Social would you want to live 40 years in the past, future, or now ?

[THEfightsAREfixed]

You are not time traveling or anything, just living in the future or past but grew up in that time too

 

[Pliny Pete]

I did live 40 years in the past

 

[Doughie99]

Past.

The future is 99%-certainly fucked.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

I was there.... 40 years ago.

I would say the past still. It was a little bit better for those of my particular skin color.

 

[blaseblase]

Questions about living in the past are only posed by and for white males.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Already did my 40 in the past, 40 years in the future doesn’t look very promising, it’s not like any of us has a choice in the matter.

 

[Gutter Chris]

I did live 40 years in the past

Yea , how was it ? Do you still live there? I'm still stuck in the 90s and unable to give them up. No matter what I do it seems I just want things to feel like that.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

40 years ago. Times were much simpler then... probably because I was 5.

 

[SammyPops]

I think I'd be born now b/c I want to see the birth of AI

 

[Thrawn33]

I'd love to be my 43 year old self with my current bank account 40 years ago...

I'd be catching some sick concerts of my favorite artists in their primes/still alive.

 

[Goatenstein]

I'd take 40 either direction over now.

 

[chardog]

no brainer, the past, I would be able to buy a home, lol @ my kids 40 years later, I imagine, they are gonna be screwed

 

[nostradumbass]

Questions about living in the past are only posed by and for white males.

Well that's certainly not true. You can ask questions for anybody you'd like, and women's declining rates of happiness would suggest it would actually be a better question for them.

 

[syct23]

this post is from the past, posted in the present so that you can read it in the future…

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Past for sure. My Dad was 40 years older than me and he lived a pretty great life, some of which was helped by the times he lived in compared to the situation we’re in today.

 

[Stump]

Is the question essentially, take your birthdate and then either add or subtract 40 years from it?

If so, one million percent past. My dad was 40 when I was born, so I'd live through his timeline.

Otherwise I'd be born around this decade. Fuck that. Things might be amazing in the next 80 years or so, but they might also be abysmal

 

[blaseblase]

Well that's certainly not true. You can ask questions for anybody you'd like, and women's declining rates of happiness would suggest it would actually be a better question for them.

40 years ago women didn't have anywhere near the career opportunities they do now, sexism was rampant, rape and sexually assaulted was the norm. Part of me believes this happiness stat is inflated by people today being more self introspective and actually thinking about their feelings. Every woman has a therapist these days.

 

[supermurph]

Past. I always wanted to be the guy in the recliner drinking beers and watching TV while my wife did everything lol The 60's seemed so cool to be an adult then.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

40 years in the past, 100%.

 

[nostradumbass]

40 years ago women didn't have anywhere near the career opportunities they do now, sexism was rampant, rape and sexually assaulted was the norm. Part of me believes this happiness stat is inflated by people today being more self introspective and actually thinking about their feelings. Every woman has a therapist these days.

Correct, they didn't have the "career opportunities", nor did they need them. Turns out, trying to turn women into shitty versions of men didn't make them happier, and instead did the opposite. Who would have thought doing taxed labor for some shitty corporation to live alone and pay bills isn't actually all that satisfying? They always had the option to work, but now it's a requirement with double the workforce and housing prices skyrocketing with more people living alone for longer. Even now with all the "career opportunity", women still marry across and up because they don't want to be the breadwinner.

Citation needed on "rape was the norm". At no point were the majority of women or even close getting raped to call that "the norm".