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    JForrestQ

    3 years ago

    I'd rather be Socrates than Miley Cyrus.

    • 42

      Rocketman36

      10 months ago

      Or you could be Hitler instead of being Bill Murray

    • 6

      Jeremy

      9 months ago

      Why, he's dead.

    • 11

      paintpuff

      9 months ago

      or van gogh, who was treated like shit everywhere, but created beauty or james cameron, known worldwide for stunning films. why'd you have to look on the bad side. i mean really.

    • 2

      Wouter de Maijer

      9 months ago

      I know what Im capable off (blue ppl)

    • 8

      James

      5 months ago

      I can't get paid in the after-life.

    • 0

      Xerun

      4 months ago

      If I go down in history books its given that I was famous in my lifetime.

    • 1

      maxwell1981

      4 months ago

      Or you could be Galileo instead of Justin Bieber.

  • 19

    Rahma Anderson

    9 months ago

    “...they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.” - Banksy

  • 8

    GareBear

    2 years ago

    Being remembered forever is pretty much the goal of my life. What's the point if you're just going to be forgotten once you die? Screw that, I'm going to go down in the history books.

    • 3

      Jake

      9 months ago

      Whats the point in being remembered? What will it accomplish? All it means is that when you no longer exist, an name will be remembered, you will know nothing about it, it will be as if you were forgotten to you.

    • 0

      abarnybox

      3 months ago

      What you're saying is that without other people's approval your life has no worth...that's depressing

  • 5

    Demon1981

    1 year ago

    I dont care what happens after I die

  • 5

    xereeto

    1 year ago

    I don't give a damn about what happens on Earth when I'm DEAD

  • 4

    Nathan

    6 months ago

    whats the point of being famous when you're dead?

  • 5

    warface363

    2 years ago

    well, it never said that it would be the GOOD famous or history, everyone just assumed. it could be bad as well. do YOU want to be remembered in the history books as the man/woman who led a crusade to wipe all people of one color from the face of the earth? or began world war 3?

  • 4

    TheDoctor

    10 months ago

    I'm a time traveler, i can do both

  • 5

    kentonh

    3 years ago

    Knowing is half the battle.

  • 4

    SAUCY SCOTSMAN

    11 months ago

    What's the point of being famous if you can't reap the benefits?

  • 1

    Jack Elliot

    2 weeks ago

    heroes get remembered but legends never die.

  • 3

    kyliecarefree

    1 year ago

    Who cares about fame when you're dead?

    • 2

      Crissy

      1 year ago

      Tell that to Elvis Presley or any other famous people who are dead, but still very popular today

    • 4

      Jake

      9 months ago

      Crissy, that's the point, they can't give a shit, they're dead.

    • 0

      Jason Doherty

      6 months ago

      Ye crissy ill tell all the DEAD famous people

  • 2

    Conrad

    8 months ago

    lol after im dead i dont really care what people think

  • 2

    Jeremy

    9 months ago

    I don't give a shit what people think of me when I'm dead. Let me be famous and rich now.

  • 1

    Divinity

    2 months ago

    HITLER NAPOLEON STALIN ..WE IS DONE ....OH AND JESUS MOTHERFUCKING CHRIST BITCHES O:

  • 2

    jessica

    1 year ago

    being famous in this generation would be rubbish. i'd hate to be followed around.

  • 0

    NietTheSecond

    2 days ago

    Just a question, but how could be go down in the "History books" and NOT be famous as well in this lifetime...?

  • 2

    7r3v0r13

    1 year ago

    People pay more attention to lady gaga then George Washington

  • 2

    CptHomer

    1 year ago

    You only live approx 74 years, and then completely erased from history books. Noone will ever know that you existed or if you did anything good. Or you could live a normal life and have done something worth being remembered for. Just look at Miley Cyrus - who gives a fuck about her when she's dead? Then look at Nelson Mandela.

  • 0

    Mikayla

    6 days ago

    I'd rather live the fame (and usually fortune) and have my fleeting moment of popculture, than have kids unhappily be forced to learn about me in school.

