Favorite History Period

[LTR_Seeker]

So what is everyone favorite history period or person ?

[GroobySteven]

Tomorrow.

[jaycanuck]

Got a few. Mid 1800s Canada. mid 60s - mid 70s. Late 80s - early 90s

[LTR_Seeker]

Got a few. Mid 1800s Canada. mid 60s - mid 70s. Late 80s - early 90s. What was going on then ?

[bte]

The future

[jaycanuck]

From about 1825 - 1875 was one of turmoil in the country. But by 1867 we formed a confederation without a war. Plus where I lived for most of my life (Prince Edward Island) our founding fathers formed the country.

65 - 75 - The music was amazing. Beatles, Stones, Cream, Neil Young, Motown...amazing. And being that I'm in the design field, the minimalistic aspect of swiss design was in full swing.

85 - 95 - new wave, punk, post punk, alternative, grunge...again music. Also the intro of NES/SNES..but also digital graphic design.

[LTR_Seeker]

Ok greatinfo i listen to alot of classic rock also & played many nes & snes games looking back i wasted alot of hours lol

[jaycanuck]

ahhh youth. My last system was the SNES...but even then I was starting to walk away from gaming. The NES though...damn..I kept my local video store in business I think.

[LTR_Seeker]

oh yeah i played smb for like 12 hours straight

[Quiet Reflections]

I'm gonna go with a few others so far and say the future

[SarahG]

-dup-

[SarahG]

I'm gonna go with a few others so far and say the future

http://www.hungangels.com/board/files/nbc_conan_y2k_189.jpg



The future? You mean all the way to the year 2000?

[CORVETTEDUDE]

It hasn't happened yet!

[Fox]

The quintessential flying cars exist, they just need light stabilizers and a proper fuel source. We're not too far off from the "future" lol.

[baileyandkc]

March 1836

San Antonio Texas....

[LibertyHarkness]

Battle of Waterloo / Trafalgar - Nelson/Sharpe/Wellington era...

"King George Commands and we obey, over the hills and far away"

[Quiet Reflections]

like Louis CK said and of course I'm paraphrasing Going back in time would suck if your black your pretty much limited to 1970 and after but if your white its cool because you can go pretty much anywhere and walk around

[gummi baer]

Between the wars 1848-1861; America's triumph and downfall.

[jjhill]

when I popped Ruby's chat cherry! we been homies ever since lol!

[TomSelis]

17th century France or Italy, lots of fucking and duelling.

[JamesHunt]

roaring 20's in the US, it's amazing how the US has become so powerful in all but a few generations. If us Europeans (british, french, spanish, german, italian) could get on with each other, we'd kick your ass, but it's never gonna happen. We need a federal Europe.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Victorian Era! :P

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Frith_A_Private_View_detail.jpg/800px-Frith_A_Private_View_detail.jpg

http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/sites/history/images/Victorian_fashions.jpg

~Kisses.

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[Willie Escalade]

Los Angeles in the 1950s.

New York in 1977...specifically at Studio 54.

[Nowhere]

I am all about music so i'd have several periods and locations:

1. 1780s, Mozart in Vienna and Marie Antoinette at Versailles.

2. Chicago, 1920s, Jazz, Organized crime letting everything run wild, etc.

3. NYC, Late 1970s to late 1980s - Studio 54 (as mentioned), Punk, Hip-Hop through all the crazy pop / dance going on there. Basquiat, Madonna, Breakdancing, Time Square not Disneyfied, Warhol, Limelight, the list goes on and on.

4. London, Late 1980s to mid 1990s - I think the Underground Dance, Britpop, Trip-hop, etc - are severely underrated. Although it's my 4th on the list, it would be my #1 choice. I was way too young to experience it, though.

Since then, it's been pretty boring, hasn't it? ha!

[southern81]

Ancient Greeice during the major time of the City States or

Rome- mainly either during Ceaser or Octavin Rule

[Jericho]

Victorian Era! :P


Rife with syphilis and kids up chimneys...Yeah...Peachy! :lol:

[Tara Emory]

For women's fashion, I'd say 1780-s 90s France, bits and pieces of everything from there until the 1830's- 1840's.

