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The lack of Flying Cars Ron Green Jan 2013 #1
Avery Brooks agrees theKed Jan 2013 #6
By far, the "family unit". SugarShack Jan 2013 #33
Here, I embedded your link... hunter Jan 2013 #56
OMG, Lotus is still around? Is it still as slow as a snail drinking molasses on a winter's day? nilram Jan 2013 #193
I'm always amazed by how deeply stupid an idea "flying cars" is alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #11
I once saw a documentary about travel lanes in the air where lunatica Jan 2013 #162
auto-piloted, networked, intelligent flying cars jberryhill Jan 2013 #207
Reagan = President Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #2
Time travel. That's always hard to explain. MineralMan Jan 2013 #3
lolol long long ago, the fifties Voice for Peace Jan 2013 #177
The lack of basic human courtesy to one another. RoverSuswade Jan 2013 #4
Agree, as well as people's lack of concern for their personal appearance today AndyA Jan 2013 #30
very true; from a "fifties" person; I have finally learned how comfortable "sloppy" can be. northoftheborder Jan 2013 #45
The smartphone technology Jenoch Jan 2013 #104
When they put Ronnie Reagan's casket in the rotunda at the Capitol when he died, that is when I MADem Jan 2013 #137
I'm a senior in high school and I completely agree with you PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #150
My son is close to your age (22) Freddie Jan 2013 #188
yes. Manners were taught from infancy appleannie1 Jan 2013 #55
I agree with you. Complete break down of social etiquette. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #83
People not using their turn signals while driving would be a tough one slackmaster Jan 2013 #5
Turn signals? Did they have them back then? LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #47
Yes, I lived back then and cars had turn signals. n/t RebelOne Jan 2013 #75
My dad's 1955 Cadillac Sedan de Ville had turn signals slackmaster Jan 2013 #93
My dad had a Jenoch Jan 2013 #107
The '55 had that too. It didn't work very well. You pushed the left knob in to make it search. slackmaster Jan 2013 #143
They did not have turn signals. They used hand signals. appleannie1 Jan 2013 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author appleannie1 Jan 2013 #60
They still use some of them doc03 Jan 2013 #71
~lol. CrispyQ Jan 2013 #110
Nope. My parents' 1952 Plymouth had turn signals. MineralMan Jan 2013 #86
Our '57 Ford didn't. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #95
My first car was a '57 Ford. Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #140
Um, I'm from the 1950s frazzled Jan 2013 #7
If your dad had missed the last 50 years SpartanDem Jan 2013 #80
It's the question that makes no sense frazzled Jan 2013 #112
Hate Radio lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #8
This existed back then, however it was called propaganda or worst, graham4anything Jan 2013 #41
Umm.. that's not new SpartanDem Jan 2013 #74
Father Coughlin was on the radio in the 50's. I learned about him on DU. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #85
Father Coughlin was on the radio in the 1930s. former9thward Jan 2013 #125
People from the 50s would understand that -they had Joe McCarthy LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #166
What happened to the Twinkie...oh and Montgomery Ward. Tutonic Jan 2013 #9
and Montgomery Clift and who is Eleanor Clift? graham4anything Jan 2013 #37
Woolworth's Control-Z Jan 2013 #50
And Montgomery Ward. n/t GP6971 Jan 2013 #54
Oh, you mean Walmart? MineralMan Jan 2013 #79
Wasn't aware of that. n/t GP6971 Jan 2013 #96
Walmart and Montgomery Ward MineralMan Jan 2013 #103
Why everything costs so damned much. Graybeard Jan 2013 #10
You're reading my mind! I just got back from the store, some toilet paper, some RKP5637 Jan 2013 #38
The toll for the George Washington Bridge is $13.00 UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #195
Justin Bieber n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #12
I'm from the present, and don't get that one. eallen Jan 2013 #151
The huge social changes karynnj Jan 2013 #13
spot on Johonny Jan 2013 #18
Don't discount the changes of the role of women in society. amandabeech Jan 2013 #63
Why in comparison to 21st century Republicans, Ike (Eisenhower) seems like a lefty radical. Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #14
Ike was also a lefty radical compared to most current Democrats. nt hay rick Jan 2013 #23
You're right! Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #25
Barack Obama. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #15
+1 (nt) enough Jan 2013 #19
Dubstep Dash87 Jan 2013 #16
That Rock Hudson was gay. Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #17
this is a great answer graham4anything Jan 2013 #36
My grandparents, who had strong connections to Hollywood, knew he was gay all along. hunter Jan 2013 #114
That's cool that your grandparents were opened minded in the 50's--my mother was shocked Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #158
HELLO?! Did my Boomer Generation/your Grandparents disappear?! I'M FROM 1949!! WinkyDink Jan 2013 #20
+1000 (nt) Control-Z Jan 2013 #51
You missed the key phrase in the OP temporary311 Jan 2013 #72
Um, no, I didn't. Did you miss the misuse of "from"? WinkyDink Jan 2013 #91
Yes, you did. jeff47 Jan 2013 #99
I'm from the 50s kskiska Jan 2013 #21
