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 Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 1:22 pm
Lili Marlene Honestly? Music is nice, but a grammaphone is just fine. So is getting a bunch of friends together and breaking out the instruments. I usually live without AC, so that's not a biggie. And yes, I do get someplace that gets quite hot. It's usually especially bad July through the end of September with a freak heat wave in February or March. But there are some modern medical technologies that I like very much (yay for psoriosis gunk!). Brightly colored hair dye (blue, green, purple) certainly weren't around in the victorian age, and I do love those... Also, this one is kind of embarassing, but... modern female hygene products...good point on the lady products...idk what ppl even used to use. I don't even think I wanna know. If you were dropped into a steampunk society you could invent tampons and it would be ok.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 2:52 pm
Interstella Burst Air conditioning. Mine has been broken for 2 weeks and the maintenance man just fixed it today. It's like ice cubes are doing it buck wild all over my skin it feels so good. Unfortunately the air smells of WD-40 from him lubing up the blower. Which you know, isn't a bad smell when you are working on something, but not good as an ambient scent. What modern contrivances would be loath to say goodbye if you were given the opportunity to go to a truly steampunk world? Because honestly, how do you operate air conditioning on steam? I would also miss slushies.
eek Do you live where I live? LOL I woke up this morning to find my air conditioning was working as well (been through a month of hell, and the same thing happened last summer except it was only down for 2 weeks).
However, it appears there is no freon in mine as it's just blowing uncooled air, and it's Memorial Day Weekend so no chance of getting maintenance to do anything about it til Tuesday sweatdrop ... but at least it's been rainy for the past few days. XD
I would really miss the ability to play video games and watch dvds, because the world I'd want to be in is the classic Victorian steampunk setting. However... if I could go into it with amnesia, forgetting the things I know about this world, I would happily do so. (^_Q)
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 3:03 pm
Personally, as much as I like the internet (aethernet?), iPods, television and such - I would give it all to live in a decent steampunk setting. Reading a good book, listening to the new gramophone record, on the top deck of my airship as I sail towards the tropics... Xander_Telmis And the new thing in the major thing in the steampunk community is finding a way to make modern items work in a Victorian setting. A steam generator can be used to make electricity for any thing that can't run on steam, so the iPod, the computer, and many other modern conveniences are possible. You just have to look at the bigger picture. It seems that what you're describing now. I still find it quite amusing how, even to this day, it is the raw power of steam (heated by some means, of course) that gives us the electricity of all our modern gadgets; the most predominant difference in the harnessing of this power being turbines rather than pistons. Unrelated facts: In 1898, the Land Speed record was first set by an electric car. Electric was the fastest until 1902, when the record was broken by a steam powered vehicle. With the exception of yet another steam-powered car in 1906, Internal Combustion then took the record - and held it until jet propulsion came into the fore.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 6:14 pm
The internet, mainly because it's one of the few places where freedom of speech can be truly expressed, and it makes it much, MUCH easier to share information.
If the steam gadget you were working on goes kaput, go online and get some help.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 6:26 pm
我就是你们女生最讨厌的那种人I'm the kind of guy you girls hate most.Don't go crazy and quote my post style. Quoting what I say is fine, but doing my post style is kind of nuts.
MP3 players and internet.
That's all I can really envision being nonexistant in such a setting, and I rely on them a lot. Great time wasters.
Edit: Also, my Advair. I need to breathe AAAIIIRRRRRR.
I hope you have fun erasing my post style, though.
John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS" There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons. "This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!" So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall. "HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons "I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill. "No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons" And then John was a zombie.
对了就是那个臭男孩
That's right, that jerk.
The reason I did this? The more you type, the more gold you get. See, I'm really a jerk. Facts for the lulz of having them: Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer. Your nails grow faster in outer space, probably because of the lack of gravity. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow down his films for you to see his moves. In Klamath Falls, Oregon, it is illegal to kick the heads off snakes. In Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Lastly, honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 7:11 pm
Vahn Malice 我就是你们女生最讨厌的那种人I'm the kind of guy you girls hate most.Don't go crazy and quote my post style. Quoting what I say is fine, but doing my post style is kind of nuts.
MP3 players and internet.
That's all I can really envision being nonexistant in such a setting, and I rely on them a lot. Great time wasters.
Edit: Also, my Advair. I need to breathe AAAIIIRRRRRR.
I hope you have fun erasing my post style, though.
John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS" There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons. "This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!" So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall. "HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons "I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill. "No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons" And then John was a zombie.
