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5. Most people would difficulty adjusting to even the 1950's or 1960's.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2012, 02:13 PM

Aug 2012

Including those who lived through it, like me.

No air conditioning, in house or car or workplace.

Everybody smoked like a chimney.

No seat belts, no air bags.

Very rigid sex roles. Mucho open racism and sexism.

No air conditioning.

More pressure to conform than there is now.

If you weren't married, everybody thought there was something wrong with you.

Very different attitudes about sex than today.

This just occurred to me the other day. While there was good music being created in those days, to live there....I think most of us would hate it.

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Do you know those time travel movies? Where people are accidentally thrown back in time [View all] Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 OP

I imagine the olfactory assault alone would be stunning eShirl Aug 2012 #1

ah, I had such a girl crush handmade34 Aug 2012 #2

Notice how everyone speaks American English? Archae Aug 2012 #3

It would be a nightmare for women to go backwards in time. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #4

The TARDIS translates everything Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #20

Most people would difficulty adjusting to even the 1950's or 1960's. raccoon Aug 2012 #5

You must love air conditioning. geardaddy Aug 2012 #6

Yes, I've lived my entire life in SC, and I LOVE air conditioning. raccoon Aug 2012 #13

I thought ac has been around since the early 1900s? Mosby Aug 2012 #9

It became a mainstay in movie theaters and department stores in the 20s dr.strangelove Aug 2012 #10

That's interesting and it rings true. I was born in the early 80s RFKHumphreyObama Aug 2012 #11

Maybe, but in my neck of the woods then (lower SC), raccoon Aug 2012 #14

Not to mention the woeful lack of air conditioning nt MrScorpio Aug 2012 #16

I don't get to see those movies for another three months in my timeline. n/t Orsino Aug 2012 #7

I'd be locked up in a Psych Hospital FloridaJudy Aug 2012 #8

Keep this with you ThoughtCriminal Aug 2012 #12

Let's hope that non-organic items survive the trip. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #15

Love it! pink-o Aug 2012 #17

I wonder about the shock to immune systems nuxvomica Aug 2012 #18

Sounds like a great idea for a story....nt raccoon Aug 2012 #19

But what about the paradox? Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #22

I dunno, I've been camping many times. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #21