Paul FairieMay 4, 2023

A List of Things People Blamed on Flappers

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The decline of the whale catching industry
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Forest fires
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Making American women ugly
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Eye disease in men
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Unemployment
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Britain's troubles
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Ruining the audio quality of radio broadcasts
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Physical misfits during World War II
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A decline in public transportation revenue
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An auto collision
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A decline in weddings
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Ruining napkins and glass at soda fountains
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A barber strike
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Farmers' woe
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A shortage of overshoes
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Ruining the ribbon business
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Ruining America
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@paulisci Thanks to reverse-chronological timelines & mstdn.ca's "collapse replies" option, I get to scroll through the list of ruined things & guess what modern social ill might be the cause.

I, uh, didn't guess this time!

May 5, 2023 at 2:21amWeb
Show threadRozzychanMay 5, 2023
@AmeliasBrain @paulisci
So much like all the things Millennials supposedly ruined, huh?
Show threadDisco SexualMay 5, 2023
@Rozzychan @AmeliasBrain @paulisci I'm sensing a pattern. Making a note here not to blame the problems in my dotage on the stupid sexy youths and their kooky dances
Show threadPaul FairieMay 5, 2023
@AmeliasBrain Hah, yes. I do think Mastodon adds an element of mystery to these threads :)