Could you live your life as if it was a particular decade from the past for 10 years?

[Anonymous]

This is a challenge I've decided to take on and I'm taking it seriously. I thought I'd do the 1980s but have decided that will be too hard, so I've compromised for the 1990s

For the next 10 years, I will live my life as if it was still the 1990s.

Things I will allow:

The internet. The internet existed in the 90s. It was in its elementary stage, but it was there. So I'm allowing myself internet on a computer. Computers also existed.

Any food or beverages which existed in the 90s

Any tv show or movie from the 1990s. I will still watch them on my normal tv. LCD screens existed in the 90s. No HD but I'm bending the rules on that one. TVs existed, Im leaving it at that.

Clothes from the 90s. I will wear only clothes from the 90s. It will be hard to find underwear that old, so I'll be free balling it most of the time.

Books from the 90s

Video games from the 90s.

I will only shop at stores which existed in the 90s

I will only drive cars which existed in the 90s. I've already bought a 1998 Audi S6 Quattro which is in very good condition.

What I will not allow:

Smart phones. Those didn't exist in the 90s. I'll still have a cell phone but it will be a refurbished Nokia 3210.

No uber or ride sharing. Only traditional taxis.

No sex with anyone born after December 31 1999.

No music released after December 31 1999.

No use of things like self serve checkouts or boarding pass machines.

No social media.

Wish me luck. Since g@g didn't exist in the 90s, I will also refrain from that. I'll check back in 10 years with a full rundown of the experience. Signing off.

[nolabels]

I have doubts that I'd live so long as to complete such an odyssey.

I don't think that your journey will be that much of a departure from the current era we now live in, but you do you.

I believe that I would choose an era well before the Industrial Revolution arrived.

I'd have to toughen up in order to do so, but I feel that it would be a life well lived.

Hasta la bye bye.

See you in 10, maybe.

[Asker]

Where would you find clothes that old though?

[nolabels]

I'd have to quickly learn some mad skills and make them myself.
If I'm out of sight of Puritan civilization and I'm in a warm climate, all I'd really need would be sandals to protect my feet.

[exitseven]

I would live in the 70s. The music was awesome, the country was in Vietnam and the Russians were the big bad. We had moon walks and organ transplants, muscle cars were being built and there were awesome TV shows and movies like Jaws and the Godfather.

[Asker]

The 70s was definitely pretty awesome. My father was from the 70s (young adult in the 70s) and I went to visit him a couple of weeks ago. We listened to War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne. Awesome record.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[TheSpaceGnome]

The only way to do that would be to actually be in that decade. So despite time travel being impossible, I'm going to view this as a time travel question.

Any decade in earth's entire history? Or just in the past 100 years or so?

What happens after? Do you get thrown back to 2022? 2032? or do you progress onward from the decade you chose?

All of this effects my answer.

[Nominal]

Crazy guy. XD somebody have to say that, waiting for your responses.

[Asker]

It turns a out that in 9 years, time machines get invented. I am replying to you from the future. So far, so good.

[Nominal]

Okey XD

[nolabels]

Bear with me here and feel free to correct my logic if found to be lacking in any way.

So, you originally stated that, artificially, you've decided to live for 10 years starting today, as if it were the 1990s.

Now you say that time travel has been made possible in 9 years from?

Unless all times exist simultaneously at all times, 9 years ago is the latest possible date according to the content of your updated statement above, AND the laws of physics, for you to have travelled to 2022, post this query, popping again to some non-disclosed point in the future (more possible scenarios do come to mind), travelling once again back to 2022 to post this report on the condition of the future?

I'll allow you the freedom to choose 10 years from any date as your starting point to live out your 90s mode of life. After all, your today is your today, whenever you may be.
They're your years, not mine.

I would recommend a post 1990s time period for your odyssey, otherwise you're going to be freaking out some people who have no idea what you're all about, maybe even landing you in a rubber room with no access to your time device.
Does 12 Monkeys ring a bell?

Let's explore the possibilities regarding these posts:

1) You're for real, but..., I'm going to need more evidence and more than a just barely plausible tale.

2) You're having some fun!
I frequently enter into the realm of fantasy with a fellow G@GGER, who has yet to post anonymously, as far as I know.
I'd know his work anywhere, so you're not him.

3) I'll try my best to be delicate here. Reality may be somewhat of a stranger to you?

4) I'll have what you're having. It sounds like you're enjoying yourself.

I'm going to guess that #s 2 or 4 are the most likely candidates for being the truth.

Convince me of #1 if you will.

[Asker]

@nolabels there are not really time machines, that was just a joke. But I am doing the 90s lifestyle. I've decided to allow myself a few days to reply to these responses before I lock myself out

[nolabels]

So, #2 it is!
I enjoy getting into long-winded, hypothetical, fantastical lines of thought, so thanks for the opportunity.
Enjoy the 90s.
I kind of did.

[Debbie14217]

not really good luck

[Asker]

Thanks

[Fuentes]

Lol i could survive