Which would probably just get you burned at the stake.
Could be, yeah — but my point is, I have a better chance of seeing some incredible things in my natural lifetime than of gambling that I could meaningfully participate in a strange and altered Earth 3,000 years in the future.
I think by then there will be thousand year old relic fetishists, and probably even thousand year old relic with his hands stuck in vices fetishists, pregnant thousand year old relics, etc. You’ll get action
Hmph. Well, zeros are hard to see sometimes! That is my excuse and I am sticking with it.
And I don’t think that someone from 1708 would assimilate very well at all. Language-wise, maybe, but their inability to grok cars and electric lights and subways and modern fashion and such would probably render them incapable of lasting more than a day or two here. How would they know where to find food or shelter? How would they purchase food or rent a room or something even if they found it? Even if they found a public bathroom can you imagine them trying to figure out a modern toilet? If they tried to talk to people to figure this stuff out and said they were a time traveler they would be hauled to jail/the crazy house ASAP. I can only imagine the difference would be that much greater if you went 3000 years into the future instead of 300.
Well, that explains my dateless years in high school.
Of course, but with all that scrutiny that’d come with my celebrity, I feel like I should get in better shape first. I don’t want to be the sole representative of the Doughy Age.
Lots of people seem to think you’d be famous–I tend to think you’d be thought of as insane. I see no reason why the world would be awaiting your arrival, and telling people you’re a time traveler from the past is hardly going to be an easy sell.
Anyway, no. I wouldn’t go. I’m doing well here, and couldn’t abandon my family. Were it not for them, I’d probably do it. And I’d do it if I were older, say 65+. But right now I’m in the prime of my life, and it’s just getting good, and I’m not a gambler. Sounds interesting, though.