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Would you rather go back 15 years or become famous? (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 OP
15 baby, time is the most scarce commodity bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #1
Go back 15 years and experience more of life. I have no desire to be famous. Actually glad I am not. LonePirate Jan 2023 #2
For sure 15 years..then I'd be off to see this beautiful Earth. I always wanted to travel.. Deuxcents Jan 2023 #3
Back15 yrs Karadeniz Jan 2023 #4
Does famous equal financial improvements? LakeArenal Jan 2023 #5
I'd rather look and feel 30 years younger, and become famous. highplainsdem Jan 2023 #6
Do things happen exactly the same way they did? LudwigPastorius Jan 2023 #7
i am tired of being 70. i'd love to be 15 years younger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trueblue1968 Jan 2023 #8
Back 15 years Luciferous Jan 2023 #9
I refuse to grow up, so 15 years means nothing. Give me famous! Emile Jan 2023 #10
Only fifteen? n/t malthaussen Jan 2023 #11
Neither zanana1 Jan 2023 #12
Am I the only one alive who would avoid fame at any cost? intrepidity Jan 2023 #13
No, you are not the only one. Doc_Technical Jan 2023 #16
Not in this day of internet run amok. Boomerproud Jan 2023 #20
Back 15 yeas. Fame is overrated. Liberal In Texas Jan 2023 #14
Back 15 years. I would change some things for sure mvd Jan 2023 #15
I look forward to the future. My best years are ahead of me. Kaleva Jan 2023 #17
If I could go back 13 yrs instead, yes...because 15 & 14 yrs ago were mostly.... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #18
Neither. I have no interest in fame, and ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2023 #19
Fame? To be avoided if at all possible. Iggo Jan 2023 #21

LonePirate

(14,375 posts)
2. Go back 15 years and experience more of life. I have no desire to be famous. Actually glad I am not.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 09:49 PM
Jan 2023

Deuxcents

(27,292 posts)
3. For sure 15 years..then I'd be off to see this beautiful Earth. I always wanted to travel..
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 09:52 PM
Jan 2023

Not the tourists stops but the hidden treasures..

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
5. Does famous equal financial improvements?
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 11:16 PM
Jan 2023

If not I’ll go back. But would love to be financially secure for whatever time I have left.

highplainsdem

(62,626 posts)
6. I'd rather look and feel 30 years younger, and become famous.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 11:30 PM
Jan 2023

But if I had to choose younger OR famous, I'd take youth.

LudwigPastorius

(14,840 posts)
7. Do things happen exactly the same way they did?
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 11:33 PM
Jan 2023

If so, I'll buy $1,000 of bitcoin at 0.05 in 2009, and sell it in November 2021.

But, if my going back creates a new timeline, and events unfold differently, I'll pass.

...and fame is more of a pain in the ass than it's worth.

zanana1

(6,493 posts)
12. Neither
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:23 PM
Jan 2023

15 years ago, I was in a very bad place. I wouldn't want to be famous because privacy.

intrepidity

(8,590 posts)
13. Am I the only one alive who would avoid fame at any cost?
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:24 PM
Jan 2023

Not even a tiny part of me desires it.

Boomerproud

(9,326 posts)
20. Not in this day of internet run amok.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 05:16 PM
Jan 2023

People have been destroyed by fame by people they don't even know. I don't understand the craving for it.

Liberal In Texas

(16,320 posts)
14. Back 15 yeas. Fame is overrated.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:39 PM
Jan 2023

I my opinion, fame would be more of a burden having it than not.

mvd

(65,934 posts)
15. Back 15 years. I would change some things for sure
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:43 PM
Jan 2023

I don’t really have the personality to be famous.

Kaleva

(40,383 posts)
17. I look forward to the future. My best years are ahead of me.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 02:49 PM
Jan 2023

For me to be where I am now, everything that happened in the past 15 years would have to repeat itself exactly. So there'd be no point in me going back.

electric_blue68

(26,993 posts)
18. If I could go back 13 yrs instead, yes...because 15 & 14 yrs ago were mostly....
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 03:12 PM
Jan 2023

terrible years for me minus President Obama's election.


I don't think I'd want to be famous, well known creativity yes, but not really famous.

So I may have to take a pass on both.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,699 posts)
19. Neither. I have no interest in fame, and ...
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 04:26 PM
Jan 2023

... if I went back fifteen years, I'd be working. No thanks, retirement suits me just fine.

Iggo

(49,975 posts)
21. Fame? To be avoided if at all possible.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 06:26 PM
Jan 2023

Now, the fifteen years thing.

Is it go back in time 15 years? Because then, no.

Is it become instantly 15 years younger today and time continues to flow normally and I age normally going forward? Because then, hell yes.

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