so you find yourself in 272 bc....

**miotas** · 08-15-2009, 22:10

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Then again, he drank like ten Makedonians, which would equal about fifty Romans... No wonder the real Greeks looked down on Makedonians. No truly cultured person would do such thing to himself.

Pfft. Who needs culture.

I know! Maybe I'd head to makedonia and see how good their grog was.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 08-15-2009, 23:00

Originally Posted by miotas

Maybe I'd head to makedonia and see how good their grog was.

Pfft, got to my native Russia. Vodka is four times more effective, but without the coarse, sickly-sweet taste of the thick Makedonian wine. That stuff was mass-produced for binge-drinking, and not for its taste, so some odd connoisseur would come and savour its "goodness". Plus, after four cups of that unmixed wine, you will no longer care about the taste. Nor about anything else. That is the beauty of alcoholism.

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 08-15-2009, 23:25

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Pfft, got to my native Russia. Vodka is four times more effective, but without the coarse, sickly-sweet taste of the thick Makedonian wine. That stuff was mass-produced for binge-drinking, and not for its taste, so some odd connoisseur would come and savour its "goodness". Plus, after four cups of that unmixed wine, you will no longer care about the taste. Nor about anything else. That is the beauty of alcoholism.

So you want to make us believe the Russians drink Vodka for its taste?

Anyways, you do know the average dying age for a Russian male is 59 (fifty-nine!)?

**Whatever Scortamareva** · 08-15-2009, 23:40

Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

So you want to make us believe the Russians drink Vodka for its taste?

Anyways, you do know the average dying age for a Russian male is 59 (fifty-nine!)?

In part due to the highest murder rate in Europe (for a country)

**Aemilius Paulus** · 08-16-2009, 01:36

Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

So you want to make us believe the Russians drink Vodka for its taste?

Of course not. I was saying it is best to drink vodka, which is pure spirits and water, without any flavour (if it has a flavour, EU does not recognise it as vodka anymore) than the disgusting Makedonian wine, and vodka will bring you to the goal of Makedonian alcohol orgies much faster with less nastiness.

**antisocialmunky** · 08-16-2009, 02:18

You could kidnap one of Alexander's kids. History didn't miss them much.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 08-16-2009, 03:06

But why? Genetics do not have much effect on person's psyche anyway, and especially since his children were diluted by Roxanne's genes. Environment can produce a genius out of an average child. Smart parents producing smart children is mainly a sign of the smart environment created by the smart parents.

**antisocialmunky** · 08-16-2009, 03:33

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

But why? Genetics do not have much effect on person's psyche anyway, and especially since his children were diluted by Roxanne's genes. Environment can produce a genius out of an average child. Smart parents producing smart children is mainly a sign of the smart environment created by the smart parents.

The Pashtun people have been holding off better armed armies since the dawn of civilization. That's not a bad trade. Maybe it would have replaced the unhealthy drinking part of Alexander.

And if by smart you mean alcoholic and overbearing... Sure, whatever. Just remember to kidnap someone from the Platonic school of thought and give him a cave to teach the kid in or however you want to Boys From Brazil this.

**Andros Antonius** · 08-16-2009, 03:08

Hmm.. If I got to go back in ancient or medieval times, I wouldn't want to go to some isolated wilderness, because I can still find the same thing today pretty much. I'd want to be in a thriving city or center or culture. But the only problem would be travel. I'd want to see much of the world, including villages in the countryside, but it just took so long to get from town to town compared to today. So I guess you have to pick somewhere good because you'll probably be staying there for a while. I'd pick the nomad option though and try to finish a tour of Europe and the Mediterranean, and maybe follow the Silk Road to China if possible in a lifetime. I would only try to change the past with some crazy technology if it affected an alternate timeline and not our own. Who knows what might happen then.

Yeah but about those Roman cups, I'd also be worried about the lead in addition to all the other nasty stuff they had in their drinks back then.

Ha, and I'm not surprised about those Russians and their average life expectancy lol.

**Azathoth** · 08-15-2009, 23:05

Oh no, it was far, far worse. More like a psychopath with stunningly shocking authoritarianism in the end. Just read any good biography of him. In the Footsteps of Alexander by Michael Wood is a good beginner.

Really, is it that difficult to tell when I'm joking? Megalomania and delusions of grandeur (godhood) are often a symptom of mental illness (call it psychosis), and with a clown thrown in it's simply inexcusable.

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