The Deuce: Jesus... I totally misread this.*

You wake up after being in a coma for exactly 10 years. In what year would you be most surprised by - doubledown May 1, 2026, 11:06:13

Start the coma the day before or after the 2016 election, learn Trump is still Presidnet* - ECEIllinois May 1, 2026, 19:32:48
- bill maher would disagree.* - Ari Gold May 2, 2026, 12:30:40
Enter coma the day before the Chicxulub meteor strike* - timmer May 1, 2026, 12:50:50
someone just finished watching hard to kill* - lcubed May 1, 2026, 12:44:57
- yeah, that movie made me want to sleep for 10 years too* - Sammich May 1, 2026, 12:47:34
I think 1968 would be a hell of a shock for someone who went dark in the Eisenhower years * - larue33 May 1, 2026, 11:56:53
- Advance by a year and you pick up the moon landing* - Potomac May 2, 2026, 14:57:36
- I was thinking '73, for an American at least - Sammich May 1, 2026, 12:01:44
August 1939 to August 1949 would be a good one - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 11:52:08
- This is the timeline I was thinking - RVA May 1, 2026, 14:17:36
1909ish - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 11:31:56
- Agree. I always think of our great grandfather, born just after the Civil War to a - LeatherneckIllini May 1, 2026, 12:51:42
  - That is a crazy life* - JacobRDaugherty May 2, 2026, 8:49:59
- Moreover, Victorian dress disappeared. Women are practically naked AND WORKING JOBS.* - complainant May 1, 2026, 12:04:40
  - prior to the networked home, the amount of time spent drawing and heating water was enormous - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 12:25:16
    - I remember a PBS reality show probably 20 or so years ago, called 1900 house - DT May 1, 2026, 13:43:40
    - Who was heating water every day? Why was she heating it?* - complainant May 1, 2026, 12:41:49
      - Cooking, laundry, bathing * - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 18:11:41
        
        You forgot washing the car. - complainant May 2, 2026, 6:43:09
        
        Bathing and laundry were both pretty frequent in pre Industrial Revolution America. - illiniranger May 2, 2026, 10:10:50
        
        Oh, I see. "Every day" means once a week. That makes sense.* - complainant May 2, 2026, 12:37:40
    - Running hot water is pretty great, but have you tried squeezable grape jelly? * - doubledown May 1, 2026, 12:29:38
- Hell you didn’t even mention the proliferation of cars.* - Carl Spackler May 1, 2026, 11:57:58
  - The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. * - doubledown May 1, 2026, 12:08:15
  - it's the only way to live* - Sammich May 1, 2026, 12:01:59
- Guess I read the prompt wrong. Go into the coma in 1909 * - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 11:32:39
If you’re in Europe/North America, 1919.* - DT May 1, 2026, 11:28:56
- if I was in Europe - bbonb May 1, 2026, 11:51:03
anywhere from 2022-now is pretty close to the top of the list - VIV May 1, 2026, 11:14:23
- GD, I suck... ignore me* - uofi1998 May 1, 2026, 11:45:24
Coma starts in 1933, you wake up in 1943. - JFG May 1, 2026, 11:14:01
2011. Smart phones, wireless internet, streaming TV, HD flatscreens, 2 wars (2 less WTC towers), - Chuck Woodaby May 1, 2026, 11:13:47
- Yeah, I think going under on 9/10/2001 is the winner for years I have lived through.* - Warrin'_Illini May 1, 2026, 12:25:04
- TWO WARS?!* - Sammich May 1, 2026, 11:26:27
  - How could I forget... podcasts.* - Chuck Woodaby May 1, 2026, 11:27:34
- fewer - IlliniSax05 May 1, 2026, 11:17:21
  - #stannis* - VIV May 1, 2026, 11:18:04
- it's crazy how it didn't feel that drastic to live through (aside from 9/11, of course)* - VIV May 1, 2026, 11:15:29
  - A lot of the tech stuff was just natural upgrades like every year - assassin May 1, 2026, 11:51:45
    - Also, at least initally, those upgrades felt like things that were improving our lives - IlliniRunner May 1, 2026, 13:08:59
    - there's a very dry but influential book called the rise and fall of American growth - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 12:05:15
      - Thanks for the tip. I have now downloaded it.* - complainant May 1, 2026, 13:10:20
some time before June 2025 - Sammich May 1, 2026, 11:09:09
Wait... Trump is in office?... carry the 1... the math isn't mathing.* - uofi1998 May 1, 2026, 11:07:05
- Jesus... I totally misread this.* - uofi1998 May 1, 2026, 11:44:13

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