Randomguy Posted April 24, 2017 Share #1 Posted April 24, 2017 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 24, 2017 Share #2 Posted April 24, 2017 Maybe, weren't the 50's a time of huge economic growth, euphoria still lingering of the end of the war and many WWII vets getting on with their lives and starting families. Even with the Cold War starting from what i recall from history classes the 50's was generally considered a time of good fortune for many Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 24, 2017 Share #3 Posted April 24, 2017 Unpossible. No Twitter, Facebook or Square Wheels Forum. All they had to do was watch Ed Sullivan, and make babies. Which created the baby boom and the mess we're in now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted April 24, 2017 I like the idea of chicks staying at home and a clean house and a hot meal waiting for me when I get home. When that stopped as a matter of course, America stopped being great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #5 Posted April 24, 2017 I was. My wonderful, not-a-care-in-the-world, prepubescent years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted April 24, 2017 Share #6 Posted April 24, 2017 No, look at the beer available at the time: bud, Miller, Schlitz, Carling, Narragansett, etc. mass produced fizzy yellow stuff. The atomic weapons arsenal was less than a decade old. Uncertainty about that created a lot of anxiety. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 24, 2017 Share #7 Posted April 24, 2017 I doubt they were happier or unhappier. My guess is that the level of happiness has remained the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 24, 2017 Share #8 Posted April 24, 2017 I was pretty happy in the fifties but then again I still am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted April 24, 2017 20 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: I doubt they were happier or unhappier. My guess is that the level of happiness has remained the same. I think each decade can point to major problems and some good things. I really do like the idea of the chick staying at home, and no phones to take with us all the damn time. While I like the internet and all, I really doubt we are happier now than when the technology didn't follow us around everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #10 Posted April 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Randomguy said: no phones to take with us all the damn time. I still don't. I use to carry a phone, but I really don't need it and I prefer being without it. It is a choice, you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted April 24, 2017 Share #11 Posted April 24, 2017 We should be happier now, given that most are better off economically and we live longer but I'm not so sure we are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #12 Posted April 24, 2017 As I recall it, there seemed to be a more optimistic attitude (despite the bomb) about the future. Bigger and better seemed always on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted April 24, 2017 Share #13 Posted April 24, 2017 Yes, I know I was. Sure, we got made fun of in sci fi movies in the 50s but today we have to contend with Wikibullies like @Mr. Silly who likes to split hairs about reel eels and sand eels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted April 24, 2017 Share #14 Posted April 24, 2017 how could it be? I was not even thought of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted April 24, 2017 Share #15 Posted April 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Randomguy said: I think each decade can point to major problems and some good things. Agreed. And while we can always know how much harder life was in the past, we can never know exactly how much easier it will be in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #16 Posted April 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, parodybot said: Yes, I know I was. Sure, we got made fun of in sci fi movies in the 50s but today we have to contend with Wikibullies like @Mr. Silly who likes to split hairs about reel eels and sand eels. I remember Dr Smith use to call you a "Bubble-headed Booby". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 24, 2017 Share #17 Posted April 24, 2017 3 months of my life was in the 50's. I can't remember how good things were.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #18 Posted April 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Wilbur said: 3 months of my life was in the 50's. I can't remember how good things were.. Bacon and country ham were very popular in the 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted April 24, 2017 Share #19 Posted April 24, 2017 I think you are happy or unhappy based on your situation. People may be happier if they use the anti anxiety and anti depressants that are available now. Back then it was electric shock therapy or lobotomies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 24, 2017 Share #20 Posted April 24, 2017 28 minutes ago, parodybot said: Yes, I know I was. Sure, we got made fun of in sci fi movies in the 50s but today we have to contend with Wikibullies like @Mr. Silly who likes to split hairs about reel eels and sand eels. 21 minutes ago, Road Runner said: I remember Dr Smith use to call you a "Bubble-headed Booby". Ah! Robots in the 50's were able to snag some serious tail. