What are we doing today that is considered "normal" but will be considered taboo in 50+ years? (1 Viewer)

[Brony]

We're really close to lab-grown meat. Take a perfect cow, clone its DNA, grow it in a lab, and have and endless supply of delicious meat without killing the original animal. In 50 years we'll really look at eating real, messy, disgusting, s###ing, farting, fly-covered animals as just gross.

We're already not grossed out by drinking breast milk from a cow's udder nor eating an embryo popped out from chicken's hen-nanner-nanner.  I feel like gross is not the issue. 

 

[Bull Dozier]

We're already not grossed out by drinking breast milk from a cow's udder nor eating an embryo popped out from chicken's hen-nanner-nanner.  I feel like gross is not the issue. 

I feel more grossed out by the thought of my steak having grown in a petri dish than I do by the thought of it having grown on the hip of a cow.

 

[E-Z Glider]

We're already not grossed out by drinking breast milk from a cow's udder nor eating an embryo popped out from chicken's hen-nanner-nanner.  I feel like gross is not the issue. 

 True. Meat substitutes will be much cheaper, healthier and sustainable. That's all it will take.

 

[Keith R]

Watching cable television

 

[pats3in4]

The taboo aspect appears to be getting lost in many replies.

 

[tkrull]

Driving a fossil-fuel powered vehicle.

My uncle has a country place, that no-one knows about...

 

[Dedfin]

We're already not grossed out by drinking breast milk from a cow's udder nor eating an embryo popped out from chicken's hen-nanner-nanner.  I feel like gross is not the issue. 

Embryo?

 

[Gr00vus]

Having sex.  In 50 years I’ll be dead, so it will be super abnormal for me to be having sex. 

Wow, I guess for me, getting married was like being thrust into the future.

 

[Koya]

American style non privacy bathroom stalls.

 

[RokNRole]

American style non privacy bathroom stalls.

How are they different overseas?

 

[BoltBacker]

We're really close to lab-grown meat.

Google this, "Slim Jim". I don't know what that stuff is, but it's not "meat" as I understand the word.

 

[Koya]

How are they different overseas?

They don't have an inch open space around the door aka have actual privacy. Apparently euros are mortified by having to take a dump where someone can take a peak (poor form as it may be)

EURO STYLE

 

[RokNRole]

They don't have an inch open space around the door aka have actual privacy. Apparently euros are mortified by having to take a dump where someone can take a peak (poor form as it may be)

EURO STYLE

This doesn’t jive with the euro videos I’m accustomed to.

 

[(HULK)]

So you mean if your grandpa was sick and laying in a bed dieing for 3 years you all would just allow that to happen and watch as your loved one die slowly instead of allowing grandpa to die with dignity when he would feel most comfortable?

I think euthanasia will be an acceptable and appropriate means to an end of suffering for many families.

I don't think old age will exist in 50 years.  We'll have medical mastery of the body.

 

[(HULK)]

In 50 years we will be saying:

"I remember 50 years ago when all babies were vaccinated. Doctors didn't even give us a choice. They wouldn't let the kid go to day-care without it.

.... and we had no idea that injecting our infants, who have immature and underdeveloped immune systems, with a crazy concoction of chemicals, would cause peanut allergies, and all kinds of other allergies, later in life. To prevent Polio? ... a disease that no longer existed at that time ... lol. What were we thinking?"

Zero chance people in the future will think that.  Why do you think Polio isn't around much anymore?  Do you have any clue how many lives have been saved by vaccination?  Sorry that like 1% of kids can't walk into a 5 Guys with out an epi-pen, but I'll make that trade 100 times out of a 100.

 

[(HULK)]

We're really close to lab-grown meat. Take a perfect cow, clone its DNA, grow it in a lab, and have and endless supply of delicious meat without killing the original animal. In 50 years we'll really look at eating real, messy, disgusting, s###ing, farting, fly-covered animals as just gross.

Edit: And, IIRC, religions that don't eat pork can partake of lab meat. Maybe some bacon will bring about some world ####### peace.

It's existed for awhile.  Still really expensive though.  Price of making it has been dropping exponentially for a few years.  One day soon a lab burger will be tastier, healthier, and cheaper than on made traditionally.  And that will be the end of it.

 

[(HULK)]

I feel more grossed out by the thought of my steak having grown in a petri dish than I do by the thought of it having grown on the hip of a cow.

You ever watch what McDonald's does with it after it takes it off that hip?

 

[Ilov80s]

The growth of the "gig economy" is helping, as the percent of the workforce that does not have an employer grows. 

Didn't the last BLS report surprise everyone because of how few people actually were part of the gig economy? Or am I remembering that wrong. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Zero chance people in the future and think that.  Why do you think Polio isn't around much anymore?  Do you have any clue how many lives have been saved by vaccination?  Sorry that like 1% of kids can't walk into a 5 Guys with out an epi-pen, but I'll make that trade 100 times out of a 100.

