Originally published at: Top NYT headlines from 50 years ago today | Boing Boing
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Whenever I look at old magazines or newspapers, one of the neatest things is actually looking at the advertisements, which can be pretty informative about a time and place…
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2021-1961= 60 not 50. Other than that, great article…
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I was gonna say…
I would have known if Babes in Toyland had premiered when I was 5 years old.
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For a moment I thought I was much younger than I thought, but then I realized it was a math thing and now I feel old again.
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– 1961 sets record in cigarette use — Americans smoked more than ever, and the US manufactured cigarettes to keep up. Including exports, the US produced 528 billion cigarettes!
Yep, got Dear Ole Dad [lifelong smoker] that year I was born, fighting off T.B. and smoking is bad for your health folks.
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In the 1960ies, smoking was good for you!
Heck, back then asbestos and radiation were good for you!
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And don’t forget those pesky seatbelts weren’t a thing yet.
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To be fair, doing date-based math like that is a lot easier when one’s age is greater than the interval in question.
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If you wore a Maidenform bra, you wouldn’t need a seatbelt! Or a kevlar vest!
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To also be fair, I had just seen a Facebook post saying “When I think about something that happened 30 years ago I think 1970 not 1990.”
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I know I’m not the only one that hears “1990” and thinks it was just 20 years ago. Somehow I keep missing an entire decade there!
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