/lit/ - Literature

That faggot Alexander Hamilton getting blasted by my nigga Aaron Burr.

>>3138373
nigga fuck up, burr was a fucking traitor on par with that cockmongler benedict arnold, even if he was ice cold

My birth

>>3138366

Big Bang.

>>3138373
Aaron Burr got dat dubble dubble letter swag doe

What that Pope said to Genghis Khan to get him to turn around.

The Battle of Clontarf

Et tu, Brute?

>>3138381
How it all ends.

Then, assuming this dude picked how everything begins, we'd meet up and chat and then we'd know the beginning and the end.

>>3138415

I'll see the very middle of it all so we can make the triumvirate.

>>3138401
I fucking lol'd

>>3138401
elaborate

>>3138401
Aw, fuck. I mean Attila The Hun.

>>3138442
So far as I can tell, this seems to be the setup to some sort of Papal anal sex joke.

>>3138465
you win the thread. +10 pts

The Birth of Jesus.

Either that or his Crucifixion.

C'mon, you can't deny that those would be two good things to witness.

>>3138469
analysis. anal lysis. the breaking apart of the anus.

>>3138474

The Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Emilia aerhart's crash!

jk dgaf

Napoleon's return from Elba.

aliens communicating with ancient civilizations

>>3138473

How can you witness something that never happened?

The assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson.

One of Alexander the Great's victory feasts.

the biggest fucking charge ever. candidates for that? preferably sans cavalry and guns

I honestly just want to go back to the 1950s and move to Washington and be a beatnik and climb a mountain with Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac and then later we'll get drunk and discuss Buddhism and bang chicks and party. Dig it.

I'd like to see Velasquez paint a portrait.

dfw's suicide. Maybe, just maybe I can stop it. Still worth it.

The impact which created the Vredefort crater, provided I could somehow view it safely. Or the Tunguska Event with the same proviso, if it had to be an event in recorded history.

follow hitler around from 1935 until his death

Socrates' apology, shit would be pious

a few hours before the big bang.

the sinking of atlantis.

>>3138837

Time (as near as we can tell) came into 'existence' along with the big bang. What do?

Me, loved.

>>3138841
I have a feeling that if I got sent back, as soon as I got there I would explode into a universe.

>>3138852

Why?

We have no fucking clue what the universe is or what 'preceded' it. What the true state of things is remains entirely beyond our grasp, as the set of all things observable need not necessarily be the set of all things.

>>3138855
No, but it would make me God.

>>3138859

If you and the universe weren't disparate, why would it matter whether or not you were god? You would be god and ant and all between.

>>3138479

Mi amigo.

I'd like to see Pizarro capture Atahualpa:

>“The Governor himself took his sword and dagger, entered the thick of the Indians with the Spaniards who were with him, and with great bravery reached Atahuallpa’s litter. He fearlessly grabbed Atahuallpa’s left arm and shouted ‘Santiago!,’ but he could not pull Atahuallpa out of his litter because it was held up high. Although we killed the Indians who held the litter, others at once took their places and held it aloft, and in this manner we spent a long time in overcoming and killing Indians. Finally seven or eight Spaniards on horseback spurred on their horses, rushed upon the litter from one side, and with great effort they heaved it over on its side. In that way Atahuallpa was captured, and the Governor took Atahuallpa to his lodging. The Indians carrying the litter, and those escorting Atahuallpa, never abandoned him: all died around him."

This occurred 480 years ago this Friday.

>>3138902

What the fucking shit fuck nigger tits shit cocksucking motherfucking what the actual extreme fuck

As you posted this I am in world geo class. Watching the very same documentary you quoted from. At the very event you mentioned. Hearing the words you quoted. Fucking shit. Never been that freaked out. It was as if someone was narrating this post. Fucking shit. Fucking "Guns, Germs, and Steel"

Fucking fuck this is too freaky. This is over the limit. Fucking shit I'll an hero. Fucking Incas fucking Spaniards fucking shit I have denounced my god.

May someone have mercy on my soul, and yours, for we are linked, my friend.

>>3138860
"God is being"

when the rock was rolled from the tomb to see which niggas actually did it

>>3140749
I thought grant did that

>>3138425
>I watched some fat people eat crisps.

>>3138583
>sans cavalry
See, I was thinking maybe Hannibal's pincer.

The eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79.

big bang would be cool

maybe pyramids or stonehenge or puma punku or some shit

The historic election when a black man won the presidency in 2008.

>>3138414
This would be something.

I also vote the Russian Revolution. Shit would be pretty goddamn spectacular.

> When Rocky beat the russian

The alleged holocaust.

>>3138414
Dibs.

But I'd also go for the trial of Socrates.

The sack of Berlin

>>3138528
woah guyz. zinger over here.
enlighten us.

First man/ group of people to harness fire. Their reactions would be so interesting.

>Not watching some important moment that will end debate on some subject matter.

How did life come about.

If I could choose any point in time, I'd say the end of existence. Feels Omega, man.

The coronation of George V or the congress of the Nazi Party in 1934 at Nuremberg.

>>3142100
>>3142084
Interesting choice

If possible - the very first time homo-sapiens-sapiens killed another homo-sapiens-sapiens.
In other words, the first murder of human life... see how the murderer reacts to their actions, how others react... However, im not sure such a scenario would be possible; So my other would be the burning of the Library of Alexandria (the first time), and again just to see the reaction of people.

>>3138366
The pub about 4 years ago, somebody stole my coat. I'd love to know who it was.

>>3138474
>history thread
>devolves into "lol butts"

I'd like to live during the islamic golden age.
Well before the chinks got there to ruin it, of course.

>>3142084

I'd say seeing the first real humans would be interesting. There you are, the first beings with full sentience and all around you is a crazy landscape and the only other species somewhat similar to you are monkeys.

How they lived, saw the world, and reacted to everything would be very interesting and pretty cool.

The destruction of Xanadu. Fuck knows I write about it enough allegorically, I'd like to be able to write about the real thing.

>>3138473
Okay, you see a woman push a baby from her vagina. What next?

The crucifixion might be cool, as long as you got to hang around to see what happened to the body.

>>3138401
But we already know what happened; Leo was flanked by Peter and Paul, and Attila felt a searing pain in his head and turned back
IT IS IN RAPHAEL'S "THE MEETING OF LEO THE GREAT AND ATTILA," PEOPLE

Can I go to June 16 1904 and reenact Ulysses? I guess I can just witness Joyce's fart-sex instead.

the moment nietzsche broke down

>>3142998

The battle of Verdun of course.

mr. bungle's halloween show where they pretended to be the red hot chili peppers

The defenestrations in Prague. That shit had to be hilarious.

>>3143338
You beat me to it

when scarjo lost her vcard

alternatively alisson brie

gladiator games, the lions and all that
first performance of the rite of spring
aerial view of pompeii getting buried
aztec mass sacrifice
see the hanging gardens of babylon
the minoan civilization in its' prime
walking into ed gein's home in its' prime
seeing the brazen bull and other similar devices in action

>>3143372

Not the best use of time travel ever, but I'd be tempted to watch your shonky iPhone video of the event when you posted it.

>>3138465
Uh, if I recall correctly Attila was bribed with money or power.

>>3143415
Well, time to fap.

If its one moment it would be cruicifiction.

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