Culturally Acceptable Things At Present Time That Would Probably Horrify People A Hundred Years From Now
Just like how we are horrified by some things from past centuries.
Some everyday habits look normal now, but a century from today, they could seem shocking. That is the idea behind a Reddit thread that asked what culturally accepted things today might horrify people in 100 years, and the answers quickly piled up.
The discussion ranges from medical treatments and food habits to waste, privacy, labor, and social media, with commenters pointing to the parts of modern life that already feel questionable.
The comments got people thinking, and the thread turned into a long list of modern habits that might look downright strange later on.
1. Not a lot of people know how much chemotherapy actually sucks
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4. So much waste of everything
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5. It's literally everywhere
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That first wave of replies went straight for the uncomfortable stuff.
6. Another point again for chemotherapy
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7. So much sugar and so much salt in food
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8. Yeah, but honestly, only a few can afford to actually replace a phone every year
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9. Water has always been taken for granted
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10. Those kinds of bathrooms
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Then the thread widened out into everyday life, and the list kept growing.
11. It's either going to go in the opposite direction, or the usage of social media will just keep getting worse
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12. This may be a valid perspective, but not everyone knows how it feels to put down a loved one
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13. Toddler beauty pageants are plain horrible
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14. Plastics everywhere
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15. Why would they do this in the first place, and why haven't they stopped?
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Some of the replies hit especially hard because they pointed to problems people already notice now.
This is the same kind of family standoff as someone debating excluding their sister from family dinner over her extreme raw food diet.
16. Pollution taking over
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17. Who will be slaves in the future?
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18. Abusing our supply of helium
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19. Two days aren't enough to rest
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20. Anything that involves child labor
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21. And religious schools, too! (Sometimes they are much worse)
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22. High insulin prices
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23. Colposcopies
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24. Factory farming
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The thread kept circling back to the same theme, modern life has a lot of habits that feel normal only because people are used to them.
25. Let's just hope it changes
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26. Lack of digital privacy
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27. It's interesting to think about how they would react to this in the future
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What would you answer if you were asked the same question? With the way our society and the world as a whole are progressing, there are definitely still a lot of questionable things that are sprouting up here and there!
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Some of these norms may not survive the century.
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