Cool alternative history scenarios

BabyE

What if the Roman Empire never fell. What if the Irish famine never happened. what if the americans werent discovered by europeans.

It would be so much better if we had a north and south america with their own native cultures as opposed to what we have in our world, a massive contintent with just two main cultures; Spanish and English. However despite wiping out native peoples in a manner so often overlooked, long term it probably benefited humanity and our level of communication as english would have never become as important as it has become.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.

harry Bailey esq

Eve never ate the apple

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The Apple never evolved. What if Humans didn't evolve or evolved differently?

harry Bailey esq

Brayson Happy Victory wrote: »

The Apple never evolved. What if Humans didn't evolve or evolved differently?

It would be a pretty short thread for a start...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

It would be a pretty short thread for a start...

Or a silica based lifeform resembling a butterfly created the thread.

The flying mouse

What if Mayo had won last Sunday ?

quickbeam

BabyE wrote: »

What if the Roman Empire never fell. What if the Irish famine never happened. what if the americans werent discovered by europeans.

It would be so much better if we had a north and south america with their own native cultures as opposed to what we have in our world, a massive contintent with just two main cultures; Spanish and English. However despite wiping out native peoples in a manner so often overlooked, long term it probably benefited humanity and our level of communication as english would have never become as important as it has become.

Never mind the 206 million Brazillians or 5 million French Canadians

tomwaterford

If mick McCartney hadn't been so pigheaded....Ireland could've won the world cup in 2002

mzungu

tomwaterford wrote: »

If mick McCartney hadn't been so pigheaded....Ireland could've won the world cup in 2002

Not sure about winning the WC, but definite semi-final anyways.

pavb2

If Kirk and McCoy had saved Edith Keeler from being run over by a truck she would have started a pacifist group which would have delayed America's entry in to WW2. This would have allowed the nazis the time to develop a nuclear weapon and win the war.

tomwaterford

If that the hawk eye referee (dickie murphy)hadn't disallowed Kevin morans point in the drawn semi final to put waterford 4 up with time almost up



We'd be all ireland champs

maudgonner

If the Republic of Connacht had taken hold in 1798 and the French forces had replicated their success in the West throughout the rest of the country.

We'd all be speaking French and Castlebar would be the capital.
(Dublin might be a little city state with allegiance to Britain).

Panthro

Titanic veered off course and wound up in Brazil

Mr. FoggPatches

If me aunty had balls, she'd be me uncle.
Liam Brady M. Phil.

dan1895

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs never hit?

Shint0

If Bill Clinton hadn't had a blow job from Monica Lewinsky, Hillary wouldn't be running for president. It's all just to even the score so she can have sexual relations with some young intern in the Oval Office.

OldMrBrennan83

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cml387

If Hillary Clinton hadn't been elected president in 2016 there's a possibility that Putin wouldn't have so badly underestimated a woman president and invaded Latvia in 2018, thereby precipitating that terrible war.
I'm glad I emigrated to Argentina in 2017.

ToddyDoody

What if the IRA had succeeded in killing Margaret Thatcher in Brighton?

harry Bailey esq

Brayson Happy Victory wrote: »

Or a silica based lifeform resembling a butterfly created the thread.

The thread on the Internet

The_Valeyard

Einstein goes back in time and gets Hitler into art college. Nazi Germany never emerges, leading to a Soviet invasion of Europe in the late 1940s.

ScumLord

BabyE wrote: »

It would be so much better if we had a north and south america with their own native cultures as opposed to what we have in our world, a massive contintent with just two main cultures; Spanish and English. However despite wiping out native peoples in a manner so often overlooked, long term it probably benefited humanity and our level of communication as english would have never become as important as it has become.

Even if Europeans had treated the native Americans with respect and not slaughtered thousands of them, the diseases the Europeans brought with them would have still devastated the local populations.

The_Valeyard

People should watch Man in the High Castle

Burial.

What if Hitler was American.

The_Valeyard

Burial. wrote: »

What if Hitler was American.

Well Nazism was very popular in America in the 1930s.

Wasnt there a rally with over 22000 people in Madison Square Garden in 1929?

LeinsterDub

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Einstein goes back in time and gets Hitler into art college. Nazi Germany never emerges, leading to a Soviet invasion of Europe in the late 1940s.

The allies respond with all manner of wacky technology but it turns out Kane was really pulling the strings

tomwaterford

What if world war one had been settled quickly with little to no deaths ??