Right. Polio is still out there. If we stopped vaccinating people, more people would start contracting Polio. The virus that causes it hasn't been wiped off the planet. 

 

[Bull Dozier]

You ever watch what McDonald's does with it after it takes it off that hip?

I'm not naive enough to think that McDonalds won't continue to try to make a cheaper, more easily to produce product even cheaper.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I'm not naive enough to think that McDonalds won't continue to try to make a cheaper, more easily to produce product even cheaper.

Their best bet is not to allow the word "Soylent" to be used in their ads.

 

[Bossman]

Zero chance people in the future will think that.  Why do you think Polio isn't around much anymore?  Do you have any clue how many lives have been saved by vaccination?  Sorry that like 1% of kids can't walk into a 5 Guys with out an epi-pen, but I'll make that trade 100 times out of a 100.

I think you missed the point. 

There's zero chance you would wait until an infant is 6 mos old instead of 2 mos old to vaccinate? 

Some statistics: Food Allergy Facts & Stats

Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.9 million children under age 18. That’s 1 in 13 children, or roughly two in every classroom.

Between 1997 and 2008, the prevalence of peanut or tree nut allergy appears to have more than tripled in U.S. children.

Each year in the U.S., 200,000 people require emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food.

50 years from now we will look back at our mistakes, and this will be a big one.

 

[Bossman]

50 years from now it will be "Taboo" to let your child sit in front of a TV or video game for several hours at a time instead of playing with toys or being outside on a swing set.

We will realize that the lazy parenting of the early 2000's is what led to the ridiculous amount of ADD / ADHD diagnosis's.

"instant gratification" is learned at a stupidly young age, 3, 4, and 5 year olds with hand held electronic games and cell phones with internet wherever they go.

Kids today can't travel in a car without some form of instant entertainment ... instead of looking out the window and having a conversation ... or having an imagination.

50 years from now we will also know that the constant electronic entertainment causes and increases the severeness of Alzheimers.

 

[(HULK)]

I think you missed the point. 

There's zero chance you would wait until an infant is 6 mos old instead of 2 mos old to vaccinate? 

Some statistics: Food Allergy Facts & Stats

Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.9 million children under age 18. That’s 1 in 13 children, or roughly two in every classroom.

Between 1997 and 2008, the prevalence of peanut or tree nut allergy appears to have more than tripled in U.S. children.

Each year in the U.S., 200,000 people require emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food.

50 years from now we will look back at our mistakes, and this will be a big one.

Oh, so you're saying still vaccinate, just wait 4 more months?  Okay, I'm not going to argue against that.  Herd immunity is what staves off polio mostly anyways.  It's not like infants are world travelers exposing themselves to non-vaccinated people on the regular either.  My apologizes for assuming you were just a straight up anti-vaxer stuck on the whole fake link to autism.  The peanut allergy thing is real, and I don't know if they've proven that link but I know the two (rise of vaccinations, rise of peanut allergy) had a very strong correlation.  Correlation does not always equal causation, but it might in this instance... it would not be surprising.  Honestly, I haven't read up on it in a few years, is that where the 2 months to 6 months thing comes from, recent research?

And again, regardless, I'll take 50% of the population being allergic to peanuts as a price for all the good vaccinations have done for us.

 

[(HULK)]

50 years from now it will be "Taboo" to let your child sit in front of a TV or video game for several hours at a time instead of playing with toys or being outside on a swing set.

We will realize that the lazy parenting of the early 2000's is what led to the ridiculous amount of ADD / ADHD diagnosis's.

"instant gratification" is learned at a stupidly young age, 3, 4, and 5 year olds with hand held electronic games and cell phones with internet wherever they go.

Kids today can't travel in a car without some form of instant entertainment ... instead of looking out the window and having a conversation ... or having an imagination.

50 years from now we will also know that the constant electronic entertainment causes and increases the severeness of Alzheimers.

-No one will have Alzheimers in 50 years.  Hopefully not in 5 years.  It's close.

-I personally limit my kid's exposure to TV and video games, but I think the majority of your take is a bit overblown.  My kids still want instant gratification.  Heck, so do I.  I think that's just human nature.

 

[The Gator]

-No one will have Alzheimers in 50 years.  Hopefully not in 5 years.  It's close.

-I personally limit my kid's exposure to TV and video games, but I think the majority of your take is a bit overblown.  My kids still want instant gratification.  Heck, so do I.  I think that's just human nature. programming. 

Slightly fixed. We're more programmed for instant gratification than it being in our nature, imo. 

 

[(HULK)]

Slightly fixed. We're more programmed for instant gratification than it being in our nature, imo. 

