Basically, you can either treat it seriously or with humor. You take known historical events and then go with a 'what-if' scenario. For instance...
"What if Thomas Edison hadn't invented the lightbulb?"
You could reply...
'Either someone else would have...or candle technology would have skyrocketed. Think of all the wax! Then there'd be a wax shortage, and there'd be pressure to pursue alternative candle-making materials to replace wax. Oh the humanity!'
Or you can be serious. For instance...
"What if America hadn't entered WWI?"
You could reply...
'If we had not intervened, the Germans would have triumphed in Europe. They had already turned Bolshevik Russia into a tenth rate power after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Communism would have been smothered in its infancy. No Treaty of Versailles to lead to the rise of Nazism, no Red threat to give birth to fascism. The moribund Ottmans were already defeated by Britain, and the Mandate would have occured anyway. A triumphant Germany in WWI would mean a remaining monarchy in central Europe, so independence for Poland and the other countries is crossed out. However, the odds life would be better under a German monarchy compared to the Third Reich (and, after WWII, Soviet Russia from the Iron Curtain eastward) are quite high. Aside from the Alsace-Lorraine, Germany had no territorial ambitions in France. Britain might have recognized Germany's dominance of continental Europe in exchange for having Germany recognize Britain's dominance of the Middle East. If Germany had triumphed, it is very likely a European World War II might not have occured in the way it had (although the Pacific theater fighting is still very likely).'
And so on and so forth. Use as many historical events as you like; be goofy or be stern. And most of all, have fun!
Ooh. This looks like fun. I'm going to sleep on this one and come up with something tomorrow.
It'd be helpful if you left us one to get started on Rightey, otherwise I'd have to reply with something for the next person to get started on and that would be far too helpful for an annoying gimboid like me!
It doesn't have to be a reply to the prevous person. You can post a 'what if' and then post an answer to it.
But since you asked...
"What if Nintendo never existed?"
Everyone here would have a girlfriend.
Well... Might. Maybe. Nevermind.
"What if Abe Licoln wasnt cleaned off?"
he would be dirty.
wait...
the reconstruction would have gone smoother. the kkk would of probaly gotten a quicker cresponse from the miliatary. maybe the citizens would even try to get abraham relected. The agriculture industry would have increased in a way we didn't expect due to the fact that the farm where abrahams assassins went wasn't burn't down. that doctor wouldn't be falsely arested. plus jfk would of lived.
of course that would happen if abraham never faked his death and traveled to the future to stalk us. or should i say abraham acrio!
what if i joined before craig?
You'd have been the Lackey instead of Craig, and instead of yelling PARADOX!!! after jumping through windows, you'd be jumping off roofs yelling CATCH-22!!!
What if 'Back to the Future' was instead titled 'Back to the Past'?'
Maybe we would've seen George McFly flying on a hoverboard.
What if the United States had not signed the Treaty of Ghent and won the War of 1812?
Then the US would have led European politics for a while, before going back into isolation until the Mexican-American War.
What if the Apollo 11 mission had failed?
Then we'd have hated NASA earlier. Damn you George Bush! *hugs a Bible and goes to the DNC*
What if John Kerry was elected?
I don't even want to think about it. NEXT QUESTION! (:P)
What if Sonic the Hedgehog never existed?
this topic would have never existed
what if winston churchill was a nazi?
Then he wouldn't have become the prime minister of Great Britain.
What if the Great Leap Forward was a success?
i would've known what it was.
what if acrio wasn't so.... disturbed?
We wouldn't have question butter.
Edit: Better question.
What would have happened if Washington was shot crossing the Delaware, Henry the V was killed at Agincourt, the battle of Trafalgar was lost, and a bunch of animal-transforming kids followed around a guy through time who was causing it?
YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS STARTING NOW
I do not want to think about that. Who knows whether the USA would find a better leader for the time? Oo
As for the rest..... o.o
What would've happened if the fellow who had a wounded Hitler in his sights during WW1 had pulled the trigger?
World War 2 would have still occurred because the conflicts that created the first war were still present. One notable difference is that there would not be a Holocaust.
Now, what if the British did not took over the land that is now Iraq?
Then Iraq would have been taken by France.
What if the Third Amendment of the US Bill of Rights was never ratified? (Click here for an explanation of the 3rd Amendment.)
we'd have military commandos as our roomates and tehy'd hog the bathroom.
What if I had never heard of Harley Quinn's pet hyenas, Bud and Lou?
Well, my name everywhere would be some sort of derrivitive of Loanet, my initials and Ebay name.
What if Napoleon hadn't been defeated?
