LittleLebowskiUrbanAchievers
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Mar 14, 2023 5:46 AM
LittleLebowskiUrbanAchievers
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putcleverusernamehere
Something interesting going on to the left
apatternlanguage
Damn that’s white
pachyderm
Mad props to the person who sold all those straw hats !
Fudgel
Was expecting to see some onions tied to belts...
klean9
Well twenty three skidoo! Everybody is sharp as mustard!
Sprezzaturca
Fewer people smoking than I imagined.
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
If you can't afford a felt hat, a straw one is fine.
T0go
Purple and yellow are what the algorithm defaults too when it doesn't know the color
FoxAffair
Was that Pete Davidson?
TheDaharMaster
Damn. Not a lot of clothing options back then. Musta sucked
RatBits
Aa a woman, I despise dresses and non-flat shoes. I would be so miserable if I had to adhere to those fashion standards. Good riddance!
OogaOogaMooshka
Love seeing people actually dressed up when they are out and about. Now ya see people in their pajamas and slippers.
sharkiesharkie
One guy picks his nose and two other guys forgot their hats
arumunus
Not knocking this scene. It's a cool portrayal of humanity in a prior era. However- I'm glad that the crowds walking the same streets today>
arumunus
Are more diverse.
Wtfduuude
The early days of Tiktok…
endomorph
I can smell the amounts of pomade from here
Yupurineutah
I don't want Fop goddammit I'm a Dapper Dan man!
JetrelPixelArt
Flipped open the comment replies. Wasn't disappointed. :)
Mreman71
NASS has lots of footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHkc83XA2dY
quietwalker
There used to be a law called The McCoy Act of 1909 that said that immigrants who wanted citizenship had to stay out of their apartments
quietwalker
at least 4 hours a day and walk around the streets. With hats on.
redsmerf
As an example for the neckbeards: f you want to wear a fedora, the rest of your clothes should be dressed up consistent with it. Doesn't ->
redsmerf
-> mean a full suit, but a t-shirt with a fedora is a DIFFICULT look to pull off unless you're in great shape.
EatsLogic
That's a lot of white folks.
MuaddibISR
I see dead people
DarkH00d
Walking around like regular people
Acronymicon
So that’s men’s pants style? Hike up the waist and inseam and throw your cock and balls to one side and let those puppies flap around, wild
Yupurineutah
"How's it hanging? Long and loose and full of juice."
Wepfmokk
so when exactly did americans become fat?
TheSocialRecluse
With refrigeration widely adopted in the 50’s it became possible to have such meals as hamburgers. And we love our burgers here.
AManWoman
Same time we started driving everywhere
Imalwaysready
Combination of factors. People spread out & used cars instead of walking. Also began eating more processed foods than fresh cooking. Small >
Imalwaysready
technologies, like elevators, further removed routine exercise from the equation, & jobs (often thanks to computers) became more sedentary.
hawkeye2816
Gotta wonder what's off to the left that everyone is staring at.
Yupurineutah
It has to be an arc lamp. The sun would not be at that angle lighting their faces.
hawkeye2816
Early morning it might be, depending on the angle of the street. I wonder if it's an intersection and they're looking for traffic.
slidewhistlesymphony
Everyone is dressed and no one is wearing Crocs. And not a single cell phone to be seen!
petety
Yeah but they picked their noses in public.
aCoolBreezeOnAHotSummerDay
Every woman in a dress too. No pants for them.
scoutMoonDiver
So who took the cellphone video? /s
wagnus
Not sure but they clearly filmed it vertically for TikTok. Infuriating
SarcasticComment
my personal hell. the thought of wearing those clothes and taking the subway is a nightmare
SwirlyMcGirly
Hats and suits, all the time. Kill me.
SecondSince
Agreed. Though i'm certain a LOT of things that were standard back then would seem horrendous to us nowadays. :)
DurbPlnnr
Ball. Sweat.
