Things that haven't destroyed society

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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Mike » Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:21 am

Hugs!
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Kyle » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:13 am

Without examples, I don't understand your point about how people need to properly address other people. I'm sure you have specific examples, but as something that applies generation-wide, I don't. And I probably don't agree that there's some deleterious trend. But if you could give any example, then I'd have something to consider. Otherwise, you really sound like my grandmother complaining about how young people need to address their "elders as sir or ma'am" and "not initiate conversation with an elder unless asked to" both of which I personally find ridiculous.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Iantha » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:25 am

Food that isn't labeled "organic"
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby El Jefe » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:39 am

Did miniskirts make the list? Tank tops, spandex, bikinis, banana hammocks? We definitely need some kind of entry for the changing levels of revelation provided via clothing.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Kyle » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:46 am

So here's some big things we missed:

Women's suffrage
Public education
co-education
civil rights
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby El Jefe » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:15 am

Nuclear power.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Kyle » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:26 am

Vaping.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Mike » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:29 am

All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Mike » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:31 am

All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Kyle » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:32 am

I was going to put "Being disrespectful to your elders" but that's been a perennial since the cradle of civilization-- not just post Civil War.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Phoebe » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:40 am

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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Mike » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:45 am

No. Thankfully, it does not go beyond that. Whatever idealized image you have of the man he was in college can remain blessedly intact.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby El Jefe » Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:43 pm

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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby El Jefe » Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:30 pm

Well, let's do the reveal here then, as it has been handled on FB and elsewhere.

What didn't destroy society?

When El Jefe quit smoking, became a vaper, moved to Portland, turned into a hipster, and met his life partner, a demonically-possessed Bulgarian man named Samuel.

Some of those things may not be accurate.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby Kyle » Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:32 pm

The one falsehood: You didn't turn into a hipster, you always were one.
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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society

Postby El Jefe » Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:34 pm

And the worst dressed, most horrific eater, and all around awful hipster award goes to...
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