You know what I'll be just take them grocery shopping at a supermarket and show them that for X amount of money you'll get less items.
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That doesn't have much meaning once you explain inflation as a concept.
They'd already know about the basics since fiat currency existed long before the US.
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The internet. Youd first have to explain computers, and thats not easy. Going further just compounds the issue.
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That we've been to the moon and back, and that they can casually toss into their pockets a device with enough "thinking" power to do the necessary math for the task and then some.
And that we still can't make nylon stockings that don't "run," but that nobody cares because we don't wear them anymore.
That, and transgender is normal.
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The TikToc NPC trend
Probably how we went to the moon and then later successfully sent a rover to Mars to study and take pictures. It's something I can't really explain on a technical level but it happened
Smoke breaks.
If they are from the US, it's probably that leading republican candidates don't see Russia waging war on a democratic country as a problem.
how old were they in the 50s and how old are they now? That's probably the crucial thing to know. 70 year old was born in the 1880s and probably would have difficult time to understand much of the current society. 15 year old would probably learn quickly new technology and societal norms. If they'd be middle aged or a bit older man, they'd probably be quite uneducated and would probably have difficult time socially to adapt modern society, where you can't casually sexually harass women and where you don't get job simply by walking to work place without a college degree.
If it was the early 1950's, then: Black people and white people can use the same facilities. There aren't "black bathrooms" and "white bathrooms." There aren't separate water fountains depending on the color of your skin.
Segregation was still around a mere 70 years ago.
Were Americans in the 50's as surprised when they travelled abroad?
The internet
Def not education
Why civil rights are a thing.
Florida Man
Fascism