Lynkfox
And almost everyone had a newspaper in hand. The 20s version of the cell phone
SecondSince
Anti-social bastards! Nobody talking, just everyone reading their newspaper! Society is doomed. DOOOOOMED!!
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Or a person of color.
Scalia2121
I'm sure some of them were irish. Or maybe even Italian!
SarcasticComment
they weren't allowed to live in this part of town
ELKronos
Also not a single obese person
dingleberrysauce
honestly, i was kinda surprised how few obese people were in nyc even now, especially compared to your local suburban walmart
pachyderm
I went to Sam’s club this weekend and seriously thought that there was some sort of a Rascal Racing event going on in there …
ELKronos
Far more than pictured here haha
kiwicantab20116
So many suits, tailors would have been doing a roaring trade.
Hemelsblauw
Yes and no. Most people would only possess a few.
Dappin
My great grandfather had a tailor shop in Little Italy in that era. He could’ve made one of those suits! And yes he did well financially.
Dappin
My great grandmother never got used to the money so she still hand scrubbed the floors herself. One day he kicked over the slop bucket and
Dappin
Threw a diamond and sapphire bracelet in the middle of the suds puddle.
RyanHumanJumper
Hats stores must of been booming!
RossReedstrom
Welcome to my haberdashery!
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
All those women's outfits are one veil away from being burqas.
Whenshaithitsthefanputyourheadinthebreeze
Have. And yes they were
Imalwaysready
Sorry, Have stores must of been booming!
Whenshaithitsthefanputyourheadinthebreeze
RyanHumanJumper
Thanks for the correction. Your username is very impressive btw
Whenshaithitsthefanputyourheadinthebreeze
No worries and thanks, yours is too considering the fact that the average height of a human is 5’10. If that is what the jump is about ;)
SarcasticComment
I don't like the conformity aspect of "here is your adult uniform with minor upgrades depending on your level of money"
Imalwaysready
Even bums owned a suit coat.
SarcasticComment
also, that was probably what ended up in the trash or donations
SarcasticComment
they were patchy and an inspiration to vaudeville and beyond
IHaveAGuyForEverything
Y’all see that dude picking his nose. Why a loser.
klean9
Probably just a crusty
shopCSNtv
Hahaha. No one is used to being filmed in public yet. Get a little booger pulling action on the sly
UpwardFacingKnight
When a loser
guardianofhonor
WHERE A LOSER!
DougTheLlama
Everyone always asks 'why a loser?' but no one ever cares about 'how a loser'
davidthecreator81
Don’t see a problem here as long as he picks his own nose and with his own fingers lol
SecondSince
AHA! So THAT's why people always react so weird when i do it!
Imalwaysready
Agreed. As the old saying goes: you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
petresun
So, what, do you just leave your boogers in your nose forever or do you just let them fall out whenever it's ready to drop, hmmm?
boatymcboatfaceplant
Just dissolve them in cocaine like the rest of us!
petresun
OR, do you suck em down with a loogie when it piles up at the back of your throat? Everybody picks there nose. The alternatives are worse.
Mohaynow
glasshouseinarockstorm
It’s weird how much more relatable they feel with just the addition of color
jaycato
Clearly no person of color there, not relatable
friendsofsandwiches
as opposed to the addition OF...person of color.
glasshouseinarockstorm
True. But I’m already used to that part though. I no longer look to see myself in most historical media (at least not ones that don’t 1/
glasshouseinarockstorm
Show suffering, usually, as its main focus.) I’m just surprised at how much more alive they feel when they’re not shot in bw. 2/2
SlippperySlopes
Slicked black hair, no hat. Grey suit. Hand in vest looking behind him and then surprised by the camera. Something going on there...
PineappleLoopsBroether
You look like Sebastian Maniscalco
HillOfBeans
Username checks out
stupidlystupendous
Shit's about to go down
Sprinx
Could be a polio arm, too
itsallaboutthecones
Just looks like he's holding his paper, creatively, and has a case of the "lips don't touch when mouth is closed".
