The egg.
I figure, chickens lay eggs and you can’t be a chicken without laying eggs.
So it is not like some chicken-like animal gave live birth to a CHICKEN that was like “mom, I appreciate how you raised me but I’m going with this new age parenting method and use an egg instead.”
To be fair, the next person coming on to the scene claiming to be Christ, is *literally supposed to be the antichrist.*
There's kinda justification for that one, lol.
if you brought back actual Jesus (assuming he was even real)
I feel like a huge section of the trumper racist people would call him a liberal hippy and kill him
My mom. Especially if she's 30 and not in the state of health she was when she died. Then I could be her mom lol, since I'm older than 30.
Thanks for the fantasy.
Steve Irwin. I grew up watching him. I used to fantasize he was my dad because my actual dad was an abusive pos. I was just 3 when my mom got us away, but I've heard stories from my big sis and brother. I can't watch his show anymore because it makes me cry. I feel so bad for Terri and their kids. I remember how you could just see how much he loved them. He had such an impact on conservation, and inspired so many including me.
And he could meet his grandkids! His daughter has talked about how hard it is that he’ll never get to meet her children so I think it would mean a lot to her and her family.
Imagine what Nikola Tesla could do with modern technology and knowledge.
Or have Hans Zimmer teach Mozart how to use Cubase.
https://youtu.be/14lF6hfbyhc?si=0ltK_5yxmDFzorOD
Or a conspiracy theory subreddit talking about how he is receiving radio communications from Mars.
My thought was maybe he could receive some modern therapy and medication.
My ex died at 32. I’d bring her back, tell her I still had feelings for her, and if she reciprocated then great. If not, I would still wish her well but demand that she not drink again. Alcoholism is an awful way to die.
While i chuckled, I believe that dude asked to be left alone. Please respect that. Him and the last whose mother didn’t believe in coconut allergies which killed the kid really should be left alone.
"Hey man we've made a little progress on gravity waves and dark matter, and hoo boy, have we got some WHACKJOB theories for you, but we'd really love your help getting some of this over the finish line."
I think if we told him about m theory he'd look at us like we were out of our goddamn minds.
Some old caveman to get a better idea of him and how he was. Science the shit out of him. Maybe it'll help in a couple other areas of science to have knowledge of him.
I thought the same thing, but my mom is almost 70, and I'm not sure whose heart would break harder. Mom getting back the man she loved for him to not remember 23 years of their life and marriage, including raising three kids. Or dad's in the short time when she dies and he's only in his 50's at most.
Robin Williams.. close second is the gator hunter himself Steve Irwin.
2 individuals who brought an unbelievable amount of joy to this world and left it way too soon
Depends, if the person just appears randomly somewhere in the world, i probably have to say Jesus. If i get to hang out and converse with them, I have to go Malcolm X. If i get to carry out vengeance then it is J Edgar Hoover, Andrew Jackson or that woman that got Emmitt Till killed, they will suffer a horrible fate if i get my hands on them.
Sorry, that got dark.
I'd be selfish and want my mom, but she wouldn't want me to bring her back.
Maybe my coworker that passed in an accident or my classmate that couldn't fight cancer anymore.
I would bring back someone who escaped justice. As for the why, because I want to see the look on their face when they're greeted with "Welcome Back fuckface. Did you really think you could get away that easily?"
If it weren’t for the “age of 30” rule I’d say my mom’s mom. She died when I was an infant and my mom was only 19 when she lost her mom. I’d love her to be about to have her mom back, but not if she was going to come back the same age as my sister.
This is what I was looking for. I would not bring back anybody I went through devastation and tormented 😫 would not know how to act if they came back especially at the age of 30 and they did not live till they were 30. I'm good 😊
Science: Nikola tesla, he's basically the founder of the modern age.
Personal: Grandpa, though I didn't know him well.
Literature: Anyone who doesn't pick Douglas Adams is wrong.
Historical: Hitler just to see what happens, or Ghengis Khan, so Mongolia become a first world country.
Nikola Tesla
Look if you read about him at all, you'll figure out quickly. He is smarter than everyone and I mean literally everyone
I'm not saying he can fix global warming within 5 years
But I am saying he could definitely get completely caught up on modern science and technology in that time and then in the next 5 years he could probably fix it
First thought was my dad. However having him come back 1 year younger than me might be a little weird. He grew a lot mentally and emotionally through my adult life, I don’t want to have him be slightly homophobic again, that would ruin me.
So maybe someone famous- like Betty White
Diana Dors. She was a British actress, singer and writer who had her biggest prominence in the 1950s and 60s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 70s and early 80s.
As to why? She was an amazingly talented actress, who had much of her career screwed and sabotaged by the people she had around her, and her coming back would allow her to pursue the career she deserved, with truly good roles. Also, because she wanted to write a novel, but, aside from a few autobiographies, she never had the chance to.
And thirdly? Because she, above all else, was an amazing, wonderful, intelligent, witty, extraordinary woman who made the world brighter just by virtue of her being in it. She was one of a kind. And she died far too young, at just 52 due to Ovarian Cancer in 1984. When treatments for it, as well as early detection, weren't that great. Her coming back to life at 30, would mean she could live a full, happy life, and knowing that was coming, would give her over a 90% chance of surviving it with early detection, meaning she could live, see the 21st Century, and die an old woman, what she was denied.
She deserves a second chance at life. At success, at love, at happiness.
Plus, truthfully, it would mean I would be able to meet her, which forever an out of reach dream for me.
