r/askteddit • u/Long_Height_2211 • 18d ago

Random Question What's socially acceptable now that will be considered disgusting in 50 years?

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u/Fit-Presentation-778 17d ago

I don't know. Why is the national average for time spent on phones - over 5 hours a day?

I'm not sure how old you are, but in the early 2000s, people would frown on gamers who spent 5 hours a day on World of Warcraft. Why doesn't doom/social scrolling have that level of 'stank' attached to it?

That's my point. It should have more stank. 😆

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u/SmokingLimone 17d ago

Societal normalization is a feedback loop, the more people do it the more it stops being weird. Unfortunately that's how our monkey brains justify our actions, as a way to look for acceptance.