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Dagstead Bumwood

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66. I wasn't around in the 1950s

Mon Mar 15, 2021, 01:25 PM

Mar 2021

or even born until the following decade, but if I had to venture a guess on what would most astonish someone from that time, I'd have to say it would be people's attitudes about two things: gambling and pornography.

In the past 60+ years, they've gone from being "dirty" activities that are looked down upon to becoming downright mainstream. My family regarded gambling as a sin, as did many, yet casinos are popping up like pharmacies, and online gambling is exploding. And porn? Gens Y and Z are all to happy to photograph themselves nude and engaged in all manner activities, and then rush to share it with the rest of the world.

I believe the acceptance and participation in those two activities would be most shocking. Hell, I find it hard to believe at times.

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Q: If someone from the 1950's suddenly appeared today, [View all] Yorkie Mom Mar 2021 OP

Hey pal, are you putting me down cause I like looking at pictures of cats? WHY I OUGHTA!!! nt Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #1

One of the saddest commentaries on modern society (also very funny) . . . Journeyman Mar 2021 #2

Considering how stressful life is for so many - looking at electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #50

Here's a good thing DownriverDem Mar 2021 #85

Oh I don't know. One of the most popular shows on television in the 50s rsdsharp Mar 2021 #3

And impossibly perfect families wnylib Mar 2021 #21

Like this? csziggy Mar 2021 #28

Yes, but that was satire. Others, wnylib Mar 2021 #33

Oh, I know - Mom hated those shows and seldom allowed them to be shown on our TV csziggy Mar 2021 #35

my mom was the same: she hated Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #65

I hated the Honeymooners and Jackie Gleason. wnylib Mar 2021 #73

He regularly threatened his wife with violence. CTyankee Mar 2021 #75

That's why I hated him. Obnoxious bully. wnylib Mar 2021 #78

csziggy.... Upthevibe Mar 2021 #48

I also loved Soap - and Benson when it was a spin off csziggy Mar 2021 #59

And were white and often employed black women as their servants who were devoted to their white CTyankee Mar 2021 #72

Yes, they were always white families wnylib Mar 2021 #74

I thought there were several. I'm old and memory of those days is bad but I remember seeing CTyankee Mar 2021 #77

I never saw Beaulah. This is the first wnylib Mar 2021 #79

Eddie Anderson made a career of being Jack Benny's servant. Marcuse Mar 2021 #91

I remember Rochester and Jack Benny. wnylib Mar 2021 #92

Intentionally so. Marcuse Mar 2021 #94

I remember in the early 1950s that VHS was wnylib Mar 2021 #99

Even the Cleavers had occasional problems. 11 Bravo Mar 2021 #89

Of course there were problems. wnylib Mar 2021 #93

I think that post was meant to be a joke. Try reading it again. Crunchy Frog Mar 2021 #95

There are plenty of people around from the 1950s today. Is it supposed to be the 1850s? ARPad95 Mar 2021 #4

That's what I thought. Hmmm I remember some of the 50's LakeArenal Mar 2021 #6

UHHMM I think only advertising showed women wearing pearls when doing housework karynnj Mar 2021 #17

Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, wnylib Mar 2021 #25

On TV, but did anyone see that in their own homes? karynnj Mar 2021 #63

Of course it was just on TV wnylib Mar 2021 #64

I grew up in the fifties, and remember all of it! Those shows with women in dresses doing housework northoftheborder Mar 2021 #86

Um....Where the Boys Are! hedda_foil Mar 2021 #68

That is what started the craze and that is a fantasy LakeArenal Mar 2021 #81

Think poster meant they died in the 50s and came back. mobeau69 Mar 2021 #8

Hey I'm from the 1950s and I looked at pictures of cats back then housecat Mar 2021 #14

I was in college and locks Mar 2021 #44

Here's to you locks! I drink to your health. (born in '50) panader0 Mar 2021 #57

If you are looking at Dojacat at the Grammys, Ilsa Mar 2021 #5

"I use it to surf porn." nt Ilsa Mar 2021 #7

The Ghost of Christmas Future comes to Alan Turing localroger Mar 2021 #9

If Hedy Lamarr knew in the 1940's whistler162 Mar 2021 #24

I was reading an article on a gaming site a while back EarlG Mar 2021 #10

It's indecipherable to me right now! Towlie Mar 2021 #12

Half the time, I cannot understand what the heck my daughter is talking about. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #34

+1 Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #36

The technology is amazing! The rest? Not so much. Towlie Mar 2021 #11

The rest is pretty much the same misanthrope Mar 2021 #97

A prince in Nigeria wants to make me rich. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #13

'The World Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Wildlife In 50 Years. We Are to Blame' Donkees Mar 2021 #15

I'd trade mine for some cool clothes. n/t Harker Mar 2021 #16

There would be a lot that would need explaining. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #18

My grandparents were born during the horse and buggy era. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #38

Not really locks Mar 2021 #52

I think you were moving in different circles than my family. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #54

One of my great-grandfathers whistler162 Mar 2021 #61

My grandfather did the same. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #62

as did my grandmother. She was born in 1902 and died in 2004 yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #67

The internet is a bastion of both corruption and innocence nuxvomica Mar 2021 #19

rapid spread of information in general. yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #70

Same Sex Marriage , Black President , Woman Speaker JI7 Mar 2021 #20

Right we thought there would be flying cars by now. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #41

Dick Tracy's homegirl Mar 2021 #22

Oh, yeah! I remember that now. Who'd have thunk?! electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #29

ROFL Joinfortmill Mar 2021 #23

Why did all the cars get so small Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #26

So that they would go in the garage locks Mar 2021 #43

Actually they got small Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #46

You might want to get your hand off her ass lame54 Mar 2021 #27

back in the day , they broke your arm,s for less ! monkeyman1 Mar 2021 #30

Other things they might notice wnylib Mar 2021 #31

I like your list better FakeNoose Mar 2021 #37

Right, the GOP selling us out to the Russians would be a big shock to those living in 1950. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #42

The Russia stuff WOULD be a total shock! electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #47

An openly corrupt and criminal president, who encourage insurrection. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #49

Of course! That, too. 😥😠 electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #51

Good list! electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #45

Vinyl LPs? Deacon Blue Mar 2021 #84

Why is everybody 30 pounds heavier than in our day...? First Speaker Mar 2021 #32

Right, people were smaller back then. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #55

I would tell him to look up Farouk Bulsara tavernier Mar 2021 #39

The hardest thing to explain would be how they are suddenly in the year 2021. Kablooie Mar 2021 #40

Not at all jmowreader Mar 2021 #53

Born in 1937, I was a teenager in the 1950's. BarbD Mar 2021 #56

Was your phone on a party line? dragonlady Mar 2021 #58

Our phone was a party line. That was in the 'sixties. hunter Mar 2021 #69

we still had an operator in our little town who would connect you yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #71

In those days a phone number in a small town was 4 digits, or less dragonlady Mar 2021 #76

No, but my grandmother had a party line and we loved listening in. BarbD Mar 2021 #87

The Changes Have Been Amazing colsohlibgal Mar 2021 #60

I wasn't around in the 1950s Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #66

And there it is! BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #80

I'm thinking my grandparents made a lot of the modern world happen. They'd love it. hunter Mar 2021 #82

I think they would be aghast at the number of mixed marriages yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #83

A "mixed marriage" according to my mother was someone of German heritage marrying an Irishman. BarbD Mar 2021 #88

I'm from the 1950's TrogL Mar 2021 #90

I was born in the '50's pfitz59 Mar 2021 #96

As these lads put it misanthrope Mar 2021 #98