Why Did These Strange 1950s Inventions Kill So Many People?| Hidden Killers | Absolute History

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[@grrbear6300]

Pp op op 00pp

[@AquaeAtrae]

Entertaining and informative... but why cover the news clippings with that diffused black spot? The narrations are fine, but I'd prefer to see the clippings unobstructed.

[@blueindigo1000]

​@@AquaeAtrae Excellent question!

[@sakariaskarlsson634]

No.

[@sakariaskarlsson634]

@@AquaeAtrae because in the 50s the newspapers were a bit more.. descriptive than they are today as one that has read some. And they want to stay family friendly and showing descriptive text about a 70% 1st degree burn injury and 3 witness reports also being very descriptive isnt very family friendly. Also they were very racist and seeing slurs in headlines was common (in the back of my head i play the mayhem that would happen if you put the n word in the headlines today, like i literally couldnt believe it.)

[@MrQuijibo]

I now understand why my grandparents unplugged things at night and were generally afraid of technology

[@tubularfrog]

My great aunt unplugged the microwave after heating her coffee because she feared the "rays". Absolute fruitcake.

[@joselimadelgado8513]

@@tubularfrog thats why she lived longer... being a fruitcake helps :)

[@JessieHTX]

I unplug things before bed, and I’m only in my 30s. There are still issues with fire when it comes to that stuff, though it has gotten significantly better since the 50s. How many years ago were people’s cells exploding while charging? Besides, your appliances can still use electricity while turned off but plugged in. Save money on that bill.

[@wednesdaytear]

Relatable

[@juliereminiec4937]

How about leaving the tv plugged in during a electrical storm?

[@prettyraddad]

As an American I love the “unsurprisingly the American chemistry sets were even more spectacular” and it included uranium because of course it did

[@KhalidAun1]

Same 🤣🤣

[@aguyhere7945]

@@GladeSwope It was the 50s. The 50s were all about atomics. Remember that this was before Chernobyl and 40+ years of anti nuclear propaganda, so it really was a different time.

[@aguyhere7945]

@@GladeSwope Well nuclear tech had just won WWII for America, so building an interest in it was viewed as a positive thing. Also, uranium itself doesn't give you a bomb. It's the refined, and insanely hard to make, isotopes that do that. Uranium is actually fairly common since you can pull it right out of sea water if you don't have any land deposits for instance.

[@herrgodfrey9563]

Uranium is badass

[@ew6641]

Literally that part was so american it hurt

[@patrickchubey3127]

Wages were rising faster than housing prices. Well, they sure as hell fixed that, didn't they.

[@janewashington421]

And then they drove out the unions and CEO’s began making millions and billions and the stockholders did, too. So the profits went to a very, very few 1%’ers who could never get enough money and it just spiraled down. Then the Repubs enacted all sorts of tax reduction so the safety net collapsed and those top 1%’ers got even more wealth.

[@jsphillip60]

And how!

[@johnbockelie3899]

Chemistry set was probably recycled material that's why it's so cheap.

[@SmittySmithsonite]

@@janewashington421 -HA! You forgot the democrats endless taxing and spending that drove our national debt into the stratosphere, and their crippling regulations that decimated the manufacturing industry by encouraging everyone to set up shop overseas. Now we've got moonbatty leftists that want to pay burger flippers $15 an hour, tax "carbon", and destroy the rest of American industry with "green" initiatives. Funny you mention unions - big democrat donors, and just as corrupt. They had their place 60 years ago. Now they're just wings of the democrat party, much like today's mainstream news entities. Ever check out housing costs in CA and MA? Highest in the nation, aside from HI and DC. What's the common denominator between all four of these geographical areas? DEMOCRATS ...

[@agentsmidt3209]

Problem solved.

[@ScreamingAllTheTime]

Burnt synthetic fibers are no joke. As a child when playing with some sparklers, I waved it around some stupid way, and I melted the strap of my bathing suit to my shoulder. Between how hot sparklers get, and the suit melting, it was terribly painful. I remember the panic of feeling something burning my skin but there not being a fire to put out.

[@Mushroom321-]

Ouch !!!😬☹️💔

[@heatheranderson4475]

My stepdaughter was burned and her poor hand was terrible from a sparkler. I don't let my kids use them. Gun powder and fire just seem like a bad idea to me.

[@RobertHarner-i9q]

When I was a kid we didn't get limits put on stuff if we burned ourselves we learned to be more careful and avoid making the same mistake again

[@samantharae1822]

@@RobertHarner-i9qgood for you.

[@Soundofwindonsand]

AAAAAAAAAAA...oh Jill just stepped on another burnt out sparkler, maybe we should put them in a coffee can or something... Memories.....

[@lynnoneill4294]

I remember my brothers late 1960's chemistry set. He burnt a hole straight through a 1inch thick wooden table top. Dad was not impressed.

[@youngmasterzhi]

How long was he grounded for?

[@lynnoneill4294]

@@youngmasterzhi I think my Dad was probably more upset about giving my brother a gift that was so dangerous. My brother didn't get grounded just had his chemistry set taken from him.

[@MartyBellvue]

Lynn Oneill aw, that’s nice at least :^)

[@rollipollirock]

6:20 just consider it progress

[@depressedhombre3387]

Was it an acid

[@amyashley3182]

“I’m going upstairs to the first hidden killer, the child’s bedroom” Oh so the kid did it

[@Sparks52]

Yup - but was it with the knife in the conservatory or with the wrench in the library? That we still don't know!

[@MrButternutsprinkles]

Sounds more like the bedroom did it.

[@areyousureyouenteredyourna85]

No, Professor Plum did it, in the kitchen.... ...with yo momma.

[@bee2022]

@@Sparks52 no it was with the chemistry set in the living room

[@georgelowe3452]

And notice how I am climbing these stairs in high heels 👠,

[@HoneyBoom]

old people: back in my day we didn't need warning labels! oh but you did

[@bcgibson22]

Nah, one just got sick.....or died

[@unklekrappy]

The ones who did, generally got et up in the thresher (died in childhood). Nature tends to take out the stupid.

[@pookatim]

Today we are awash in warning labels that no one reads. So.....

[@pookatim]

@@101Volts If someone is willing to use a hair drier in the shower, warning labels will be of little merit.

[@desijrichert]

Right? It was like today, you need to practice a bit of common sense at any point in history. Stupid in the fifties is the same as stupid today.

[@jianghan4086]

For every safety standards we have today, there's a tragic story behind it

[@allaboutroofing2]

You should look into red dye 40. At least then it took a conscious effort to cause yourself harm.

[@AlphaFlight]

Where's the one for u being born

[@urieluntevarin9934]

Safety standards are written in blood

[@liebuster9308]

the tragic stories of today are suppressed too, and being even worse! We live in the times of bio weapon jabs and population control.

[@shannoncampbell5421]

Yes there are when you are having to a warning label to “not try to stop a chainsaw with your hands” maybe we should go back to have a survival of the fittest kind of mentality. It’s amazing how dumb society has become- just so sad

[@aleatorias9550]

-Here’s a chemistry kit with uranium!! -I’m not going to buy that -you’re right it’s probably too dan... -It doesn’t even explode or smoke what’s the fun in that?

[@nanami_akumudeadchannel7115]

-..I beg your pardon?

