If given a choice, what year or century would you've chosen to be born on. And why?

Of course, the 2000 would be good to. I could stop the WTC.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

Whatever century it is when travel is accomplished by morphing.

Originally posted by DarkCrawler
Of course, the 2000 would be good to. I could stop the WTC.

I've always wondered about that and what people would have done if information like that was brought up.

actually I wouldve liked to be borned in 1988 but in the united states, americans have a great advantage now a days, yes I know bush sucks and blah blah blah, but being an american citizen you dont need visa to SO many countries... plus ur mother language would be english, and english's the world most important language, and ALSO, it has great universities, etc.

since the average lifespan increases as the medical field advances, i prefer to be just where i am, or even in the future if thats within the rules 😛. i prefer lifespan over exitement, and would rather live a boring life of 70+ years than an exiting life of less than 40.

i would freeze my self 2000 years later the ice would of melted of my body walk in the local kwikimart and by some fricken moon pie

mmmmmm moon pie droolio

My dream is the 9th-10th centuries somewhere near the nowerdays capital of Ukrain. That was the REAL LIFE. And also there will be a chance to catch the son of Sv'atoslav and explain him what will be the consequences of what he is doing.

well intersting...id have born before the civil war because i would have tried to save the monitor

I'm pretty well content where I am. It would have been interesting to have been around famous heroes of the medieval ages though.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
If given a choice, what year or century would you've chosen to be born on. And why?

In the future, past, or present.

Don't forget to say why.

Depends on what else I can change

A) If I can choose wether or not I want to be born rich or poor. I'd choose to be born as son of a wealthy roman senator around the year 10BC (so I lived in the Pax Romana and I could see wether or not jesus existed and what kind of a man he was -still sure he was just a rebel-)

B) if I can't choose it then I'd take the future or further back in egypt to see the egyptian empire at it's best.

Hard to say. Either I wouldn't change a thing (because I like when I was born, like the age I am now, and would Not wanna go through "growing up" again)...or be born something like 100,000 to a billion years from now. Why?

A scifi writer once pointed out the following.
Dinosaurs ruled the earth for 160 million years.
Homo sapiens have been around for about 160,000 years: about 1/1000 as long.
Even if humans lasted, say, 16 million years (1/10 the dinos' reign), it would still be 100 times longer than our stay so far.
This means, basically, that some 90% of all the humans who will ever be have yet to be born.
Man, I'm gonna miss a lot of cool stuff.
So (reincarnation notwithstanding), why was I born Now instead of some other time?

I wouldn't want to be born in a different time, just because things seem slightly better now, at least where I am. It isn't the best, but at least now you can have a somewhat decent life.

i like this century just fine. i would be screeeeeeewed any where else in time..you know since Im black😄 heck if i were born 45 years ago i wouldnt be able to vote or get affordable insurance, or get a loan to buy a house, oh and dont forget gettin hosed down in the streets, and attack dogs sicced on my black ass, go back 40yrs b4 that it would be that times 100, plus lynchings..then way b4 that i would be a slave....even if i were back in the time when the egyptians were running things the fact that im a big strong ass (psuedo bodybuilding)buck.. you know I woulda been in the pits building them damn pyramids just like all the other slaves so thats a nightmare i dont even wanna think about *shhuuuddderrrrssss*

Hmmm. Hard to say about the future, can't be sure what's going to happen. Although I guess if humanity does one day die out or ascends or whatever, the last century of human history would be fascinating to be around in, and a century would give me time to catch up on all that's taken place between the year 2006 and the last century of human existence.

Now then, this century and the last have been reasonably good, especially from a Western perspective, so I guess I am happy staying here - good health, good economies, good levels of education, employment and so forth. And some interesting things happened.

If something in the past.... 100 BC to 0 in the Roman Empire would be good, history, turbulence, characters, social/political/theological/cultural change. Exciting stuff. Or the pinnacle period of the Eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire as it is also known.)

Or maybe I'd drop in on Ancient Greece, during the period of the great Greek philosophers - to meet Socrates, ah it would be great. Yes, I'd like that. Or France during the Napoleonic era... maybe I could help him win his wars. Oh yes, I like that idea. Me and Napoleon, oh how glorious victory would be...

Periods I'd like to avoid - The Industrial Revolution, the Crusades, those bits of Medieval history characterised by things like "The Black Death".

I'd choose to be born in, say...hmm, 1945. No, no actually...instead whatever year I'd have to be born in to be a teenager when Pink Floyd was popular.

1950's.

I'm very happy with my life so I wouldn’t want to go any were, if I had to choose...then into the extreme future so far in fact that man kind has died out...earth gives birth to its new self man evolves yet again then place me some were the technology is similar to todays. But thats only possible if evolution is true...but if you believe in the bible then God would of taken over.