I smoked my first joint in '68. It was "grass" then, but "pot" soon became popular. People born in the 1950s might have used both names. In the 80s, "dope" became a minority favorite, but most people didn't use that name. I never liked it. Today, I just call it "marijuana". I think it's pretty.
This may be wildly niche (but what's social media for otherwise ...) but it's still a bit mind-blowing to me that T.S. Eliot was reading Gottfried Benn so attentively in the 1950s (paywalled, alas, but also reprinted elsehwere; @theatlantic.bsky.socialwww.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“The first is the voice of the poet talking to himself—or to nobody. The second is the voice of the poet addressing an audience, whether large or small. The third is the voice of the poet when he atte...
Organized opposition to Vietnam began in the mid 1950s and was at its *peak* for 5 years from 1965-1970. Just maybe we should hold our horses on making an assessment of the current anti war movement’s “success” until it’s been more than a year.
What an absolute monster
I'll just note that in an age when almost everyone carries high-resolution recording devices in their pockets, there's a LOT fewer bigfoot and UFO photos/films being circulated, and those which are, are as blurry and indeterminate as those taken with 1950s mass-market/tourist gear. Funny, that.
Futures of The Past🚟 1950s Sci-Fi - AI Microfilm #ThankyouAndGoodnight💫www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAa-...
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When it came to market in the 1950s it was sold as the first temperature-controllable range. You can see all the controls in this picture (no, it’s not the dial on the oven, that’s just a thermometer.)
Maybe it was Andrew Tate putting a “you too can be successful if you just act like a 1950s sleeze bucket” veneer on it.
🟥 REWIND | A number of 1950s/1960s BBC continuity/programme clips added to the site in recent weeks. >> REWIND: rewind.thetvroom.com
