I was reading a book on social life of the upper-middle class and new rich of the American 1920s and realized so many things we now do proudly were considered socially taboo back then. This was especially the case for clothing, makeup, women in certain public spaces, etc. What do you think will be different in the 2120s? Or maybe even the next 50 years?

    • Tenniswaffles@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m aware of that. But you’re insane if you think that in even 100 years from now manners and politeness/respect will be gone. Basically ever generation for literal centuries have had similar opinions about the manners of the youth, and guess what; manners and respect have stayed pretty much the same. Sure the way it’s expressed may be different from centuries ago but people are still generally polite to others in most scenarios.

      And as an aside I used boomers as an example because it’s usually the older generation that hold such opinions. But that’s probably a bad assumption here considering the average boomer has probably moved on from fart humour.