[@itsthequenchiest5072]

@@nanami_akumudeadchannel7115 _keep b e g g i n g_

[@snailsaredumb9412]

@@nanami_akumudeadchannel7115 if it can't kill me, it won't thrill me

[@nanami_akumudeadchannel7115]

-If you say so Lisawati Goh...

[@SJ-ni6iy]

I love how they talk about the dangers of the children’s chemistry set and just when you think it can’t get crazier they introduce the Americans set. We Americans always have to be bigger and better to our own detriment 🤣

[@illailla5813]

When I was a kid in the 90s, I remember sometimes when I picked out pajamas, they would say “not flammable “

[@cheesethekoala8756]

illa illa Omg I remember that in the 2000s and I always wondered and laughed it off. Oh the reality

[@CarynCode]

I believe that they still do

[@mysticallyintense]

They still do.

[@PoseurGoth]

It was a huge problem with baby products in the past as well. They used to be highly flammable, and it took a while for regulations to fix it.

[@Jordan-hk5ck]

I love how she’s wearing a 1950s inspired dress, it’s such a nice touch

[@Ojja78]

Also her shoes.

[@jolanas.5426]

It's Lady Vintage London dress in hepburn style and japanese floral print. :)

[@jodyross6185]

and her sexy shoes are the style of the time too..so cute..

[@fuffalobuck3248]

I can see from the profile pic that it's your preferred style. Me too. Though I'm 37, I have been trying to style my hair in a feathered pomp-style forever. Can NEVER get it right!!

[@olliefoxx7165]

She looks classy and feminine.

[@lucyflorey9152]

My parents built a house in the 50s. The heating was in the ceiling...warm air rises. We were so cold in the winter. There was no carpeting...only hardwood and tile.

[@jordanbrewer5008]

Does it bother anyone else that every time a newspaper article is shown it's blacked out.

[@chellybabyme]

Yes, I hate it.

[@umhusam6851]

Why did they put it up just to black it out?

[@annwithaplan9766]

I just paused it before it went black so I could read the article.

[@chellybabyme]

@@annwithaplan9766 you are my hero✌

[@bee3644]

I think the quote they are say was supposed to come up in white text, but for whatever reason they forgot to add it :/

[@2yearoldeastercandy935]

My grandpa is blind in one eye because of those chemistry sets

[@greatleader4841]

my grandpa is blind in both eyes because he's dead.

[@tubularfrog]

Why was your grandfather using a kids chemistry set?

[@dianag6415]

@@tubularfrog maybe he used it when he was a child? Dumb question.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

@Unkwon Malaysian Guy yaass 😂

[@lassipls]

that's why you have 2 eyes; doesn't matter if you lose one!

[@Ray.Norrish]

Ah! The 1950s, when builders wore a suit and tie to work and you immediately became 45 as soon as you were 21.

[@masher3618]

Well, no trainers and jogging pants.

[@mhrgall]

you basically just described the character William D Foster from Falling Down, lol

[@71050505]

And you could smoke a cigarette while you get operated on.

[@spacechimp3199]

I wish that were still the case

[@techrvl9406]

@@71050505 With the medicine of those days, you'd need it.

[@Enyavar1]

What I don't get is why the newspaper texts are censored instead of highlighted.

[@davi.medrade]

I imagine they were going to use the darkened area to re-write the newspaper texts, in modern graphics and/or highlighting the parts being narrated, but just forgot about it.

[@goodiesguy]

@@davi.medrade I think this is an early edit that's been uploaded accidentally, the final edit would've had the text from the papers there.

[@DraperStan23]

Forget calling the ambulance, you must SUMMON it

[@Claubuza]

With all these accidents there's plenty of blood available for the summoning ritual.

[@troyevitt2437]

A pentagram with 5 little Match Box/Hot Wheels ambulances...or the OUIJA planchete just keeps going over 9-1-1?

[@kennashan]

@@troyevitt2437 Accio Ambulance!!!!

[@AugustTheStag]

It means the same thing.

[@troyevitt2437]

@@AugustTheStag No, it's not. "Calling" an ambulance uses a phone. "Summoning" requires a sum-total of human energy and if Saturn in is Virgo, the congregants must be sky-clad.

[@DragonsREpic]

"Science is never evil except in wrongly used by man" that's some deep shit Toys back then didn't fuck around

[@becca5100]

Ask hitler

[@jameretief8327]

I had mostly " dangerous toys " back then. Good times. Good times. Now we have safe fat sissies.

[@hwwwarrior90]

@@becca5100 ...Ask Robert Oppenheimer

[@SEFSQklOR0VS]

@@jameretief8327 at least we don't identify as fucking Mr. Burns

[@kanyewest2729]

@@SEFSQklOR0VS Rather be a mr burns than a part time he/she

[@mikepez]

This is why I live naked in the middle of an empty field.

[@blimjones]

😂😂😂😂😂 WTF? dude

[@ahmedessa1364]

good for you

[@fxjh21]

😂 😂 Yo if its true it'd actually lit

[@garyfrancis6193]

You too?

[@snelson2418]

Completely chemtrail exposure!

[@ajfink12]

I was born in 1957 and I had one of those 'dangerous' chemistry sets. That got me interested in the sciences. It was invaluable at teaching me to be careful around chemicals and things that I didn't understand. I wasn't allowed to play with it alone. My dad made us take appropriate precautions. That was how it was with all of my friends when it came to doing adult things. When I mowed the lawn at 10 years old, he was nearby. When we launched model rockets, there was an adult present. Responsible parents didn't allow their children to put themselves in danger. Where were the parents when these children got hurt? The pendulum swung the other direction with overkill.

[@berneyvonk1]

I had a chemistry set but no one looked over my shoulder. I guess I was lucky.

[@SuperDave-vj9en]

I had one of those chemistry sets and I went on to make more explosives than most people can only dream about. It started my career in chemistry which I majored in and love to this day.

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

I didn't get a chemistry set, but grew up interested in sciences anyway. Perhaps I didn't even know about them at that time, being a girl? But my brother never had one, either. Maybe Dad, a chemistry major himself, simply just already knew better than to expose his children to these kits??

[@ajfink12]

Responsible parents give their children the tools that they need to assess situations for safety. Necessary ingredients are time, love, patience, understanding, expectations, consequences, boundaries, teach them the skills they'll need in real life, and give them enough leash to practice those skills on their own. Parents should teach children to ask questions & encourage original thought based on their own observations and investigations. The one thing that we should not do is shield them from exposure.​@@tanikokishimoto1604

[@newtpollution]

I got salmonella when I was 23 and it was one of the most miserable experiences of my life. The idea that people were suffering from that in droves because no one was washing their hands is madness.

[@stephaniecruzado384]

Are you ok

[@lorimiller4301]

I got it from not washing lettuce. It was horrible. Luckily in the basement was a very small bathroom with the sink directly across from the toilet. I really appreciated that design at the time. I was 33 and in fairly good health. I suffered severely for a good 4 days straight. Please wash your lettuce even if it says that it's washed already.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

@@lorimiller4301 look at it this way.."Your troubles were BEHIND you" lol my elderly Grandfather used to say that to me all the time when we had "bathroom" issues . Or the runs lol. Your troubles are behind ya ;)

[@bluenosemassmedia2996]

I think I went to high school with Sal Monella

[@Merlin3189]

I wonder how old you are? If you are less than 60, it was your own fault: everyone knew about hygiene by the 70's. I know, cuz I was there.

