Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:31 pm

Pocket shopping list.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:10 am

It took me three tries to think of something that wasn't on the list. Mayonnaise.

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 2:55 pm

Why is there no organic kale kombucha?

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:41 pm

Link: https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/1334245300786049024

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:55 pm

Rob Lister wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:10 am It took me three tries to think of something that wasn't on the list. Mayonnaise.

It's from a time when people were still able to whip up some mayonnaise (originally "mahonnaise", I read) instead of buying industrial grease emulsified with synthetic lecithin.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:56 pm

Some Redditor's granny:

Kodachrome, 1949.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:36 am

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:33 pm

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:01 am

Cocaine was the magic ingredient in Coca Cola

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:02 am

Meth was available over the counter until 1964

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:32 am

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:43 pm

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:07 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:01 am

October 1887 – March 1889.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:57 pm

Not colorized. Originals are in color; these have been color-adjusted.

Link: https://twitter.com/StuartHumphryes/status/1336027047836192776

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:35 pm

Incredible.

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:34 pm

Witness wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:01 am

October 1887 – March 1889.

What was once deemed an eyesore has become the de facto symbol of a nation.

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:24 am

Fid wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:34 pm
Witness wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:01 am

October 1887 – March 1889.
What was once deemed an eyesore has become the de facto symbol of a nation.

Yeah, just like Trump.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:50 am

Fid wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:34 pm What was once deemed an eyesore has become the de facto symbol of a nation.

I read a comment from one of his contemporaries saying that Eiffel was quite ambivalent about his tower, nearly apologizing for having built it.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:53 am

Concentrated syrup. But now everything has to be ready to consume.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:48 am

robinson wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:02 am Meth was available over the counter until 1964

The Nazis gave it to their soldiers so they didn't need to sleep. Made them more aggressive too.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:50 am

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:58 am

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:05 pm

ed · Post by ed » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:07 pm

The past indeed.

ed · Post by ed » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:08 pm

Anaxagoras wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:48 am
robinson wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:02 am Meth was available over the counter until 1964
The Nazis gave it to their soldiers so they didn't need to sleep. Made them more aggressive too.

not just nazis

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:43 pm

Link: https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1338160587520536580

Giz · Post by **Giz** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:46 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:58 am

Should have released that one as soon as you’d seen what you’d hooked.

The fish too.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:58 pm

Jewfish

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:58 pm

No longer called that

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:43 am

Giz · Post by **Giz** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:59 pm

Damn, had to check that wasn’t 1884

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:31 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Dec 15, 2020 1:55 am

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:56 pm

Giz · Post by **Giz** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:12 pm

Witness wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 1:55 am

Jeez Australia, couldn’t you find any venomous critters to play with?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:53 pm

A salesman has his motorized roller skates refueled at a gas station, 1961

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:33 pm

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:51 pm

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:41 am

"Table knives of all kinds."

No fools the Chinese.