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Post by pgandy on Jun 11, 2020 13:24:07 GMT
I don’t know if this will be of interest to anyone but as there is interest in Viking movies and TV perhaps this too. It’s another one in the series “Could You Survive...” series.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Jun 11, 2020 13:37:58 GMT
Personally, I'd die. Vikings had no coffee.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jun 11, 2020 13:44:07 GMT
I'd die relative fast but not fast enough with only that pickled herring to eat.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 11, 2020 17:02:18 GMT
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Post by howler on Jun 11, 2020 19:37:17 GMT
I wouldn't make it past the celebratory feast.
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Post by nerdthenord on Jun 11, 2020 20:07:48 GMT
Could I now? I don't know. Would I have? Absolutely not. Without modern medicine I would have died as a newborn.
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Post by wlewisiii on Jun 11, 2020 23:38:27 GMT
Probably could if I had to. Would rather be a thegn in an Anglo-Saxon or Celtic community over on the British Isles.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 11, 2020 23:46:36 GMT
I think anyone who thinks they would be fine living as a Viking hasn't really considered their odds of surviving to adulthood. About one of every three children are estimated to have died before reproductive age.
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Post by demented on Jun 11, 2020 23:53:59 GMT
If I was born into it then maybe but if I time travelled there now then probably not. I mean, I could take my guns and modern gadgets and tell them I am a messenger from the gods. It might work for awhile but then I get an arrow to the knee or a disease and die
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Post by Jordan Williams on Jun 12, 2020 3:45:06 GMT
I think anyone who thinks they would be fine living as a Viking hasn't really considered their odds of surviving to adulthood. About one of every three children are estimated to have died before reproductive age. Or the idea that if they ever had to defend themselves with a weapon they would likely be fighting someone much more experienced than them. I be dyin. Probably land on the shore, and get some old disease.
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Post by nddave on Jun 12, 2020 12:30:23 GMT
As a Viking? No probably not. When it comes to water I'm like a cat lol. Just not my thing. Sure boats are fun and I'm not neccesarily scared of water (not to the level of phobia anyways) and I enjoy swimming and other water play but getting into large bodies of water or even planning a day in or on the water isn't really my thing. So yea too much of a Landlubber lol to be a Viking.
Now if you asked, could you survive as a Danish man at arms? I'd like to think yes. Put me back in time and test my martial skill and knowledge, I have confidence I would succeed.
Now the real question is (sorry if I skipped any talk of this in the post above), are we literal time travelers living the life of a past era or simply who we are in our current physical shape and capability with the mind of a 8th-10th century commoner?
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Post by pgandy on Jun 12, 2020 12:45:30 GMT
You got me thinking, maybe that’s why they were such bad asses. They were so glad to get off that rocking boot they just bowled over any and everything in front of them that got in the way when disembarking. 😁
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 12, 2020 13:36:33 GMT
If I was born into it then maybe but if I time travelled there now then probably not. I mean, I could take my guns and modern gadgets and tell them I am a messenger from the gods. It might work for awhile but then I get an arrow to the knee or a disease and die That's assuming they didn't just immediately kill you as a foreign invader who can't speak their language and is dressed like a crazy person.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 12, 2020 13:38:53 GMT
I think anyone who thinks they would be fine living as a Viking hasn't really considered their odds of surviving to adulthood. About one of every three children are estimated to have died before reproductive age. Or the idea that if they ever had to defend themselves with a weapon they would likely be fighting someone much more experienced than them. I be dyin. Probably land on the shore, and get some old disease. ...or something stupid like a staph infection from a minor nick, a tooth abscess, or cholera.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 12, 2020 13:42:54 GMT
You got me thinking, maybe that’s why they were such bad asses. They were so glad to get off that rocking boot they just bowled over any and everything in front of them that got in the way when disembarking. 😁 I know I would be highly motivated to eat something other than salted or pickled fish. For all we know the Lindisfarne raid started as an effort to acquire some fresh baked goods.
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Post by mrbadexample on Jun 12, 2020 13:55:38 GMT
You got me thinking, maybe that’s why they were such bad asses. They were so glad to get off that rocking boot they just bowled over any and everything in front of them that got in the way when disembarking. 😁 I know I would be highly motivated to eat something other than salted or pickled fish. For all we know the Lindisfarne raid started as an effort to acquire some fresh baked goods. No kidding. An interesting read about viking age diets: www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/food_and_diet.htm
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Post by mrbadexample on Jun 12, 2020 13:58:48 GMT
I would have been one of the childhood casualties in all likelihood. Disease is a scary thing.
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Post by demented on Jun 12, 2020 16:18:24 GMT
If I was born into it then maybe but if I time travelled there now then probably not. I mean, I could take my guns and modern gadgets and tell them I am a messenger from the gods. It might work for awhile but then I get an arrow to the knee or a disease and die That's assuming they didn't just immediately kill you as a foreign invader who can't speak their language and is dressed like a crazy person. True, But the minute they seen people get taken out by an AR10 or AR15 they would be amazed though. Language would be an issue , even the enlish speakers would be speaking a dialect of english so far removed that it would not help. I will just have to make sure to kidnap a translator before I time travel
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Post by demented on Jun 12, 2020 16:32:20 GMT
I dont think I would time travel to chill with Vikings though. Far too rapey and too much water, ive never found the vikings particularly interesting either. I have a feeling they would be more accepting than the the Romans or 15th century Germans though who would label you as a witch and bust out The Malleus Maleficarum.
I would like to checkout 15th century Germany though. To see if Johannes Liechtenauer really existed.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Jun 12, 2020 18:47:40 GMT
Hmmm, Heres a thought. YOu don't speak the language, and they'd probably enslave you. Hello new thrall.
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