[@felixuchies4688]

War vet: *Gets home from war* TV: The post war home is the most dangerous place you can be

[@redforest9269]

"Alright, I'll invite that Nazi across the street." *German neighbor waves hello* *Vet waves back* "And while he's waiting, I'll sneak out a window and wait for him to die!"

[@rickwrites2612]

@Newfriend wow, way to stereotype 50% of people on earth because of a handful.

[@ataarono]

@@rickwrites2612 WRONG its only 48.9% of the people on earth. check your facts

[@mcintosh1346]

@Newfriend 🤗👍

[@ataarono]

@@ivyblack21 Woah slow down there buddy, that number doesn't jump as dramatically as your distaste of pedantic people. a difference of over one percent in such a large sample size is not down to randomness like you wish to imply.

[@popzstudios6358]

Meth labs: *Levels entire apartment buildings* 1950's kids with chemistry sets: Hold my asbestos and uranium 238

[@UnauthorizedRosin]

I live in a neighborhood where the homes were built during the 50's. Due to the expense, many haven't been much renovated since then. I knew someone whose family had their meth lab blown up in their home. It was an interesting sight for a long time. I went to see it up close when it was being investigated and they were carrying things off, but I was a child and the police yelled at me, saying that it is illegal to disturb them.

[@iamjackalope]

Those chemistry sets where the inspiration for many a meth cook. Not even joking.

[@GenePoolChlorinator]

*hold my beaker.

[@doryy9360]

Hold my uranium Would have been so much better

[@lauracook8203]

I was a kid in the 60s and we had some pretty dangerous playthings. I had an E-Z bake oven that had a light bulb so hot that it baked little cakes. Creepy Crawlers were little bugs that we made by pouring 'goop' into a metal mold set into an implement that was plugged in and heated up hot enough to turn the 'goop' into rubber. Oh, and Click Clacks. Those were brightly colored golfball sized solid plexiglass type orbs. There was one on each end of a 10 inch string with a plastic ring in the middle. You held it by the ring and flapped it so the 2 balls clacked together. A lot of heads got whacked by this toy.

[@PuffKitty]

Sounds just like my childhood 🤗

[@bonniehowell9206]

I'm an 80's kid and surprised how long the Creept Crawler maker stuck around. I had one growing up and it was a family/supervised activity "making bugs" because my mom realized how dangerous the thing was and worried we would get burned.

[@kross199]

@@PuffKitty we had all the same "toys" back in the day too, LOL!

[@usa91787]

Wasn't it great!!!! Don't forget wood burning sets! Had one when I was 7. That was fun!

[@lauracook8203]

@@usa91787 and chemistry sets! And no creepy parents following us around all day. A "playdate" in summer was basically running outside after breakfast and seeing who all we could rustle up. Then lunch, back outside on bikes, at the pool or lake, dinner, then back out until the lightening bugs came out. We played with the danger toys on rainy days. It really was an awesome childhood back then. And we're still here.

[@teetheatersanonymous]

The family that DIYs together *Dies together*

[@S0lidState]

....at least they saved !

[@carlosiiideespana3712]

omg yes

[@sarahlyons1012]

DIY or die hard trying XD

[@BTW...]

DIY electrical wiring installation ! This is why I DREAD working in domestic installations [yes, licensed electrical worker]. Far too much DIY layers of dangerous work hidden away that won't test as dubious, yet I could be held responsible for not identifying and making safe, even if that is disconnection. Frankly, it's far safer working on electrical equipment in a Heavy Industrial and High Voltage level equipment, because there is a higher level of respect afforded to the very real dangers. We have a saying here: DIY = DIE

[@Serenade2461]

As soon as she started getting into how badly all the DIY's went wrong because of zero skill, I just kept seeing articles flash behind my eyes decrying how Millienials don't know how to do anything for themselves when their parents and grandparents were amazing DIY-ers. I know a Millenial who built his own home. He told me of a crafty lil trick he used to make it seem like his grounding line was the proper depth into the ground when it wasn't. Wired the place himself too. I would legit be worried to live there. Please call a professional if you're doing anything electrical and ya know, maybe if you can't be bothered to build things up to code yourself.

[@CujoSmileDog]

Imagine surviving the war, only to pass away from your own house.

[@tubularfrog]

Almost poetic. Your house as a big coffin.

[@jamespfitz]

That's worse than...a heart attack? Car accident? Diabetes? Not one breath is guaranteed.

[@Nesterou]

*BOOM* a child.

[@UrielX1212]

This video is a giant hyperbole. The chance of anyone deing from asbestos in there house or a tiny bit of radiation from uranium in a chemistry set is virtually nil.

[@101Volts]

It was worse when the Pandemic of 1918 - 1919 showed up, right after World War I.

[@ltraina3353]

My husband was born in 1957 and had several hand-me-down chemistry sets from his dad or uncle. They all had vials of mercury and his favorite thing to do was empty them all out into a small bowl and play with it, rolling it around in his hands, pouring it over other toys, etc. I’m surprised he didn’t seriously poison himself! Whenever he says something dumb or does something crazy, I always say it must be the Mercury has gotten to his brain!

[@WonderfulWorldofAwesomeness]

My mom talks about playing with balls of Mercury also

[@annwithaplan9766]

Loraine A - I was born that year, too. I remember when a thermometer broke and I let the little mercury balls roll around in my hand. I recently learned that something needs to be added to it in order for it to actually get into your skin.

[@freedomwatches2454]

Eating some mercury is fun too..🥴

[@richardbonfiglio1765]

@@annwithaplan9766 Liquid Mercury has such a high surface tension it tends to stay as it appears and doesn't poison Children as one might think. On the other hand, heat it up and create Mercury Vapor your lungs will die, and so will you!

[@richardbonfiglio1765]

@@freedomwatches2454 Down at the morgue, they got characters who sneak around and harvest gold teeth and Silver Fillings from the dead. To get the silver separated from the amalgam they heat it up to melt the silver out. This vaporizes the Mercury and the fumes turn delicate lung tissue into tough rubber. I thought that was pretty interesting.

[@Kha0sTek]

Imagine telling your camera crew, "Hey, I need you to take really menacing pictures of this chicken carcass."

[@topkek996]

Being professionals, they already knew the perfect angles to use

[@therockafire]

Yea. That was scary!

[@zendonreyland1298]

It's no joke, back in the 1970s when they wanted to photograph a turkey to make it look like it was hot from the oven, they'd hide a lit cigarette behind it for the smoke.

[@Laudanum-gq3bl]

My dad was a firefighter in the 60s-90s, and one of his unbreakable rules was that they NEVER smoked upstairs. And all ashtrays were put into the kitchen sink with a bit of water at the end of the day. not dumped into the trash. It didn’t fix everything but it helped.

[@HadleyCanine]

It's amazing just how effective all the fire prevention work in terms of community outreach, school events, PSAs, etc has been. Anytime I saw someone doing something unsafe with fire, even as far back as a kid in the 90s, someone (often multiple people at once) would immediately speak up and put the Fear of Fiery Death into whoever was being irresponsible. Even the people with zero personal experience with fire would speak up, often being the first to do so, which if you think about it really is incredible and shows just how effective the outreach has been. Not that it stopped any of us from playing from fire, of course, but at least we were safe about it. When one kid told us he found some random spray could be held in your palm while on fire pretty safely, nobody there was willing to be the first to test it. A few people went as far as verifying they knew where the nearest extinguisher were in case his demonstration failed. Even when everyone else wanted to try it, they always started with the tiniest amount of spray. On the other hand I get the impression that if you went around in the 50s and offered to set people's hands on fire after you sprayed something on it, a lot of people would agree on the spot and wouldn't even think to check the label of what's in the spray.

