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If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today? (lemmy.world)

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[-] struds@sopuli.xyz 70 points 1 year ago

Things they considered morally fine (smoking, dropping litter, 40 year olds dating 16 year olds) is morally reprehensible, while things they thought were morally wrong or even outlawed are totally acceptable (homosexually, porn, divorce).

[-] Snekeyes@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

You just explained a large selection of boomers.

[-] Countess425@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, a lot of them were born in the 1950s.

[-] Snekeyes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My comment now in retrospect was asinine. Yeah. True boomers are in that bracket.

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Charlie Chaplin's daughter died recently and I looked him up on wikipedia. Charlie married last wife, and the mother of the recently deceased, when he was 54 and she was 18.

It may not technically be pedophilia, but it damn sounds like it.

[-] Getawombatupya@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Depends where they live, too

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