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Would you alter your timeline? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would, with mine.

My timeline is:

Born in '89 Toddler/Child in 90s Teenager in 00s' Young Adult in '10s Adult late '10s to present.

I'd want mine altered so that it'd be:

Born in '70 Toddler/Child in 70s Teenager in 80s Young Adult in 90s Adult in 00s'

And by now I'd probably be closing in on my 50s.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

i would edit my timeline to change things pertaining to my homosexuality: namely avoiding entering my marriage that doma forced me to dissolve and avoiding permanent debt in student loans that dadt forced me to take on; both were a heavy & permanent detrminents to my financial future.

i'm living your preferred alternate timeline and i can assure that things REALLY sucked for people like me so the thought of someone else desiring it blows my mind.

i think maybe i could see it if i were a little bit older so that i could have enjoyed the liberalism of the 70's; but then the hiv/aids scare would have impacted me even more than it already did.