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[SG-1]

This is a thread about how people from the past will react to certain things. It could be anything and I will start, how would someone pre-rock think about modern rock?

Say in 1950 someone got their hands on a AC/DC album, would they hate it? I bet teenagers would love it, but parents would see it as satanic. In the 1950s people already had a "point of view" for rock, they knew what an electric instrument was, so what about someone from the late 1700s colonial American think about rock?

Would the colonists even see it as music?

Feel free to answer or ask another question about reactions from the past.
Anyone here from the 1950s?

Edited by SG-1, 22 April 2012 - 03:42 AM.

[Tamed]

Imagine seeing, doing, listening, etc something for the first time. I imagine one would be confused with such a foreign sound though musical taste is subjective. With the dated colonial people's religious behavior, you can bet there will be accusations of satanic origins.

I've always been intrigued as to how an ancient society would react to our modern society and soon ours to another future society...

[SG-1]

Yes, its hard to imagine new sounds. Of course the sounds would not be entirely alien but they would be much different. Today it seems music has reached its peak. There is another thread about that.

Ancient society would probably automatically think we are magicians or the religious would see it as either angelic or demonic. I don't think we could explain it to them and make them understand, but I believe they could eventually understand that it is just technology. People weren't cavemen then I mean Leonardo was writing about flying machines in the 1600s, the people don't change - technology does.

[wjfox]

Imagine how a 16th century person would react to a smartphone.

[EVanimations]

Imagine how a 16th century person would react to a smartphone.

Black Magic Rectangles of Satanic Witchcraft, that's what they are.

[eacao]

How would somebody from medieval europe react to running water? being able to conjure water from a tap on-demand. And for that matter, a flushing toilet.

I think if somebody who was used to having to draw water from a well everytime they wanted to wash, drink or farm was able to have access to unlimited water by flicking a tap, they would be totally astounded and probably have some sort of a fit. What about airconditioning, glass windows and printed books (assuming they could read). I also imagine that a zippo would be pretty popular among some pre-historic bloke. So would pre-dead meat.

[Time_Traveller]

How would a 14th Century Knight react to Tanks.

[Shimmy]

How would a 14th Century cow react to 21st century slaughterhouses

[SG-1]

Shimmy, moo? MOO!
The knights would see the tanks as some sort of demon animal, like an iron demon bear from hell with a giant trunk for a nose.

How would scribes from the dark ages react to a digital keyboard that could easily re-write mistakes, change fonts and listen to your voice?

[EVanimations]

They would be all like,
"what are these mysterious symbols? They look like latin characters, but it's not really latin."
*once they learn how to use it*
"well, that makes me completely useless. I think I'll just go over here and sulk while I beat some soil with a stick."

How would prehistoric man who is used to building rudimentary shelter out of mud, clay and hides react to a modern city with glistening towers of glass and steel?

[CyberMisterBeauty]

Eh,eheheh...I will say a pretty extreme here...Imagine put a person of the year 500 B.C in New york city...Imagine that!

[SG-1]

The gods made this! The buildings shine in both day and night, lights make night into day.

Remember Clarke's Three Laws

• When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
  
• The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
  
• Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

How would the Salem Witch jury react to modern society's disregard for religion? Some Christians (if they deserve that title) don't believe in Satan.

[tommytrojan]

I'm so glad this has been posted. I've always wondered about what past generations would think of a future generation's culture. The biggest question I asked myself is what do you think would happen if someone like da Vinci or Aristotle was present in our era of instant information. In less than ten seconds I can look up anything I want to, I don't even have to type it anymore I can just say it. Do you think that Aristotle or da Vinci would continue to be "geniuses" or would their knowledge plateau?

[EVanimations]

What would the founding fathers of america think about the internet and the modern government? You know, after they get over the computers and skyscrapers.

[Roh234]

I wonder how a late 1850s slave owner would react to the Election of Obama.

[EVanimations]

I wonder how a late 1850s slave owner would react to the Election of Obama.

Initial shock, followed by angry racial slurs, followed by diatribes about what our nation has come to, followed by assassination attempts, followed by being thrown into an asylum. Alternatively, he could just recognize that he was wrong to be racist but of course that would never happen because close-minded people are close-minded.

What would Genghis Khan or, for that matter, any other great conqueror, think about the way our world has globalized?

[SG-1]

They would probably be terrorists

How would someone from a desert in ancient time react to soda?

Edited by SG-1, 23 April 2012 - 04:54 AM.

[eacao]

How would newton react to relativity?

Edited by eacao, 23 April 2012 - 10:34 AM.

[Zeitgeist123]

This is a thread about how people from the past will react to certain things. It could be anything and I will start, how would someone pre-rock think about modern rock?

Say in 1950 someone got their hands on a AC/DC album, would they hate it? I bet teenagers would love it, but parents would see it as satanic. In the 1950s people already had a "point of view" for rock, they knew what an electric instrument was, so what about someone from the late 1700s colonial American think about rock?

Would the colonists even see it as music?

Feel free to answer or ask another question about reactions from the past.
Anyone here from the 1950s?

you should check out the amish teens during rumspringa. this was a great documentary in national geographic. and yes, they think rock music is loud and noisy, violent, and a work of the devil. it made them very uncomfortable. the end is quite interesting though.

Edited by Zeitgeist123, 29 April 2012 - 01:59 AM.

[SG-1]

I'll watch that when I get the time, an hour and half is a long time