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| Author: | stevelovesmoonspell [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Historical people you'd love to meet |
We all have various historical figures of varying importance we've read about or wanted to meet. Who are some of the people of the past you've read about that have captivated you and you wish to meet? In my case I've always wanted to meet Friedrich Nietzsche, Nero, and Heraclitus. George Washington would be interesting too, the real man and not the image on the dollar bill. Dostoevsky and Bakunin and John Locke, all of those intellects if they wouldnt mind meeting me. Who are some of the people you have to share? |
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| Author: | cry of the banshee [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:00 am ] |
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Aleister Crowley Napoleon Hitler Stalin Neitzsche Manson Ernest Hemingway Dostoyevsky Dillinger H.P. Lovecraft Kafka Thomas Jefferson Voltaire Jesse James Theodore Rooseveldt Ghengis Khan Mark Twain... damn I can think of a shitload. Good idea for a thread. I'd also like Charles Bronson around to keep an eye on Manson... |
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| Author: | DevotedWalnut [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:10 am ] |
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Ronald Mcdonald |
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| Author: | cry of the banshee [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:13 am ] |
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It would be fun / interesting to share a flask of whisky with Poe. Or maybe Baudelaire, if Poe was unavailable. |
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| Author: | stevelovesmoonspell [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:15 am ] |
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cry of the banshee wrote: It would be fun / interesting to share a flask of whisky with Poe.
Or maybe Baudelaire, if Poe was unavailable. Poe liked Cognac. |
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| Author: | DevotedWalnut [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:16 am ] |
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Matt Groening |
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| Author: | cry of the banshee [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:20 am ] |
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stevelovesmoonspell wrote: cry of the banshee wrote: It would be fun / interesting to share a flask of whisky with Poe. Or maybe Baudelaire, if Poe was unavailable. Poe liked Cognac. I like Scotch. I'll drink Cognac, if the conversation is interesting enough, but nobody refuses a taste of good Scotch. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:17 am ] |
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Buy Bukowski a bottle of booze and hope he doesn't piss on you. Other than that... I'd like to meet Mannerheim, Orwell, Cavour, D'annunzio, Dylan Thomas... Shit, there are tons. |
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| Author: | Goat [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:38 am ] |
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Many, many indeed. Jesus is the one who hasn't been mentioned yet. |
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| Author: | Kathaarian [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:54 am ] |
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I'd like to sit down with Jesus and try to lead him to the right way. Also gather Marx and Bakunin in a room and tell Marx to stop his bullshit immediately and listen to Bakunin. Also Nietzsche and Ghandi. |
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| Author: | rio [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:57 am ] |
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Kathaarian wrote: I'd like to sit down with Jesus and try to lead him to the right way. Also gather Marx and Bakunin in a room and tell Marx to stop his bullshit immediately and listen to Bakunin.
 I dig that. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would have conceded defeat in an argument, though.
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| Author: | Ness [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:40 pm ] |
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Jesus Einstein Alexander the Great Gandhi Nietzsche Martin Luther Martin Luther King Jr. Yeah there are a ton. |
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| Author: | Dago [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:55 pm ] |
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Yea, everyone except for Jesus. |
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| Author: | rio [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:03 pm ] |
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metalNESS wrote: Jesus
Einstein Alexander the Great Gandhi Nietzsche Martin Luther Martin Luther King Jr. Yeah there are a ton. Yeah I would love to meet Einstein. Dunno about Alexander the Great though... I bet he could be a real douchebag at times. |
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| Author: | Thy Serpent [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:31 pm ] |
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Archimedes. Always wondered how it would have felt running naked on the streets shouting, "Eureka, eureka !". |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:33 pm ] |
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Thy Serpent wrote: Archimedes. Always wondered how it would have felt running naked on the streets shouting, "Eureka, eureka !".
IIRC that's a myth. :( |
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| Author: | Thy Serpent [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:43 pm ] |
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FrigidSymphony wrote: Thy Serpent wrote: Archimedes. Always wondered how it would have felt running naked on the streets shouting, "Eureka, eureka !". IIRC that's a myth. :( Yeah? We were told about it in school and a rough look through wikipedia says about it too. Not saying what's in wikipedia is the ultimate truth. In that case, I would like to meet him to know if it's a myth. 
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:47 pm ] |
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Thy Serpent wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Thy Serpent wrote: Archimedes. Always wondered how it would have felt running naked on the streets shouting, "Eureka, eureka !". IIRC that's a myth. :( Yeah? We were told about it in school and a rough look through wikipedia says about it too. Not saying what's in wikipedia is the ultimate truth. In that case, I would like to meet him to know if it's a myth. In fact, if I recall even more, he never actually discovered the mass/volume thing in the bathtub. That, of course, is what's great about history. Different interpretations. I was told about it in school as well, my "IIRC" comes from either a history book or a lecture by my current History teacher (who, having a PhD, I'm more inclined to trust than my middle school teacher). |
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| Author: | noodles [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:48 pm ] |
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Socrates, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Beethoven, David Foster Wallace (not really historical but he is dead) any other dudes that seem abnormally passionate about something I like. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:49 pm ] |
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Right, Beethoven. Fuck yeah. And going drinking with Mozart would probably also have been cool. |
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