unhinged_walnut39@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoPeople born in the 1900s, what was life like back then?message-squaremessage-square212linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down114
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squarePeople born in the 1900s, what was life like back then?unhinged_walnut39@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square212linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-214 hours ago Pollution was really bad. I don’t think anyone born after 1990 has a clue how shitty the air quality was in cities back in the ‘80s and earlier. Yeah, 'member leaded gasoline? I wasn’t there, but I 'member. Just burning an extremely toxic metal in a city full of people and kids. And then there was the insane 70’s crime/violent crime rate suspiciously about 20 years later…
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoPff. I used to wash motor parts off with leaded gas and no gloves when I was young. I’d probably be a goddamn Einstein if it weren’t for that.
Yeah, 'member leaded gasoline? I wasn’t there, but I 'member. Just burning an extremely toxic metal in a city full of people and kids.
And then there was the insane 70’s crime/violent crime rate suspiciously about 20 years later…
Pff. I used to wash motor parts off with leaded gas and no gloves when I was young. I’d probably be a goddamn Einstein if it weren’t for that.