by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:04 pm
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:08 pm
Utceforp wrote:I think we can safely award this thread the "weirdest thread title ever" award.
by Tekania » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:09 pm
Raikhatung wrote:If I as someone who has the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked go back in time to seduce and impregnate every single Inca woman to spread my genes, history would turn out different because the European diseases were a major reason for the conquest of the new world. While I'm there I might as well give the Incas an alphabet and a very useful but simple machine, the printing press. Just to mess with future historians, I would teach them Katakana
Since I have a time machine and simple special effects to overawe the natives, I might as well tell the Incas to launch a holy war of conquest northwards so that they control the isthmus of Panama, giving them an advantageous position for modern times. They will eventually encounter and conquer the Aztecs (replacing human sacrifice with a religion of mercy thanks to llamas) and the Mayans, hopefully before the Spanish arrive. Maybe such an entity could survive the conquistadors.
To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist. It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
So the question is, what kind of diet should I adopt to give me the stamina needed to carry this out?
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:11 pm
Tekania wrote:Raikhatung wrote:If I as someone who has the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked go back in time to seduce and impregnate every single Inca woman to spread my genes, history would turn out different because the European diseases were a major reason for the conquest of the new world. While I'm there I might as well give the Incas an alphabet and a very useful but simple machine, the printing press. Just to mess with future historians, I would teach them Katakana
Since I have a time machine and simple special effects to overawe the natives, I might as well tell the Incas to launch a holy war of conquest northwards so that they control the isthmus of Panama, giving them an advantageous position for modern times. They will eventually encounter and conquer the Aztecs (replacing human sacrifice with a religion of mercy thanks to llamas) and the Mayans, hopefully before the Spanish arrive. Maybe such an entity could survive the conquistadors.
To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist. It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
So the question is, what kind of diet should I adopt to give me the stamina needed to carry this out?
Something rich in lysergic acid diethylamide
by Inventio » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:12 pm
Raikhatung wrote:the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked
Sapin Military District wrote:If god doesn't exist, then why does a tissue pop up every time you take the old one out of the box?
Diviar wrote:Nah, Inventio isn't scared easily.
Divair wrote:Nonchalance is my default attitude.
by Regnum Dominae » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:12 pm
Tekania wrote:Raikhatung wrote:If I as someone who has the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked go back in time to seduce and impregnate every single Inca woman to spread my genes, history would turn out different because the European diseases were a major reason for the conquest of the new world. While I'm there I might as well give the Incas an alphabet and a very useful but simple machine, the printing press. Just to mess with future historians, I would teach them Katakana
Since I have a time machine and simple special effects to overawe the natives, I might as well tell the Incas to launch a holy war of conquest northwards so that they control the isthmus of Panama, giving them an advantageous position for modern times. They will eventually encounter and conquer the Aztecs (replacing human sacrifice with a religion of mercy thanks to llamas) and the Mayans, hopefully before the Spanish arrive. Maybe such an entity could survive the conquistadors.
To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist. It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
So the question is, what kind of diet should I adopt to give me the stamina needed to carry this out?
Something rich in lysergic acid diethylamide
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:16 pm
Inventio wrote:Raikhatung wrote:the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked
I'm pretty sure it was exposure to the diseases, not genes, that made the eastern hemisphere more germ-resistant. I haven't been in history class for a while, but I thought it was the isolation of the Native American population that made them so susceptible to disease.
by Marcurix » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:16 pm
Raikhatung wrote:If I as someone who has the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked go back in time to seduce and impregnate every single Inca woman to spread my genes, history would turn out different because the European diseases were a major reason for the conquest of the new world.
While I'm there I might as well give the Incas an alphabet and a very useful but simple machine, the printing press. Just to mess with future historians, I would teach them Katakana
Since I have a time machine and simple special effects to overawe the natives, I might as well tell the Incas to launch a holy war of conquest northwards so that they control the isthmus of Panama, giving them an advantageous position for modern times. They will eventually encounter and conquer the Aztecs (replacing human sacrifice with a religion of mercy thanks to llamas) and the Mayans, hopefully before the Spanish arrive. Maybe such an entity could survive the conquistadors.
To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist. It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
So the question is, what kind of diet should I adopt to give me the stamina needed to carry this out?
by Regnum Dominae » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:17 pm
Thafoo wrote:"mothers eating own placenta"
"time-traveling Inca impregnation"
on the same page = we must freak out a lot of new players
by Utceforp » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:18 pm
Inventio wrote:Raikhatung wrote:the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked
I'm pretty sure it was exposure to the diseases, not genes, that made the eastern hemisphere more germ-resistant. I haven't been in history class for a while, but I thought it was the isolation of the Native American population that made them so susceptible to disease.
by Inventio » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:22 pm
Raikhatung wrote:Inventio wrote:I'm pretty sure it was exposure to the diseases, not genes, that made the eastern hemisphere more germ-resistant. I haven't been in history class for a while, but I thought it was the isolation of the Native American population that made them so susceptible to disease.
It was genetic resistance. Exposure over generations produced selective pressures that made eastern hemisphere populations genetically resistant over a long time.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population ... e_Americas
Sapin Military District wrote:If god doesn't exist, then why does a tissue pop up every time you take the old one out of the box?
