in 100 years, what will be considered "stupid things people did back then"

[BurnItDwn]

I fear that in 100 years, we may be just as stupid as we are today.

 

[Remobz]

Women use to eat tape worm eggs to loose weight back then.

 

[TechBoyJK]

unchecked obesity

 

[zinfamous]

I fear that in 100 years, we may be just as stupid as we are today.

I'd say that is rather generous

 

[BurnItDwn]

I'd say that is rather generous

Well, If I do not survive to be 135 years old, I fear that the world will indeed succumb to an even greater degree of stupidity.

 

[Muse]

I often wonder that on cutting knives. Are microscopic shavings of metal entering our food and then we eat them which gets small shavings lodged in our digestive system? Could that be a cause for cancer or some other poisoning?

When I sharpen a knife I always wipe it clean of shavings. I always figure the less junk I let enter my system the better. My doctor tells me my kidneys are in great shape, I want them to stay that way.

 

[SP33Demon]

Buying apple products

 

[soundforbjt]

Watching the Kardashians...

 

[FerrelGeek]

Voting for Obama, the second time, will rank right up there.

 

[utahraptor]

• consuming non insect or lab derived meat
• voluntarily exposing one's epidermis to the sun's rays for long periods of time without protection
• "working"
• class based society / wealth inequality
• separate nation states
• watching tv/movies
• manually controlling dangerous machinery or vehicles
• consumption of mind altering substances on a daily basis
• use or possession of firearms
• intimate physical contact
• belief in sky wizards

 

[soundforbjt]

Voting for Obama, the second time, will rank right up there.

This isn't P&N.

 

[MrDudeMan]

• consuming non insect or lab derived meat
• voluntarily exposing one's epidermis to the sun's rays for long periods of time without protection
• "working"
• class based society / wealth inequality
• separate nation states
• watching tv/movies
• manually controlling dangerous machinery or vehicles
• consumption of mind altering substances on a daily basis
• use or possession of firearms
• intimate physical contact
• belief in sky wizards

People with lists like this seem to really, REALLY overestimate how fast society changes. Technology changes quickly, but people don't. Our day to day lives haven't changed much in hundreds or thousands of years. We wake up, shit, eat, go to work, eat, maybe shit again, do stuff for a few hours, then go to bed. The people who don't follow that pattern are in the minority and will continue to be for a long time. We may see some of your list items in 500 or 1000 years, but not 100.


Intimate physical contact - Seriously? Over millions of years this was programmed into our genetic code and you think people will be revolted by it in 100 years? That's just absurd and retarded.

Consumption of mind altering substances will continue for as long as humans exist.

Separate nations will exist for MANY more years just as they always have. Quantum computing isn't going to make Israel and Palestine friendly toward one another nor will it make China treat its people better. Technology doesn't automatically facilitate social evolution in a positive way. If anything, it's doing the opposite in a lot of cases.