Things of past decades that would never be allowed today

Boredstiff666 · 06-01-2020 02:48PM

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Using derogatory terms for non white people.

You mean like ....you pink b*stard?

Boredstiff666 · 06-01-2020 02:50PM

Selling wives at local market.........I use DoneDeal and ebay now.

Sardonicat · 06-01-2020 02:52PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Swingball

Ahh, memories. Myself and the cousin improvised our own swing ball set by sticking a tennis ball down one leg of her mother's extra support tan tights and tying the other leg round the lamppost that was just outside her front garden fence. Two frying pans for rackets and we were off. I'll never forget my uncle almost collapsing in hysterics when he saw what we were at. My aunt's reaction to seeing her tight leg swinging round the lamppost was a little different.

Unsupervised playing. Kids using their imagination and initiative to entertain themselves. Where's that gone?

06-01-2020 02:52PM

2lazytogetup wrote: »

going onto a building site. used to have great fun as a kid exploring half built housing estates.

... and hitting the jackpot by finding some Hilti shells (used for nail guns, basically they were [are?] .22 cartridges without the bullet tip) - which meant the obligatory mini-bonfire to chuck them in.

Riskymove · 06-01-2020 02:53PM

veryangryman wrote: »

Marrying 14 year olds because you were rich and famous (Elvis comes to mind)

Elvis?

are you thinking of Jerry lee Lewis?

06-01-2020 02:54PM

Certain type of rag doll made in the likeness of a minstrel, from a character created by Florence Kate Upton. Everyone had one when I was growing up, never thought of it as resembling any human, more of an alternative to a teddy bear.

partyguinness · 06-01-2020 02:59PM

Correct use of the apostrophe.

Be right back · 06-01-2020 03:11PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Nah, that still happens but with a lot more supervision. Mental bunch in school near me.

And higher insurance?

TuringBot47 · 06-01-2020 03:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Certain type of rag doll made in the likeness of a minstrel, from a character created by Florence Kate Upton. Everyone had one when I was growing up, never thought of it as resembling any human, more of an alternative to a teddy bear.

Ah yes, a "gollywog".
And HB had the "Golly bar", an icecream with a black-faced minstrel on the label.

TuringBot47 · 06-01-2020 03:26PM

I don't think the movie "Blazing Saddles" would've been made today.

RhubarbCrumble · 06-01-2020 03:46PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Priests left alone with children

Hmmm, username checks out

Hamsterchops · 06-01-2020 03:47PM

Boredstiff666 wrote: »

You mean like ....you pink b*stard?

It was usually aimed at people with darker skin!

is_that_so · 06-01-2020 03:58PM

Be right back wrote: »

And higher insurance?

Schools would be covered by the government so probably not relevant. Sorry state of affairs that some schools don't allow it.

is_that_so · 06-01-2020 03:59PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

I don't think the movie "Blazing Saddles" would've been made today.

Only by Spike Lee!

ILoveYourVibes · 06-01-2020 04:04PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Sexual harassment

happens today

vektarman · 06-01-2020 04:05PM

The TV series 'Love Thy Neighbour' wouldn't be allowed today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1dakp4FT0w

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 06-01-2020 04:09PM

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

12 year olds driving tractors

That still happens. I still see them careening past my parents’ house in big tractors in the summer. :eek:

decky1 · 06-01-2020 04:12PM

heard lately that if beer etc was invented now they would not get permission to sell it.

cajonlardo · 06-01-2020 04:17PM

I grew up in the 70s but I still find that recent TV show "it was all right in 70s" hard to believe

for instance theres a clip where a woman joyously proclaims "I'd like to raped on a day this.." I don't believe many found that funny even back then but it speaks volumes that it was aired on prime time.
Another clip has Terry Wigan interviewing a 16 year old beauty pageant contestant and he refers to her as being " a big girl"

We used expressions like "work like a n***er"
"n***er in the woodpile" and even "n***er brown" to describe a shade of brown.

Have to admit my own transgressions were pig ignorant - genuinely didn't know better and when I was old enough to think for myself I sincerely regretted using certain phrases. Grew up with sisters and a very strong mother and grandmother's - so at least I did have a healthy respect for women

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 06-01-2020 04:26PM

cajonlardo wrote: »

I grew up in the 70s but I still find that recent TV show "it was all right in 70s" hard to believe

for instance theres a clip where a woman joyously proclaims "I'd like to raped on a day this.." I don't believe many found that funny even back then but it speaks volumes that it was aired on prime time.
Another clip has Terry Wigan interviewing a 16 year old beauty pageant contestant and he refers to her as being " a big girl"

We used expressions like "work like a n***er"
"n***er in the woodpile" and even "n***er brown" to describe a shade of brown.

Have to admit my own transgressions were pig ignorant - genuinely didn't know better and when I was old enough to think for myself I sincerely regretted using certain phrases. Grew up with sisters and a very strong mother and grandmother's - so at least I did have a healthy respect for women

I used to say ‘half caste’ until I went to college at 18. It wasn’t a slur in my part of the country, it was used the same as ‘mixed race’. I struggle not to say it to this day because it’s part of my formative years vocabulary.

JupiterKid · 06-01-2020 04:28PM

Growing up back in the 1980s, casual racism and homophobia weren't just commonplace and accepted, they were petty much expected of everybody.

Sexual harassment of women in the workplace.

Filthy clapped-out city busses that spewed diesel fumed into the lower deck and broke down frequently.

Cigarette "sweets."
Tip top drinks
Smoking on airplanes
Smacking children in public

holyhead · 06-01-2020 04:29PM

Carry On films

DrumSteve · 06-01-2020 04:33PM

Used to be poles on our street that there would be a rope wrapped around, people would swing around the pole on it.

Dont think they would allow it now.

Zaph · 06-01-2020 04:34PM

Kids riding in the very back of estate cars. Now they all have to have booster seats and seat belts. It's health and safety gone mad!

castletownman · 06-01-2020 04:35PM

Children out trick or treating unsupervised

igCorcaigh · 06-01-2020 04:37PM

https://twitter.com/lifeismyartform/status/1214182052507115521?s=09

Geuze · 06-01-2020 04:39PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Forcing women to work in laundries.

Women were placed there by their own families.

Blame the missing father.

topper75 · 06-01-2020 04:40PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Forcing women to work in laundries.
Religious orders taking babies away and selling them / killing them.

Ah. Well. I don't recall any actual reports of killing. They treated the babies like non-entities and buried them in a grossly undignified fashion. Many were exploited for financial purposes by being put up for adoption and the funds were pocketed with no regard to the mother. If you have info on any killings though, don't hesitate to contact the Gardaí.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 06-01-2020 04:43PM

I haven't been able to find a small urchin to send up the chimney, to give it a good scrub. The PC brigade have the country ruined.

06-01-2020 04:54PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

Used to be poles on our street that there would be a rope wrapped around, people would swing around the pole on it.

Dont think they would allow it now.

Definitely wouldn't happen now. The Poles all have jobs in bars or on construction sites now.

Things of past decades that would never be allowed today

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