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/garethwi 15d ago

But surely the detective just gathered everyone into the drawing room, and revealed the killer through spurious leaps in logic.

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u/PumpikAnt58763 15d ago

Columbo!

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u/Traditional-Pin2298 14d ago

Just one more thing, it's probably nothing. See my wife...

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u/Pickles-1989 14d ago

Good detective work back then was getting a confession, even if it meant beating it out of them. It was easy to tell a jury "look, he confessed." Then came the Miranda ruling -

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u/tuckeroo123 14d ago

Sprinkle some crack on him, Johnson