The moment that life on earth began.
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Hope you bring your microscope
Hmm. I want to say something mysterious, like what happened to some sailing ship that disappeared, or something like that to know what happened.
Or there's some guy that buried a treasure in Missouri and left the location in a cryptogram that hasn't been solved to this day.
But I think it would be most fun to witness Apollo 11's first space walk. Niel be talking about "one small step for man" and I just walk up applauding. And then ask for a lift home.
"Sorry Neil, there's only room for him. Stand by and we're sending you home on the next one"
Ksp players: yeah sure
I honestly can’t think of any historically significant event that doesn’t involve or depend upon major suffering of some sort -even the happy moments are only happy because of an end of horrible things- so I’ll just pass entirely. History sucks because humans suck.
But If we assume that time can flow in both ways, I’ll choose to go somewhere in the future-past. Maybe the day we put boots on ground in another solar system, or put an end to scarcity, if either of those ever even happen..
Yes, the Berlin wall for me too.
And when the white government in South Africa resigned, and Mandela became the boss.
Franz Ferdinand.
Charles I getting a little off the top.
Me too, I used to live there.
My favourite one is yet to come. Come on Putin die already.
It'd have to be the construction of The Sphinx or the Giza pyramids for me.
Not a major event, but there's a number of football ⚽ matches I wish I could have been at, not least the 1961 and 1968 Scottish Cup finals.
1968 European Cup Final for me.
Assuming I have to be a passive observer, the moment when humans learned to create fire.
I'd be kind of interested to see the gathering where the Dutch killed and ate their prime minister.
Assuming I was in some kind of protective bubble, the big bang, to see how it actually looked like.
Human extinction. Be it a massive, catastrophic event or a whimper of a thing, it would be fun to witness the end of our run through time.
You are in real time. Imagine some eerie music
Rod Serling approaches
Drpends. If i was allowed to live past it, the extinction of the dinosaurs
Hard question. Something that had to be amazing was Times Square on V-J day. Had to been a hell of a party and a feeling knowing that mess was over.
Last time this was asked, someone said the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and I don't think they meant for the historical insights...
Probably the christians arriving in Jerusalem and killing everyone.
Which time?
Pretty grim choice.