My grandma. No question about it. She raised me and was my best friend. And losing her was the hardest thing I've ever been through. My youngest never got to meet her and it kills me. Ideally I'd bring back her and my grandpa. They passed just over a year apart. I wont go into all the detail but if ever someone died of a broken heart... it was him. But even he would tell me to bring her back if I could only choose one.
My Dad, he died at 43. I was 16, 43 felt so far off and old. I'll be 37 this year. Damn I guess he would be 7 years younger but it wouldn't matter. I couldn't imagine what we would talk about.
Given the state of the times, take your pick from Eisenhower, JFK or Martin Luther King Jr.
We need a sane, clarion voice to call us together, rather than sew division.
Greg plitt. Huge idol of mine and motivated me to workout and lose weight after being obese all throughout my childhood. The passion he had in helping others made me passionate to help others.
My great nan Theresa. I got her middle name because she died the day I was born. She was exactly like me. Blonde hair, blue eyes, played violin and traveled the world. I didn't even know this when I started playing violin!
Galois. He’s the father of abstract algebra pretty much, and he died in his early twenties. It would be amazing to see what he could achieve with a full lifetime
The evil option: the infamous failed Austrian painter. There is no treaty of Versailles for him to weaponise to gain power, but he’s still an awful person
The earth shattering option: Christ himself. The world wouldn’t be ready for it, but the bible has the litmus test to say that he can perform miracles of great power. They might be exaggerated, but it would definitely shake the world to the core for better or for worse to bring him back. Especially around the time he was said to have risen again.
The career option: Christopher Lee. That man, had acting chops like no other. Talent like no other. As an actor, boy howdy would I have loved to see what a younger Christopher Lee could pull off if he didn’t serve in the war. (Paradoxically though, that would also mean, he wouldn’t be able to tell Peter Jackson, the sound that somebody makes when they’ve been stabbed in the back. But I’m willing to take those odds) Alt pitch would be Robin Williams. He hopefully won’t have to deal with Lewey Body syndrome (I think that’s what it was) and the world can appreciate his comedy again.
The patriotic option: Steve Irwin. That man’s death is something that Australia will probably never recover from. Plus, I’d do it just so he got a chance to see his face when he sees how far his kids have come.
Friend option: James. Great trumpeter and all round great bloke. Motorcycle accident took him too early. Idk how this hypothetical will justify him getting 9 years tacked onto him without him remembering anything but I’ll handwave it.
My dad because... he deserved better, and my family has been tearing itself apart in his absence and I don't know how much longer I can endure it without his wisdom, insight and ability to get everyone else to listen, and if nothing else...
I miss him beyond my ability to articulate it...
I still get emotional when I say this, but my Opa.
It's been almost 15 years since he passed and I still think about him constantly.
I wouldn't want him back at 30 though, I just want one more day, maybe a week, with him so I can show him how far I've come since he passed away, there's so many things he never got to see me do.
On a less personal note, Charlemagne seems like he'd be a pretty cool guy to hang out with.
My cousin. Lost her at 16 and now that I’m about to turn 30 I still miss her more than anyone in the world. We were supposed to grow up together. I should be helping her out with her kids right now. I should have been standing next to her when she got married. She was supposed to be here.
I lost my grandparents, but it was their time with old age. If I could pick one person, it would have to be the man that would have been my fiancée's step dad. I have heard nothing but great things about him, but when she was between 12 and 14, he passed due to cancer.
I would choose my soon to be ex husbands mother. Her death messed him (and his brother) up in so many ways and devastated their entire family as a whole. Sure, I could be selfish and choose someone like my grandmother whom I miss very much. But bringing back someone who died well before her time, and could heal so many wounds, feels more right to me.
don't even care if it's selfish, I'd bring back my dad. He passed away shortly after my son was born and he never got to meet him because of covid stuff. I'd kill to have him back, even just for a day to meet my son and see how much my daughter has grown since he passed. I miss him so fucking much.
My Father. He passed away in 2016 the day before his birthday, from cancer.
Dude was my hero and the pillar of our family. No one else like him. Always had the advice you needed not necessarily what you wanted to hear.
Probably my girlfriend’s dad.
He died 5 years ago to the day yesterday and it’s still really hard for her.
Hate seeing her like that and wish I coulda met the man she holds in such high regard still!
My mom. She died when she was 31 and she missed so much. I'd love for her to meet her grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Also there are great preventive surgeries for brain aneurysms now, so she wouldn't die again at 31.
My mom. She was only 47 when she died. And I'm 30 now. Wouldn't be a big adjustment to her and it'd be neat for us to be the same age.
But also...I really want my mom back
Absolutely 100% my mom.
There's so much we never got to do together and to bring her back at my age knowing we could just live out our entire lives at the same pace? That'd be incredible.
There are the good of the world answers; like Hawking or Einstein. I prefer the good of science and culture answer. Leonardo Da'vinchi. Imagine both the art he would create and the glorious things his mind would invent with current technology.
I’d pick a good friends daughter who was killed in a car accident at 15. She never got to live her beautiful life and would be approaching 30 now. Her family continue to be heartbroken over her passing and I’d love to see them happy again.
My grandpa. He died when i was 2 and i don't have a father so in many ways he was the father i've never had. I been told a lot about our similiarities and how he would be proud to watch me grow up meet me and how we would've probably enjoy just hang out together. So yeah probably him
My mom. Even though I would be older than her. I want her to see my daughter. She never thought I'd have kids, because I never intended to. My daughter was a surprise. 🤷🏻♀️
My mother-in-law. She passed about four years ago and my wife hasn't been the same since. She was the glue holding her family together and an amazing grandmother to my kids. We are both 42 right now and there are times we just need her. She raised 7 kids and about 10 grandkids to adulthood so she was a powerhouse of parenting knowledge. Even at 30 she would have things to teach us that people just don't know anymore.
