, ramp them up to the modern world so that their mind could still function?

Thanks in advance.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39158 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:20 pm to
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How would you acclimate someone from the 1700’s to 2026?


The way we acclimate tribal groups. Give em a cellphone with the internet and show em porn hub.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
105897 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:23 pm to
We talking Ben Franklin or some dirt farmer? If the former I'd show him how to turn on an iPhone and leave him to it
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79534 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:25 pm to
They'd be dead for covid before you could show them anything
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
11377 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:35 pm to
Early or late 1700s?
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
25052 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:40 pm to
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7716 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:40 pm to
Strip club
Posted by RummelTiger
Official TD Sauces Club Member
Member since Aug 2004
93918 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:41 pm to
Air conditioning
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
3580 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:42 pm to
Either era
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
8825 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:44 pm to
Popeye's drive thru and show them it's still survival of the fittest.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134977 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:48 pm to
Many things we can accomplish now, they could accomplish then, just that we have created force multipliers and time savers that allow us to accomplish in an instant, what it would take them weeks, months, years, lifetimes.

You think they didn't smash snizz? They just went down to the tavern and paid a poxy wench a shilling instead of swiping right on hambeasts
Posted by Stevo
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
12567 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:54 pm to
Take them to Buccees, Waffle House, and introduce them to free refills.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
42599 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:09 pm to
Give them soap, shampoo and a towel and kindly direct them to a bathtub/shower. I can't imagine how bad they smell.
This post was edited on 8/2/26 at 7:10 pm
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
11377 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:12 pm to
Bring them to Williamsburg, VA to acclimate them while being surrounded by familiar sights.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7543 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:16 pm to
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They just went down to the tavern and paid a poxy wench a shilling instead of swiping right on hambeasts
Give them a wench with a full bush, then trim it down to a manicured bush, then a landing strip, then full Brazilian.
Posted by SwampTygerSaint
Member since Jul 2026
86 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:34 pm to
You wouldnt
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
24515 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:36 pm to
quote:

How would you acclimate someone from the 1700’s to 2026?

quote:

Thanks in advance.


I feel like I need to know why you're asking this... got something cool to share with the class?
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134977 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:37 pm to
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Give them a wench with a full bush, then trim it down to a manicured bush, then a landing strip, then full Brazilian.



You think they'd never seen a shaven snizz on a back-alley slattern?




Posted by Gerry Laval
Member since Apr 2025
433 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:01 pm to
Acclimating a caveman to 1992 Los Angeles (premise of the movie “Encino Man”) would be more practical than acclimating someone from the 1700s to 2026.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
74419 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:04 pm to
Imagine trying to explain something like this….



.. to someone from the 1700s.
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