Why do some people want to go back to the 1950’s? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 week ago by anthony@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As a queer person (agender) with a conservative dad, I don’t get why he says he wants to go back to the 1950s. What was so special back then besides his reasoning that times were simpler? I feel like it would be harder for me then as a queer person.

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[-] DornerStan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Just a stupid joke on the tendency people have to try to reconstruct etymology from the top down rather than bottom up, often using tenuous logical connections lol

Boomers are called that because they were born after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Zoomers are the generation of high speed rail and fast cars

Gen alpha are all chads due to the hormones used in agriculture

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