You've experienced all the time in between. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #26
I was a teenager in the 1950s. I was born in 1939. RebelOne Jan 2013 #77
What I find amusing Jenoch Jan 2013 #124
OP MEANS: "If someone who DIED in the 50's returned,......" WinkyDink Jan 2013 #22
What we watch on TV stuntcat Jan 2013 #24
Black people using the front door Nevernose Jan 2013 #27
I am from the fifties and was taught that there would never be a Great Depression again Cleita Jan 2013 #28
Yep, similar here, except my parents were democrats. And after FDR many thought the RKP5637 Jan 2013 #32
Market fundementalism came back into fashion Prophet 451 Jan 2013 #98
Why we are still so backward in some ways! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #29
pants on the ground tavernier Jan 2013 #31
LOL! KittyWampus Jan 2013 #88
President Barack Obama for a good example graham4anything Jan 2013 #34
*My* parents would be amazed that Arthur and little Paul, marybourg Jan 2013 #205
Hey Little Schoolgirl 1957 graham4anything Jan 2013 #211
Everything Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #35
The U.S. virtually canceling space program and hitching Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #39
why we make 99% of our food out of CHEMICALS??? farminator3000 Jan 2013 #40
Well, there's always Soylent Green... derby378 Jan 2013 #61
Why our cars don't look like this !!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #42
Women as CEOs, as well as serving in the House & Senate Orrex Jan 2013 #43
The change in the role of women of all racial and ethnic groups has been huge. n/t amandabeech Jan 2013 #67
I understand the role of women has Jenoch Jan 2013 #119
You know, almost immediately after I posted that... Orrex Jan 2013 #120
I remember reading about Jenoch Jan 2013 #122
How that person came back to life Music Man Jan 2013 #44
He never died. He was put in suspended animation for a space experiment Cleita Jan 2013 #48
Was just remembering The Spy Who Shagged Me & laughing at Dr.Evil's "One Million Dollars" KittyWampus Jan 2013 #90
It reminds me of "Back to the Future". GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #109
The incredible inequality between rich and poor. Rex Jan 2013 #46
Explaining what happened to all the ashtrays. eShirl Jan 2013 #49
+1 Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #68
talk radio JEFF9K Jan 2013 #52
That the height of human space exploration would occur in the following decade and a half n/t IDemo Jan 2013 #53
The economy. bluedigger Jan 2013 #57
republicans kydo Jan 2013 #59
how people have become so fucking stupid. datasuspect Jan 2013 #62
+10.000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #198
The lack of atomic bomb drills in schools. appleannie1 Jan 2013 #64
When in the fifties? MyshkinCommaPrince Jan 2013 #65
Kids are not taught math tables. appleannie1 Jan 2013 #66
Do you mean log tables? Because they've been absolutely 100% useless for decades Orrex Jan 2013 #78
What happened to unions n/t doc03 Jan 2013 #69
Seeing people walking around GP6971 Jan 2013 #70
Song by Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan Fame) addresses it, but in reverse...... tableturner Jan 2013 #73
Actually 'undersea by rail' has happened in my part of the world.. LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #170
That (s)he lived in a "socialist" country JHB Jan 2013 #76
3D printed cars.... Tikki Jan 2013 #81
LOL ~ Sooo true about the cats and the arguments! Lucinda Jan 2013 #82
How women completely took over veterinary medicine. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #84
All my remote controls for the TV chelsea0011 Jan 2013 #87
In the '50s, there was no such thing as a TV remote control. RebelOne Jan 2013 #129
Sure there was a remote control for the TV Fumesucker Jan 2013 #133
Starbucks! missingthebigdog Jan 2013 #89
The multicultural crew of the USS Enterprise. Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #92
What really freaks me out (I'm 50 yrs old) is how people are glued to their phones KittyWampus Jan 2013 #94
Excellent PR. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #100
I think it's really sad. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #113
Believe it or not I do NOT have a cellphone truegrit44 Jan 2013 #136
Try this: "If a name on The Wall came back, explain vacations now in Vietnam." WinkyDink Jan 2013 #97
The lack of leisure time, and the number of people who have no instructive hobbies. nt Nay Jan 2013 #101
Lack of prosperity for the average American. nt truebluegreen Jan 2013 #102
I was thinking "what the fuck happened to the unions?" but yours is more accurate. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #171
Closely related tho, for sure... truebluegreen Jan 2013 #179
50's?? Try the 90's........... thelordofhell Jan 2013 #105
+1! gateley Jan 2013 #111
"...and while looking at kitteh photos, I plunge head first into a water feature." CrispyQ Jan 2013 #106
That the Soviet Union has ceased to exist subterranean Jan 2013 #108
Sexual attitudes. SpartanDem Jan 2013 #115
Viagra commercials mainstreetonce Jan 2013 #116
The disappearance of integrity dickthegrouch Jan 2013 #117
My parents were born in the 1950's, I'll go ask them... richmwill Jan 2013 #118
I was born in the 1950s Retrograde Jan 2013 #121
The Pill in 1960 really changed America forever. I remember it as a young woman. CTyankee Jan 2013 #186
The disappearance of Curb feelers/Curb finders on cars. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #123
