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Only 100 years ago
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:45 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:45 am
Apparently on this date, 6 December, 1923, Calvin Coolidge became the first American President to address the entire nation, at least those who were close to a radio that could receive the broadcast, via the airwaves.
100 Years Ago Today
100 years seems like a long time ago but it really isn't in the overall scheme of things...but the changes over those 100 years are massive. I suspect that would be pretty true of any 100 year period in the history of man...but going from not having the technology to address the nation all at once to having the collective knowledge of the entirety of mankind a google search away is a pretty staggering amount of progression. Not to mention 24-7 porn for free....
100 Years Ago Today
100 years seems like a long time ago but it really isn't in the overall scheme of things...but the changes over those 100 years are massive. I suspect that would be pretty true of any 100 year period in the history of man...but going from not having the technology to address the nation all at once to having the collective knowledge of the entirety of mankind a google search away is a pretty staggering amount of progression. Not to mention 24-7 porn for free....
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 5:53 am
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:47 am to AwgustaDawg
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6 December, 2023
Thats today.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:48 am to AwgustaDawg
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Apparently on this date, 6 December, 2023,
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Only 100 years ago
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:52 am to AwgustaDawg
Calvin Coolidge’s corpse has more brain activity than our current potato-in-chief. I say dig him up and swear him in. He’s good for another term.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:58 am to AwgustaDawg
Imagine our worlds minus the infiltration of agenda driven media.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:07 am to TheFonz
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Calvin Coolidge’s corpse has more brain activity than our current potato-in-chief. I say dig him up and swear him in. He’s good for another term.
People 100 years ago wouldn't have voted for a 75+ year old to run the country no matter which party they aligned with. Now 99% of you will to "stick it to the other side'
Mutually assured destruction
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 6:08 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:33 am to AwgustaDawg
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the changes over those 100 years are massive. I suspect that would be pretty true of any 100 year period in the history of man.
I would disagree. The farther back in time you go, the less drastic the changes will be per 100 years. In 1823, a man’s life would probably be very familiar to a man from 1723.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:43 am to AwgustaDawg
my favourite is that the first flight happened in 1900 and we landed on the moon less than 70 years later...
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:47 am to upgrade
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The farther back in time you go, the less drastic the changes will be per 100 years. In 1823, a man’s life would probably be very familiar to a man from 1723.
You are absolutely correct. I'm not sure if I wouldve used a man from before the industrial revolution and one at the end of it as my example though
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:48 am to Corinthians420
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People 100 years ago wouldn't have voted for a 75+ year old to run the country no matter which party they aligned with. Now 99% of you will to "stick it to the other side'
That's a good point. Another good point is that 100 years ago, everyone would have thought all of today's politicians are some batshit crazy ideology. Everything is so far left today, they wouldn't have even recognized it as being far left back then.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:52 am to upgrade
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I would disagree. The farther back in time you go, the less drastic the changes will be per 100 years. In 1823, a man’s life would probably be very familiar to a man from 1723.
I agree with your point, but wasn’t 1823 at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution with introduction to combustion powered technology?
1723 and 1623 were probably very similar, as would be 1623 and 1523 and 1423
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:53 am to StormTiger
How about the progress to make a nuclear weapon: in 1935, only a couple hundred of folks worldwide knew any substantial understanding about the concepts of atomic particles. Ten years later we went three of three in weaponizing it to quickly stop a war.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:56 am to AwgustaDawg
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100 years seems like a long time ago but it really isn't in the overall scheme of things...but the changes over those 100 years are massive. I suspect that would be pretty true of any 100 year period in the history of man...but going from not having the technology to address the nation all at once to having the collective knowledge of the entirety of mankind a google search away is a pretty staggering amount of progression.
Winston Churchill was in a cavalry charge and also alive for humans going to space. Crazy how much things have changed in one lifetime.
Hell, if you go look at football game footage from the 90s you realize how shite the resolution was. Just in the last 25 years technology has gone nuts.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 6:57 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:58 am to Corinthians420
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"stick it to the other side'
"winning"
Posted on 12/6/23 at 7:22 am to AwgustaDawg
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Apparently on this date, 6 December, 2023
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Only 100 seconds ago
Fify
Posted on 12/6/23 at 7:52 am to AwgustaDawg
Just my opinion, but...
Radio offered music, news, live sports, and entertainment, making people inquisitive and spurring the imagination, while TV too often completely colors in the picture and fills in the blanks so the brain turns off.
Radio offered music, news, live sports, and entertainment, making people inquisitive and spurring the imagination, while TV too often completely colors in the picture and fills in the blanks so the brain turns off.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:04 am to Loup
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Winston Churchill was in a cavalry charge and also alive for humans going to space. Crazy how much things have changed in one lifetime.
I have read that before but it never really sunk in...damn, that is staggering really....
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:08 am to GetBackToWork
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Just my opinion, but...
Radio offered music, news, live sports, and entertainment, making people inquisitive and spurring the imagination, while TV too often completely colors in the picture and fills in the blanks so the brain turns off.
Newspapers made even more impact. We have loads more information today but it is all delivered to confirm our biases based on our internet usage. When the paper was flung in the driveway every morning and, if you lived in a city, every evening, there was apt to be something in it that was anything but confirming of your bias...it was just the opposite. People would read it anyway because they had paid for it and by damn they were going to consume it. Newspapers brought shite right into the front room than we did not agree with but we were exposed to it and sometimes there was a point to be taken away....we no longer get any news which is anything more than comforting in our biases.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:10 am to AwgustaDawg
Tomorrow is a bigger day!
F*ck the Germans and Japanese (Italians too I suppose but not like they were an army of note).
F*ck the Germans and Japanese (Italians too I suppose but not like they were an army of note).
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:11 am to soccerfüt
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How about the progress to make a nuclear weapon: in 1935, only a couple hundred of folks worldwide knew any substantial understanding about the concepts of atomic particles. Ten years later we went three of three in weaponizing it to quickly stop a war.
We can't even pave a mile of interstate in 10 years today and we have been paving roads for a loooonnngggg time. I am pretty familiar with several projects that were built from scratch in just a few years to facilitate our keeping pace in the cold war...the shite that was done with a slide rule and with no real clear idea of where it was heading is amazing. If we faced a similar threat today it would take longer to form the corporate entities which would be allowed to bid on the design than it to to build those projects back in the day.
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