The Bear Story

[Rumbas]

This one caught my eye and reminded me of RC's Bear Story. I like that story:

[Mackin USA]

GREAT FIND Ras

https://www.debate.org/opinions/were-the-1950s-the-best-time-to-live

[ergophobe]

>>everyone was nicer

Unless, of course, you had the misfortune to be born black, female, gay, liberal, non-conformist or had the misfortune to get old in the 1950s (elderly poverty rate was over 35% in 1959, currently around 9%). It drives me crazy when people romanticize the 1950s.

It seemed simple because people had their eyes closed.

[rcjordan]

This happened just across the river from my house.  Dammit, I still neeeed a bear cub or two.

A man thought someone left a box of puppies on his lawn. Nope, they were bear cubs
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/us/texas-box-puppies-bear-cubs-trnd/index.html

[Rumbas]

>"it could have ended up differently"

Holy moly, I bet it could!

>Dammit, I still neeeed a bear cub or two

Got for it RC. Never too late to try something new.

[littleman]

>>everyone was nicer


>Unless, of course, you had the misfortune to be born black, female, gay, liberal, non-conformist or had the misfortune to get old in the 1950s (elderly poverty rate was over 35% in 1959, currently around 9%). It drives me crazy when people romanticize the 1950s.

Came across this today on Reddit today.

I'm from Hawaii and when I enlisted in the military years ago, I was sent to Virginia to work in the Pentagon. Segregation was the law of the land in Virginia then. The first time I rode a bus there, I saw that it was segregated with Whites sitting in the front area and Blacks in the rear. Being of Asian descent, I wasn't sure where I was to sit. To be safe, I moved to the rear of the bus but was told by the riders there that it was Colored only. I moved to an empty seat in the front when I was told that it was the White section. So I finally decided to stand between the two groups and that seemed to be OK with everyone else on that bus. After that, I spent most of my time staying on the military base where no one questioned where I sat in the mess hall or any of the recreational facilities on base.

Also relevant to this thread:

https://i.imgur.com/JWzBrU2.gifv