Into the Future or into the Past

[Retro Doomer]

If for whatever Reason you got the Opportunity to travel back into the past or into the Future to a year of your choice which one would it be, and of course I am aware of the butterfly effect but lets pretend it won't exist for the sake of this Scenario also try to stay realistic and not like I travel back and become US president or something even more outlandish.
So some people say the world we currently life in sucks like hell but is moving back into the past given the choice really the better choice or should you instead travel into the Future where it may be better or 10 times worse than we already have it. Also to make it more fun you have to chose either Future or Past the the time Machine will explode in a deadly radius if you refuse--so chose carefully :)
My Answer:
I am torn apart by this question myself I would love to go back to the past maybe the 1800s for example but then there is the question would i not just be there and witness all the shit that happened back there to with other Events unfolding as they did in Reality ? so I may chose to go to the Future either because things may be better or Society collapsed and AI wiped us out or just a Social Collapse cyberpunk style or worse also I would be fascinated how things turn out and I could read all my Manga and would not have to wait for one chapter a eternity ;). Oh and yes to be precise if I would travel to the Future maybe the year 2760 I hope it would not be to far I first thought about 3000 something but I rather not.

 

[Danieru-Emanyueru]

I think I'll stay in the present.

 

[Retro Doomer]

I think I'll stay in the present.

Okay your choice

 

[Zerpina]

There was already a thread for this....

 

[Retro Doomer]

There was already a thread for this....
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You serious but I bet they had no Exploding Time Machine we can't forget about the Time Machine can we ?

 

[Rocket2049]

i just wanna have a "Save state" or manual save in real life.
like, oops, i totalled my car, nah reload save plz.
and then also save scum for better results!

 

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

go in the past and live in a jar like Diogenes (wait, i can just do that now)

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I actually like this moment on Earth we got comfy technology silly semiconductor calculators/communicators, only thing that's really bad is how violent this society is, scams are omnipresent and everything that we own got some scam, slavery and violence linked to it

i wanna see a civilization where everyone is just chill, where energy is basically unlimited and where everyone can afford personal transportation of similar capabilities as a TR-3B Black Mantra (in smaller cause that thing seem awfully large), maybe in 500 or a thousand years idk

 

[Bakuma1997]

The past, a simpler time, this time knowing about all my mistakes and try to do better

 

[bjork]

I would only go to the past to show people themselves on video from present day and be like "YOU ARE SHITTY WHEN YOU GET OLD, TRY NOT TO BE." Future, no thanks. I don't even understand the lingo kids use now, going forward any more than that and they'll shoot me for being a caveman

Today is okay for me even if it could be greatly improved upon.