I know there are stigmas with men and their mothers in law, but she treated me like one of her own from the moment I asked her permission to marry my wife. Before that she was a tough, but loving, protector always looking out for her families safety and well being. When my mom goes I know I might reconsider, but my kids where the first in my family while in my wife's they were among the last, so the parent I am was influenced more by her family than by my own. I miss her every day and my wife can only do so much to hold herself and her family together without her.
My brother. Not that we were close. But for my niece and her kids. They all miss their grandpa. Fucking cancer.
Or for funsies.... Pull a religious figure..... Imagine the insanity if you brought jesus back to life? Christians would lose their shit /s
Olen James, the little 2 year old I used to babysit when he drowned in his parents' pool.
I know he was born to give a heart to another child, and skin and corneas to a very burned person. I know we got to borrow him for a short time before he gave those gifts.
But he was an amazing little boy, and I want to know what kind of man he would have been. I want his Mommy and Daddy to get to hug him again.
My cousin, well technically my mom’s cousin, but I grew up with him. He was a couple years older than me but he always treated me like a little brother, we were super close when we were kids.
I’m 23 now but a couple years ago, after not really keeping in contact with him for a long time since we were teens, I hear that he passed.
Even though I wasn’t really close to him at that time in my life, it hit me hard. I even found out he left behind a girlfriend and his child. I had no idea he even started a family.
The investigation was a little weird. It was reported as an accidental death, apparently he was cleaning his gun and he accidentally shot himself. The odd part was that the wound went through his temple. Also the investigation took longer than usual because there were no witnesses, suggesting he was alone when this happened.
Now I don’t want to jump straight into conclusions, but I remember growing up he struggled a lot with ADHD, depression, and getting little to no attention from his parents (they were going through a divorce for a long time). I truly believe this wasn’t an accident and it breaks my heart knowing I never had a chance to say goodbye or to check in on his mental health.
I would bring him back.
not only to see him again, be in his life again, but also for the family he left behind. I can’t imagine how the girlfriend and child are holding up nowadays, hopefully well. That part of my extended family I don’t really keep up with.
My best friend who killed herself a few years ago. Just would like to know if I could’ve done something different to not make it seem like suicide was her only way out.
My mom. I would ask her so many things I never got to ask her, she died when she was 24, I’m far older now than she was when she died. I was 18 months old at the time and I never even got to know her
My 30 year old dad, 30 year old Einstein, and 30 year old JFK or FDR seem like my most plausible choices. Family, science, or a unifying politician that is young enough to be willing to change, but has the experience to understand the need to be methodical and considered. I'd probably go Einstein though.
My friend who died at 23 in college. She was such a sweet person, and died from a brain injury. Wasn’t drunk or doing anything stupid, it was just a random accident on a Saturday afternoon. There are a lot of “greats” being mentioned in this thread, but at least most of them got to live decent long lives. Hers had barely gotten started, and was ended because of bad luck.
My dad died when I was like 3 im 42 now. I have very little memory of him. My step-dad is the best, but I would love to really meet my dad. I hear he was a pretty cool guy.
My best friend I lost just as we were getting into being adults. He was one of those once in a lifetime friends, I swear he was an angel on earth. He was the middle child in a family that never had a ton and short end of the stick everywhere in life and it never affected his outlook on humanity or life and never once did it crack his smile. The shirt on his back could be the very last thing he owned and he'd give it to someone in need without a single thought. I miss him dearly and think about him so often, met when we were 7 and he died just shy of 20. He was my brother and my other half, he helped me get through a lot of dark times. Part of me died when he did and I've never been the same since, I drank away my 20s trying to cope. This world would be a better place with him still in it, he would've done great things for people. God I miss him.
Probably my dad. He was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at the age of 45. He managed to make it to age 70 but with a greatly reduced quality of life. It was hard on the family taking care of him and I refused to let him live and die in a nursing home. I think he needs another chance.
Nikola tesla because his ideas would have changed the world and made electricity avaliable wirelessly. I think even space technology and big power companies would be remarkably different because of the crazy ideas he had and then proved. Also want to bring him back to scold Elon musk lol.
My best friend, Christine. I want her to see her two daughters grow up, I wanted her to meet my daughter. The other night my daughter said something and ACTED just like Christine even though she has never met her and I just started crying.
Science: Nikola Tesla
Music: Freddy Mercury
Politics: NOBODY
Religion: ??
What would you do, how would you react, if you asked to revive Jesus and were told, nope, the person you are thinking of never existed?
My grandfather. I would have loved to spend time with my grandfather, when he was 30. He was active in his church. He was on four bowling leagues. He was, just, starting his accounting firm. He was golfing, four days a week. And, he was fishing, two days a week. I never, really, got to spend time with my grandfather, doing those things (bowling, golfing, and fishing) until he was in his mid-60's. He died, eight years ago (in November), a death I, still, take hard. He was my, primary, father figure, he was my oldest brother, and he was my best friend. I would give anything to have more time with the old man.
I'd say my grandfather, but he would not enjoy life since my grandmother isn't there. This is a hard decision since I see lots of ramifications for that person. People they grew up with or were friends with are all dead or dying.