Don't care much for fashions of the 1850's-60's, but it got better by the begining of the 1870's, through the 90's (2 bustle periods, yum).

I don't remeber off hand what was going on politically in that period that made fashion so conservative and lifeless.

I wouldn't really want to live in any of those time periods, unless I had "future knowledge" and could go an invent something like electricity in 1800 and be super, super rich....

It annoys me to no end when people confuse the Victorian period with the period of Marie Antionette.. I mean, there's like a hundred years in between, and fashions did a huge 180 in the early 1800s with the (enough so, that when everything went conservative by about 1850, people were embarassed at how much skin their grandparents showed in those Empire waisted dresses)


As far as modern times, my fashion tastes are opposite my music and social leanings. Though I love the over the top costuming of films and musicals of the 40's and 50's, I absolutely can't stand the morals of them (they're usually pretty racist, sexist, and religiously predjudice too). Also, I love the fashion and look up to about '64, but wouldn't last long in those conservative times.

Inversely, I love the music of that 1965-75 period but the greasy hippies came along and pretty much wrecked everything fashion-wise.

There have been inspiring bits here and there, but mostly the 80's sucked.

The 1990's (as a decade) have so far formed an image in my mind that is best summed up by any random episode of "Friends" or "Seinfeld". The 90's have a playful innocence, wonder at new technology (with no fear of the consequence of where it's all heading), everything on the up and up. Fashion, started out as a subdued 80's feel, and settled on a mish mash of anything goes.

So far the "Aughts" dont' seem to have any sort of collective indentity, but so far it's like this.

1: George W. Bush

2: Things can't keep going up and up (that's why the economy is in the crapper). You can't keep the mid 90's to mid 2000's that cars keep getting bigger, houses keep getting more expensive. It's an unsustainable system and were discovering that now.

3: By the end of this decade, technology has killed journalism, the newspaper, and practically any ability of an artist/musician to make any sort of money like they used to.

There were good times for internet business a few years ago, but it's all going to pot, as people get stolen stuff for free (porn is in there too).


Want to actually make some money? Grow food!

I don't know what the future holds, but something has gotta give. Either it's populist rebellion or we'll actually figure out how to solve our problems. I don't think things will be all Mad Max though...

(I'm so glad MCCain isn't prez, because I know he'd have had a heart attack by now and then we'd be left with trailer trash Palin. And then we'd _really_ be screwed.)

-Tara

Geez is this my ADD or what? This post is all over the map..

[argentina2007]

1960's Cuba and 1980's North England.

[SarahG]

Don't care much for fashions of the 1850's-60's, but it got better by the begining of the 1870's, through the 90's (2 bustle periods, yum).

I don't remeber off hand what was going on politically in that period that made fashion so conservative and lifeless.

70s-90s was a chaotic social unrest nightmare, something like two dozen world leaders were assassinated by "anarchist" terrorists, widespread labor unrest, mercenaries being hired by businesses to kill off unarmed protesters...


I wouldn't really want to live in any of those time periods, unless I had "future knowledge" and could go an invent something like electricity in 1800 and be super, super rich....

Forget future knowledge, I wouldn't want to be in any of those periods unless I was a GG. No hrt back then, no trans surgeries... would have made for a very rough fringe existence. That and I'd have to be healthy, my life as it was only transplanted back then would have meant I would have been apart of one of those infant mortality statistics- I almost didn't survive childhood with modern medical science.

[LTR_Seeker]

The wild west era is my fav

[SarahG]

The wild west era is my fav

That would be Victorian. Officially the "frontier" was fully settled by, IIRC 1890.

[Danielle Foxx]

Dec 20, 2012

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/

[jaycanuck]

Dec 20, 2012

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/

i'd smoke a bowl and watch it all from my front porch. lol

[silbersack]

Late 1920`s,early 1930´s Berlin

Drugs,Sex...Comedian Harmonists!

[sockmonkey]

Dec 20, 2012

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/


My birthday is 21 December. I always figured it fitting that the world ends on my birthday.

[sockmonkey]

My answer is, I guess, considerably different from what's been posted so far.

Without a doubt, I'd love to have lived in post-feudal Japan, or really anywhere between the Azuchi-Momoyama jidai to the late Edo. Probably maybe the 17th or 18th centuries. Fascinating period of time, really.

