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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
The First Garfield Strip Was Written Closer To The Nazi Occupation Of Poland Than Today
Til Harriet Tubman Was Alive At The Same Time As Both Thomas Jefferson And Ronald Reagan
Harriet Tubman was born in 1820, 6 years before the death of Thomas Jefferson.
She passed away in 1913, 2 years after the birth of Ronald Reagan.
The Cockatoo 'Cocky' Bennett Was Born In 1796 And Lived Until 119. He Was Alive At The Same Time As George Washington And Died During Wwi
Nokia Was Founded The Same Year Lincoln Was Assassinated
Legendary Silent Film Actor Charlie Chaplin Could Have Watched The First Star Wars Film
Kurt Cobain Has Been Dead Longer Than He Was Alive. He Lived For 9907 Days, And May 20, 2021 Is The 9908th Day Since His Death On April 5, 1994
I remember seeing the announcment on Channel One at school that he died.
If Stephen King’s “Christine” Were Filmed Today, Arnie’s Evil 25-Year-Old Plymouth Coupe Would Look Like This
Abraham Lincoln Never Used A Doorknob. They Weren't Invented Until 1878, 13 Years After His Assassination
They were invented 51 years before BW was born.
Thanks I Hate Austin Powers
The Time Between The Release Of Jumanji And Today Is The Same Amount Of Time That Alan Parrish Spent Stuck Inside Of The Game
AC/DC's Historical Singer Bon Scott Was Born In 1946 And Died In 1980 When He Was 34 Years Old. Ac/Dc's Current Singer Brian Johnson Joined Them The Year Bon Scott Died: Brian Johnson Played With AC/DC For Longer Than Bon Scott Lived On The Earth
Nice Little Run From R/Politicalhumor
Real Old American West Gunslinger And Outlaw Laura Bullion Lived Long Enough That She Could've Gone To Disneyland
So you're saying that she was alive when the Van Der Linde gang disbanded, AND when Arthur Morgan died?
Picasso Was Alive When Sweet Caroline Was Released And Hopefully Jammed Out To It At Least Once
F14 Tomcats Are As Old Today As Spitfires Were In 1986
Super Mario Sunshine Is Closer In Release Date To The Original Super Mario Bros Than Today. (1985-2002, 2002-2019)
Queen Elizabeth Has Been Reigning Longer Than Barack Obama Has Been Alive
Sadly we have to change Present Perfect Continues to Past Simple now...
Nintendo Is Older Than Washington State, The Location Of It's American Headquarters
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Was Alive During The American Revolutionary War. Most People Assume That Mozart Was Way Older
When This Shark Was Born In 1628, Salem Massachusetts Was First Being Settled. Barbara Walters Was -301 Years Old
If The Simpsons Premiered Now Instead Of In 1989, Abe Simpson Would Be A Vietnam Vet Instead Of A Wwii Vet
Jeanne Calment Was Born When Ulysses S. Grant Was President And Died During Bill Clinton's Second Term
The First Episode Of Arrested Development Aired In November 2003, Closer To The Fall Of The Berlin Wall (1989) Than 2019. Barbara Walters Was 74 At The Time
That 70s Show Was Made Longer Ago Than The Difference From When It Was Set
This Man (Sylvester Magee) Was Born A Slave And Died At 130 A Few Months After Apollo 14 Was Launched
A 130? Are we sure his records just didn't get lost due to him being born a slave? Because 100 is old even for someone who had an easy, sheltered life, much less someone made to do hard labor against their will.
Kane Tanaka, B. In 1903. At Her 118 Years Old Is The Only Living Human That Was Alive Both During Kitty Hawk First Flight On Earth And Ingenuity First Flight On Mars
Hitler Died In 1945, And The Iconic Looney Tunes Cartoon Wabbit Twouvle Was Released In 1941. Therefore, It’s Possible Hitler Saw The Original Big Chungus
The Characters In Top Gun Singing Great Balls Of Fire In 1986 Is Equivalent To Singing Ice Ice Baby (1957-1986, 1990-2019)
Of all the songs which came out in 1990 they chose Ice Ice Baby for this example.
Marty Mcfly Singing Johnny B. Goode In 1955 Would Be The Equivalent Of Travelling Back In Time To 1990, And Singing I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Let That Sink In!
Thought This Belonged Here (Oc, Too)
Tu'i was a radiated tortise and was gifted to the queen of Tonga by Captain James Cook!
Sir David Attenborough Is 96, Meaning He Is Older Than The The Theory Of Natural Selection Was When He Was Born
Found A Tweet That Fits This Sub Perfectly About Video Games
Barbara Walters Is One Year Older Than This Painting
Ralph Waldo Taylor (1882-1987), The Final Survivor Of Theodore Roosevelt's Famed Rough Rider Battalion During The Spanish-American War, Lived Long Enough To Buy The First Mac Computer, Which Was Released In 1984, If He Had Wanted To
Macauley Culkin Was Born Closer To The Holocaust Than To Today, For Reference Macauley Culkin Was Born In 1980, 39 Years After The Holocaust Began In 1941 And We Are In 2022, 41 Years Since He Was Born
Betty White Was Born Closer To John Adam’s And Thomas Jefferson’s Deaths Than Today (Both Men Died On July 4th, 1826)
The Friends Episode "The One With The Birth" Aired On May 11, 1995. This Would Make Ross' Son 26 Years Old Today, The Same Age Ross Was At The Start Of The Show. Barbara Walters Was 65 When The Episode Aired
Rose Parks Died Only A Few Weeks Before The First Smosh Video Was Released
Tom Cruise Dancing To "Old Time Rock And Roll" In Risky Business Was Roughly The Equivalent Of Dancing To "Uptown Funk" Now
Bill Clinton Is The Third-Youngest Person To Ever Become President. Donald Trump Is The Oldest Person To Ever Become President. Both Were Born In 1946
If The Wedding Singer Came Out Today, It Would Take Place In 2008
I have a theory that some of these seem weird because the 2000s decades have not had much distinction between them in terms of style/art/culture etc. Decades in the 1900s were very different visually. If you showed me a common outfit from 2008 and 2022, for example, I think I'd have trouble telling which was which. Know what I mean?
Spider Man (2002) Is Now As Old As Kirsten Dunst Was At The Time Of Its Filming
The Creation Of Youtube Is Closer In Time To The 80's Than It Is To 2021
Youtube was created the 14th of february of 2005, this means 15 years, 1 month and 11 days happened between that date and the 31st of december of 1989
On the other hand, the period of time between the creation of youtube and the 1st of january of 2021 is 15 years, 10 months and 16 days long, more than 9 months longer than the period between the very last days of the 80's and the day of Youtube's creation
Smashing Pumpkins' Single "1979" Came Out In 1996. The Song Is A Nostalgic Reminiscence Of The Time Song Writer Billy Corgan Was 12 Years Old. The 2020 Equivalent Would Be Someone Releasing A Song Called "2003"
Barbara Walters Was Born 24 Years Closer To The Beginning Of The American Civil War Than Today
U.S. Civil War Veteran Albert Woolson Died In 1956, After The U2 Spy Plane Started Missions Over The U.s.s.r. And Elvis Presley Created Controversy By Shaking His Hips On T.v
Nancy Reagan Lived Long Enough To See Gangnam Style (She Died March 6, 2016)
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.