Wait until they invent a way to give you an orgasm but 10 times better and completely on demand at the push of a button.  Pretty certain we'll all starve because we're too busy pressing that button to eat or work.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Wait until they invent a way to give you an orgasm but 10 times better and completely on demand at the push of a button.  Pretty we'll all starve because we're too busy pressing that button to eat or work.

Just like those lab rats hitting the coke button instead of the food button.

 

[Bossman]

Probably already mentioned but .... non-recyclable "plastic trash"

Looking in any trash can ... plastic food storage baggies, plastic grocery / shopping bags, plastic wrap, 6 pack rings, clam shell retail pack, etc.

Heck, the TRASH BAG is plastic!

50 years from now we will say;

"Remember when we'd think nothing of throwing out plastic ... even though we knew it would take 1000 years to decompose?

... and we would just bury it at the landfill and never look back. What were we thinking?"

... and the war on plastic has begun.

although I didn't predict that "straws" would be the next target.

Fun facts ...

- US is responsible for 1% of plastic waste disposed into the ocean. (that leaves 99% from other countries)

In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of the plastic waste that enters the world’s seas.

- Plastic straws are responsible for 0.002% of plastic waste

 

[Arodin]

... and the war on plastic has begun.

although I didn't predict that "straws" would be the next target.

Fun facts ...

- US is responsible for 1% of plastic waste disposed into the ocean. (that leaves 99% from other countries)

In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of the plastic waste that enters the world’s seas.

- Plastic straws are responsible for 0.002% of plastic waste

I wonder how much this depends on the scorekeeping method?  I can’t find it right now, but read a recent report that a lot of European Union countries were selling their waste to those Pacific countries because they couldn’t process it locally and comply with environmental regs.  En of couse, a lot of it ended up in the ocean.

So I wonder if it is the Chinese and Indonesians tossing their own plastic into the ocean, or are they tossing plastic delivered from other countries? 

 

[Da Guru]

50 years from now it will be "Taboo" to let your child sit in front of a TV or video game for several hours at a time instead of playing with toys or being outside on a swing set.

We will realize that the lazy parenting of the early 2000's is what led to the ridiculous amount of ADD / ADHD diagnosis's.

"instant gratification" is learned at a stupidly young age, 3, 4, and 5 year olds with hand held electronic games and cell phones with internet wherever they go.

Kids today can't travel in a car without some form of instant entertainment ... instead of looking out the window and having a conversation ... or having an imagination.

50 years from now we will also know that the constant electronic entertainment causes and increases the severeness of Alzheimers.

Problem is most of the younger parents are the same way.

 

[Bossman]

Problem is most of the younger parents are the same way.

So true. How many people sit down for dinner and have their phone next to their plate.

Worse yet, stop and pick up the phone to answer a text or check out the newest Facebook post someone just made. So ridiculous.

Hard for a parent to tell kids not to do this when the parent is doing the exact same thing.

 

[Scoresman]

In 50 years, I'm hoping it will be taboo to discriminate based on sexual preference or gender identity, and politicians who want to legislate based on this will have long since been weeded out and replaced by people who aren't #######s.  

 

[TheFanatic]

Zero chance people in the future will think that.  Why do you think Polio isn't around much anymore?  Do you have any clue how many lives have been saved by vaccination?  Sorry that like 1% of kids can't walk into a 5 Guys with out an epi-pen, but I'll make that trade 100 times out of a 100.

That and peanut allergies derive from docs telling parents not to give kids peanut butter until much later in life than had happened since the invention of peanut butter. Now they have reversed course and are telling people to give it early.

But maybe in 50 years, people will finally stop listing to the crap "research" from the anti vacc conspiracy theorists. 

 

[TheFanatic]

... and the war on plastic has begun.

although I didn't predict that "straws" would be the next target.

Fun facts ...

- US is responsible for 1% of plastic waste disposed into the ocean. (that leaves 99% from other countries)

In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of the plastic waste that enters the world’s seas.

- Plastic straws are responsible for 0.002% of plastic waste

But, but, but that sad turtle...

 

[The Duff Man]

Landfills will be gone. The technology already exists to burn garbage locally for energy and the resultant exhaust is cleaner than the air in most large North American cities. 

 

[Wrigley]

But, but, but that sad turtle...

yeah, how are the turtles supposed to do their blow?

 

[TheFanatic]

The whole straw thing is a ####### joke

Some nine-year-old does a science fair poster where he says "I get one straw at lunch, I have one with my juicebox for a snack, and then my mommy is a crappy cook so we go to McDonald's every night and I get one one straw then. So I use three straws a day. There are 350 million people in America so we throw away a BILLION STRAWS A DAY!" and people lose their #### over it. All of a sudden that's being reported as scientific fact.