[Tara Emory]

Dec 20, 2012

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/

Ah, but why is that guy in short sleeves at the top of the Himalayas? That casts doubt on the believablity of the whole thing. Wouldn't he at least put a coat on?

[bulldog]

i study war mostly, i have done the Civil War, WW2, Korea, Vietnam (the one i study most) Desert Storm, somalian conflict, grenada...etc.. i study battles, strategy, armaments, personell

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Victorian Era! :P


Rife with syphilis and kids up chimneys...Yeah...Peachy! :lol:

I've never really gotten anything, but I'm sure you can relate Jericho! Lmao!! :lol:

~Kisses.

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[Danielle Foxx]

Dec 20, 2012

http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/

Ah, but why is that guy in short sleeves at the top of the Himalayas? That casts doubt on the believablity of the whole thing. Wouldn't he at least put a coat on?

Or some swimming goggles

[LTR_Seeker]

thats seemes likes its going to be a pretty cool movie

[LTR_Seeker]

Victorian Era! :P

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Frith_A_Private_View_detail.jpg/800px-Frith_A_Private_View_detail.jpg

http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/sites/history/images/Victorian_fashions.jpg

~Kisses.

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[Coroner]

What´s so great about the Victorian era, Hara? This time period was very conservative. I have no fav history period but I´d mention the beginning of enlightment in Europe, the raise of science since Descartes and discovering the facts of Evolution by Charles Darwin who celebrated his 200th birthday in february this year. The bad part of his era was the beginning of European imperialism. I still hope our children will have a better future.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

What´s so great about the Victorian era, Hara? This time period was very conservative. I have no fav history period but I´d mention the beginning of enlightment in Europe, the raise of science since Descartes and discovering the facts of Evolution by Charles Darwin who celebrated his 200th birthday in february this year. The bad part of his era was the beginning of European imperialism. I still hope our children will have a better future.


As a student of Fine Arts, and from when I've learned, Victorian era was a period/era where Queen Victoria reigned, hence the name. A period of great prosperity and opulence for the British empire. Also an era that is characterized by long periods of peace. Architecture flourished, the rise of Gothic and Classical styles was evident. In Fine Arts, impressionism and social realism movement was formed.

During this time, the very first World Fair was born which showcased the great innovations of the century. In entertainment and culture, There was theater, arts, music, drama and opera (Shakespeare). Some of the great novelists of the time were: Sir Walter Scott, Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Bronte, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, and, of course, Charles Dickens.

Oh and lastly, i can totally dig Victorian fashion (corsets etc.) and how people are modest during those times - minus he syphilis of course! lol

As with any era, there were always evil present and some disadvantages, but oh well..Europe still survived didn't it? ;)

http://www.victoriaspast.com/FrontPorch/victorianera.htm

~Kisses.

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[LTR_Seeker]

i think rennasssiance im sure i typoed that but i think that great time also

[Coroner]

What´s so great about the Victorian era, Hara? This time period was very conservative. I have no fav history period but I´d mention the beginning of enlightment in Europe, the raise of science since Descartes and discovering the facts of Evolution by Charles Darwin who celebrated his 200th birthday in february this year. The bad part of his era was the beginning of European imperialism. I still hope our children will have a better future.


As a student of Fine Arts, and from when I've learned, Victorian era was a period/era where Queen Victoria reigned, hence the name. A period of great prosperity and opulence for the British empire. Also an era that is characterized by long periods of peace. Architecture flourished, the rise of Gothic and Classical styles was evident. In Fine Arts, impressionism and social realism movement was formed.

During this time, the very first World Fair was born which showcased the great innovations of the century. In entertainment and culture, There was theater, arts, music, drama and opera (Shakespeare). Some of the great novelists of the time were: Sir Walter Scott, Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Bronte, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, and, of course, Charles Dickens.

Oh and lastly, i can totally dig Victorian fashion (corsets etc.) and how people are modest during those times - minus he syphilis of course! lol

As with any era, there were always evil present and some disadvantages, but oh well..Europe still survived didn't it? ;)

http://www.victoriaspast.com/FrontPorch/victorianera.htm

~Kisses.

