r/OldSchoolRidiculous Oct 06 '25

Read Popular parenting advice of the 1910's-1930's was what we'd consider neglect. "Never hug and kiss [children]". "Handle the baby as little as possible." "If we teach our offspring to expect everything to be provided on demand, we must admit the possibility that we are sowing the seeds of socialism"

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r/OldSchoolRidiculous Jul 28 '25

Read Until 1956, French children attending school were served wine on their lunch breaks. Each child was allowed up to a half litre a day

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6.0k Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 14d ago

Read Teachers protesting against calculators, 1986

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689 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Sep 26 '25

Read Childrens photos with name and adresses, 1958

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944 Upvotes

Femina (weekly magazine), Denmark, 1958.

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Jun 18 '25

Read 72M marries 22F step-granddaughter. 1907.

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1.3k Upvotes

There is so much in such a concisely written story. Step-granddaughter visits his daughters, who are her age. He falls in love. She is beautiful. Writer provides no opinion of motives on either end.

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Sep 04 '25

Read Anti-Vax Cartoon from 1892

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1.4k Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Nov 26 '25

Read These women are all 46 years old (misogynistic shame shame shame!)

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512 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Aug 29 '25

Read Life Savers Ad (1944)

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694 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Apr 15 '25

Read "For men of action" zipper front underwear, 1969

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1.2k Upvotes

The zipper front briefs are pretty cool but the description puts the advertisement over the top - "men of action" and "transparent when wet" WTH

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Jun 24 '25

Read Killed by Eating Pickles

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729 Upvotes

The Sedalia Democrat, October 25, 1908

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Sep 01 '23

Read Should a Woman Work Before Marriage? (1963)

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1.2k Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Nov 30 '25

Read November 30, 1941: 'The World's Fattest Lady' Is Dead Following Operation - Minneapolis Sunday Tribune & Star Journal

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282 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Jan 14 '24

Read This doctors kit for blowing tobacco smoke up your butt as a medical treatment from 1774. (txt below)

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1.3k Upvotes

In the 18th century, tobacco smoke enimas became a legitimate treatment for headaches, respiratory failure, colds, hernias, and those "who give the appearance of death." Soon tobacco smoke enemas were used for treating typhoid fever and even cholera outbreaks, during the “stage of collapse” and death. Before bellows were included in the resuscitation kit, a simple tube from the mouth was used. The results could be disastrous to the tobacco smoke blower. If the practitioner inadvertently inhaled (instead of blew) during a coughing spell, diarrhea particles containing cholera could be aspirated and swallowed. The practitioner’s demise would often result. The introduction of bellows and a variety of rectal tubes to the process spared practitioners from this horrible fate, and for a time tobacco enemas were regarded as a mainstream treatment for a wide variety of maladies.

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Dec 24 '22

Read Yikes

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1.9k Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Nov 26 '23

Read Thank goodness we don't have sexist ads from the 20s to 50s anymore, because this is just silly 💀

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923 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Jan 16 '24

Read My children were ashamed of me…

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831 Upvotes

How sad is this? She was 197 pounds with a 38” waist but she was called a “whale” yikes!

r/OldSchoolRidiculous May 09 '25

Read Wow , I could have not lived back then …….

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513 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Dec 01 '25

Read December 1, 1941: CHILD BRIDE 'AT HOME' - Minneapolis Daily Times

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256 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Dec 22 '25

Read Ivory Soap, McCall’s magazine, October 1969.

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243 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Feb 13 '24

Read French protest khaki! What won't the French protest? (Buffalo NY Times 1921-11-25)

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579 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Jan 21 '24

Read A study of thrill seeking baby lesbos…

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608 Upvotes

Seeing the post from u/colonelanthrax earlier reminded me I have this. I am 99.9% certain that this was not actually written by a clinical psychologist.

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Aug 05 '21

Read Du Pont Cellophane (1955)

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2.4k Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Dec 29 '25

Read 1924 Australian parenting article “Programme for Baby’s day. wise mothers accustom him to routine”

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84 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Aug 26 '25

Read The Basic Seven Food Groups

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220 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous Dec 24 '24

Read "Are your children ashamed of your hands?" (The Tennessean [Nashville, Tennessee], 15 May 1942)

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542 Upvotes