Diviar wrote:Nah, Inventio isn't scared easily.
Divair wrote:Nonchalance is my default attitude.
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:23 pm
Utceforp wrote:Inventio wrote:I'm pretty sure it was exposure to the diseases, not genes, that made the eastern hemisphere more germ-resistant. I haven't been in history class for a while, but I thought it was the isolation of the Native American population that made them so susceptible to disease.
I think that the OP has a fetish for Incans. Still, what the world would look like if the native Americans had not been especially susceptible to Old World diseases is an interesting concept.
I think that the New World would still have been colonized by European powers (The Aztecs were not well liked by those they ruled over, which the Spanish used against them, and the Incans were fighting a civil war, plus people without guns are generally beaten by those who do have guns) but the majority of the ethnicities present would be those of various native groups, and the entirety of the continent might not have been colonized. Their history from there would probably be similar to India (ironically) or Africa.
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:24 pm
Inventio wrote:Raikhatung wrote:It was genetic resistance. Exposure over generations produced selective pressures that made eastern hemisphere populations genetically resistant over a long time.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population ... e_Americas
So it was exposure over generations that caused changes in genes that made them less susceptible? I really need to stop doing history late at night.
by Mushet » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:24 pm
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:25 pm
Marcurix wrote:Raikhatung wrote:If I as someone who has the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked go back in time to seduce and impregnate every single Inca woman to spread my genes, history would turn out different because the European diseases were a major reason for the conquest of the new world.
Right....While I'm there I might as well give the Incas an alphabet and a very useful but simple machine, the printing press. Just to mess with future historians, I would teach them Katakana
uh huh...Since I have a time machine and simple special effects to overawe the natives, I might as well tell the Incas to launch a holy war of conquest northwards so that they control the isthmus of Panama, giving them an advantageous position for modern times. They will eventually encounter and conquer the Aztecs (replacing human sacrifice with a religion of mercy thanks to llamas) and the Mayans, hopefully before the Spanish arrive. Maybe such an entity could survive the conquistadors.
er...To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
Mess with wouldn't be the word.This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist. It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
bit of a leap.So the question is, what kind of diet should I adopt to give me the stamina needed to carry this out?
The jub jub fruit found in the Tumtum tree.
by Vetalia » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:28 pm
by Mushet » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:30 pm
Utceforp wrote:Inventio wrote:I'm pretty sure it was exposure to the diseases, not genes, that made the eastern hemisphere more germ-resistant. I haven't been in history class for a while, but I thought it was the isolation of the Native American population that made them so susceptible to disease.
I think that the OP has a fetish for Incans. Still, what the world would look like if the native Americans had not been especially susceptible to Old World diseases is an interesting concept.
I think that the New World would still have been colonized by European powers (The Aztecs were not well liked by those they ruled over, which the Spanish used against them, and the Incans were fighting a civil war, plus people without guns are generally beaten by those who do have guns) but the majority of the ethnicities present would be those of various native groups, and the entirety of the continent might not have been colonized. Their history from there would probably be similar to India (ironically) or Africa.
by Raikhatung » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:34 pm
Vetalia wrote:Nah, it wasn't genetic resistance that was the factor, it was the fact that pretty much everybody alive in Europe had exposure to those diseases at some point in their lives and survived. Wouldn't do a damn thing to prevent the conquest of the Inca and others, unless you exposed the various Native Americans to those diseases a few thousand years ago and established the same resistance.
But hey, if you're going to do that just for fun and just to be a dick I'm going to do the same in Europe. The Roman Empire could certainly use the printing press and algebra...instead of Hernan Cortes, you'll get a visit from Gaius Cassius Liberalis.
by Uieurnthlaal » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:36 pm
Raikhatung wrote:If I as someone who has the germ-resistant genes of the eastern hemisphere that the Amerindians lacked go back in time to seduce and impregnate every single Inca woman to spread my genes, history would turn out different because the European diseases were a major reason for the conquest of the new world. While I'm there I might as well give the Incas an alphabet and a very useful but simple machine, the printing press. Just to mess with future historians, I would teach them Katakana
Since I have a time machine and simple special effects to overawe the natives, I might as well tell the Incas to launch a holy war of conquest northwards so that they control the isthmus of Panama, giving them an advantageous position for modern times. They will eventually encounter and conquer the Aztecs (replacing human sacrifice with a religion of mercy thanks to llamas) and the Mayans, hopefully before the Spanish arrive. Maybe such an entity could survive the conquistadors.
To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist. It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
So the question is, what kind of diet should I adopt to give me the stamina needed to carry this out?
by Marcurix » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:36 pm
Raikhatung wrote:Maybe my mind works in strange ways, but I am oddly intrigued by what you say. Care to elaborate?
To have some more lolz, I could tell them about theoretical concepts like a cartesian coordinate plane, set theory, algebra and basic calculus... in other words, things to mess with historians.
This would change the future so much that nobody would need to go back to kill Hitler since WWII as we know it would probably not even exist.
It would also spread my genes far and wide over at least two continents.
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