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re: Ok OT. Could you change the world in this hypothetical situation ??
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:09 am to FLObserver
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:09 am to FLObserver
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None of that matters though because you have no way of getting there and the Natives would kill you anyway trying to get there
Not me. I can speak my tribe's language. I'd make it to the west coast.
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:29 am to FLObserver
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mean you know there's Gold in what will be modern Day California and Oil in what will be Oklahoma. None of that matters though because you have no way of getting there and the Natives would kill you anyway trying to get there.
There's oil in Pennsylvania. That's where oil was first drilled in the U.S. No need to worry about getting scalped to become John D. Rockefeller.
Pennzoil. Their logo has the freaking Liberty Bell on it. You never got that?
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 8:38 am
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:36 am to CoachChappy
the tools you would need to make the farm equipment and and firearms has not been invented yet because the industrial revolution has not happened yet. Not belittling your idea because I had the same though, but while I could figure out the machine working to make the products, I have no idea how to make the machines that make the products.
I would say patent the ideas to make the factory machining capabilities and partner with someone with working knowledge of engineering to rake in those royalty checks.
I would say patent the ideas to make the factory machining capabilities and partner with someone with working knowledge of engineering to rake in those royalty checks.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:40 am to FLObserver
I'd get in on the lumber action.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:49 am to Perrydawg
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but while I could figure out the machine working to make the products, I have no idea how to make the machines that make the products.
That's kind of what I meant by understanding the manufacturing processes. I couldn't do it, but I think it could be done. You probably couldn't make some of the reactors we have today, but could make something that would make individuals harvesting cotton obsolete.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:05 am to FLObserver
Use my knowledge to build tools to mine and become a commodities baron. If I control all the natural resources I can control everything. Also build bigger, better weapons.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:18 am to FLObserver
Would be one of the most outspoken people in the country against slavery, people of the time would think I was a massive libtard for my stance on the practice when in reality I was just a modern day racist time traveler who didn't want the inevitability of the practice to occur in that timeline. I would die being mocked endlessly for my beliefs as people of those times really gave less of a frick about protecting the social justices of others and more about their own propagation and survival.
This or in your scenario if we couldn't travel back to reep the benefits of our changes, I would be a full on proponent of the system of that day and try and profit as they did.
This or in your scenario if we couldn't travel back to reep the benefits of our changes, I would be a full on proponent of the system of that day and try and profit as they did.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:22 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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Would be one of the most outspoken people in the country against slavery, people of the time would think I was a massive libtard for my stance
You'd be hanged or throat cut in your sleep
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:31 am to ThatMakesSense
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I'd get in on the lumber action.
I'd get in on the marijuana.
I'd make it to where it could never be demonized, I'd show all the uses that can come from hemp and all cannabis.
Baws could come in from offshore and fire up on their back porch without worry.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:32 am to SEClint
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You'd be hanged or throat cut in your sleep
Probably so, the irony of this is not lost on me.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:37 am to FLObserver
I would have to learn me a few things before traveling back.
I could invent the steam engine, the bessimer process for making steel, the internal combustion engine, smokeless gun powder, and the air plane.
I could invent the steam engine, the bessimer process for making steel, the internal combustion engine, smokeless gun powder, and the air plane.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:41 am to FLObserver
There was gold in NC and GA, and in fact there were gold rushes there before the one in California. Gold there would be more easily accessible.
Or I would build a practical steam engine or cotton gin. They were developed a few decades later, but the technical knowledge and ability to manufacture them was already in place, it just would take someone to put it all together.
Or I would build a practical steam engine or cotton gin. They were developed a few decades later, but the technical knowledge and ability to manufacture them was already in place, it just would take someone to put it all together.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:30 am to Jim Rockford
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I would build a practical steam engine or cotton gin
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With repeating firearms, you'd be able to slaughter any standing army of the time.
This was my whole point of posting this. We know in our minds what we could do to be rich/famous but most technology or tools were not available. Could you create anything not having the right tools at your disposal? Could your current day knowledge have made anything different? Could you have made a difference ? judging by the responses so far not so much
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:38 am
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:34 am to FLObserver
The ancient Greeks knew the principle behind the steam engine, but never used it for anything more than toys. I read an alternate history timeline whose point of departure was the Greeks putting steam power to practical use. It had humans colonizing the planets by the 1700's.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:37 am to FLObserver
Change it to 1776. Invent the cotton gin early and take that money and buy Louisiana before the US does.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:43 am to Placebeaux
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Change it to 1776. Invent the cotton gin early
One of the reasons i made it 1700, age 30 and a small place in the northeast.Do you currently know how to create a cotton gin? This was my point
What could you have created or done to change the world? This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:46 am
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:48 am to Jim Rockford
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Or I would build a practical steam engine or cotton gin.
Want to steal Eli's thunder, eh?
But seriously. The best job would be predicting shite. Like elections, natural disasters, events etc.
People would either start bowing and shite, or nail you to a cross.
Or both.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:04 am to FLObserver
Cotton didn't become king until the early 1800's so in 1700 Id be in the tobacco business.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:06 am to FLObserver
quote:i'm probably getting burned for being a warlock
Your have been sent back in time to the year 1700 into a northeast American Colony
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:15 am to FLObserver
When I was between 12-14 years old I actually did this numerous times. My results were mostly
1. I died of either dysentery or syphilis
2. my oxen died fording the river, and I died later on
3. I spent too much time hunting and could never carry all my meat and I later died.
4.My whole family was raped and killed by savages and I died of hunger
1. I died of either dysentery or syphilis
2. my oxen died fording the river, and I died later on
3. I spent too much time hunting and could never carry all my meat and I later died.
4.My whole family was raped and killed by savages and I died of hunger
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 11:16 am
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