‘What’s the most f*cked up thing that was generally accepted 20 years ago?’ – 23 proper eye-openers
13.
‘People would go in carnivals and shove their face in the same water barrel to grab an apple with their mouth. Completely bonkers in 2021.’
iaml3roux
14.
‘Until 2003 it was perfectly fine for 16 year old girls to pose topless for UK tabloid newspapers. There were count-downs for 15 year olds to when the would be 16 and legal to print with pics taken and printed on their 16th birthday,
B0b_Howard
15.
‘People spending thousands of dollars on beanie babies.’
throwingplaydoh
16.
‘No care or concern for concussions in sports. I was knocked out cold for two minutes on the football field, nobody told me, and when I came to we just resumed the game like nothing had happened. I didn’t even know I was out for those two minutes until a year later when people were telling football stories.
‘I thought I had just gotten knocked down and got back up right away. I thought it was weird everyone was making such a big deal about it. My first ever depressive episode started almost immediately after that game.
ElbowStrike
17.
‘Going on road trips without a phone.’
iamjcd
18.
‘Being at home at your TV at a certain time to catch a show, and expecting everyone to leave you alone so you could watch it with no interruptions.
‘You could be out with friends and you’d look and say “oh it’s 7:30 I got to get home to catch my show!” And nobody looked at you like a strange social outcast. I guess it’s still true with sports.’
prelegal_alien
19.
‘Leaving your young kids unsupervised most of the time. I remember at 5 years old sitting in the parking lot of the bowling alley in my dads car for 3 hours while he was inside bowling.
‘Also … Most of the time, my parents had zero clue as to where I was. I would leave the house in the morning on my bicycle and be home for dinner. Suited them just fine.’
dontaggravation
20.
’25 years ago, I had a gym teacher who did not think asthma was a thing and wouldn’t let me have my inhaler at hand in class. I walked every mile because I didn’t want to die.
‘There’s still a lot of trouble for the undiagnosed, but tons of physical and mental health issues that were downplayed or outright ignored at least have some kind of support system or protocol now. It’s not perfect, but at least we know they’re real and are starting to do something.’
Pookajuice
21.
‘Lot of teachers straight up telling students they didn’t believe in their disabilities. “The school is making me give you accommodations, but in my day they didn’t call it dyslexia, they called it lazy.” Probably can’t just berate students for having disabilities in front of the class these days.’
Zealotstim
22.
‘Frosted tips.’
zacharyfoxdale
We’re not sure this person quite understood the question, but people enjoyed their answer anyway.
23.
‘When I was a child I was staying at a relative’s house in a foreign to me country. I woke up in the middle of the night really needing to poop. The toilet was in the basement and the house was dark. I had no idea where the light switches were so I found a plastic bag, pooped in it.
‘I panicked and ended up going onto the balcony to clear my head. The only thing I could think of was to throw it as hard as I could. It ended up landing on the neighbor’s metal roof. There it sat for the duration of my trip. Still haunts me 20 years later.’
Hollywood899
There was also this, which was entirely relatable.
‘Funny, when I saw this question, I was thinking about the 70s and 80s until I realized 20 years ago was 2001. Dang, I’m old.’
YellowStar012
And this!
‘This thread just proves that something we’re doing nowadays will be considered fucked up in 20 years time, but we don’t know what.’
fastfoxblox
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