Insane things
Here are some “normal” things from your childhood that are actually insane…
2. Car seat technology was kind of a joke.
Because a metal headband will definitely keep me from being catapulted out of this poorly-protected death trap.
3. Everyone had very interesting ideas about orange juice.
Because whoever is responsible for making Ranch dressing must have their health priorities in the right places.
4. Smoking on planes was a fun thing to do.
Because sitting in an encapsulated smoke tube for hours isn’s dangerous AT ALL.
6. This seemed like a reasonable thing to touch your face with.
I’m not sure how this e-cigarette with a harmonic attachment qualified as a razor.
7. Advertisements offered helpful tips on how to suffocate your baby.
The fact that babies made it through those formative weeks = A miracle.
8. Salad came in fun shapes.
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I repeat: “Salad gelatin in VEGETABLE flavors.”
9. Gunpowder toys were fun for the whole family!
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The trusty Gilbert Chemistry Set contained chemicals like highly flammable potassium permanganate and ammonium nitrate (a chemical used in homemade bombs). The fact that any nerds survived into their adult years is amazing.
10. But not quite as much fun as playing with hot metal and molten plastic.
Creepy Crawlers taught valuable life lessons like “try not to burn the shit out of yourself” and also “toxic things exist”. Because molten plastic is totally skin-friendly.
11. Lead was literally everywhere, all the time.
The July 1904 edition of Sherwin-Williams monthly publication reported that lead paint was “poisonous in a large degree, both for the workmen and for the inhabitants of a house painted with lead colors.” But who cares about workmen and your home inhabitants.
13. Everyone agreed that helmets were silly and unnecessary.
Because getting punched in the head is what skulls are for.
15. Exercise meant standing still while a machine jiggled your butt for you.
Because why work your body when you could just be vibrated by a big hugging machine?
16. Drinking and driving? NBD!
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Because laws shmaws.
17. The draft.
Young men were basically either in the jungle getting shot at or at home doing drugs in a field.
18. Skateboards were significantly less tricked out.
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Literally a piece of plywood with wheels knocked on.
19. Hitting people was generally chill.
People who could hit kids: Parents, nuns, priests, rabbis, teachers, grocery clerks, people in suits, people with someplace to be, people who have lawns, old people, and just about everyone else, too.