[@poppyfield1619]

My Grandparents emptied their ashtrays in a sand bucket at night

[@kennethhandschuh3306]

rule in our house was they were emptied into a metal can and the can was filled with water then tossed out in the burn barrel every couple of days, NEVER INTO THE DRY TRASH CANS ALL ASHTRAYS WERE PLACED ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER OVERNIGHT.

[@lorimiller4301]

Jack Cassidy, David's Father died from being drunk and passing out with a cigarette. He set the whole place on fire. Extremely sad situation.

[@drydesert8036]

@@lorimiller4301 Thank you for your informative comment. Jack Cassidy's untimely death was a great loss to me and others. Damn cigarettes are a real killer no doubt. Jack's way of comedy was just fine. He brought out smiles and laughter. R.I.P. Jack...

[@takohamoolsen2432]

My elderly neighbour was a young nurse in London during the pea-souper fog. She remembers joining hands with 5 other nurses in a long line with one of the doctors holding a lantern in front and them following him to the hospital. Back then, they still had their WW2 gas masks, so they were worn going to the hospital in the early morning. She also said the hospital standards for nurses were strict - white uniforms, white stockings, black shoes and starched nurses' caps. Everything had to be perfect and Matron would be there every morning to inspect them before work. Even now at 88, my neighbour has her clothes perfectly ironed and shoes cleaned and shined.

[@nibornnyw3185]

My mother was a nurse in the 70s. No lipstick, earrings, or bright fingernail polish. No bracelets, and only wedding ring. Absolutely no perfume.

[@krmccarrell]

How fascinating!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@greengreen4616]

@@nibornnyw3185 I was recently a patient overnight in a hospital. One of the nurses came on shift and she had a lot of some type of scent on (it was not exactly perfume but didn't smell like commercial deodorant either?). It immediately made me nauseous in my post op state, so I understand that rule completely!

[@nanabluect1]

The modern feminist loves to make the claim that women were not allowed to have careers until the rise of feminism saved us all. For generations before feminism, women did work if they wanted to or had to. Nursing is one of the hardest professions and it has always been primarily female led positions. Previous to the rise of feminism there was a high code that nurses had to obey... in the way they dressed and their actions. Today... these standards are almost inexistent. Nurses have multiple piercings, their hands are often filled with rings and many wear hideous perfumes. Uniforms are often wrinkled because ironing is a thing from the past and shoes are often scuffed and dirty. Sneakers are the most common footwear and there is no longer a uniform dress-code in most hospitals. How can anyone believe that women have come a long way, as the commercials love to say. Decades ago women were all well dressed, neat and clean... regardless of income. Today most women look as if they only comb their hair once a week. It really is a shame.

[@yoursafeplace8476]

@@nanabluect1 Thankfully your mindset is a dying breed and will be forgotten in time unless it's brought up in conversation about how ridiculous the world was at some points. Women did work but they were limited in their options, they were also limited in their rights. We have much more advancement to make as a species, let's not regress when there's much more room for progress. I'm not a feminist btw, not even close, I'm actually a mens rights advocate, there's plenty of people out there fighting for women and their causes.

[@danrook5757]

Guy is wearing a tie doing brick work, now that’s classy

[@bmay8818]

Reminds me of some old movie where Jimmy Stewart was grilling in the backyard. He was wearing a dress shirt and tie!

[@danrook5757]

B May : greatest generation ever.

[@bmay8818]

@@danrook5757 I don't know about that, but they were pretty well-dressed often.

[@frenchyroastify]

Alas, many carpenters died in the 50's doing the same while using the table saw.

[@bobbofly]

Hopefully it was a Colin Furze approved safety tie.

[@wayneperry7077]

I love the styles, furniture and automobiles from the 1950's. Omitting the deadly appliances, of course.

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

Yes ! The 50’s designs were cool and sleek, but then everything got klutzy and boxy. The space ship designs went from smooth and curvy (as in Star Trek) to angular and cluttered in later Sci-fi, designs also reflected in auto making. Home design also lost it’s innovative quality.😒

[@suemoenius5619]

And I feel I've been running away from these hideous (to me) colors and styles my whole life! 😂. The only thing I can remember as cool was my grandpa's ash tray, which was on a post about 30 inches tall, and had a lighter and space for a pipe and supplies in a "bowl"in the middle. Finally, a grand handle to pick it up and move to another chair. Somewhat dark wood column, brass feet and handle, and amber glass for the ash tray. It went away once I discovered where the lighter lived-

[@klasina55]

It is a bloody miracle that I survived , being born in the fifties. I remember many of the warnings about furniture, nylon pyjama's and the chemistry boxes

[@CassidyStarke]

Did you have a chemistry set yourself?

[@bigred3694]

"the post war home is the most dangerous place you could be" people coming home from the war must have been tickled

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Imagine getting a PTSD flashback because juniors Christmas gift starts exploding and burning people

[@fresherturtle1154]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero the way you detailed that made me snicker

[@lyndarlehane582]

This ludicrous statement sets the tone of the video. Mostly hysterical nonsense.

[@jimmyduncan7650]

Slap and tickle even.

[@charlieretro]

I love how they call them the most dangerous and yet they still stand and outlast most new houses.

[@TerryB751]

I'm 65 now but when I was 10 or so, I had a chemistry set. This was in the U.S. at the time. The burner operated with Sterno Canned Heat which was a flammable gel. Luckily, I didn't have any injuries. My cousin, did suffer some burns about the same time with his set and I believe they were serious.

[@martinmacphee3262]

electrical injuries and deaths continued into the 60's and 70's. The solution was the now ubiquitous ground fault circuit interrupter (GFI, and other nomenclatures in various countries). This industrial device was first 'miniaturized' and then turned into a mass produced product that in combination with the 'circuit breaker' replaced fuses in modern homes. It was developed by my Father at FPE in Toronto, and then widely spread around the world. He also made the very first portable GFI unit, which we used at our house for years to make our corded electric lawn mower and hedge trimmer safe from ground fault accidents, years before anyone else could do so! This was further reduced in size until it could fit inside a wall socket, or the power cord of things like hair dryers and extension cords. he was inspired to begin trying to solve these problems by the near electrocution of one of our neighbors who lived across the street in Montreal. When he was in Hospice care, half a century later, he took great satisfaction knowing he was responsible for saving untold millions of lives around the world, and pointed out to the nurses and doctors that the only reason they could safely hook him up to the various electrical devices so ubiquitous in hospitals today, was his own inventions, tucked tidily away from view, silently standing guard over his life, just like everyone else's.

[@Tsch6373]

Greatly appreciate what your father has done in creating the GFCI that has been saving the lives of countless people over the past, what, 50 years? Thank you for sharing this.

[@somethingreal5042]

Try not to die: house edition

[@Positivemotivation662]

Lmfaoooo I'm GOING TO HELL

[@user-neo71665]

Only if I can play as Hugh Laurie

[@jackfrost2146]

I always hate it when my tie gets caught under a brick that I'm laying!