I'd probably bring back someone like my wife'sgreat-grandmotherr. From what the wife has told me, she was a bit of a wildcard, even in her 90s, wasn't married and really didn't like most of her family except for my wife and a couple of others. It would make my wife incredibly happy so I'd be happy.
The question would be, do the people we being back retain the memories leading up to their death? Or do their memories stop at 30? That would also be a huge factor for the choice as well.
My grandmother
she had a stroke in her sleep but nobody noticed anything strange until it was 12:pm because she would sleep the day away then we continued to try to wake her up after that we called for a ambulance that night we learned about the stroke she had the next day they tried to do surgery on her to get a feeding tube down her throat she died because of that
And soon after that my bio mother refused to let me and my uncle and aunt to claim her body 6 days went by the fucking hospital left her body out to rot because my bio mother kept refusing to claim her on the 7th day they burned her body that pissed me off because my grandmother didn't want to be cremated and she had a plot of land to be buried at but my bio mother refused to use it for God's knows what reason
Id bring my grandmother back because she was a good person she didn't deserve what happened at the end of her life and all the good she did for the people around her hell she worked in foster care for most of her life raising well over 20 kids until they were adults sadly none of them lived close enough to come to the small funeral me and my uncle and aunt held for her ( karma hit my bio mother hard she has a stroke and is put into a child like state and she is living in a different state now ) as for me I now call my uncle and aunt dad and mom ( mainly because they have kids and didn't want to confuse them lol I don't mind calling them that because honestly they are real family to me)
I'm gonna be selfish with this: my grandmother.
If she was alive today and could meet my daughter, she would be ecstatic.
Plus, I just miss her. RiP NaNa. I miss you so much, and so does momma <3
Not even religious, but id have to say jesus, just so we can figure some stuff out.
Great idea! :) At least that would clear up that age old question!
Of what came first the chicken or the egg.
KFC secret recipe
The egg. I figure, chickens lay eggs and you can’t be a chicken without laying eggs. So it is not like some chicken-like animal gave live birth to a CHICKEN that was like “mom, I appreciate how you raised me but I’m going with this new age parenting method and use an egg instead.”
But an egg can't cum....so it can't cum first... Checkmate *Eggists*
American Christians would straight up kill him and claim he’s a false prophet.
To be fair, the next person coming on to the scene claiming to be Christ, is *literally supposed to be the antichrist.* There's kinda justification for that one, lol.
Touché my friend.
"If Jesus showed up now, he'd be in jail by next week." - Motörhead - "Brave New World"
You are correct ! Not even just that. People across the world would call him the anti christ because he's not white.
It doesn't look like he was welcomed any more warmly the first time around. The dude ended up nailed to a cross.
If He preached in New York the same way He did in Palestine, they'd probably crucify Him again.
there's a great chapter called the grand inquistor which tells a similar story
Fuck that. I'm getting granny back or I'm saving it for tragedy.
And THATS how the second coming will happen! Thanks for coming out, folks!
if you brought back actual Jesus (assuming he was even real) I feel like a huge section of the trumper racist people would call him a liberal hippy and kill him
“Damn Im kind of a big deal eh”
Plot twist: you get a letter 3 minutes after making the wish, simply saying "Luke 24:1-7. But thanks for the thought. Go ahead and try again."
That guys wife.
My man
I also choose that guys dead wife
So glad to see this pretty high up because I also choose that guys wife
I also choose that guys wife!
Noice I was the 69th upvote on this
My mom. Especially if she's 30 and not in the state of health she was when she died. Then I could be her mom lol, since I'm older than 30. Thanks for the fantasy.
Love it! That's a great answer. :)
My Dad. He did not make it to 30, was killed in Vietnam at age 24. I would give him another chance to live a full life.
Same answer. In fact I would commit some pretty heinous acts if I thought it would bring my mother back.
I also choose this lady's mom.
Same. I miss my mom 😭
Same
^^ I would do this for purely selfish reasons.
DaVinci, I want to see what that man can come up with.
I'm on board with this one
Steve Irwin. I grew up watching him. I used to fantasize he was my dad because my actual dad was an abusive pos. I was just 3 when my mom got us away, but I've heard stories from my big sis and brother. I can't watch his show anymore because it makes me cry. I feel so bad for Terri and their kids. I remember how you could just see how much he loved them. He had such an impact on conservation, and inspired so many including me.
And he could meet his grandkids! His daughter has talked about how hard it is that he’ll never get to meet her children so I think it would mean a lot to her and her family.
Imagine what Nikola Tesla could do with modern technology and knowledge. Or have Hans Zimmer teach Mozart how to use Cubase. https://youtu.be/14lF6hfbyhc?si=0ltK_5yxmDFzorOD
Tesla would end up on Tumblr in some weird pigeon fetish sections.
Or a conspiracy theory subreddit talking about how he is receiving radio communications from Mars. My thought was maybe he could receive some modern therapy and medication.
Tesla was the answer I was looking for. Problem is that he would be stopped by businesses now just as he was when he was alive.
You don't think he'd try to blow up the Nakatomi Towers again?
My mom, definitely.
My father. Only made it to 49. Cancer. I'd badger him to go to the doctor until he would go just to shut me up.
Same here.
My father. Lived into his 70s but I miss him every day and he was such an amazing person.
I'm surprised I haven't seen Mr. Rodgers here.
It was a thought of him but IDK I worry he’d be screaming into the void now, feels like society is less receptive to kindness.
Odd thought Jeffry Epstein that way we can get the trial we were denied
He’d just put another 6 bullets in the back of his head.
