Would you alter your timeline?
Would you alter your timeline?
I would, with mine.
My timeline is:
Born in '89 Toddler/Child in 90s Teenager in 00s' Young Adult in '10s Adult late '10s to present.
I'd want mine altered so that it'd be:
Born in '70 Toddler/Child in 70s Teenager in 80s Young Adult in 90s Adult in 00s'
And by now I'd probably be closing in on my 50s.
Seventies baby here. We worried a lot about nuclear war, but the threat of nuclear war is probably greater now than it was then. It just doesn't crack the top ten anymore. That's how incredibly fucked everything is.
It is higher now than ever according to experts, but our government and our corporate media prefer not to prioritize the issue.
I'm not sure any of that means it's any more likely to happen than before, but what do I know?
I remember the fear mongering of the Cold War, the ozone layer depleting, and the AIDS epidemic.
Times were simpler back then, but I don’t think they were necessarily better.
I match your desired timeline and I'd take yours any day.
When you get to 50, you'll understand.
Eh, I'm about the same age as OP, I don't have to get to 50 to know that I'd take my parents' economic context over the two crashes. The rest... For many reasons, if medicine does some miraculous leap forward by then, maybe I'll still wish I got a lot more left to go by then.
When you get to 50, you'll understand.
I'm not the original commenter, but as someone in a similar boat, I'll interpret:
Aging fucking sucks. Seeing doors close as your body switches modes is depressing as hell. Knowing you have another half century left, but it's all gonna be worse is a terrible feeling.
Knowing you have another half century left
I hate to break it to you, but that's unlikely.
When you're 50 in the US, you have a little less than 30 springs left on average. a few more if you live in a country with a functional healthcare system.
Think about it: when you turn 50, you'll only get to say "summer is coming" 30 times. Merry Chrismas or Happy New Year to your family 30 times. Or "I'll do it next year" 30 times. And when you're 50, you know 30 years pass quickly.
And that's if the big C or COVID or something equally stupid doesn't get you first.
To the OP: enjoy your youth while you can. It'll be over before you know it. Trust me on this one.
Lol, you don't have half a century left. If you're American, your life expectancy is 72 and dropping.
I match your preferred timeline and wouldn't change it. Happy that my childhood and young adult life is documented mostly by still photos with no backup.
I would change to being born AFAB and in a country where theres good healthcare (like Germany or Denmark)
I delete my depression
No, because no human deserves that power.
i would edit my timeline to change things pertaining to my homosexuality: namely avoiding entering my marriage that doma forced me to dissolve and avoiding permanent debt in student loans that dadt forced me to take on; both were a heavy & permanent detrminents to my financial future.
i'm living your preferred alternate timeline and i can assure that things REALLY sucked for people like me so the thought of someone else desiring it blows my mind.
i think maybe i could see it if i were a little bit older so that i could have enjoyed the liberalism of the 70's; but then the hiv/aids scare would have impacted me even more than it already did.
I'd trade being born in Texas in the 80's for the Netherlands.
This will probably be controversial, but as a millennial I'd change over to be a zoomer if I could
I'm going the opposite direction and becoming a boomer. Life on easy mode? Hell yeah!
I'm watching The Six Million Dollar Man right now, loved it as a kid in the 70's.
Better music, better life outlook, better jobs... take me with you.
Hmm.. Born closer to the koc family than I already am (basically the grandson of the CEO of koc holding)
Guarantee my success rather than guarantee an alright life
Hm, maybe being born 10 year earlier, so I could grow together with my siblings, play the first Sonic games back in the day and be a lot wiser today.