[@mhrgall]

-----or a chick that you're laying! hahaha!!

[@zacharywood9416]

@@mhrgall haha sex, am I right?

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I saw dick get's caught under brick, not sure how that happened.

[@maryjoyspohrer256]

This is where bow ties come in luv!

[@mandc20022]

Then boy are you in luck, I have just the product for you!

[@matthewkaler823]

This video reminds me of when my college physics professor once held a gieger counter to an orange dinner plate from the 50s it went off registering radiation. Mineral that made the orange color was radioactive. Progress!!

[@Colonel_Obvious]

Orange or red Fiesta dinnerware had uranium oxide in the glaze. Some other colors had it at lower levels.

[@desertweasel6965]

I was nearly killed by a chemistry set that used to be sold back in the 70's and early 80s. These chemistry sets were the real deal. They had dozens of real laboratory chemicals and a book came with the set that gives you a few experiments to try. The experiment that almost killed me was called Green Nerve Gas. You mix about 3 chemicals in with a bowl of bleach and ammonia. When I added the last chemical, it began to fizz. My friends all started choking and ran out of the room. However, I could not smell the chemical, so I stuck my face down close to the bowl and smelled. I immediately stopped breathing. It was absolutely horrifying.

[@noprofile]

im so sorry this happened to you but I started imagining the scenario playing out and couldn’t help laughing thinking abt your mates running off and you just sitting there with your face down to the bowl plopping to one side😭

[@CoeurD_Amaris22]

Wow, thats crazy. Glad you're still here!

[@desertweasel6965]

@@noprofile no i actually panicked and ran through the house. It was like breathing through a coffee stirrer. My next door neighbor was an old woman that was a nurse. She put my in front of an oxygen tank and the breathing was slowly coming back. She even had activated charcoal she made me drink. I think she saved my life.

[@snailcubus]

@@desertweasel6965 imagine if she wasnt there.....that wouldnt be a good thing

[@zwozoa5630]

@@desertweasel6965 that sounds terrifying. My chemistry teacher in school almost suffocated from the gases released in his experiment. He did the same thing as you, he tried smelling the chemical but obviously there was no oxygen. What a guy.

[@kc3014]

🛑Time Stamps🛑 what she talks about and when! 3:02 - 11:10 - Kids chemistry kits 11:11 - 19:48 - Plastics (flammable clothing/furniture) 19:49 - 21:50 - T.V sets ~ 21:51 - 30:40 - D.I.Y house building (knocking down walls, enamelling a bath, plumbing, table lamps etc) 25:51 - 26:49 - continuation⬆️ ladder dangers 26:50 - 30:40 toxic adhesives (asbestos) and power tools (electric drills) and electric wiring. ~ 30:41 - 40:56 - food poisoning (salmonella and germs on hands.) 40:57 - 50:29 - air pollution and the dangers of gas boilers in bathrooms 50:30 - 57:31 electric item dangers (vacuum cleaners, gas cooker, fridges and washers, kitchen appliances)

[@solidsperzz6380]

Thank you that's very helpful!

[@ari3lz3pp3lin]

Wow. Thanks.

[@tritogenias]

People like you are true heroes

[@alkatraz706]

Thx.. you gonna go far kid!

[@smolbeen3723]

🙄

[@alrightyru]

My mom's story was leaving England in 1946 and emigrating to New Zealand Auckland where they at first lived on the beach. So by 1950s mom was running around barefoot surfing and sailing. Carefree of the toils of London left behind and their gadgets for better living. Her dad did make things by hand & we still have his art here today. I'm a '67 special and had to hear about all the dangers to household items, now I know where it's from!

[@JOHNSMITH-if9jr]

?? mom i thought in New Zealand Auckland you say mum

[@1n5tant_Ar50n]

My dad (who was born and raised in England), gave me the chemistry set he had when he was a kid; from the late 60's. A lot of the chemical bottles were empty, but still had the labels, and even though I was only 10 or 11 at the time, I still remember being shocked by a ton of the dangerous chemicals that were in it! I asked my dad about it (he is a biochemist professionally now), and he was like "Oh yeah, I guess that is pretty dangerous." He said he didn't think about it when giving it to me, because he was about my age when he'd gotten it himself. Craziness. He ended up safely disposing of the dangerous substances and properly cleaning or disposing of the containers as necessary, but we do still have the kit somewhere at my parents' house. He did end up buying me a modern chemistry set as well, which I really enjoyed as a kid!

[@alexandria3583]

"summoned an ambulance" just sounds like they're trying to summon a demon but they got an ambulance instead

[@SahasaV]

Summoning an ambulance requires the sacrifice of knees

[@alexandria3583]

SahasaV at least they specified the method of sacrifice

[@SahasaV]

@@alexandria3583 unlike the actual experiments :P

[@michaelclark3192]

Well they might not have had a telephone to call one so they have to go somewhere else to summon one.

[@abbylee8971]

*is summoning satan* Weeee woooo weeee woooo SHIT WRONG BOOK

[@kaldiz]

Year 2100: "The horror's of the 2020 home"

[@lassipls]

"Cellphone screens were actually the main culprit of spreading the coronavirus"

[@diceroll2843]

@@lassipls No it's the damn Facebook video face software ad that which caused suicide!

[@thebitlot]

Bruh that's assuming society still exists by then LOL

[@diceroll2843]

@@thebitlot Society will exist in 2100 but under communist rule where everyone is forced to think happy thoughts elts they be taken for re education

[@mashy712]

2020 would be like. Kids played with plastic blocks called Legos. They hurt your feet. And have choke kids.

[@arturoaguilar6002]

“Bobby, are you carrying chemicals in your pockets” “No…” “Liar, lia… oh God! Your pants are on fire!”

[@jackson_68]

Hahahaha...well played

[@WithinandThroughout]

3:35 " Yeah i got the chemistry present as a christmas present, and it was an hour before it blew up. I've loved science ever since"

[@Claubuza]

I love this guy. He gives some of the best commentary in the videos I've seen so far.

[@ToddKing]

So you were just watching TV and the kit was over in the corner and "it" blew up? "It" didn't blow up. YOU combine some chemicals that caused a reaction. I don't understand why, as a society' we are afraid to take responsibility for our actions. I know I overreacted but it's hot button issue for me.

[@Claubuza]

@@ToddKing He didn't say that... But also it was stated that things could catch fire just from body heat, so it's not hard to believe that a kit sitting in a corner could be getting sunlight from the window, something heats up enough to catch fire, and the fire sets off one of the other chemicals

[@ToddKing]

@@Claubuza I went back and listened to it again and it does sounds like he say "it was literally only an hour before I'd blown it up." So he does take responsibility for blowing it up. I had a hard time with the English accent and missed it the first time. I don't know why you're talking about heat. I was talking about taking responsibility for your actions. But even your heat comment doesn't make sense. The only time they mentioned heat being an issue is when a boy put some chemicals in his pocket. 7:45 "With some chemicals he got on Saturday, Ian McRory meant to stage some experiments with his home chemistry set. But he put them in his pocket....." That sounds to me like the chemicals are not from the chemistry set. So I don't know how that makes chemistry sets susceptible to catching fire from the sun. Just be careful. Really look and what they say and notice the scary music. There is an agenda here, to make the 50's home sound like there was danger lurking around every corner.