The_Valeyard

LeinsterDub wrote: »

The allies respond with all manner of wacky technology but it turns out Kane was really pulling the strings

KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
KANE LIVES!
PEACE THROUGH POWER!
YOU CAN'T KILL THE MESSIAH!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What if Charlemagne hadn't decided to embrace Christianity for political gain?

Brayson Happy Victory

Brayson Happy Victory wrote: »

The Apple never evolved. What if Humans didn't evolve or evolved differently?

Ah i dunno now you had the Apple 2, The apple lisa and then the Mac.....oh you meant the other apple?

laugh

Fatherland is a good book!

ArnoldJRimmer

What if a United Ireland was achieved through the civil rights movement in the 60's? What kind of violence would have followed in subsequent years, and would Big Ian have been heading down to the Dail? What would we officially call Derry?

The trips into the north for cheap shopping that was part of my childhood wouldn't have happened. With economies of scale, our finances may have benefited, but the cost of policing would have potentially wiped that out. The combined football team would have been pretty handy in the 80's and at the latest Euro's.

hairyslug

How many generations would we need to go back to see that 1 small change (1 non influential person dieing for example) would effect the entire world, it all has a snowball effect, just takes a while.

vg88

For those that wonder what if, someone does great videos on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/user/AlternateHistoryHub

jimmy blevins

quickbeam wrote: »

Never mind the 206 million Brazillians or 5 million French Canadians

Theres also Dutch influence in Suriname and some Caribbean islands. Also US president Martin van Buren from NY spoke Dutch as his first language.

pavb2

Another big 'what if' is if the Normans & William the Conquerer hadn't won the battle of Hastings in 1066.

Brian Boru isn't killed after the battle of clontarf and consolidates power and his descendents are able to resist Norman and English invasions.

valoren

If the Cuban Missile Crisis had resulted in a nuclear exchange.

hairyslug

If the bullet only grazed JFKs head?

fixXxer

I see Fatherland has got a mention here, that's a good book imh.

Does anyone have any similar alternate history style books they'd recommend?

valoren

fixxxer wrote: »

I see Fatherland has got a mention here, that's a good book imh.

Does anyone have any similar alternate history style books they'd recommend?

The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K Dick

Mr. CooL ICE

What if people accepted that jet fuel can melt steel beams?

The_Valeyard

fixxxer wrote: »

I see Fatherland has got a mention here, that's a good book imh.

Does anyone have any similar alternate history style books they'd recommend?

Man in the High Castle

The Last Starship from Earth

Watchmen

Jawgap

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Man in the High Castle

The Last Starship from Earth

Watchmen

Also - The Years of Rice & Salt......

The novel explores how subsequent world history might have been different if the Black Death plague had killed 99% of Europe's population, instead of a third. Divided into ten parts, the story spans hundreds of years, from the army of the Muslim conqueror Timur to the 21st century, with Europe being re-populated by Muslim pioneers, the indigenous peoples of the Americas forming a league to resist Chinese and Muslim invaders, and a 67-year-long world war being fought primarily between Muslim states and the Chinese and their allies.

and The Two Georges - where the Brits manage to hold on to their colonies in the US.

Mr. FoggPatches

moloner4 wrote: »

For those that wonder what if, someone does great videos on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/user/AlternateHistoryHub

Ah ffs. There goes my evening.

razorblunt

Shint0 wrote: »

If Bill Clinton hadn't had a blow job from Monica Lewinsky, Hillary wouldn't be running for president. It's all just to even the score so she can have sexual relations with some young intern in the Oval Office.

Or women.

Such is the way of the world.

corner of hells

What if Michael Collins had bent over to tie his shoe lace that fateful moment in Cork ?

Would he have been shot in the arse ?

ScumLord

tomwaterford wrote: »

What if world war one had been settled quickly with little to no deaths ??

I think the only reason WW1 happened at all was because the industrial age had produced a range of new weapons that everyone was eager to try out. They were only looking for an excuse to kick off.

Without those wars we probably wouldn't have had the peace that followed. Europeans have no appetite for fighting each other anymore. The major powers have brought themselves to a stalemate because of nuclear weapons.

Your Face

I f'n hate this 'what if' history nonsense.

MOH

fixxxer wrote: »

I see Fatherland has got a mention here, that's a good book imh.

Does anyone have any similar alternate history style books they'd recommend?

SS-GB by Len Deighton