Now in Santa Barbara you can get fined $1000 or spend a half year in jail PER STRAW that the waiter hands out. Even the compostable ones!?!! WTF!?!

But, but, but that turtle. Did you see that poor turtle?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

That and peanut allergies derive from docs telling parents not to give kids peanut butter until much later in life than had happened since the invention of peanut butter. Now they have reversed course and are telling people to give it early.

But maybe in 50 years, people will finally stop listing to the crap "research" from the anti vacc conspiracy theorists. 

Studies have shown Israel with a super low peanut allergy rate compared to most countries. Guess what the main ingredient in their favorite toddler snack contains? 

 

[badmojo1006]

If it hasn't been posted yet, Plastic Straws

 

[Zow]

Religion.

Not a chance.  The human mind needs a safety net. 

 

[Zow]

Recycling is a joke too.

They make us sort everything into separate bins, but it all goes to the same landfill. Because 1) recycling is impossible and 2) recycling is expensive.

1: it's impossible because no one understands how to recycle stuff, and they make it too difficult. You can't recycle most of the things people throw in the bin. Ripped paper? Nope. Paper mailing envelopes with clear plastic address windows? Nope. Glass jars? Not unless you've rinsed it out, peeled off the paper label, and run it through the washing machine. Those color ad circulars you get in your mailbox every week? No, colored newsprint can't go in the bin either. Cardboard boxes? Amazon boxes, yes, pizza boxes, no. Anyone messes up any of the "what can go in the bin" thing, and the entire bin is considered "contaminated" and it gets rejected for recycling and sent to the landfill.

2: it's crazy expensive, and not worth the cost. We used to ship barges of recyclables to China and have them sort it, but they don't want it any more... there's no more money in it. They used to get like $100/ton for recycled newsprint, now just $5/ton. Why don't we recycle here? Minimum wage is too high. Hiring someone to dig through all the crap people throw in their bins in #1 above at $15/hour, no way would they make any money. Say by some miracle they get a penny of profit on every soda can they recycle... is it possible for someone to dig through, wash, and process 1500 cans per hour all day long? 

So now it all goes to the same landfill as the regular garbage. Recycling is just a ritual at this point, some theater we go through to make ourselves feel better, like we're actually doing something.

In reality, all the trash and crap in our oceans is coming from polluted rivers in third world countries on the other side of the planet, and all the stuff we do has zero impact and zero effect.

Wait, is this real/true?

 

[Zow]

I think breads will become taboo. Be treated comparably to cigarettes or margarine. 

 

[Zow]

Problem is most of the younger parents are the same way.

I hear you.  But ####### christ if it isn't some times the only think that keeps them quiet for 15 plus minutes. My wife and I both said initially we would stay away from TV/ipads but they really do help on a long car ride, at 7:00 PM when we've just had enough, etc. 

 

[Zow]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-recycling-problems-california-20180709-story.html

Hell, I even screwed it up in my rant, you can't recycle Amazon shipping boxes unless you peel the shipping tape off entirely first. 

That's depressing.  Sounds like the issue is people aren't educated enough on what ruins a batch of recyclable garbage. 

 

[Black Box]

Studies have shown Israel with a super low peanut allergy rate compared to most countries. Guess what the main ingredient in their favorite toddler snack contains? 

Bacon?

 

[Bull Dozier]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-recycling-problems-california-20180709-story.html

Hell, I even screwed it up in my rant, you can't recycle Amazon shipping boxes unless you peel the shipping tape off entirely first. 

We have single sort containers in my area.  Everything gets dumped into one barrel.  Whenever I pour the container out we keep in the kitchen to the container that goes to the street, it is dripping with liquid from not totally empty pop cans or juice containers.  If what you're saying is true, every single batch we send to the recylcer is ruined because of this, as well as essentially the whole truck.

I'm not saying it isn't true, but what's the point of the effort?

 

[Politician Spock]

Studies have shown Israel with a super low peanut allergy rate compared to most countries. Guess what the main ingredient in their favorite toddler snack contains? 

(please be gluten... please be gluten.... please be gluten...)

 

[EYLive]

Wow, lots of religion haters in here.

 

[KarmaPolice]

50 years from now it will be "Taboo" to let your child sit in front of a TV or video game for several hours at a time instead of playing with toys or being outside on a swing set.

We will realize that the lazy parenting of the early 2000's is what led to the ridiculous amount of ADD / ADHD diagnosis's.

"instant gratification" is learned at a stupidly young age, 3, 4, and 5 year olds with hand held electronic games and cell phones with internet wherever they go.

Kids today can't travel in a car without some form of instant entertainment ... instead of looking out the window and having a conversation ... or having an imagination.

50 years from now we will also know that the constant electronic entertainment causes and increases the severeness of Alzheimers.

Let's not pretend this is a new thing.  I remember watching a ####load of TV and movies as a kid.