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

After watching this, I'm beginning to understand why most toy collectors tend to focus on toys primarily released from the 1960's and up and tend to ignore the vast majority of PRE-1960's toys.

[@j_c_93]

Why? The only toy they mentioned was chemistry sets.

[@Kipperlab]

@@j_c_93 The pre-60´s toys had lead on its paint which is dangerous to even touch them as paint cracks and falls on your fingers when the toy is touched or handled. The plushes also had dangerous products to keep leather soft and on its place for a long time in daily playing

[@jimmyduncan7650]

Sad because the 1940 "Box-O-Glass" was quite sparkly.

[@lesjones7019]

Where is batman and Robin lmao.

[@sfcmp7005]

@@jimmyduncan7650 Don't forget Irwin Mainway's Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk, with 2 real switchblades at the push of a button. Oh and I almost forgot, the Bag O' Nails, and the Bag O' Vipers.

[@campmerricat]

This is a great video that I’ve come back to several times but I never understand why whoever edited this decided to blackout all of the newspaper clippings. Why even include them at all if you’re just going to black them out one second later?

[@spoiler9112]

Most of what is blacked out is being read.

[@karenwilliams4152]

Indeed, it is very irritating!! I may not even finish the video.

[@theknifedude1881]

Maybe if shown they would have to pay or acknowledge someone/something.

[@ES11777]

Video editor’s first day on the job? It would look nice if the black smoke effect was more transparent, but someone clearly messed up here.

[@EmSArcade]

I'm late to the party on replying, but it was definitely an editing mistake! My guess is there was text meant to appear on the screen over the black effect that somehow got removed before export (likely a whole layer was disabled), and they didn't notice before it was uploaded. Shame as adding all that text was probably quite a chore and the end result would have looked great! The editor is likely kicking themselves for letting this video get uploaded in its unfinished state (I know I would be, in fact it happened to me once or twice in the beginning of my editing career lol!)

[@hyphontypool5526]

"you mean lighting this flame would produce a deadly gas?" "yes" *lights anyway*

[@aliciab8890]

Me a week ago: I love the style of the 50’s! I’d love to have a house full of things and clothes from that era! Me after watching this: ya know maybe modern things that LOOK like that would be nice instead

[@Ranc1d_G0th]

@@THETalesFromTheAbyss calm down, there bud

[@THETalesFromTheAbyss]

@@Ranc1d_G0th I can't. I need it badly

[@Ranc1d_G0th]

@@THETalesFromTheAbyss lol well i'm not sure youtube is the best place to get that

[@THETalesFromTheAbyss]

@@Ranc1d_G0th no no this is fine

[@Ranc1d_G0th]

@@THETalesFromTheAbyss aight, you sure? Just sayin, you might not have much luck here, my guy.

[@Mikeological]

6:35 Remember kids, if someone is on fire, don’t just tell them to stop drop and roll. Bust out your karate moves and kick them onto the floor yourself

[@twistedyogert]

They might be panicking though. I've never been on fire, but I'd imagine that it would be pretty terrifying.

[@lickmyfuckinnuts]

They said we were too young for love

[@cebruthius]

It's actually great advice

[@nicolebarnett8702]

That was my favorite part 😂

[@greenaum]

They're going to hospital anyway, so why not kick the shit out of them while they're down? Make it worth the trip in the ambulance!

[@elainebmack]

My parents were very much safety conscious people. As kids in the 1960's, we were instructed to look for the "UL" insignia of Underwriters Laboratories on all prospective gadgets before bringing them into our home. Safety Glass was in automobiles, and the magazine "Consumer Reports" laid on our coffee table and kitchen counter along with Life, Look, and Ebony magazines. I am really grateful to my parents for instilling safety awareness into all of us kids. They were born and reared in during the Great Depression, yet they had respect and awareness that a lot of other people did not have.

[@youknowme8578]

One can buy those stickers, most of Chinese products have them on the cord. Yet.. I wouldn't believe in it now a days.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

In the 50s, children blew themselves up with chemistry kits, these days, they eat laundry pods. Some things never change.

[@kruszer]

Except I think you can argue that in the 1950's people didn't know better.

[@phillipwest6149]

Sounds like a real boomer over here

[@charevandenheever4460]

Not litterally lol. Just a meme.

[@Meowrose3]

No, I think kids are just perennially stupid. Kids do stupid stuff because they’re kids and haven’t learned better, stuff like jumping off the roof, sticking their fingers in electrical sockets, stapling their fingers, breaking stuff. No matter the age/generation, all kids do stupid stuff at least once.

[@kuromifan10]

Emily Baxendale Finally

[@jordannik7328]

How about old fridges closing on kids . Trapping them in the fridge

[@Tubularvalleydude]

That happened to my neighbour in 1961. He was completely blue when they found him.

[@ixionn563]

@@Tubularvalleydude Happened to my brother's cat, luckily he went to get something out of the fridge and found his cat freezing his ass off.

[@iamjackalope]

Yea that was a problem as I remember. Washers and dryers too. The original washing machines from way back in the day where really dangerous because all of the mechanical parts that moved where out in the open and didn't have guards to keep you safe. If you got your hand or arm caught up in the laundry in the machine while using it it could rip your arm off. But no matter how dangerous they where it was still better then beating your cloths against a rock in the yard or taking them down to the rivers edge.

[@jaspalmer1730]

@Bethlehem Eisenhour great childproofing though!

[@bonniehowell4259]

Yep. Reminds me of that South Park episode where Cartmen hid Butters in an old fridge at the dump in a part of his plan to go to Casa Bonita.

[@josephcooper6692]

I remember 9 or 10-year-old kids in the early 1960s getting gifts of wood burning sets to make name badges and little signs. With no supervision, there were many possible scenarios for burns and fires.

[@motherhors7036]

Chemistry sets now: Soda and mentos Chemistry sets back then: Create an IED

[@george25199]

We had old chem set and Learned how to make gun power. made M- 80s

[@1BrknHrtdRomeo]

You should look up the Atomic Energy Lab lol came with radioactive material and a geiger counter

[@Litepaw]

I played with drain cleaner and aluminum foil as a kid. It was extremely dumb. I put a bit of drain cleaner to the bottom of a big plastic soda bottle, made small balls of aluminum foil and snuck in the woods with my brother. We then put the small balls of foil to the bottle and closed the cap and watched the bottle explode. We were way too close, didn't think about the caustic liquid, the gas that was generated, or the absolute force of the explosion. Luckily nothing happened to us and we did get caught by the huge bang. Never did it again.

[@twistedyogert]

@@george25199 Potasium nitrate, sulphur and crushed charcoal.

[@twistedyogert]

@@Litepaw Sounds like you made hydrogen, which is flammable by the way.

[@solidsperzz6380]

So basically everything was on fire Great

[@solidsperzz6380]

@evakatrina a How could we ever forget about the poisonings~

[@mackereltabbie]

Well not the asbestos.

[@solidsperzz6380]

@@mackereltabbie that was probably the only good thing about asbestos xD

[@Sparkle8205]

That was pretty much the 50s though so.... yeah.

[@jeaniciasparkles]

People in the 50’s: *everything is on fire* *tHiS iS FiNe*

[@adriengriffon]

Fun fact: polyester and nylon can melt. I used to work with molten sulfur, usually kept at 250°F or around 121°C, and at those temperatures polyester and nylon can both melt. The safest, coolest material to wear while working with it is pure cotton. It is difficult to find long sleeve cotton shirts that aren't flannel shirts, so now all my long sleeve shirts make me look like I raided a lumberjack's closet.