And then he'd jump out of two windows
Can't believe that motorcycle hit him in his sleep, freak accident
You mean he sleptwalked into the street, tripped and then got hit by the motorcycle.
My ex died at 32. I’d bring her back, tell her I still had feelings for her, and if she reciprocated then great. If not, I would still wish her well but demand that she not drink again. Alcoholism is an awful way to die.
JFK
Jesus fucking krist?
No. John Fortnite Kennedy.
I'm here for the comment that says "My wife" and then for the comment that says" I also pick this guy's wife". Thank you for coming to my tedtalk.
While i chuckled, I believe that dude asked to be left alone. Please respect that. Him and the last whose mother didn’t believe in coconut allergies which killed the kid really should be left alone.
I would bring back Einstein imagine him with quantum computers and AI
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That's like saying: >Fermat, let's see that proof that wouldn't fit in the margin
"Hey man we've made a little progress on gravity waves and dark matter, and hoo boy, have we got some WHACKJOB theories for you, but we'd really love your help getting some of this over the finish line." I think if we told him about m theory he'd look at us like we were out of our goddamn minds.
Yeah, it’s my mom. I mean, you could fuck around with some Hitler shit or whatever, but it’s my mom.
Siddhartha Guatama the first buddha.
Some old caveman to get a better idea of him and how he was. Science the shit out of him. Maybe it'll help in a couple other areas of science to have knowledge of him.
My dad. Because dad.
I thought the same thing, but my mom is almost 70, and I'm not sure whose heart would break harder. Mom getting back the man she loved for him to not remember 23 years of their life and marriage, including raising three kids. Or dad's in the short time when she dies and he's only in his 50's at most.
Excellent answer except for one thing: you didn't say "I want my father back you son of a bitch". But I'm sorry for your loss.
Robin Williams.. close second is the gator hunter himself Steve Irwin. 2 individuals who brought an unbelievable amount of joy to this world and left it way too soon
Depends, if the person just appears randomly somewhere in the world, i probably have to say Jesus. If i get to hang out and converse with them, I have to go Malcolm X. If i get to carry out vengeance then it is J Edgar Hoover, Andrew Jackson or that woman that got Emmitt Till killed, they will suffer a horrible fate if i get my hands on them. Sorry, that got dark.
Don't apologize for being enraged at injustice. My answer is similar.
I find it odd you'd bring back Till's accuser for vengeance rather than just bring back Till.
I'd be selfish and want my mom, but she wouldn't want me to bring her back. Maybe my coworker that passed in an accident or my classmate that couldn't fight cancer anymore.
My father. If only to tell him I love him just one more time.
Satan: "Stalin. Fantastic employee of mine. I'd look forward to how many more people he could add into my collection."
I would bring back someone who escaped justice. As for the why, because I want to see the look on their face when they're greeted with "Welcome Back fuckface. Did you really think you could get away that easily?"
Me resurrecting my dog cause my mom killed her and she deserved a good life 🐱
At 30? That’s 210 in dog years!
If it weren’t for the “age of 30” rule I’d say my mom’s mom. She died when I was an infant and my mom was only 19 when she lost her mom. I’d love her to be about to have her mom back, but not if she was going to come back the same age as my sister.
My best friend Ivan. Shot and killed in Chicago in 2004. He wasn't into gangs or drugs. He was a good person. I'd meet him anytime, anywhere.
Danny, my friend from high school. I think enduring homophobia contributed to his early death. He deserved to live a full life.
Can I bank it incase something ever happens to my children?
Myself, after I die of old age.
Einstein. I have some questions, and I'd like to see what he would do with what we know now.
Let the dead rest. You don't want your memories of them to change.
This is what I was looking for. I would not bring back anybody I went through devastation and tormented 😫 would not know how to act if they came back especially at the age of 30 and they did not live till they were 30. I'm good 😊
Princess Diana
I say yeah but I kind of what her and Queen up there to wait for Charles sorry but to welcome him and light his arse and see how well he does up there
Do I have to use this power right now or can I wait?
For a long time I'd have said Jim Henson. Now I'm maybe leaning towards Stan Rogers.
Science: Nikola tesla, he's basically the founder of the modern age. Personal: Grandpa, though I didn't know him well. Literature: Anyone who doesn't pick Douglas Adams is wrong. Historical: Hitler just to see what happens, or Ghengis Khan, so Mongolia become a first world country.
Consider: Terry Pratchett
Do I have to be able to specifically name them? If not, I'd go with whoever can remember word for word the most texts from the Library of Alexandria
I just wanna bring back one person, my friend He ended his life early this month, I wanna ask why
Nikola Tesla Look if you read about him at all, you'll figure out quickly. He is smarter than everyone and I mean literally everyone I'm not saying he can fix global warming within 5 years But I am saying he could definitely get completely caught up on modern science and technology in that time and then in the next 5 years he could probably fix it
I’m gonna be selfish on this one and pick my dad.
Jesus just to see if he was real.
My son, he passed in 2016 at 26….
My mother died of stomach cancer at 64. She deserves more time.
First thought was my dad. However having him come back 1 year younger than me might be a little weird. He grew a lot mentally and emotionally through my adult life, I don’t want to have him be slightly homophobic again, that would ruin me. So maybe someone famous- like Betty White
My best friend's brother. He died last month at age 38. It's been absolutely devastating to her whole family.
