What were climate stuff they made you scared of as a kid?
Gen X here.
We had
- acid rain
- hole in ozone layer
- rain forests wouldn’t exist
Starting as kids, with those little magazines (weekly reader) they’d hand out, it was climate based panic and hysteria.
Gen X here.
We had
- acid rain
- hole in ozone layer
- rain forests wouldn’t exist
Starting as kids, with those little magazines (weekly reader) they’d hand out, it was climate based panic and hysteria.
We were literally taught that the hole in the ozone layer was going to give everyone skin cancer.
Then it turned out that many sunscreens contain carcinogens.
Go find those old Weekly Readers from the 80’s.
Total hysteria.
Directed at little kids.
Then it turned out that many sunscreens contain carcinogens.
Go find those old Weekly Readers from the 80’s.
Total hysteria.
Directed at little kids.
In high school we had Channel One on TV.
Mandatory to watch in home room.
Corporations “gave” schools “free” TVs.
In exchange for children’s required attention.
How the FUCK was any of this legal?
Mandatory to watch in home room.
Corporations “gave” schools “free” TVs.
In exchange for children’s required attention.
How the FUCK was any of this legal?
Did you know that Boomers were showed educational commercials telling them to “Duck and Cover” in the event of a nuclear attack?
Yes, for real.
They’d duck under their desks at school when a nuke hit.
Children always been taught to FEAR.
Yes, for real.
They’d duck under their desks at school when a nuke hit.
Children always been taught to FEAR.
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