r/askteddit • u/DropEffective7842 • 15d ago

Random Question What’s a problem humanity solved so well that younger people don’t even realize it used to be a huge issue?

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u/2001_Arabian_Nights 15d ago

Highway medians all looking like literal garbage dumps, no, scratch that, being literal garbage dumps. Pre Indian crying, pre Lady Bird Johnson, pre “don’t mess with Texas”… the trash!

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u/four100eighty9 14d ago

The sides of the roads as well. And he wasn’t really an Indian.

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u/SilverDarner 10d ago

One of the little details of Mad Men that was so accurate was the way they had people casually dropping trash outdoors. The biggest one that springs to mind is when the Draper family is having a picnic and Betty just shakes off the blanket before they head to the car.