  • 0

    gmixer

    1 week ago

    I might have been like Hitler if this actually happened... but at least people would teach about me!

  • 0

    Darth Vader

    1 week ago

    I already went down in history... As the destroyer of princes Leia's home planet. B*tch

  • 0

    daniel

    2 weeks ago

    famous

  • 1

    Unicyclist

    5 months ago

    justin bieber will be forgotten in 10 years, but christopher columbus will be immortal

  • 1

    Anna Step

    6 months ago

    You obviously have to do something really famous to go down in the history books:)

  • 0

    wassboss

    2 weeks ago

    Who says I can't do both.

  • 1

    i luv taylor swift

    7 months ago

    Yolo:)

  • 1

    i luv taylor swift

    7 months ago

    Yolo:)

    • 0

      Jason Doherty

      6 months ago

      /\Gayest fag ever "yolo" is "only loser obey yolo" and once again fag /\

  • 1

    i luv taylor swift

    7 months ago

    Yolo:)

  • 0

    Johan Nygaard Vinther

    4 weeks ago

    You die twice: When you die, and the last time someone says your name.

  • 0

    N3VVRmiNd

    4 weeks ago

    History is boring. Pop culture is fun. WHy be remembered when you're dead? It won't matter anymore than the present...

  • 0

    Kuusou

    1 month ago

    Being remembered is fairly useless. But being famous would give me opportunities within this lifetime that most people would never experience.

  • 1

    VSpartan

    11 months ago

    Picked history books. Never liked history, but I respect 80% of the people in those books and so many have learned and bettered themselves based on those people. Being famous now... what good has Hollywood ever done us aside from The Avengers and Iron Man?

  • 1

    overtherainbow

    1 year ago

    You could be an amazing scientist, politician, philosopher, etc.

  • 0

    Desta Kassahun

    1 month ago

    If I'm dead, why the hell would I care if I get famous. I rather have the treatment when I am alive and enjoy it.

  • 1

    youat2inthemorning

    1 year ago

    what if you were known forever because you were famous!

  • 1

    Brendan

    3 years ago

    I would argue that, as JForrestQ mentioned, Socrates has done more for humanity than Sheryl Crow with her 1 ply of toilet paper bulls**t.

    • 0

      theTexan

      8 months ago

      If you are famous now you will most likely end up somewhere in the history books. And it nevers says you were a great philosopher.

  • 1

    _____________

    3 years ago

    So tough. I'm going to flip flop on this one. Use my celebrity to enact everlasting change? That's cheating, huh.

  • 0

    UseThisToAddressMe

    1 month ago

    These options aren't mutually exclusive.

  • 0

    Kate

    2 months ago

    I mean, it really depends what I'd be in the history books for. I could be some badass for kicking hitler in the balls or I could be some boring person kids complain about when they have to study them.

  • 0

    Jacky Wang

    2 months ago

    What's the point of going down in the history books if you don't get to enjoy it?

  • 0

    YouFailin3D

    2 months ago

    I'd rather be famous for changing the current world, because the current world is more fucked than before.

  • 0

    Tupelo

    2 months ago

    Why not both?

  • 0

    Whovian121

    2 months ago

    cant i be so famous in this life that ill go down in the history books

  • 0

    yuki

    3 months ago

    Why do you want to be in the history books? You're dead, it's better to enjoy fame when you live than people know about you when you're dead. You'll never know that you are famous

  • 0

    Harley Quinn

    3 months ago

    When you're dead you don't know you're famous so it's better to witness it when you're alive

  • 0

    Jeffrey

    3 months ago

    Why would I care if I was dead? In fact, I don't think I could care even if I wanted to due to the fact that I am deceased.

  • 0

    Katie

    3 months ago

    Why would I put some kids through the torture of learning about my life?

  • 0

    Goku

    3 months ago

    I want my money now.

  • 0

    SnicklePoo#FU

    3 months ago

    If you're famous during this lifetime you'd eventually go down in the history books!

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