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This Online Group Shares Random Timeline Comparisons That Might Mess With Your Perception Of Time
They say to put things into perspective in order to see the full picture. This corner of Reddit titled “BarbaraWalters4Scale” is doing precisely that – taking two things and comparing them in a timeline.
Some of the results from timeline comparisons range from surprising to straight-up unbelievable, and it makes you wonder how relevant time is.
The subreddit gives an example of that: “For reference: She was born in 1929. Barbara Walters is 5'5" or 1.65m.” and adds that “we don't want actual scale comparisons though, just timeline comparisons!”
I leave the stage to the community of 50.5k members, so scroll down below to see the most interesting examples they shared!
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Technology Has Evolved So Fast… We Don’t Even Know What Will Happen In The Next Few Decades!
Future some one: "My parents said the same thing about teleportation.. "
The Sacred Texts Have Resurfaced
Van Gogh’s Starry Night Was Painted In The Same Year That Nintendo Was Founded
To find out more about this miscellaneous corner of Reddit known as BarbaraWalters4Scale, Bored Panda spoke with one of its moderators, ImAwomanAMA, who happily shared some insights.
The community which is now home to 50.5k members was created back in January, 2019. The moderator said that it all started when one particular meme was posted. “It showed that Martin Luther King, Anne Frank, and Barbara Walters were all born the same year, 1929.”
ImAwomanAMA recounted: “The timeline comparisons were being discussed and it was mentioned how interesting some of these concepts were, seeing as how we often see things as being in different eras (such as Martin Luther King and Anne Frank being the same age as Barbara Walters). Thus, a sub was born.”
Harriet The Tortoise, Who Died In 2006, Had Seen Charles Darwin In Person
Betty Marion White Was Born In 1922; The First BMW Car Rolled Off The Line In 1928. Betty White Is The Original BMW
She was also born before you could buy sliced bread in grocery stores! Older than sliced bread!
It Took Only 66 Years Between Inventing The Airplane And Landing On The Moon
Because BarbaraWalters4Scale was born from a popular thread, there were many people who joined quickly, the mod explained. “There were many posts that have evolved more from ‘these things existed at the same time’ and now there are more of the time distance between events compared to today or other events in history,” they continued, referring to the transformation the community embraced.
Ra Ra Rasputin.. You Know The Rest
RA RA RASPUTIN, LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN! HE WAS A CAT THAT REALLY WAS GONE! RA RA RASPUTIN RUSSIAS GREATEST LOVE MACHINE, IT IS A SHAME HOW HE CARRIED ON!
Hannah Stilley Gorby, Born In 1746 And Photographed In 1840, Is The Earliest-Born Person To Have Been Photographed. She Was 43 Years Old When The French Revolution Started And Was 10 When Mozart Was Born
Humans And The Tyrannosaurs Rex Are Closer On The World’s Timeline Than The Tyrannosaurs Rex And The Stegosaurus
And that's why humanity should be aware that it's not even a wink in history!
According to ImAwomanAMA, there are so many things that can fit into the concept of timeline comparisons and it allows for many intriguing posts. “For example, did you know that Abraham Lincoln never used a doorknob? The doorknob that we know didn't exist until after his death. Now you find yourself wondering, ‘what did they use to open doors and keep them shut?’"
Oxford University Is Over 300 Years Older Than Machu Picchu
Woolly Mammoths Still Existed When The Pyramids Of Egypt Were Built. The Pyramids Were Built Around 2600 BC, While The Last Woolly Mammoths Went Extinct Around 1650 BC
Mel Brooks, Born In 1926 And Still Working Today, Has Been Alive For The Entire History Of Sound Feature Films
Part of the community’s appeal has to do with the fact that time passing between events seems to be very popular or at least greatly discussed. “If you ever want to feel old, those are the way to go. There are several posts that discuss the setting in movies and what the differences would be if they were set in today's world (like which song would have been played, etc.),” the moderator explained.
If Back To The Future Took Place In 2020, Marty Would Travel Back To The Year 1990. And The Song He'd Play At The Enchantment Under The Sea Dance Would Probably Be "Smells Like Teen Spirit" By Nirvana
Established In 1198, The Braizen Head, The Oldest Pub In The World, Would've Been Established During The Lifetime Of Genghis Khan. If Genghis Invaded, He Could've Had A Pint Le Craic Agus Ceol
As Humphrey Lyttleton said: "The oldest pub in Britain, a distinction it shares with only two dozen other establishments."
That's Pretty Interesting
And if you own a set of Nintendo traditional playing cards you are a legend
When asked about their favorite examples of timeline comparisons that have been shared on the subreddit, the moderator said that it must be the original, “the one that inspired us will be my favorite. Barbara Walters, Anne Frank, and Martin Luther King.”
“However, the others that I like are the ones where the historical figures could have seen 'this' or used 'that' because you often just don't think about how many inventions were actually brought about way sooner than we would think,” ImAwomanAMA added.
The moderator concluded by saying that “I thoroughly enjoy the community and wish I had more time to dedicate to it!”
The Queen Was Older Than Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mind Blown
Leonardo Da Vinci Was 40 Years Old When Columbus Found America
Cleopatra And Chick-Fil-A
Three Candidates In The 2020 Presidential Election - Sanders, Biden, And Bloomberg - Were Born Closer To The Civil War Than To The Present
George Washington Died In 1799; The First Dinosaur Fossil Was Discovered In 1824 George Washington Never Knew Dinosaurs Existed
“Grease” Was Filmed In 1978, About A High School Romance In 1958. Today, The Film Would Be About The Year 2000
Pablo Picasso Was Still Alive When ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ - Pink Floyd Was Released
The World's Oldest Person Just Turned 118 In 2021. When She Was An Infant A 110 Year Old Woman Held That Title. That Woman Was A Baby While Marie Antoinette Was Still Alive
Margaret Ann Neve lived in 3 centuries! If I live that long, it'll be the same with me, because I was born in 1995.
The Beatles Released Abbey Road In 1969, Closer To The End Of The First World War Than To The Modern Day
S**t, I was born before that. Thanks, I'll be in my sarcophagus if you need me.
A Samurai Faxing
Orville Wright, One Of The Two Inventors Of The Plane, Was Still Alive When Hiroshima And Nagasaki Were Bombed In 1945. He Died In 1948
George Orwell's "1984" Was Published In 1949. Had It Come Out In 1984, It Could Have Been Called "2019"
When it came out, it took place 35 years in the future. That future is now 35 years in the past.
Pocahontas And Shakespeare Were Alive At The Same Time
Oxford University Is Older Than The Aztec Empire
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Here's one I like to boggle people's minds with. I'm 43 now. Almost as old as my dad was when I was born. His parents were born only 30 years after the Civil War (my great-grandfather was born DURING the Civil War). They got married right after the US entry into the first world war... when my mom's mother was only a year old.
Here's one I like to boggle people's minds with. I'm 43 now. Almost as old as my dad was when I was born. His parents were born only 30 years after the Civil War (my great-grandfather was born DURING the Civil War). They got married right after the US entry into the first world war... when my mom's mother was only a year old.
