#1 Technology Has Evolved So Fast… We Don’t Even Know What Will Happen In The Next Few Decades!
#3 Van Gogh’s Starry Night Was Painted In The Same Year That Nintendo Was Founded
To find out more about this miscellaneous corner of Reddit known as BarbaraWalters4Scale, Bored Panda spoke with one of its moderators, ImAwomanAMA, who happily shared some insights.
The community which is now home to 50.5k members was created back in January, 2019. The moderator said that it all started when one particular meme was posted. “It showed that Martin Luther King, Anne Frank, and Barbara Walters were all born the same year, 1929.”
ImAwomanAMA recounted: “The timeline comparisons were being discussed and it was mentioned how interesting some of these concepts were, seeing as how we often see things as being in different eras (such as Martin Luther King and Anne Frank being the same age as Barbara Walters). Thus, a sub was born.”
#5 Betty Marion White Was Born In 1922; The First BMW Car Rolled Off The Line In 1928. Betty White Is The Original BMW
#6 It Took Only 66 Years Between Inventing The Airplane And Landing On The Moon
Because BarbaraWalters4Scale was born from a popular thread, there were many people who joined quickly, the mod explained. “There were many posts that have evolved more from ‘these things existed at the same time’ and now there are more of the time distance between events compared to today or other events in history,” they continued, referring to the transformation the community embraced.
#8 Hannah Stilley Gorby, Born In 1746 And Photographed In 1840, Is The Earliest-Born Person To Have Been Photographed. She Was 43 Years Old When The French Revolution Started And Was 10 When Mozart Was Born
#9 Humans And The Tyrannosaurs Rex Are Closer On The World’s Timeline Than The Tyrannosaurs Rex And The Stegosaurus
According to ImAwomanAMA, there are so many things that can fit into the concept of timeline comparisons and it allows for many intriguing posts. “For example, did you know that Abraham Lincoln never used a doorknob? The doorknob that we know didn't exist until after his death. Now you find yourself wondering, ‘what did they use to open doors and keep them shut?’"
#11 Woolly Mammoths Still Existed When The Pyramids Of Egypt Were Built. The Pyramids Were Built Around 2600 BC, While The Last Woolly Mammoths Went Extinct Around 1650 BC
#12 Mel Brooks, Born In 1926 And Still Working Today, Has Been Alive For The Entire History Of Sound Feature Films
Part of the community’s appeal has to do with the fact that time passing between events seems to be very popular or at least greatly discussed. “If you ever want to feel old, those are the way to go. There are several posts that discuss the setting in movies and what the differences would be if they were set in today's world (like which song would have been played, etc.),” the moderator explained.
#13 If Back To The Future Took Place In 2020, Marty Would Travel Back To The Year 1990. And The Song He'd Play At The Enchantment Under The Sea Dance Would Probably Be "Smells Like Teen Spirit" By Nirvana
#14 Established In 1198, The Braizen Head, The Oldest Pub In The World, Would've Been Established During The Lifetime Of Genghis Khan. If Genghis Invaded, He Could've Had A Pint Le Craic Agus Ceol
When asked about their favorite examples of timeline comparisons that have been shared on the subreddit, the moderator said that it must be the original, “the one that inspired us will be my favorite. Barbara Walters, Anne Frank, and Martin Luther King.”
“However, the others that I like are the ones where the historical figures could have seen 'this' or used 'that' because you often just don't think about how many inventions were actually brought about way sooner than we would think,” ImAwomanAMA added.
The moderator concluded by saying that “I thoroughly enjoy the community and wish I had more time to dedicate to it!”
#20 Three Candidates In The 2020 Presidential Election - Sanders, Biden, And Bloomberg - Were Born Closer To The Civil War Than To The Present
