Would you rather: Go into the past and meet your ancestors , or go into the future and meet your great-great grandchildren?

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JudgmentDay · Accepted Answer

I'd still rather go into the future all because of the whole time paradox thing, but I still wouldn't have any "great-great grandchildren" as I don't ever want any biological children and since I don't have any children now that also makes it virtually impossible to meet any future descendants of mines. Maybe I might meet a great-great grandnephew or great-great grandniece, etc. and even then, that's a very big maybe.

Otherwise if I ever did go back into the past and saw my ancestors I'd only tell them THANK YOU ALL FOR NOTHING, all because your future descendants, the "humans" all turned out to be a bunch of messes and disasters that became greedy and corrupt and are always fighting constantly and destroying each other, always turning on each other and plotting against each other, I hope you are all fucking happy you lasted longer than you all should have, when you all should have simply accepted your fates like the Neanderthals did. At least then it would have resulted in substantially less deaths, pain and suffering for all of history and reality altogether and substantially less harm, less damage and destruction inflicted upon the entire planet altogether. Although I wonder what kind of consequences that would be if they actually understood me at all, obviously they wouldn't.

avalonbob · Accepted Answer

I'd much rather go into the past and meet my ancestors. I had some pretty important ones. Sorry I let them down. I have some top notch grandchildren, three, all straight A Prep School students, but if their parents didn't restrict them to three hours a day on "devices" they'd be on them all the time. I hate all this texting, "devices," a couple of expensive cars that I can hardly drive because there's so many buttons, lack of services and no more doormen, etc etc etc, now, I'd hate to see the future.

ChloeAlexandra · Accepted Answer

The past.. it would be more fascinating to discover all the people that lead to me then to discover all the my existence contributed to creating.. you can't change the past but the future you can with every single choice you make.. knowing what lead to future relatives and not being to change a thing about the rest of my life even if it's horrible or else they may never come to existence would just be a burden and honestly would kind of be like playing god.. which noone should ever be powerful enough to do.

MermaidMotel · Accepted Answer

I'd rather see my ancestors. I know I won't have any great grandchildren. I would honestly love to see my mother and meet her in her glory days. I know that's not what you meant by ancestors, but.. I don't what conversation we'd have, but I know I'd be a great one.

goaded · Answer

Do we get to come back? Do we have a chance to change the timeline?

In order of preference:
Yes, yes: OK, I'll try to change anything bad to the best of my ability.
No, no: I'd like to see my parents when they were young, and get to know my grandparents as people.
No, yes: UK leads the world in technology!
Yes, no: No thanks, I don't want to know my grandchildren died for rich people's greed.

4pple · Answer

Ancestors, because I don't want to have children anyway.
However, that's if I'm limited to only meeting relatives, if I can see other stuff I'd go to the future, memorize the technology or get some blueprints, and get rich when I come back.

Goldenskies6 · Answer

The FUTURE to see my family 😍💫

Nxtawm · Answer

Definitely the past! I love ancient history so I would want to go and see how the hmong used to be like when they were thriving

xKARMA · Answer

Generally speaking, I'm more interested in the future but in this case, I'd love to go back in time and meet my ancestors.

TsundereMatrix · Answer

I’m a big fan of history. I like to research how people lived. So I would go back in time and find out what my ancestors were like.

douride2 · Answer

Seeing as I cannot bare children so no great grandchildren. I would have to go back. I would like to meet my grandfather seeing as he passed long before I was ever around.

JSmuve · Answer

Well, its still debatable whether I'm gonna have kids. Or my fictional kids will have kids. So imma go ahead and say the past. I wanna see how how them 17th century white folk speak.

Mynamejef696 · Answer

I can't speak old Irish Gaelic so I wouldn't understand what any of my ancestors are saying but I guess it depends how far back I'm going ha I'd probably go to the future I'd like to meet my future family and see how life and technology changes

Surely · Answer

The past will explain life today and why things are happening the way they are. Besides, there was pride in doing a good job and life was slower. No kids to have grandchildren.

jimyee · Answer

I dont think I'm gonna have children at all but can I still go to the future?

ZhiHana · Answer

Depends on how far back we're going. I'd probably choose the past.

Giggletr0n · Answer

What if you went into the future and found out that you didn't even have any grandkids, let alone great-great grandkids? MIND BLOWN!

Aenetoo · Answer

Great great grandchildren. Or even great great great great grandchildren. It'd be neat to see how we turned out.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

1396 - that could be interesting. But then, I am not sure if I'd enjoy to go crusading.

pizzalovershouse · Answer

Nether cuz i mite ruin history but if i could view, it the padt an present through a worm hole event that could only show it would watch the event

llorando · Answer

Go into the future to meet my great great grandchildren, cool to see what the future is like and what future sports scores are.

xEmmorixX · Answer

I'm not sure how well that would go for me if I choose the past. The future maybe, but that might not happen because I might not have kids.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Great question. Lol... I would perfer seeing my ancestors.  I want to see who played a huge part in Hispanic-Cool-Guy coming into this world. 😉

Massageman · Answer

Future. Can't wait to see what happens with "Al Gore's Internet".

DakotaNorth · Answer

Go to the past to correct my fuckups. My daughter informs me she's not having any children.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

If its simply to visit id go to the future and see my great great grandkids. If it was to live, id move to the past.

Anonymous · Answer

Past because I Will most likely meet my grandchildren one day anyway

dirkdigg · Answer

future we already know what happened in the past I would rather go to the unknown

Bismarck_96 · Answer

I’ll rather go way into the past I wanna witness the events of history

BeyondPlusUltra · Answer

It's entirely possible to not have any grand children.  I would go to the past.

Light_beam · Answer

grandfathers for sure.. i would go to the time of the pyramids building !

ToToRoUNKnoWn · Answer

ancestors for sure you can actually learn something good from them lmao

Sixgun77 · Answer

The past. I don't want any children, and would much rather go back in time.

ivanhunterjo · Answer

I would rather go into the future to see what it is like. The past has already happened so let it lie

NeverTokeep · Answer

The future. What's done Is done, focus on what's to come.

cynical_ · Answer

ancestors bc i fear my descendants would be assholes

Skullpool · Answer

Past. I would travel into the past but not stay there. And IDGAF meet my ancestors

Slim57 · Answer

Future but I wouldn't have any great great grandchildren

xTom98 · Answer

future to see if I achieved what I wanted to do 😋

ImagineSketchy · Answer

I would like to meet my past folk.

LegateLanius · Answer

The second would never exist.

ROCKS128 · Answer

Past. I can predict my successors😂😂😂

Guyofallguys2 · Answer

Future. I'd travel to when humans stop existing.

chrisbigman · Answer

Hmmm... I'm not sure.

awesometjgreen · Answer

Future, just to see if I even get grandchildren 😢

DiegoO · Answer

Not sure. I think.. The future.

valualty · Answer

Into the past nothing beats the good old days

Muhammad1999 · Answer

Great great grandchildren

danielmeegan · Answer

Past ancestors would be beautiful

Princesspoppy · Answer

Past

anustart · Answer

Id go into the past so i could meet the beatles

BlueWalker · Answer

Ancestors.

CarpetDenim · Answer

Future

jimmy2 · Answer

Not pass impossible but future is possible

Logorithim · Answer

Future...

LuvAsh · Answer

Past

Daniel3035 · Answer

Future

msg812 · Answer

Future

Jasmine_IV · Answer

Past

Kelly6 · Answer

Future

RumEro · Answer

past

Nadim171 · Answer

Past

greetingsoul · Answer

Past

Razal · Answer

Future

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