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Don't forget the great hat! I wouldn't want to be seen without one.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00404-9

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The 1950s can still happen!

Obesity in the 50's was more like 10-15%, today it's closer to 35%, but 40 is close enough.

Interestingly, the spike started in the mid-1980's, timed too closely to the low-fat craze to not make me suspicious, especially since that adds up metabolically.

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Horny, nerdy, sci-fi writers.

Based on TV shows in the future everyone on the planet will wear the same jump suit and boots uniform or the woman will wander around in silk robes. The show Buck Rogers said everyone will wear spandex, especially the female officers.

What I picture as future style now is baggy clothes and layers and maybe LED masks, and I can’t wait. I want a big flowing cyberpunk trench coat

Nowadays burning man is just like the tech bros corporate retreat, so if it’s today’s burning man we just skipped some steps toward technofeudalism

Rappers. It's rappers. Two P's. Please. Rap per.

Its not remotely correct if you compare it to 1950 instead of 2025. In fact that outfit is closer to a 20s flapper outfit than anything, but then the flappers had short hair, not super-updos

The guy is just a straight up quasi-indigenous-esque look, which is pretty spot on for fetishization of that type of stuff that was prevalent at the time this was drawn (and thereafter)

Class symbol with the added perks of beating the poors and mobility aid.

It's a device that can be made fancy and beautiful that serves as a weapon when needed, and is an assistive device for the disabled. We're talking 1914, so it's not the most disabled the men of the western world have been, but four years later will be.

And even without the war, you're in a time where there's no joint replacement, and there's a lot of people with injuries from industrial accidents and people who've had diseases of industrialization. You have the beginnings of recreational sport (a good way to get injured if you don't know how to prevent it) and not much other exercise except walking places. The newfangled "safety bicycle" is still a death trap by modern standards but compared to a pennyfarthing without pneumatic wheels it earns its name. Also there's no antibiotics so you've got a lot more people sporting a single leg than in modern times, especially if you're in America where veterans of the Civil war are still around at the time.

I think navigating an urban landscape a century ago was just generally more challenging than it is now.

Having a stick to fend off rats, dogs, or livestock would be essential.

Also muddy streets, gutters etcetera, are easier to navigate with a walking stick.

Finally just carrying a cool stick around with you while you conduct your affairs doesn't seem terrible. I find myself kinda wishing it was still a thing.

Why isn't a cane considered an essential accessory? We could all use personal lightsabers at all times.

Weapon, balance wet cobblestone streets, ease on your legs from a long day waiting on the trolley. Pick upreach device. Also, another thing for people to sell, i.e. hat, pocket watch, bracelet, necklace, etc... that's mostly what "fashion" and "fads" are, a new gimmick to sell and distract people from the horror of everyday life.

Seriously though, a walking stick while hiking is a game changer. I'm not talking ski poles, those are mostly useless outside light balance stuff. I do so much with my walking staff and have never had a fall or trip while on the trail. A third leg can be a godsend sometimes, especially in muddy swampy sections. Creek crossings are a breeze.

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But no tattoos or body paint on the women that would be too much!

Smoking indoors! Such depravity is not acceptable in 2025!