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Rizen

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2. I reeeeealy hate people....

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:39 PM

Jul 23

except for Democrats but as much as I'd like to say not this era, people were even stupider in the past. There's always this romanticized image of different times throughout history but what happens if you need a dentist or some TP to whip your butt? I'd like to think people will be smarter in the future.

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Do you ever wish you were born in a different era? If so, when? [View all] milestogo Jul 23 OP

One with no Trump alive Funtatlaguy Jul 23 #1

+1. Rizen Jul 23 #3

Hopefully by next week. TheCowsCameHome Jul 23 #6

I reeeeealy hate people.... Rizen Jul 23 #2

God, no. Not when I think of how women usually had to dress. highplainsdem Jul 23 #4

not really Skittles Jul 23 #5

No, I think that Nature anciano Jul 23 #7

I was born too soon. Solly Mack Jul 23 #8

What are you expecting? highplainsdem Jul 23 #9

I don't know. Anything is possible. Solly Mack Jul 23 #10

Unless we can stop Trump and the AI bros and tech lords now supporting him, that "anything" is highplainsdem Jul 23 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Dayenu Jul 23 #11

I would have loved to be alive when Benny Goodman rocked Carnegie Hall! Ptah Jul 23 #13

Definitely in Victorian Era. sinkingfeeling Jul 23 #14

I think the past is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. LudwigPastorius Jul 24 #15

I would have loved to have been a teenager in the 1960's Mad_Dem_X Jul 24 #16

It was an exciting time indeed (I was born in 1947).... anciano Jul 24 #17

I lived in Trumbull, CT when The Beatles first came to the US LogDog75 Jul 24 #18

Hahahaaaa, I love it! 😄 electric_blue68 Jul 25 #20

No, I like the era I was born in LogDog75 Jul 24 #19

No, happy where I landed chronologically.... electric_blue68 Jul 25 #21