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Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:21 am
by Mike
Hugs!
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:13 am
by Kyle
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.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:25 am
by Iantha
Food that isn't labeled "organic"
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:39 am
by El Jefe
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.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:46 am
by Kyle
So here's some big things we missed:
Women's suffrage
Public education
co-education
civil rights
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:15 am
by El Jefe
Nuclear power.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:26 am
by Kyle
Vaping.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:26 am
by Phoebe
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:29 am
by Mike
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:31 am
by Mike
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:32 am
by Kyle
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.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:40 am
by Phoebe
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:45 am
by Mike
No. Thankfully, it does not go beyond that. Whatever idealized image you have of the man he was in college can remain blessedly intact.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:43 pm
by El Jefe
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:03 pm
by Kyle
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:30 pm
by El Jefe
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.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:32 pm
by Kyle
The one falsehood: You didn't turn into a hipster, you always were one.
Re: Things that haven't destroyed society
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:34 pm
by El Jefe
And the worst dressed, most horrific eater, and all around awful hipster award goes to...