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[โ€“] bobbyguy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

"if your husband lacks colour sense FORCIBLY RESTRAIN HIM" thats amazing

[โ€“] magnetosphere@fedia.io 290 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This isnโ€™t as appallingly sexist as I expected it to be

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 106 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A lot of the conversations we have today are the same that people have been having for generations. It still seems anachronistic to read sometimes though.

[โ€“] Rhaedas@fedia.io 56 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Like complaining about how children act, or how no one wants to work anymore. Or how the politicians have lost their minds.

[โ€“] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tbf these days those gripes are more valid than they have ever been. The children are mindless robots who commit crimes just to broadcast it on tiktok. The politicians are turning into literal nazis and wrecking the country on every feasible level. And โ€œno one wants to workโ€ not because of the tiresome nature of the grind, but rather because we are working for less buying power than what 12 year old child laborers had in the 50s. Not to mention the environment is going to shit for the benefit of a handful of people, and were all probably gonna die in one horrific natural disaster or another

[โ€“] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Good points. I'm still not going to blame the kids for being put into this environment that influences them to do things. Children tend not to be bad at the start, they just learn that behavior. Just like racism or other terrible things. And the phrase "No one wants to work" is usually best followed by things like "in these conditions" or "for little compensation". Damn right.

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was watching something from the late 60s the other day, and there was a line by a young actress explaining that young people don't think there will be a future for them and are living accordingly.

It was the exact same sentiment you would expect to see while doom-scrolling today.

[โ€“] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean.....

Basically every generation since the boomers had valid reason to believe WWIII would end us all. Everyones got nukes, and humans are stupid enough to use them!

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Yeah, if it used gender-neutral language, most of it would be solid relationship advice.

[โ€“] ech@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The only one that's particularly awful is the demand for wives to scamper to the door when the husband arrives, like a good little housepet. ๐Ÿคฎ

[โ€“] GraniteM@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Absent of the gender assumption, it's good advice for any spouse to greet their partner when they come home. There's a good chance that they've been working and being welcomed home can relieve a lot of the stress that builds up from being out of the house. It makes one feel like one has come home, rather than just come back to a place where one can take off one's shoes.

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[โ€“] bizarroland@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, I think with a minor revision, that one would be okay. Just like, if you're a stay-at-home mom or something, when your husband gets home, holler out to him, greet him, let him know where you are, you know, let him know he's welcome to be home, something like that.

My ex-wife was a stay-at-home wife, and when I got home she would say, "Hey" to me and it was nice to be greeted when I got home.

[โ€“] ech@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that's much more reasonable. Basically, "Show your partner you care that they're there".

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[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

i'll be honest, i like when my wife greets me at the door when i get home. I like when my cats greet me at the door when i get home. likewise my wife really likes when the cats, or more importantly i greet her at the door (as it's a sign i'm having a good enough day to get up). we're usualy excited to see each other. but it's not a habit anyone but the cats have.

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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I do that when my wife comes home. Why would you not?

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[โ€“] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 196 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I kind of expected these to have aged worse. Some are solid - if a little obvious in modern times - advice.

And then there are the others... At least some of them are humorous; show them to your partner guys i'm sure she will appreciate them. Even if she is just a wife ๐Ÿซ 

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 91 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I showed it to my wife and she laughed a bit too hard at the "devoid of colour sense" part.

[โ€“] adarza@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

were you wearing purple and green at the time?

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 60 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Hey, the joker pulls it off!

[โ€“] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, but he's also a homocidal maniac who comits mass murder.

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man, color theory is intense.

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[โ€“] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 85 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Even a wife is an individual". Wait what.

[โ€“] arin@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

Very progressive for 2025, unfortunately we're heading backwards where we need this said again...

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[โ€“] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 66 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My work colleagues are fucking morons.

[โ€“] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For real. My wife is more intelligent than my entire department combined

[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

so like, i used to belong to a cult. they had this "what should you be looking for in a spouse" lesson and I mentioned I was looking for someone intelligent, as someone who couldn't keep up with me would be boring. i practically started a riot. like, sign a million that cult was not for me.

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[โ€“] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well by that logic, so is your wife.

Why would you insult her like that?

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[โ€“] Scrawny@reddthat.com 59 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's right lady's! Don't let your man leave the house with brown boots and a black belt. Use the belt and restrain him until he gets his color's right!

[โ€“] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 47 points 1 week ago (9 children)

DON'T say your wife wastes time in reading, even if she only reads fiction.

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 71 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I guess in 1913 that was "you spend too much time watching trash TV"

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[โ€“] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago (6 children)

My idiot brother is going through a divorce right now. I reeeealy want to send this to him

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[โ€“] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

These are all don'ts. Where are some of the do's?

I'm actually surprised some of the don'ts for the husbands are good advice.

I remember reading that these were written by a woman, so there was less misogyny.

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[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Surprisingly not the blatant misogyny I expected given the title

Though the typography has me feeling this is a potentially bit more modern than 1913, however I'm not quite sure when this sort of sans-serif tabloidy style became prevalent, so I could be completely off the mark.

It's apparently legit and from a British author named Blanche Ebbutt.

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[โ€“] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is too damn woke for MAGA

[โ€“] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pfah! I sneer at your bridge-playing!

Margaret handed you your ass every week for the last month! You can't take tricks for shit.

[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 21 points 1 week ago

This is... pretty solid honestly. Is there more of a list? With the Do's?

Manliness is not purely a physical quality

Surprisingly accepting of trans men for that era

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