[@omega1575]

Scientifically endorsed Flannel

[@lesjones7019]

Gay bikers wear spandex lol.

[@billymanilli]

Those materials hurt like a bitch when they "melt" onto your skin, too!

[@oa8945]

Fuck polyester clothing

[@chrissnyder2091]

Burning sulfur is also particularly noxious...

[@pageribe2399]

My grandparents raised me (born 1899 & 1902). To this very day, I unplug everything at night! It's just ingrained in me.

[@randomizerperson]

People in the WW2: These are dangerous chemicals and therefore we will use it in war to kill our enemies. People after WW2: Let's give these to our children! kinda questionable ngl

[@suprlite]

I had a chemical set as a kid in the 80's. It was lots of fun. Never got hurt.

[@randomizerperson]

@@suprlite good for you :) !

[@itsthequenchiest5072]

@@suprlite congrats...

[@piplup0120]

this really makes me appreciate all the "common knowledge" we take for granted nowadays- e.g. don't stick knives in sockets, always wash your hands before cooking, keep electric wires away from water, etc.

[@texasktea]

Your picture n name is cute!

[@Coasterdude02149]

I came damn near close to electrocuting myself as a child when I took one of my mothers hair pins, was going to stick one prong in each slot of the power point by the sofa. She caught me just in time 😂

[@swcooper]

@@Coasterdude02149 Would have just as likely blown the fuse as harmed you.

[@ruthmaryrose]

I grew up in the fifties and didn’t get one of those lethal chemistry sets but I do recall playing with mercury with our bare hands. 😱

[@faithlesshound5621]

I didn't have mercury in my chemistry set, but I do remember the dentist allowing me to play with it in the fifties.

[@mikeswhitney]

I watched the video by chubbyemu where a woman got a drop or two of organic mercury on a glove. It deteriorated her mind and soon led to her death.

[@elainetribelli5136]

My dad brought home mercury for us to play with many times. I thought it was so cool

[@christopherlenahan3906]

@@mikeswhitney organic mercury is not elemental mercury. You can handle mercury for a time on bare skin, it just needs to be properly washed after. Aside from mercury vapor, it's no different than salmonella from chicken.

[@daverunion2162]

I got a chemistry set for Christmas, played with Mercury and spent hours glueing models together. I would only stop on a model to let the paint dry... or my head to clear from thinking too hard on it (?).

[@christiekitchens]

I was born in 1953 and vividly remember the chemisty sets, the little electric iron, the Easy Bake oven, cap guns, bow and arrow sets, you name it. The skates that clamped on your shoes were deadly too! It's amazing any of us got out alive. Fortunately I was into horses and art so didn't get in TOO much trouble.

[@dunxy]

I was born nearly a 1/2 a century later and i had a chemistry set, flimsy test tubes and all! Cap guns are still around this neck of the woods & i live in super nanny Australia!

[@lorimiller4301]

I was born in 66 and as a little girl I really wanted a bike with big handle bars and a banana seat bike. They were so cool. My horrible Father bought me a stupid ugly white folding bike. I rode it a bit but didn't like it much. Then one day we were going down the hill and then around the corner and over the speed bumps on the rode. This one time I went over the first bump and the handle bars came out. I was still moving fairly fast and hit the second bump while I was still in shock about the handle bars. Bam the stupid thing hit the bump and closed right shut on my leg. Thankfully I hung out with a guy who liked me and he stopped and got it off my leg but he laughed so hard he could barely do it. I'm still mad about not getting the bike I wanted. I got a 10 speed instead that was too big for me. My Dad's excuse ? He didn't think the banana seat type bikes were safe. I'm still mad about it. And him.

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Fun times! Me, too.

[@Shango]

Anyone remember Jarts? They're still around today but they are made much safer now. I remember when they had a steel spike that stuck into the ground when they landed. I remember playing with them trying to get them to stick into my aunt's banana trees.

[@paulabrooks9316]

I was born in 1951. The things we did and our parents took it all with a grain of salt.

[@jameshunt5316]

“Science is never evil, except when wrongly used by man” so true

[@christinesbetterknitting4533]

I point out that science is a tool, and it can be handled for good purposes and also for evil ones, depending on who is wielding it, just like a hammer.

[@ferko6]

Wuhan you have some explaining to do

[@timdailey2690]

Dr Fauxi

[@1111atreides]

You can substitute the word guns here and I finally win my 2nd amendment argument!

[@ut000bs]

Having both a 'dangereous' chemistry set and a microscope set with an unbelievably nice microscope in the mid-1960s I can attest to it hooking me on science. Today I have degrees in geophysics and computer science. The first thing I did with my chemistry set? Made tear gas that ran me, my friend, and my dog out of my room. 👍‍👍‍👍‍👍‍👍‍

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

Ok dude…but wouldn’t your supervised chemistry class have gotten your interest in science ? Home chemistry kits also enabled future pipe bomb makers !😏

[@ut000bs]

@@IvanKosta-dv5mw actually, reading got me interested in science. I recommend it.

[@ut000bs]

@@IvanKosta-dv5mw about the tear gas, the instructions were in the set along with a lot of others. Those were the days. We let bleeding hearts talk us into stopping all the really good fun I used to have like riding bikes 28 miles round trip to go fishing with your buddies at 12 years old and never dreamed of having, or needing, an adult. Yep, those were the days. I'm sorry you missed them.

[@monicapyle]

It's 4am and I cannot stop watching these videos 😲 anybody else?

[@dgls4202]

Deaaad asssss

[@qook1543]

Yo😐

[@water9892]

5 am for me

[@mijaumijau916]

Same lol

[@kimberlysh88]

I'm on a roll!

[@ijhsa7452]

come on using a electric drill in water like thats just natural selection at that point

[@dinoflagella4185]

IJH SA lol, this was probably before they started using GFCI outlets. Most homes today have GFCI outlets that keep you from electrocuting yourself.

[@afranca1825]

@@dinoflagella4185 I agree but you still should practice good awareness of your surroundings at all times when using equipment of any sort, even if you do have GFIs and other danger inhibitors

[@shesaknitter]

Ha! So true!

[@SquishyZoran]

I bet the drill was all metal and ungrounded as well.

[@shesaknitter]

I guess they had to send his Darwin Award to his surviving family members.

[@jacquelynejohnson9127]

Ok my story of the chemistry set, about 1964 , I'm 3-4 years old, my two older sisters take the chemistry set and mix up something to make me ,thier idea to turn me into a wherewolf, I drink the mixture,I walk into the kitchen where my mom is making food, I ask her " am I changing?" She asked me what I meant, I replied with thumb hooked back towards the living room " like growing hair on my face?" She stood there looking shooked and puzzled , and then I said " well Tammy and Sheri took John's chemistry set and put things together and had me drink it". My mom yelled for my sister's , questioned if they did so , they admitted it, she took milk and side walk chalk and made me drink it as an antidote. I figured what ever obviously wasn't a lethal concoction that I had. However it scared my mom, my sisters got in trouble, and no I did not turn into a wherewolf.

[@coco_mitten987]

Ugh you’re not even a werewolf 😤😤😤😤😤😤😩😩😩😫😫😫😖

[@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305]

Your two sisters were very dumb, and very lucky you were ok

[@kristiea8131]

Amazing survival story

[@poppyfield1619]

What an amazing story!

