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[The Lunch Legend]

If you could meet anyone from history, famous or otherwise, for whom would you buy a drink? Would you want to join them, or would you buy it across the room, and raise your mug (or glass) to them? You can also choose what they are served, whether it is what they are already drinking, whether it is alcohol or not, not limited to historical accuracy. Of course, they don't have to drink it. Assume of course, if you want to talk with them, there is no language difficulty.

i would like to have a cup of coffee with David Hume, the Scottish philosopher, who was too much of an atheist for Scotland, and too much of a theist for France. (Enlightenment). He was a great character who wrote his History of England (a best seller) "as a witch says her prayers, backwards" (the first volume was the latest historically). He subscribed to an Academic skepticism, in other words, that we could not be sure of anything, but should live our life based on convention.

 

[TaySan]

Ulysses S. Grant seemed like a genuinely great dude. I would buy him a drink and have a long talk about the civil war and reconstruction and ice pick his brain.

Also Joseph Smith.

 

[haxan7]

Anton LaVey

 

[Cunth]

and ice pick his brain.

 

[triplestation]

this guy

William Buckland was an eminent palaeontologist and wrote the first full account of a dinosaur (Megalosaurus). He was also a zoöphage, and was obsessed with eating his way through the entire animal kingdom like a bloodthirsty version of Noah. Over the years, Buckland consumed panthers, crocodiles, mice on toast, a jaguar, and even bluebottle flies, which he found "repulsive." No shit.

 

[GreyHorace]

Abraham Lincoln. The man was a shrewd and cunning politician who knew how to navigate the proverbial swamp of American politics to get what he wanted. And his leadership was inspired and decisive (as demonstrated by the American Civil War). His charm was such that he could even get his bitterest rivals to work under him.

I'd love to spend and evening with him and pick his brain. And as shown in the 2012 movie, the guy loved telling stories.

 

[triplestation]

and this guy

This laddish, bored Marquess once took loads of gin into central London and handed out huge mugs of it for free to "see what would happen." Everyone got pissed, rioted, and Beresford was arrested. He was also arrested for speeding when he galloped his horse down a crowded street. He brought his horse to court and demanded it be questioned, saying "only he knows how fast he was going”.

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[Sub_Level]

Buy a drink? Lol I tip 100 just cuz bartenders have nice titties. Drinks aint shit.

 

[Cunth]

George Floyd, the most important man in history

 

[lock2k]

Segata Sanshiro

 

[Cutty Flam]

Kobe Bryant

I figured one day if I was lucky I’d run into him and be able to at least meet him and ask him a question maybe but obviously that’s is no longer possible in this life

But I knew if I had the chance to sit down with him and share a meal, a drink it would be the most incredible conversation of my life. He being the ultimate student of the game, literally the greatest basketball mind in my view, without question. He studied the game like no other. I would literally have 100s of possible questions, all about the game of basketball, not even the business aspect of the NBA, simply technique, skills, approach, all knowledge applied onto the hardwood when it comes time to play or perform

Wouldn’t tire of his teachings either. Make a 6-8 hrs dinner I’d be listening 100% all the way through. The way he explained and taught his ways on the court when he’d go to a bball camp or something to teach the kids or whatever, it was succinct and he performed with that signature grace he carried himself with when playing. Game so smooth and fluid under control, that it was simply unbelievable to see it in action, against the best in the world, no less

Would have to be Kobe man, because I know for a fact that once he saw I cared about the game he would be very generous with what he gives, I can almost say for fact that would be the case knowing how Kobe approached the game of basketball. He knew way too much man, can’t believe we lost him like that. Still feels surreal to me that such a champion and dedicated fighter in his arena, his sport, can die just like that. I never thought about it before, but the way Kobe always carried himself I figured he’d likely grow to be like Bill Russell. Another old, wise, legend sticking around the business and the game for ever due to his love for the game

If I can choose absolutely anyone, Jesus Christ would be my first pick over anyone else though

 

[Dark Star]

Terence Kemp McKenna was an American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants.

 

[-YFC-]

Hitler. I'd ask him, what the hell dude? I wanna know all the reasons for shit he did.
Also Napoleon. He's a fascinating historical figure.

 

[Papa]

Jenna Jameson

 

[-YFC-]

Jenna Jameson

Silvia Saint > Jenna Jameson.

 

[Papa]

This is now a porn thread.

 

[haxan7]

Mandingo

 

[The Lunch Legend]

This is now a porn thread.

Mia Khalifa

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

George Floyd, the most important man in history

This is the scenery that George Floyd saw when he entered Black Heaven:

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[Papa]

In that case, Tessa Fowler when she dressed as Black Cat.

oh hell yeah

 

[and 3 others]

Christopher Hitchens. I'd goad him with questions so he can yell at me for an hour, it'd be magical. Plus I know he wouldn't turn down the drink.