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 24, 2017 Share #21 Posted April 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, Chris... said: People may be happier if they use the anti anxiety and anti depressants that are available now. Back then it was electric shock therapy or lobotomies I am very happy with the results of my lobotomy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted April 24, 2017 Share #22 Posted April 24, 2017 Just now, Mr. Silly said: Ah! Robots in the 50's were able to snag some serious tail. Boy I would love to give her all 12 volts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #23 Posted April 24, 2017 1 minute ago, parodybot said: Boy I would love to give her all 12 volts! Is that a negative 12 volts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted April 24, 2017 Share #24 Posted April 24, 2017 I remember the 1950s, it never rained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted April 24, 2017 Share #25 Posted April 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, parodybot said: Boy I would love to give her all 12 volts! She said you were hung like a CR2450. 3 volts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 24, 2017 Share #26 Posted April 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, parodybot said: Boy I would love to give her all 12 volts! Actually, she died 6 years ago. I doubt that she would feel anything at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 24, 2017 Share #27 Posted April 24, 2017 My dad bought a brand new Chevy Nomad station wagon in 1956 what's not to be happy about? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 24, 2017 Share #28 Posted April 24, 2017 Just so happens the BuffCarla and I started watching a 1950's robot movie last night: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/ The Day the Earth Stood Still Quite a good movie. They had stress back then, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 1, 2018 Share #29 Posted May 1, 2018 On 4/24/2017 at 2:46 PM, Mr. Silly said: I am very happy with the results of my lobotomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #30 Posted May 1, 2018 Republicans, over all, recall the late 1950s and the mid-1980s most fondly. Sample explanations: “Reagan.” “Economy was booming.” “No wars!” “Life was simpler.” “Strong family values.” The distribution of Trump supporters’ greatest years is somewhat similar to the Republican trend, but more widely dispersed over the last 70 years. Supporters of Ted Cruz picked best years that were similar to the party’s trend over all. The sample of John Kasich supporters in the survey was too small to detect any patterns. As a group, Democrats seem to think America’s greatest days were more recent; they were more likely to pick a year in the 1990s, or since 2000. After 2000, their second-most-popular answer was 2016. Sample explanations: “We’re getting better.” “Improving social justice.” “Technology.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 1, 2018 Share #31 Posted May 1, 2018 This was about my botched lobotomy. Don't start getting all political or I will report you to Kzoo and Maxx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #32 Posted May 1, 2018 I lived every day of the 50s and must have been happy as I drank a lot of PBR in the later years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #33 Posted May 1, 2018 On 4/24/2017 at 3:53 PM, Longjohn said: My dad bought a brand new Chevy Nomad station wagon in 1956 what's not to be happy about? 1956 was a very good year. Lots of great things were created! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #34 Posted May 1, 2018 My dad died in 1956. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #35 Posted May 1, 2018 20 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: 1956 was a very good year. Lots of great things were created! I see you fixed it. Good, I was beginning to wonder about your age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 1, 2018 Share #36 Posted May 1, 2018 19 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: My dad died in 1956. Obviously you were very young. I'm very sorry, Maxx. I know my life changed when I lost DadCheese in my 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #37 Posted May 1, 2018 26 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: Obviously you were very young. I'm very sorry, Maxx. I know my life changed when I lost DadCheese in my 40s. I was 10. They didn't tell me he was dead till after the funeral. I was sent on a couple of overnights to a cousins house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted May 1, 2018 Share #38 Posted May 1, 2018 One word: "The Korean War" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 1, 2018 Share #39 Posted May 1, 2018 Just now, donkpow said: One word: "The Korean War" I wasn't in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted May 1, 2018 Share #40 Posted May 1, 2018 Just now, maddmaxx said: I wasn't in that one. Tsk. Damn hippies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted May 1, 2018 Share #41 Posted May 1, 2018 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: My dad died in 1956. Mine also, I was 6 months old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted May 1, 2018 Share #42 Posted May 1, 2018 2 hours ago, jsharr said: Republicans, over all, recall the late 1950s and the mid-1980s most fondly. Sample explanations: “Reagan.” “Economy was booming.” “No wars!” “Life was simpler.” “Strong family values.” The distribution of Trump supporters’ greatest years is somewhat similar to the Republican trend, but more widely dispersed over the last 70 years. Supporters of Ted Cruz picked best years that were similar to the party’s trend over all. The sample of John Kasich supporters in the survey was too small to detect any patterns. As a group, Democrats seem to think America’s greatest days were more recent; they were more likely to pick a year in the 1990s, or since 2000. After 