NKato
Nah, quite a few folks used to tuck their hand into their vests back in the Roaring 20's. It was a common way to relax your arm.
BlindJoe
I still do this during job site meetings with my hi-vis vest
0ldGregg
Obesity wasn’t such a problem then.
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PutItInNeutral
Some of the folks you see at Wal Mart would be stuck in a carnival side-show.
ToSisPoS
Though the Consumption was great if you needed to knock a few pounds off.
gypsyspot
no massive corn subsidies force feed us extra corn sugar is my guess
CraftyGiant
In a land before corn syrup.
ath1337e
Obesity instead of rampant domestic violence and legally enforced racism seems like an OK trade off.
HelpfulCorn
Sure but we still have all that
ath1337e
Well yes, but very much less than in the 20s.
chbarts
Smallpox was.
giddyupmusic
Pneumonia, Measles, Polio, Hepatitis, etc.
Imalwaysready
Turns out walking everywhere, taking the stairs, and eating much less processed foods and artificial sugars is better for you...weird.
OverpricedCrayon
People still walk everywhere in the city I live in, but I still see overweight people daily.
Imalwaysready
I guarantee you they still walk less than 100 years ago.
Whenshaithitsthefanputyourheadinthebreeze
Exactly. This is the time before supermarkets and marketing scemes.
SarcasticComment
billions were spent by corporations to trick people into forgetting how to cook and eating crap
pixelscapes
Yep. “Go low fat! We’ll just substitute all this sugar to make sure it still tastes passable”
Imalwaysready
Supermarkets aren't the problem. Them being stocked with processed foods (which the public prefers) is.
Whenshaithitsthefanputyourheadinthebreeze
Unfortunately that is their businessplan? Sugar addiction is quite a problem. Innocent people do not realize why they are brand loyal
ElbowDeepInAHeadlessHorseman
I mean, there is an obese woman in the vid. She's running so you might've missed her. Wasn't as common as it is today, but genes exist.
DukeCharles
The fact that she’s “obese” in this says a lot, take a video of NY today and she’d be average. Def more diet than genes
cardinal29
NYC has a lower percentage of obese people than NYS, it's even lower if limited to Manhattan.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
It was just as much of a problem, but it was less widespread.
AllForFee
It may have been a problem, but not like today. What they called fat, and what we call fat are vastly different things.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
If anything,it was a bigger problem for these individuals.No mobility scooters or gastric bypass surgery,not even proper blood pressure meds
SylvesterMarcus
They ate real food.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
derekjohn
And exercised a lot more: walked everywhere, hand cleaned the house, dug the garden etc.
dukegonzo
Aah the old real Scotsmen argument. The food we eat now is still real food.
mikeatike
I've seen "organic salt" being advertised.
Imalwaysready
To be fair, their food was made of chemicals. Our food, though, is made of cHeMiCaLs!!!
Sabertron14
I may just be dumb sorry if am: aren't there significantly less nutrients in our "fresh" produce and crap that's banned in most countries ->
Sabertron14
are in *many* of our shelved foods? I'm from the US, our education was defunded so forgive me if I'm wrong.
SadToSay
Well, it's more complex than that. We eat stuff that's edible it doesn't mean it exists in nature or that your body will process it the same
Darkwell
Arsenic exists in nature. A call to the "natural" isn't a good argument. Those people are thin because food was less calorie-dense then.
SadToSay
My argument isn't solely based on something existing in nature it is way more complex than can be explained in these limited chaaracters. ->
lichtly
Walkable cities...
marsgoose
It's an easy answer, and it could be part of the problem but it's certainly not THE problem.
marsgoose
Since obesity epidemic didn't start until decades after the cities stopped being walkable. Also obesity epidemic is common in
marsgoose
many walkable cities such as NYC where it's still completely normal not to own a car at all.
DurbPlnnr
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/578771-americans-do-30-minutes-less-physical-activity-a-day-than-200/am