Favorite Time era/decade/century?

[Shao Feng-Li]

You are right, and I own up to my error. Sorry about that.

I'm still right about the toilet thing though. :p

Well, Rome did have some fancy plumbing systems back in the day...

[rocklobster]

For some reason, I really like medieval times. I know it wasn't that nice of an era, but it's all the mythology surrounding it.

[Yamamaya]

-Women gained suffrage in New Zealand in 1893, which is 27 years earlier than in the United States, and there are [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_suffrage]a multitude of other nations that granted women’] notably Australia, Sweden, and Norway.

-Women in ancient Sparta ran, wrestled, participated in athletics, managed their family estates, could own and inherit property, and had pretty much every right except the right to vote. Plutarch said, “the men of Sparta always obeyed their wives.”

-Women in ancient Egypt had good status: they could own property, sign contracts, divorce, and serve as witnesses in a court of law. Moreover, love and emotional closeness were an expected and important part of marriage.

-Women in ancient Sumer (the most ancient documented civilization on earth) could engage almost any profession; for example, they could be merchants or priests. The only exception is that there appear to have been no women scribes. Women could buy and sell property, buy and sell slaves, and run businesses.

So, please don’t act as if twentieth century America is the only place and time where women have had any sort of decent status or rights, because that simply isn’t true.

Excellent list, but you forgot about Ireland and the Native Americans.

In Ireland women were respected and had more rights during its late pagan era. After it became a "Christian" kingdom, it was the only kingdom that allowed Christian abbesses to hear confessions and have the same status as priests. Also when the Catholic Church took a vote in the Middle Ages over whether women had souls, Ireland voted that women did have souls.

In many Native American societies, women had a great deal of respect and rights. They had the right to divorce without any fuss. They often held high and respected positions in society. For example, there were women at the meeting of chiefs. The family tree was often traced through the mother's line rather than the fathers.

@Shao. Yes, but you still didn't have any toilet paper. You had to scrub your behind with sponges attached to sticks.

[broly146]

Wow...don't know what to say about this...the whole women's right thing is already passed in the constitution, so is it worth arguing over?

[Atria35]

Wow...don't know what to say about this...the whole women's right thing is already passed in the constitution, so is it worth arguing over?

They aren't arguing over it, just stating that America wasn't the first one to have women's rights, nor that the 20th century was the earliest time we had it. They're giving examples.

[broly146]

They aren't arguing over it, just stating that America wasn't the first one to have women's rights, nor that the 20th century was the earliest time we had it. They're giving examples.

oh, ok...sorry:sweat:

[Furen]

The here and now!

[Nate]

You had to scrub your behind with sponges attached to sticks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJQEl5vcAo

[broly146]

Um...the present!

[Radical Dreamer]

I wouldn't have wanted to live there, but I think the 20's have the MOST fantastic fashion. XD I also like a lot of the music from the 80's, as well as the 60's and 70's. XD Victorian-era baroque stuff looks pretty awesome too, but I would've wanted to live in that era even LESS. XD

[broly146]

70s and 80s because the music is awesomeness!

[Syreth]

I guess in terms of what era I'd live in, I'd give a completely different answer than my first one. My answer being that I wouldn't like to live in an era other than this one.

I definitely wouldn't like to live in my era of interest (1400-1600's) - that would probably be my last choice, honestly. Though it is rather fun to talk about, even though most of the time those conversations turn into, "What age do you think you would live to?"

[rocklobster]

70s and 80s because the music is awesomeness!

YES! My childhood!:rock:

[broly146]

^-^ 70s is better than 80s

[Atria35]

^-^ 70s is better than 80s

Yeah. Who doesn't love that psychadelic lead paint! I'd also cry seeing those soldiers coming back from 'Nam. So it just wouldn't work for me.

[broly146]

true...

[WhiteMage212]

For me, I don't know why, but I always fantasize about living in a post-apoctoliptic world (probably spelled that wrong). Imagine if all of a sudden, practically everyone disappeared and so you had empty cities, everything just left there. And then eventually, nature would merge with the city. I find designs that incorporate nature yet keep a very modern city approach can be serene weirdly. I find that if I could walk on the freeway or city streets while it empty quite exciting. Lol, there is so much more I could add to that description!

[broly146]

hmm...sounds like a cool place to explore

[TheMewster]

For me, I don't know why, but I always fantasize about living in a post-apoctoliptic world (probably spelled that wrong). Imagine if all of a sudden, practically everyone disappeared and so you had empty cities, everything just left there. And then eventually, nature would merge with the city. I find designs that incorporate nature yet keep a very modern city approach can be serene weirdly. I find that if I could walk on the freeway or city streets while it empty quite exciting. Lol, there is so much more I could add to that description!

