prior to the networked home, the amount of time spent drawing and heating water was enormous
hours and hours were spent every day drawing and heating water. when women got electricity and gas to their homes they were able to join the workforce, at least until they got married. before that they were literally carrying water all day for their mom until they married and then they were carrying water all day in their new home until their kids were old enough to do it. that freed them up to heat the water and do all the cooking and laundry. just a completely foreign concept to us. the washing machine and running hot water are miracles.  Previous Message Previous Message When you wake up there are fully functional squadrons of biplanes and triplanes, tanks, motorized artillery, zeppelins that drop bombs, the destruction of central and Eastern European empires, communism controls Russia, Spanish flu. Huge amount of tech and political change and the largest pandemic since the black plague. Previous Message
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 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
- 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
- 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
- August 1939 to August 1949 would be a good one - illiniranger May 1, 2026, 11:52:08
- 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
- 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
- Hell you didn’t even mention the proliferation of cars.* - Carl Spackler May 1, 2026, 11:57:58
- 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
- anywhere from 2022-now is pretty close to the top of the list - VIV May 1, 2026, 11:14:23
- 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
- fewer
 - IlliniSax05 May 1, 2026, 11:17:21
- 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
- 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
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