对了就是那个臭男孩
That's right, that jerk.
The reason I did this? The more you type, the more gold you get. See, I'm really a jerk. Facts for the lulz of having them: Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer. Your nails grow faster in outer space, probably because of the lack of gravity. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow down his films for you to see his moves. In Klamath Falls, Oregon, it is illegal to kick the heads off snakes. In Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Lastly, honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. I need my ******** asthma. also, it's a myth about post length...
however, that other myth about length...it matters.
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:27 pm
Considering in a steampunk world, some modern conveniences could be possible most technology would be okay. I could handle lack of air conditioners. I hate ac's any way because I get could easily. Actually my dorm thermostat sucks and I don't want the AC on but the heater keeps coming on x_Q, which I kind of prefer to freezing (yes I know I'm crazy). So yheah, 80 degree house FTW.
I would have to say internet. Nothing like instant communication with multiple people. I guess there's always reading, but that's not the same.
Now what would the sociey be like? Because if it'd be accurate to the time period then no thanks. Jim Crow can stay dead.
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:51 pm
Don't go crazy and quote my post style. Quoting what I say is fine, but doing my post style is kind of nuts.
I hope you have fun erasing my post style, though.
John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS" There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons. "This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!" So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall. "HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons "I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill. "No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons" And then John was a zombie.
对了就是那个臭男孩
That's right, that jerk.
The reason I did this? The more you type, the more gold you get. See, I'm really a jerk. Facts for the lulz of having them: Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer. Your nails grow faster in outer space, probably because of the lack of gravity. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow down his films for you to see his moves. In Klamath Falls, Oregon, it is illegal to kick the heads off snakes. In Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Lastly, honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
WTF???
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:04 pm
Raziel Hotokashi Don't go crazy and quote my post style. Quoting what I say is fine, but doing my post style is kind of nuts. I hope you have fun erasing my post style, though. John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS" There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons. "This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!" So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall. "HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons "I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill. "No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons" And then John was a zombie. 对了就是那个臭男孩 That's right, that jerk. The reason I did this? The more you type, the more gold you get. See, I'm really a jerk. Facts for the lulz of having them: Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer. Your nails grow faster in outer space, probably because of the lack of gravity. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow down his films for you to see his moves. In Klamath Falls, Oregon, it is illegal to kick the heads off snakes. In Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Lastly, honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. WTF??? Meh, post styles. Seriously, why isn't a signature enough? Also, if you're counting Honey as a "food" then you can just as easily say that Salt and Sugar don't spoil as long as you keep them dry. Actually, honey will eventually get that granulated, extra-sticky texture. All three naturally resist bacteria (well, two, considering there is sugar in honey). Heck, salt is just a rock/mineral. If honey is exposed to the open air (however dry it may be) it will slowly absorb moisture and begin to ferment -- and in most cases, fermentation is a sign that something has gone bad. So no, honey is not the only food that doesn't spoil, and it can in fact spoil.
No, John, you ARE the demons! <-- It's a Doom thing (the video game).
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:15 pm
A laboratory... I need to be able to invent
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:54 pm
Master Les Scarborough A laboratory... I need to be able to invent They had those. What do you think Tesla had? A shed?
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 7:18 pm
Considering I take about 12 different medications a day, I don't think I would have actually survived very long back then, regardless of how much I enjoy certain parts of it. I would have died as a baby or perhaps a sickly little child, but if I made it past then, to be quite frank, I would likely be in an asylum and those were not exactly good places back then.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:27 am
I don't know what I'd miss to be honest, if I was suddenly transported to a Victorian Steampunk place I would probably be too enthralled in it to even care. Travelling the world in an airship would be pretty breath taking, trying to invent something new would be very time consuming as well.
(Although female hygiene products would be good)
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 9:37 am
"Falling head over heels, thought I knew how it feels. But with you it's like the first day of my life... You leave me speechless when you talk to me. You leave me breathless, the way you look at me. You manage to disarm me. My soul is shining through... I can't help but surrender... my everything to you..." -"Speechless", The Veronicas Hmmm, it's hard to choose what I couldn't live without. Previous posters have already posted what I would've said: feminine hygiene products internet So to add that, I'd say the dishwasher. I shudder at the thought of having to hand-wash stacks of dirty dishes.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:17 am
Now, I have to agree there. As much as I agree that opium could act as a sort of substitute... that could create more of a mess out of those of us who are already wrecks. xD
EDIT: Female hygiene products, yes. o.o I shudder to think of life without them...
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