Sounds pretty but you'd also have to suffer the loss of friends, family, and the Internet. So no post-apocalyptic worlds for me!

[broly146]

I didn't think about that

[Shao Feng-Li]

Also when the Catholic Church took a vote in the Middle Ages over whether women had souls, Ireland voted that women did have souls.

@Shao. Yes, but you still didn't have any toilet paper. You had to scrub your behind with sponges attached to sticks.

Still miles ahead of leaves and corncobs XD

Also, I can't believe it was actually a debate whether or not women had souls. I mean really.

[broly146]

I like the 90s

[WhiteMage212]

Sounds pretty but you'd also have to suffer the loss of friends, family, and the Internet. So no post-apocalyptic worlds for me!

True... Guess that we could live in villages and leave the city empty to explore.

[Wolf-man]

Actually, practically all of that is romanticized or completely made-up for television and movies, just like ninjas wearing all black and throwing shuriken at stuff.

Vigilantism was only looked at favorably (and even then only occasionally) in areas that were just starting to be settled or out of the reach of major settlements in the area...in other words, there wasn't any other law enforcement in the area, so people took it upon themselves to protect others. In well-established towns, vigilantism would have been frowned upon, unless the sheriff was corrupt or something.

Gun battles are absolutely a made up tradition of the Old West, as most Old West towns actually completely banned guns and firearms. Unforgiven, which is a Clint Eastwood movie, provides an accurate depiction of how guns were handled in the Old West: the sheriff told new people coming into town to hand over their weapons, and if they didn't, there was going to be trouble.

Even the towns that didn't take away or restrict guns had strong laws against their use, such as "no shooting in the street," and you can bet anyone who tried to break that law would be taken care of by the sheriff pretty quickly. So any notion of showdowns in the middle of town is pretty much made up.

So you'd be sorely disappointed if you think stuff like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is indicative of how things were back then. :p

Oh thanks! You just ruined my life!
j/k I realize that most of it is romanticized. What kind of aspiring History teacher would be if I thought that the movies were accurate to actual History. I still love the time period though. Actually the game Red Dead Redemption is a fairly accurate interpretation of the time period.

[thisiskris89]

i kinda love the 50's.it was such a sincere romantic time.the movies always make me cry.unlike all the trashy movies and shows we have today.i think i couldve done alright if i was born then haha.im such an old fashioned gal teeheehee*puts on vintage dress and starts singing old show tunes*

[Atria35]

i kinda love the 50's.it was such a sincere romantic time.the movies always make me cry.unlike all the trashy movies and shows we have today.i think i couldve done alright if i was born then haha.im such an old fashioned gal teeheehee*puts on vintage dress and starts singing old show tunes*

My mom remembers the 50's very well.

Don't trust the movies. It really wasn't that great. Especially if you were a girl.

[thisiskris89]

My mom remembers the 50's very well.

Don't trust the movies. It really wasn't that great. Especially if you were a girl.

i know.it was still a nicer time none the less. compared to now anyways haha^^ but isuppose all era's had their ups and downs^^

[mechana2015]

I'd also cry seeing those soldiers coming back from 'Nam. So it just wouldn't work for me.

My mom was a stewerdess on flights that flew soldiers in and out (mostly in since there wern't many left to take back out when she was doing it) of Vietnam as a contractor for MAC. The stories she's mentioned about it make me pretty glad I wasn't alive then.

The endemic racism kind of turns me off to the 50's and 60's as well. I'm not really OK with living in a time where we had separated water fountains.

[piffle]

I like medieval european history, as well as the American Revolution. But I don't think I could live in any century besides this one; I like technology very much. ^_^

[Atria35]

i know.it was still a nicer time none the less. compared to now anyways haha^^ but isuppose all era's had their ups and downs^^

Depends on which ups and downs you're comparing with. I mean, back then, you didn't have seat belts in cars or airbags, you wore a uniform to school, if you were a girl you didn't have the option of being a scientist or engineer without being relegated to the most detrimental or meaningless of positions- if you were able to get into the field at all- and yeah, you had the endemic racism that was everywhere. Civil rights weren't around yet, Jim Crow laws were still in effect. Mixed-race couples were extremely frowned on. You didn't have the internet. And you had the Korean War going on.

So as long as you do know that there were downsides.