My brother had those on his 1963 Dodge Dart Freddie Jan 2013 #190
We allow people to live on the sidewalk. No such thing in the 50's jemsan Jan 2013 #126
Honey Boo Boo graywarrior Jan 2013 #127
Their promise of future utopia morphed into climate change's promise of a decimated civilization NoOneMan Jan 2013 #128
Why everything is in color... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #130
Prolly the music. Or sex scandal in the church, school shootings, u know, the little things. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #131
Who is this black man on my TV speaking from what looks to be the Oval Office? Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #132
Someone would say to me Wow, you have really aged! asjr Jan 2013 #134
climate change AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #135
A President who is not white (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #138
That we went to the moon and haven't bothered to go back for forty years. n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #139
The modern day republican tea party.... wandy Jan 2013 #141
"Why is everyone so damn fat?" Ikonoklast Jan 2013 #142
I know. We have a photo of my husband's family, circa 1948 and no one was fat. CTyankee Jan 2013 #164
The incredible amount of violence SheilaT Jan 2013 #144
I think we would have been less surprised by the technical stuff and more surprised CTyankee Jan 2013 #145
yes, more surprise at seeing different races mixing , openly gay couples , Obama as President JI7 Jan 2013 #149
well, maybe Google. I'm still amazed that I can just type in something in Google and CTyankee Jan 2013 #161
And, I forgot, smoking bans! I wanted to smoke when I was in high school in the 50s CTyankee Jan 2013 #178
how old would this person be ? what year were they born in ? also we would need to know their JI7 Jan 2013 #146
I was born in 1940 and lived through WWII, post war, the Korean war and I was Cleita Jan 2013 #154
You made me laugh. k&r Little Star Jan 2013 #147
Why technology has progressed but humanity hasn't. nt. WeekendWarrior Jan 2013 #148
As others have said, the social changes probably would be "most difficult". NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #152
"Where's your jet pack?" randome Jan 2013 #153
The price of gas at the pump and the cost of childbirth, Frustratedlady Jan 2013 #155
LOL Marrah_G Jan 2013 #156
I was a kid during the '50s, and if I'd done a Rip Van Winkle in 1959 and just woke up, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #157
Shaving pubic hair. -..__... Jan 2013 #159
How both men and women work 40+ hours to support their families Matariki Jan 2013 #160
They'd have to be taught all our modern jargon as if it were a second language lunatica Jan 2013 #163
The fact that we are drugging our kids and rainy Jan 2013 #165
The DU Lounge. Coyotl Jan 2013 #167
How we let people get away with creating for-profit middlemen between us and Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #168
The Internet; and that we haven't colonized space LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #169
How the vast majority simply allowed pensions to be taken away from them stevenleser Jan 2013 #172
UPC symbols or QR codes demwing Jan 2013 #173
civil rights, gay marrage, no smoking in hosptials or airplanes, black president, crazyjoe Jan 2013 #174
That "Old Joe McCarthy" was Still in Power......... KoKo Jan 2013 #175
The most difficult thing would be to explain how he happened to appear here. Kablooie Jan 2013 #176
Breast implants. And botox. They'd be, like, WTF? nt valerief Jan 2013 #180
Oh, I don't know. My mother had a face lift in the 1950s or early 1960s and her CTyankee Jan 2013 #185
Facelifts are one thing. Basketball boobies from implants and those oversized frozen cheeks valerief Jan 2013 #196
But it was kinda mymother's fault. She sunbathed in the hot Texas sun for YEARS... CTyankee Jan 2013 #197
It would be hard to explain why nuclear energy hasn't made humanity problem-free. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #181
I love to cook JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #182
Incivility in our society that comes from the top and drifts downward. nt Raine Jan 2013 #183
Hunger,hate and homelessness . Nt peace13 Jan 2013 #184
I can think of several things billbailey19448jj Jan 2013 #187
Smoking has become socially unnacceptable NoPasaran Jan 2013 #189
Hundreds of channels on TV Freddie Jan 2013 #191
If the person was say, Isaac Asimov or Arthur Clarke, then very little would be hard to explain Fumesucker Jan 2013 #192
Why all these crazy-ass future doctors won't recommend a cigarette brand for them. n/t JoeyT Jan 2013 #194
The fitness craze, health clubs etc LeftInTX Jan 2013 #199
Why nearly everything at the 5-and-dime store, Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #200
there's a whole party that wants to go back to that time Skittles Jan 2013 #201
The lack of Hoverboards brettdale Jan 2013 #202
that republicans are now more conservative but call themselves "democrats"; unblock Jan 2013 #203
They would be amazed to learn.. that Congress and Senate no longer serve "We The People" lib2DaBone Jan 2013 #204
How we landed on the moon in 1969.... RagAss Jan 2013 #206
Why pot is still illegal. Stardust Jan 2013 #208
What happened to music Claybrains Jan 2013 #209
Probably the gay marriage. nt cecilfirefox Jan 2013 #210
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