2000, their second-most-popular answer was 2016. Sample explanations: “We’re getting better.” “Improving social justice.” “Technology.” Re 1950s: Stinks because it didn't help bright educated women who wanted to work professionally and full-time (besides just being a teacher, nurse or secretary). Didn't help women who wanted to work as engineers when for the few at the time, trained as engineers, etc. Sorry, Republicans' reminiscing is just man-centred, patriarichal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted May 2, 2018 Share #43 Posted May 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Re 1950s: Stinks because it didn't help bright educated women who wanted to work professionally and full-time (besides just being a teacher, nurse or secretary). Didn't help women who wanted to work as engineers when for the few at the time, trained as engineers, etc. Sorry, Republicans' reminiscing is just man-centred, patriarichal. jsharr reported that without citation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted May 2, 2018 Share #44 Posted May 2, 2018 ..the 50's were great for me in Washington, D.C. I got to feed the pigeons and squirrels whenever my mom dragged me downtown on the trolley, and I never had to work a day of my life in the 50's. Segregation still ruled city, even though some of the public schools had been subject to desegregation orders. So the bigger and faster black kids didn't beat me up at school. Eisenhower was president, and that guy really knew how to president. The only bad thing I can remember was nobody had air conditioning, which is a drag in the summertime in D.C. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 2, 2018 Share #45 Posted May 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Page Turner said: ..the 50's were great for me in Washington, D.C. I got to feed the pigeons and squirrels whenever my mom dragged me downtown on the trolley, and I never had to work a day of my life in the 50's. Segregation still ruled city, even though some of the public schools had been subject to desegregation orders. So the bigger and faster black kids didn't beat me up at school. Eisenhower was president, and that guy really knew how to president. The only bad thing I can remember was nobody had air conditioning, which is a drag in the summertime in D.C. Please notice who dredged this thread knowing it would bring you back. You're worse than my sweet first beagle mix, Bubba Loui. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted May 2, 2018 Share #46 Posted May 2, 2018 I was first born baby in '59. My mother was freakin' out probably...didn't know English and at that time, fathers were not allowed in birthing rm. The only good thing was to escape Mao's iron grip rule in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted May 2, 2018 Share #47 Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, maddmaxx said: I was 10. They didn't tell me he was dead till after the funeral. I was sent on a couple of overnights to a cousins house. You and I have a lot in common...starting with the 71/71 thing. 4th grade for me. although in the morning (my dad died of a heat attack after coming home from an evening golf thing or something like that) my mom broke it to me by telling me I'm now the man of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 2, 2018 Share #48 Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, shootingstar said: Re 1950s: Stinks because it didn't help bright educated women who wanted to work professionally and full-time (besides just being a teacher, nurse or secretary). Didn't help women who wanted to work as engineers when for the few at the time, trained as engineers, etc. Sorry, Republicans' reminiscing is just man-centred, patriarichal. Umm.. I seem to recall a pretty popular Democrat as a womanizer and patriarchal figure. It was the era, not the politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 2, 2018 Share #49 Posted May 2, 2018 28 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I was first born baby in '59. My mother was freakin' out probably...didn't know English and at that time, fathers were not allowed in birthing rm. The only good thing was to escape Mao's iron grip rule in China. I am sure your parents wanted a better life for you than they had. First gen immigrants sacrifice everything for that opportunity. It is up to the children to take advantage of the opportunity provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted May 2, 2018 Share #50 Posted May 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I am sure your parents wanted a better life for you than they had. First gen immigrants sacrifice everything for that opportunity. It is up to the children to take advantage of the opportunity provided. They got their wish --all 6 children became university educated in Canada. We all each bought our own homes..without financial help from parents. (which means we worked hard also and also learned that from parents). We all have jobs that aren't physical hard labour. (Their benchmark, not ours. They came from rural area of southern China.) There is a grandson who got his PhD at Harvard. (he's a researcher at U of T.) Back in China, my paternal grandfather raised money from villagers to build the village's lst public school. It was built of brick which was a big deal. My father in addition to having headstones for himself and mother, he had a small special symbolic one installed in same North Toronto cemetary, for his father as a tribute. My grandparents' graves were ploughed under by the Communists..I'm not sure what for. Probably sheer stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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