Rev. Poppy Haze đ“…‹Aug 15, 2025
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
Show threadJuho Mäntysalo

@poppyhaze

Sometimes even later. In local politics (from my POV) "this is how it's always been done" refers to something that had existed about 20 years when the boomers were born.

(So interwar.)

(The amount of critique in local politics we get for women keeping their own surnames or giving mother's surname to the kid is surprisingly high, considering the legistlation about giving father's surname to kid was only in the books from about 1920 - 1986.)

Mar 26 at 7:37pmWeb
Show threadJuho Mäntysalo16h ago

@poppyhaze

Might also be important to note that due to boomers being such a big generation (as the earlier ones were culled by wars, and the later by condoms) they've been the most important focus group for both politicians and media since early 1960s. Part of the "culture wars" is that the later generations collectively have finally gotten majority due to natural reasons.

(Related: why US presidential candidates' actions during Vietnam have been a major question for a quarter+ century.)

Show threadpotentially hazardous object10h ago
@iju @poppyhaze that calvin's dad dichotomy meme but it's every timeless tradition either being from when the boomers were kids or from some nationalist cultural reconstruction effort from the 19th century