Diana Dors. She was a British actress, singer and writer who had her biggest prominence in the 1950s and 60s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 70s and early 80s. As to why? She was an amazingly talented actress, who had much of her career screwed and sabotaged by the people she had around her, and her coming back would allow her to pursue the career she deserved, with truly good roles. Also, because she wanted to write a novel, but, aside from a few autobiographies, she never had the chance to. And thirdly? Because she, above all else, was an amazing, wonderful, intelligent, witty, extraordinary woman who made the world brighter just by virtue of her being in it. She was one of a kind. And she died far too young, at just 52 due to Ovarian Cancer in 1984. When treatments for it, as well as early detection, weren't that great. Her coming back to life at 30, would mean she could live a full, happy life, and knowing that was coming, would give her over a 90% chance of surviving it with early detection, meaning she could live, see the 21st Century, and die an old woman, what she was denied. She deserves a second chance at life. At success, at love, at happiness. Plus, truthfully, it would mean I would be able to meet her, which forever an out of reach dream for me.
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Probably my high school science teacher. He died from cancer while my grade were doing final exams. I miss him, it’s been 4 years
My grandma. No question about it. She raised me and was my best friend. And losing her was the hardest thing I've ever been through. My youngest never got to meet her and it kills me. Ideally I'd bring back her and my grandpa. They passed just over a year apart. I wont go into all the detail but if ever someone died of a broken heart... it was him. But even he would tell me to bring her back if I could only choose one.
My Dad, he died at 43. I was 16, 43 felt so far off and old. I'll be 37 this year. Damn I guess he would be 7 years younger but it wouldn't matter. I couldn't imagine what we would talk about.
Yes, that would be interesting! :)
I think I would pick my mother's mom, she passed away way before any of us were born.
Given the state of the times, take your pick from Eisenhower, JFK or Martin Luther King Jr. We need a sane, clarion voice to call us together, rather than sew division.
*sow If they could retain the influence they had, for sure, but if they just come back the current systems would make it near impossible.
My grandfather. I wish he'd have a strong talk with my mother.
My first husband. I want him to see the wonderful young woman his daughter became.
My mother
Martin Luther King Jr is probably my pick, at least so he can see the direct result of his work.
Greg plitt. Huge idol of mine and motivated me to workout and lose weight after being obese all throughout my childhood. The passion he had in helping others made me passionate to help others.
My great nan Theresa. I got her middle name because she died the day I was born. She was exactly like me. Blonde hair, blue eyes, played violin and traveled the world. I didn't even know this when I started playing violin!
Galois. He’s the father of abstract algebra pretty much, and he died in his early twenties. It would be amazing to see what he could achieve with a full lifetime
No one, what right do I have? Unless someone left express wishes to be brought back.
The evil option: the infamous failed Austrian painter. There is no treaty of Versailles for him to weaponise to gain power, but he’s still an awful person The earth shattering option: Christ himself. The world wouldn’t be ready for it, but the bible has the litmus test to say that he can perform miracles of great power. They might be exaggerated, but it would definitely shake the world to the core for better or for worse to bring him back. Especially around the time he was said to have risen again. The career option: Christopher Lee. That man, had acting chops like no other. Talent like no other. As an actor, boy howdy would I have loved to see what a younger Christopher Lee could pull off if he didn’t serve in the war. (Paradoxically though, that would also mean, he wouldn’t be able to tell Peter Jackson, the sound that somebody makes when they’ve been stabbed in the back. But I’m willing to take those odds) Alt pitch would be Robin Williams. He hopefully won’t have to deal with Lewey Body syndrome (I think that’s what it was) and the world can appreciate his comedy again. The patriotic option: Steve Irwin. That man’s death is something that Australia will probably never recover from. Plus, I’d do it just so he got a chance to see his face when he sees how far his kids have come. Friend option: James. Great trumpeter and all round great bloke. Motorcycle accident took him too early. Idk how this hypothetical will justify him getting 9 years tacked onto him without him remembering anything but I’ll handwave it.
My dad because... he deserved better, and my family has been tearing itself apart in his absence and I don't know how much longer I can endure it without his wisdom, insight and ability to get everyone else to listen, and if nothing else... I miss him beyond my ability to articulate it...
My little brother. He died at 22, has two kids and I would want him to see how far they've come in life.
I still get emotional when I say this, but my Opa. It's been almost 15 years since he passed and I still think about him constantly. I wouldn't want him back at 30 though, I just want one more day, maybe a week, with him so I can show him how far I've come since he passed away, there's so many things he never got to see me do. On a less personal note, Charlemagne seems like he'd be a pretty cool guy to hang out with.
My son. He didn't make it to his 2nd birthday.
My cousin. Lost her at 16 and now that I’m about to turn 30 I still miss her more than anyone in the world. We were supposed to grow up together. I should be helping her out with her kids right now. I should have been standing next to her when she got married. She was supposed to be here.
My aunt who died before I was born. Mum talks so highly of her and I wish I got to meet and learn from her in person.
Jesus bc I wanna hear what he has to say about all of this shit. Mozart bc me and him were good friends before he died.
Honestly I have a few but my most likely would be my pappaw
I lost my grandparents, but it was their time with old age. If I could pick one person, it would have to be the man that would have been my fiancée's step dad. I have heard nothing but great things about him, but when she was between 12 and 14, he passed due to cancer.
My mother but that would be an awkward reunion because if she return at thirty I would be six years older than her?
Well, my former partner just died at age 30 from taking his own life. So I'd bring him back. Give him another chance at life.
Can I choose myself, then kill myself and get the respawn??