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Oh, well I agree on the aspects of arts.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

And speaking of Victorian era Fashion, The Christian Dior Spring 2009 Haute Couture collection showed today and John Galliano's frocks have us thinking that costumery might not end up being exclusive to his catwalks. In fact, Alexander McQueen showed a collection comprised of hyper-masculine 19th century British archetypes just last week in Milan

http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons/191/1913634/05_2009/spread_peBhOJ.jpg

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-01/44673728.jpg

http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-runway25-2009jan25,0,4354302.story

;)

~Kisses.

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[SarahG]

...Also an era that is characterized by long periods of peace....

I have to take issue with that thought though. I wouldn't exactly call the Victorian period peaceful, i.e. American Civil War, Franko-Prussian War, American western Indian Removal conflicts, Brazilian Revolta Da Armada, First Sino-Japanese War, Spanish-American War, Russo-Japanese War... just to name a few.

Then there is that Victorian obsession with death that the people themselves had, most major parks were primarily cemeteries (Lincoln Park was originally a large urban cemetery), then there were also all those serial killers (Jack the Ripper, Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, etc).

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Well I think the long periods of peace (also known as Pax Britannica) i was referring to during the Victorian era (my favorite period/era) was mainly the UK (British empire). And frankly, couldn't careless of other era's much less wars of any time - past, present and future because i like world peace. lol ;)

~Kisses.

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[russtafa]

rome as long as you were roman

[sockmonkey]

I have to take issue with that thought though. I wouldn't exactly call the Victorian period peaceful, i.e. American Civil War, Franko-Prussian War, American western Indian Removal conflicts, Brazilian Revolta Da Armada, First Sino-Japanese War, Spanish-American War, Russo-Japanese War... just to name a few.

Then there is that Victorian obsession with death that the people themselves had, most major parks were primarily cemeteries (Lincoln Park was originally a large urban cemetery), then there were also all those serial killers (Jack the Ripper, Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, etc).


The quote's Oscar Wilde, I know that for sure. Something something "Gaol," isn't it? It's been a while since I read anything of Wilde's.

[Transhunter]

late victorian - edwardian

[SarahG]

other era's much less wars of any time - past, present and future because i like world peace. lol ;)


Those conflicts were all ones that occurred during the Victorian era- it was not an era of world peace. For Britain it was generally peaceful, but most of the other powers had serious roles in either direct conflicts, or indirect conflicts (i.e. the Triple Intervention).

In 1870 the Germans shipped in large ordnance and shelled Paris, then shipped in AA guns to take down the French surveillance balloons. This was the era that invented modern warfare, through trial & error during several major Victorian conflicts (American Civil War, Franko-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese War being the big ones in that development cycle).



The quote's Oscar Wilde, I know that for sure. Something something "Gaol," isn't it? It's been a while since I read anything of Wilde's.

You are correct.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

other era's much less wars of any time - past, present and future because i like world peace. lol ;)


Those conflicts were all ones that occurred during the Victorian era- it was not an era of world peace. For Britain it was generally peaceful, but most of the other powers had serious roles in either direct conflicts, or indirect conflicts (i.e. the Triple Intervention).

In 1870 the Germans shipped in large ordnance and shelled Paris, then shipped in AA guns to take down the French surveillance balloons. This was the era that invented modern warfare, through trial & error during several major Victorian conflicts (American Civil War, Franko-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese War being the big ones in that development cycle).



Thanks for the info..but i thought this thread was about your favorite era not about wars? lol ;)

The "long periods of peace" statement (for Great Britain) was written in the history books. I only mentioned it because it coincides with my favorite era. Which meant that If I were to pick another life all over again (before present) I would have chose to live in the Victorian Era in the UK where it was generally peaceful and quiet on the war front. Besides, who wouldn't want to to make out or sword fight with a bloke wearing tight pants and a frock with the accent? lol

~Kisses.

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[Richctdude]

NOW!!!

[sockmonkey]

The quote's Oscar Wilde, I know that for sure. Something something "Gaol," isn't it? It's been a while since I read anything of Wilde's.

You are correct.


What was the full title?

I have to go pick up The Picture of Dorian Gray again some time. Wilde was a pretty competent scribe, if overrated. Well, competent for a pederast.