 

[Tenaciousmo]

I would love to have a drink with some past engineers and see what they would think about today's technology and what they could think of using said technology for.

Leonardo DaVinci, Nikola Tesla, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (railway guy), and the wright brothers. and some German engineers from the early 40's too while i'm at it, those guys were thinking outside of the box to say the least.

 

[appaws]

Probably St. Peter. He would be pretty stoked with a bottle of modern wine.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Teddy Roosevelt. Would have amazing stories and I bet he could hold his liquor with the best of them!

 

[Sakura]

Alexander the Great, because why not

 

[badblue]

Leo Tolstoy. I'm here today because of him.

He helped my great grand parents (and 2000 other doukobours) immigrate from Russia to Canada to get away from the persecution they faced from the Russian Orthodox Church and Tsar Nicolas.

 

[Grinchy]

George Floyd, the most important man in history

It said buy a drink, not a pipe.

 

[King of Foxes]

Cleopatra. I couldn't give a fuck about the conversation I would just like to see how hot she actually was

 

[DESTROYA]

Ulysses S. Grant seemed like a genuinely great dude. I would buy him a drink and have a long talk about the civil war and reconstruction and ice pick his brain.

Also Joseph Smith.

So now your calling a person that owned slaves “a genuinely great dude”?

 

[TrainedRage]

I want to get shitfaced with Hemmingway.

Or do Ketamine with Edgar Allen Poe.

 

[Tesseract]

i owe a couple people drinks down the line, they know who they are

if we're relegating this to famous people, it's always going to be feynman, newton, euler

 

[MaestroMike]

Mama's papa. Came to visit but I was too young and don't remember meeting him.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

In that case, Tessa Fowler when she dressed as Black Cat.

Tessa Fowler. Yes sir. Preferably not dressed as anything. I'd buy Eastwood a drink. Dude probably has some great stories.

 

[TaySan]

So now your calling a person that owned slaves “a genuinely great dude”?

Grants views on slavery evolved over time and he even freed his own slave before the war. He fought to end slavery through the civil war and did what he could to reconstruct the South.

Myths & Misunderstandings | Grant as a slaveholder Archives- American Civil War Museum

Did Ulysses S. Grant own slaves during the Civil War? No, but it will come as a surprise to many people, that …

acwm.org

 

[DESTROYA]

Grants views on slavery evolved over time and he even freed his own slave before the war. He fought to end slavery through the civil war and did what he could to reconstruct the South.

Myths & Misunderstandings | Grant as a slaveholder Archives- American Civil War Museum

Did Ulysses S. Grant own slaves during the Civil War? No, but it will come as a surprise to many people, that …

acwm.org

I know my history but at one point he did at his “ White Haven” farm. Basically you said Grant was a “genuinely good dude” the hypocrisy is off the charts.

 

[TaySan]

I know my history but at one point he did at his “ White Haven” farm. Basically you said Grant was a “genuinely good dude” the hypocrisy is off the charts.

I mean i didnt say he was perfect and if we judged everybody back then with a modern lens then yeah prepare to be dissapointed. But i think he's done more good than harm for our country. Certainty one of our top presidents.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Roald Dahl. Or Taysan's mum. Again.

 

[Bogey]

Albert Einstein.

Not that I could come up with any meaningful questions for him, but I'd certainly like to meet such a level of genius in person

 

[haxan7]

Cleopatra. I couldn't give a fuck about the conversation I would just like to see how hot she actually was

Probably ugly and super short. She was the product of nearly 300 years of heavy inbreeding.

the whole thing about her seducing Caesar is made up

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Albert Einstein.

Not that I could come up with any meaningful questions for him, but I'd certainly like to meet such a level of genius in person

Being from 2020 I would hope that you'd immediately attack him from a platform of complete ignorance, call his flimsy credentials into question, get him banned from whatever his Twitter alternative is, and call him racist. And maybe transphobic.

 

[Tesseract]

Being from 2020 I would hope that you'd immediately attack him from a platform of complete ignorance, call his flimsy credentials into question, get him banned from whatever his Twitter alternative is, and call him racist. And maybe transphobic.

banned duration pending

fuck your stupid photoelectric effect, go back to germany

 

[and 3 others]

Albert Einstein.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Cliff Burton. Maybe I could get some tips off of him

 

[and 3 others]

Cliff Burton. Maybe I could get some tips off of him

Be like, uh, don't get on buses!

 

[Nymphae]

Milk with Tesla and coffee with David Lynch.

 

[SpartanN92]

Ronald Reagan

 

[Siri]

Keith Floyd - when he was younger (circa Floyd on France).

 

[Tesseract]

Terence Kemp McKenna was an American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants.

all psychonauts should be backed up in the cosmic cloud