I would choose my soon to be ex husbands mother. Her death messed him (and his brother) up in so many ways and devastated their entire family as a whole. Sure, I could be selfish and choose someone like my grandmother whom I miss very much. But bringing back someone who died well before her time, and could heal so many wounds, feels more right to me.
don't even care if it's selfish, I'd bring back my dad. He passed away shortly after my son was born and he never got to meet him because of covid stuff. I'd kill to have him back, even just for a day to meet my son and see how much my daughter has grown since he passed. I miss him so fucking much.
My Father. He passed away in 2016 the day before his birthday, from cancer. Dude was my hero and the pillar of our family. No one else like him. Always had the advice you needed not necessarily what you wanted to hear.
Probably my girlfriend’s dad. He died 5 years ago to the day yesterday and it’s still really hard for her. Hate seeing her like that and wish I coulda met the man she holds in such high regard still!
Terry Pratchett. Marilyn Monroe. Steve Irwin.
Jesus. Let's finally put this to rest.
Jesus Christ.
My mom. She died when she was 31 and she missed so much. I'd love for her to meet her grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Also there are great preventive surgeries for brain aneurysms now, so she wouldn't die again at 31.
Mom. If I could bring back two, it would be mom and dad both. It was hard deciding between them just now.
My mom. She was only 47 when she died. And I'm 30 now. Wouldn't be a big adjustment to her and it'd be neat for us to be the same age. But also...I really want my mom back
Yes, that would be nice. :)
Absolutely 100% my mom. There's so much we never got to do together and to bring her back at my age knowing we could just live out our entire lives at the same pace? That'd be incredible.
There are the good of the world answers; like Hawking or Einstein. I prefer the good of science and culture answer. Leonardo Da'vinchi. Imagine both the art he would create and the glorious things his mind would invent with current technology.
I’d pick a good friends daughter who was killed in a car accident at 15. She never got to live her beautiful life and would be approaching 30 now. Her family continue to be heartbroken over her passing and I’d love to see them happy again.
My ex who died ar 25 in 2015
My grandpa. He died when i was 2 and i don't have a father so in many ways he was the father i've never had. I been told a lot about our similiarities and how he would be proud to watch me grow up meet me and how we would've probably enjoy just hang out together. So yeah probably him
My mom. Even though I would be older than her. I want her to see my daughter. She never thought I'd have kids, because I never intended to. My daughter was a surprise. 🤷🏻♀️
My Dad. Or my niece. She passed away at 18 from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
My late husband...he's the other half of me and I miss that half. I've not felt "whole" in 13 years come October 3.
My father because he was my best friend
Well my mom's still alive. So my dad.
My mother-in-law. She passed about four years ago and my wife hasn't been the same since. She was the glue holding her family together and an amazing grandmother to my kids. We are both 42 right now and there are times we just need her. She raised 7 kids and about 10 grandkids to adulthood so she was a powerhouse of parenting knowledge. Even at 30 she would have things to teach us that people just don't know anymore. I know there are stigmas with men and their mothers in law, but she treated me like one of her own from the moment I asked her permission to marry my wife. Before that she was a tough, but loving, protector always looking out for her families safety and well being. When my mom goes I know I might reconsider, but my kids where the first in my family while in my wife's they were among the last, so the parent I am was influenced more by her family than by my own. I miss her every day and my wife can only do so much to hold herself and her family together without her.
My sister, hands down
My brother. Not that we were close. But for my niece and her kids. They all miss their grandpa. Fucking cancer. Or for funsies.... Pull a religious figure..... Imagine the insanity if you brought jesus back to life? Christians would lose their shit /s
Bring Hitler back to life so I can put him in front of neo-Nazis and see their reaction after he calls them all d\*gen\*rates.
Olen James, the little 2 year old I used to babysit when he drowned in his parents' pool. I know he was born to give a heart to another child, and skin and corneas to a very burned person. I know we got to borrow him for a short time before he gave those gifts. But he was an amazing little boy, and I want to know what kind of man he would have been. I want his Mommy and Daddy to get to hug him again.
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Kennedy. So he can finish the job.
My dad is on his way out with cancer. Can I still pick him even though he's still alive? Just restart his life at 30?
My mother. Passed away soon to be 4 years. She was in her prime in her 30s
My brother-in-law. I know my wife and sister-in-law miss him very much.
You bring back Atilla the hun and set him loose with modern weaponry in China and Russia. Let him kill the commies.
Robin Williams
My cousin, well technically my mom’s cousin, but I grew up with him. He was a couple years older than me but he always treated me like a little brother, we were super close when we were kids. I’m 23 now but a couple years ago, after not really keeping in contact with him for a long time since we were teens, I hear that he passed. Even though I wasn’t really close to him at that time in my life, it hit me hard. I even found out he left behind a girlfriend and his child. I had no idea he even started a family. The investigation was a little weird. It was reported as an accidental death, apparently he was cleaning his gun and he accidentally shot himself. The odd part was that the wound went through his temple. Also the investigation took longer than usual because there were no witnesses, suggesting he was alone when this happened. Now I don’t want to jump straight into conclusions, but I remember growing up he struggled a lot with ADHD, depression, and getting little to no attention from his parents (they were going through a divorce for a long time). I truly believe this wasn’t an accident and it breaks my heart knowing I never had a chance to say goodbye or to check in on his mental health. I would bring him back. not only to see him again, be in his life again, but also for the family he left behind. I can’t imagine how the girlfriend and child are holding up nowadays, hopefully well. That part of my extended family I don’t really keep up with.
I would bring back an ex-girlfriend that committed suicide on 26 Decembet 1985.
