Are we history?, self-explanitory Options

[glow]

i guess dere a few views of history....to me...my friends are part of my history cuz they hlped me to be who i'm, so has cb,xanga etc...

never fink i'll b part of the Great Achiving histories through...

yah..this is confusing..i know

[gigiopolis]

Ummm....no. And we're not playing an IF scenario game.

LOL, I only said scratching my arm. You want me to be more detailed? Alright. I simply scratched my arm, there's no itch. It didn't leave any scar and it didn't hurt. Matter of fact, I only lost a couple of cells.There, happy?

Getting ran over by a car, makes YOU history! MUAHAHAHAHA!

Yes, yes I was just poking fun at you. =))


But I still think that every thing we do, every person is a part of history.

[Spirited Away]

I have a history because I have memory of it and I acknowledge the fact that certain events did happened to me. Society has a history because someone remembered it/wrote it down in a book/kept records of it. The Earth has a history and we're discovering more of its history as we discover new technology to impliment them for that purpose.

IMO, history and the past are the same so long as someone kept records of the events that happened either by memory or writing.

[WhiteLotus*]

I think we are. Even though some of the things we might do may not be written down in a history book.

When people from 25 years from now read our xangas, it might be considered history though.

I dunno. I am weird and don't make much sense.

[patrick004]

Yes, yes I was just poking fun at you. =))


But I still think that every thing we do, every person is a part of history.

I gotcha

[espionage]

Whoa, lotus has a weird point.

What if the internet was regarded as history? Would our xangas be journals of past people?
Scary.

[gigiopolis]

Whoa, lotus has a weird point.

What if the internet was regarded as history? Would our xangas be journals of past people?
Scary.

It could very well...maybe some horrible thing happens in the future and all history is wiped off EXCEPT FOR THE XANGA SITE...and people go back to see what others wrote about events that happened to them firsthand.

If that's even possible...I dunno...=S But you can't always trust stuff from the internet, let alone from a personal blog site where you can write absolute crap if you wanted to.

[sikdragon]

If the records were kept we would be history but not studied history.

If you don't do things great in the eyes of the mass majority or the extremely wealthy you are not important.

[patrick004]

Whoa, lotus has a weird point.

What if the internet was regarded as history? Would our xangas be journals of past people? 
Scary.

History also has to be something of importance. Something might not be important to you but may be to somebody else. For example, a soldier writes an account about his life in Iraq. It might not be important to us but years from now, somebody will find it and it will be of interest to them.

Historal accounts....and I don't know why you'd find it scary.

[espionage]

I think it scary, because this would be the first time that future people will have access to billions of historical sources.

...If Xanga and the internet survives.

[WhiteLotus*]

I think it scary, because this would be the first time that future people will have access to billions of historical sources.

...If Xanga and the internet survives.

I think the internet will survive 25-50 years from now. Technology is so remarkable. I cant see it failing

I think that's how most of our history comes from. Written documents and periodicals.

Like diaries. Let's take Anne Frank's for example. That certianly helped us find out what life wa slike way back then.

Then we have our xangas and bloggers. It's a recording of our lives. It will be discovered, somehow. It might not be published though.

This post has been edited by WhiteLotus*: Sep 18 2004, 01:47 AM

[inthemudhole]

Yeah, we're history.

Anyone and everyone is considered history, whether or not we're recognized for it.. *Shrug* I've never really thought about it before.. until now, that is.

[sporadic]

everyone is history. If it happened, if it lived, if it was there.... And if there's proof of it.
Well
There ya go.

[Alternativemado]

Yes but if people were to look back, would ordinary people like us be history? or would people who are outstanding be history?

Would people like me and you be history? or Would people like let's say George Bush be history?

Everyone is history just because some dont make big contributions doesn't mean that they aren't part of history. Inorder ot ahve hsitory there needs to be more than one person. NOt only authority figures and important ppl make his history but each of us make our own history it may not be in history books but its still there.

[LilPiggi3]

I think we are living in events that will consider history 100 years from now...

+the California Re-call election << i heard it was the 2nd re-call to happen in 50 years??
+We got to see the new millennium '2000'
+We witness 9/11
+The Iraq war just happened before our eyes
+SARS was a big deal, thats history

[christiee_nax]

its really cool when you think about it .. we're going to be down in history books! woot! not exactly our own names but still. lol

[Smitty]

In my opinion, every single thing that happens is history. Every little thing we do might have a massive impact later down the road. For example, a butterfly can flap it's wings in China and cause a tornado in America. (I don't know if that's true, I read it in a book, just as an example). A tiny thing can mean something huge happens. Another example: Say some class bully reads this post, realizes what he's doing to one of the "losers" may cause them to become the next school shooters. And they might've.... if they kept getting picked on. But since the bully quit picking on them, they had more self esteem blah blah blah, and invented a cure for cancer or something.

So in conclusion, everything that happens is history. Thanks for reading!

[sikdragon]

Ok, well if it's history who is keeping record of it??? God of course, but if we choose to deny his love for you and existence, then no one. If God isn't taking notes then you guys are all nobodies.


sad, but true.

[sammi rules you]

tomorrow, today will be history. if we do something important enough, someone in our generation may be in history books in 50 years. everyone can be history.

[sikdragon]

the topic does not question potential, the topic poster was clearly examining our self-worth and our worth to the world and our descendants.

[sammi rules you]

the topic does not question potential, the topic poster was clearly examining our self-worth and our worth to the world and our descendants.

no she wasn't, all she asked was if we are history. that doesn't have to do with our self-worth.

[sikdragon]

The what does have to do with self-worth?

[sammi rules you]

The what does have to do with self-worth?

the what has to do with self-worth?..i dunno, good question. actually not so much since i don't see how that's grammatically correct at all. i don't even know what you were asking.

[sikdragon]

then*

[sammi rules you]

i don't know what has to do with self-worth, you're the one that said it, not me..