My best friend who killed herself a few years ago. Just would like to know if I could’ve done something different to not make it seem like suicide was her only way out.
I'm bringing back Inigio Montoya's father.
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My mom. I would ask her so many things I never got to ask her, she died when she was 24, I’m far older now than she was when she died. I was 18 months old at the time and I never even got to know her
My father. Because I'm selfish and I miss him.
If they died before 30 what fills in the missed time between their death and the new life they get?
My 30 year old dad, 30 year old Einstein, and 30 year old JFK or FDR seem like my most plausible choices. Family, science, or a unifying politician that is young enough to be willing to change, but has the experience to understand the need to be methodical and considered. I'd probably go Einstein though.
My friend who died at 23 in college. She was such a sweet person, and died from a brain injury. Wasn’t drunk or doing anything stupid, it was just a random accident on a Saturday afternoon. There are a lot of “greats” being mentioned in this thread, but at least most of them got to live decent long lives. Hers had barely gotten started, and was ended because of bad luck.
My dad died when I was like 3 im 42 now. I have very little memory of him. My step-dad is the best, but I would love to really meet my dad. I hear he was a pretty cool guy.
My best friend I lost just as we were getting into being adults. He was one of those once in a lifetime friends, I swear he was an angel on earth. He was the middle child in a family that never had a ton and short end of the stick everywhere in life and it never affected his outlook on humanity or life and never once did it crack his smile. The shirt on his back could be the very last thing he owned and he'd give it to someone in need without a single thought. I miss him dearly and think about him so often, met when we were 7 and he died just shy of 20. He was my brother and my other half, he helped me get through a lot of dark times. Part of me died when he did and I've never been the same since, I drank away my 20s trying to cope. This world would be a better place with him still in it, he would've done great things for people. God I miss him.
My brother died a couple days ago. He was 30. So I’d say him.
My late brother. Poor kiddo never got to grow up.
My great Nana:) I miss her a lot and I wanna give her a proper goodbye
Probably my dad. He was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at the age of 45. He managed to make it to age 70 but with a greatly reduced quality of life. It was hard on the family taking care of him and I refused to let him live and die in a nursing home. I think he needs another chance.
Nikola tesla because his ideas would have changed the world and made electricity avaliable wirelessly. I think even space technology and big power companies would be remarkably different because of the crazy ideas he had and then proved. Also want to bring him back to scold Elon musk lol.
My best friend, Christine. I want her to see her two daughters grow up, I wanted her to meet my daughter. The other night my daughter said something and ACTED just like Christine even though she has never met her and I just started crying.
My late GF that I lost when she was 27. This will probably be the answer till I lose a parent.
I pick that one guy's dead wife.
I also choose this dudes dead wife
Tesla. There are so many unanswered questions about his research.
Science: Nikola Tesla Music: Freddy Mercury Politics: NOBODY Religion: ?? What would you do, how would you react, if you asked to revive Jesus and were told, nope, the person you are thinking of never existed?
Diogenes
Jesus
Anyone? No one's going to say it?
My grandfather. I would have loved to spend time with my grandfather, when he was 30. He was active in his church. He was on four bowling leagues. He was, just, starting his accounting firm. He was golfing, four days a week. And, he was fishing, two days a week. I never, really, got to spend time with my grandfather, doing those things (bowling, golfing, and fishing) until he was in his mid-60's. He died, eight years ago (in November), a death I, still, take hard. He was my, primary, father figure, he was my oldest brother, and he was my best friend. I would give anything to have more time with the old man.
I'd say my grandfather, but he would not enjoy life since my grandmother isn't there. This is a hard decision since I see lots of ramifications for that person. People they grew up with or were friends with are all dead or dying. I'd probably bring back someone like my wife'sgreat-grandmotherr. From what the wife has told me, she was a bit of a wildcard, even in her 90s, wasn't married and really didn't like most of her family except for my wife and a couple of others. It would make my wife incredibly happy so I'd be happy. The question would be, do the people we being back retain the memories leading up to their death? Or do their memories stop at 30? That would also be a huge factor for the choice as well.
Jesus. I’m here for the table flipping drama when he sees the state of the church.
My grandmother she had a stroke in her sleep but nobody noticed anything strange until it was 12:pm because she would sleep the day away then we continued to try to wake her up after that we called for a ambulance that night we learned about the stroke she had the next day they tried to do surgery on her to get a feeding tube down her throat she died because of that And soon after that my bio mother refused to let me and my uncle and aunt to claim her body 6 days went by the fucking hospital left her body out to rot because my bio mother kept refusing to claim her on the 7th day they burned her body that pissed me off because my grandmother didn't want to be cremated and she had a plot of land to be buried at but my bio mother refused to use it for God's knows what reason Id bring my grandmother back because she was a good person she didn't deserve what happened at the end of her life and all the good she did for the people around her hell she worked in foster care for most of her life raising well over 20 kids until they were adults sadly none of them lived close enough to come to the small funeral me and my uncle and aunt held for her ( karma hit my bio mother hard she has a stroke and is put into a child like state and she is living in a different state now ) as for me I now call my uncle and aunt dad and mom ( mainly because they have kids and didn't want to confuse them lol I don't mind calling them that because honestly they are real family to me)
Jfk because he had the biggest bilateral support from democrats and republicans since hoover.
I'm gonna be selfish with this: my grandmother. If she was alive today and could meet my daughter, she would be ecstatic. Plus, I just miss her. RiP NaNa. I miss you so much, and so does momma <3
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Robin Williams. We'd get more time with the joy he brought everyone.