[@offwiththefairiesforever2373]

Lol...lucky

[@swimmerkat3965]

God that model house looks rad. That bathroom in particular looks amazing. I love the pink and green

[@bonniehowell4259]

It reminds me of the "Future House" that used to be on display at Disney World/Land that showcased plastics.

[@vaderladyl]

Beautiful ain't it?

[@tubularfrog]

Barricaded in the UK as a death trap. Look at it cross eyed and you'll burst into flames.

[@elisakuperus]

You have to look out though, some is the green plastic of that time, some is radioactive because that was a hype back then

[@craftpaint1644]

My grandparents house has a pink bathroom with black and pink wallpaper and a yellow bathroom with white and yellow wallpaper. No art deco fixtures but the pink bathroom had Flamingos on the walls.

[@brayden1104]

I love that she said it was “unsurprising” that the American sets were bigger and more dangerous.😂 Us Americans are so extra🤣

[@bonniehowell4259]

Comes with your very own uranium that you can detect radiation levels!!

[@jemcanalesable]

Who the hell wants to be like the British boring lame and oxalate

[@drewpamon]

@@shadodragonette way to avoid being hateful.

[@cheesethekoala8756]

Heckin uranium

[@njrocker6996]

Sounds like your the hateful one here. What you said says alot about you.

[@ari3lz3pp3lin]

"Wages grew at a faster rate than house prices" how lovely that would still be. lol Now new homes are made all the time but only for the wealthy.

[@kyliepechler]

Those who were adults at the time, didn't realize just how lucky they were to be living that situation of wages increasing more than house prices!

[@violetmoonlight479]

Kylie Pechler Yup, definitely.

[@HellButterfly39]

The worst part is that today those same people who lived then tell the young ones "back in my day I had a house at 21!" or some similar crap. Yeah, Marjorie, your wage was also worth ten times as much as what I make now. Smh

[@chasingsunsets87]

@Johnson Adam economics is not entitled to a write off to a poor quality life to many. Those behind those economic forces have a responsibility and we have culture that finds it acceptable.

[@joeyjonson8637]

@Johnson Adam Economic trends are the result of policies, they are not a disembodied force of nature. If the government wanted to they could limit house prices. Laws form the substrate on which the economy operates, and right now they are shafting ordinary people.

[@meg8904]

Watching a playlist of these during quarantine and now I'm worried my house is going to get me before covid ever does

[@coopergates9680]

Or someone leaving an engine running with poor ventilation...

[@Romin.777]

Hahahaha

[@missm2925]

You'll be okay just dont eat the paint off your walls and stand directly next to the fireplace/microwave :>

[@meg8904]

@@missm2925 those are my favourite things to do :

[@Livy24]

Right.. my place is from the 1930’s and I’m like dear god imma die.

[@JoeBorrello]

Our previous home was built in 1988 and there was a gas fireplace in the bedroom which was unvented. It was only a few inches deep with the flame exposed. We never lit it, but replaced it with a proper vented fireplace.

[@clayfoster8234]

I’m a 46 yr old American and the part about chicken and salmonella I found most interesting. Because there’s never been a point in my life where I didn’t know that whether it be chicken or a turkey you needed to wash your hands thoroughly after touching it (and before touching anything else) and cooked through was the only option of how to prepare it.

[@traekas7228]

Chicken, yes, cook thoroughly. But steak, even hamburger, doesn’t have to be cooked to gray & dried out. One can prepare red meat rare to well done. I usually enjoy it medium rare. Oh, but no matter the meat, for goodness sakes, wash your hands both before touching AND after! Please! PS. I’ve gotten to the point in my life where I don’t even LIKE touching raw meat @ all, anymore.

[@clayfoster8234]

@@traekas7228 that’s true for steak because the inside, assuming it hasn’t started to rot, is still sterile. However, with hamburger the outside has been ground up with the inside. So perhaps it doesn’t need to be cooked through but to an internal temp of 160°F, or whatever temp they recommend.

[@crjoki1]

24:32 Take this beautiful (albeit worn) wood panel door, and turn it into a bland, flat, standard apartment door! 😂😭. You just can't make people have good taste 😅❤️ Ol' folks complain about the newer generations, but we're not the ones who put linoleum over the hardwoods Barbara!

[@pcno2832]

That was the thing to have in those days. When my parent's house was built in 1956, you could order either solid doors with panels, or hollow ones with thin wood veneer on each side and the price was the same for either. But probably about half the houses in that neighborhood had the hollow doors, because that was what people saw in "Better Homes & Gardens". Of course, a lot of them ended up being replaced with 6 panel doors later on when the hollow ones got dinged up.

[@nicolerok9100]

My house was built in 1953.. and someone GLUED carpet ontop of pine hardwood

[@katiebayliss9887]

Nicole Rok 🤦‍♀️

[@nicolerok9100]

@@katiebayliss9887 it was heartbreaking.. the glue left chemical burns on the flooring.

[@crjoki1]

@@nicolerok9100 😩😭

[@verylighthopper3113]

Oh my gosh, my cousin set his basement on fire with this exact set. We played with it all the time!

[@lovelaughter4964]

I'm glad you both made it

[@sephirahisui]

My dad actually worked on an asbestos mine....in true 'old person' form, he denies that it's as dangerous as exports say it is, even though he suffers from COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease )

[@aspookyscaryskeleton2879]

Was he a smoker by chance?

[@StaticImage]

It is really nasty stuff, but if it is left undisturbed AFTER it has been installed (so basically the opposite of mining, and I am truly sorry that your dad has such an awful medical condition as a result), it doesn't pose a risk. If there is asbestos in a building, do not try to remove it. A lot of people try it on their own for some reason and it never ends well.

[@AsmodeusMictian]

Asbestos causes a very specific type of cancer. Mesothelioma. I'm sure it could possibly cause COPD as well, but most folks remember it for the cancer. My father passed from COPD, caused by years working in a paint shop and smoking. Not the way I want to go, that's for sure. I'm saddened to hear of your father as well :(

[@brettknoss486]

@@aspookyscaryskeleton2879 It could be relevant asbestosis and mesolthemioma are unique and rare diseases compared to emphysema and lung cancer (yes mesothelioma is type of cancer of the lung).

[@brettknoss486]

This is odd because concerns about worker safety with asbestos was an issue decades before concerns of its safety in the home.

[@CraigChristopherSEI]

Great video. But, please skip the "charred paper" effect. I would love to read the articles myself.

[@isaacbailey3681]

From what I can tell there was supposed to be white text over that in turn, and the lack of text is an editing mistake.

[@iamjackalope]

I thought that myself.

[@seaturtlepoppy7679]

The black got added. I remember watching this and being able to read along a few months ago.

[@winning3329]

Probably copy right's issues?

[@seaturtlepoppy7679]

Miss Kitty - that’s what I was thinking but apparently it’s probably just an editing mistake, according to other comments.

[@theimpaler1621]

Dad! Dad!!! Little Billy's cooking meth in the basement again with that damned chemistry set you got him!

[@SculptedThoughts]

Have you heard the song Billy Crystal?

[@richardmendonca3756]

My father wouldn't let me buy a chemistry set. He was afraid I would blow up the house.

[@Reverend_Salem]

Can we bring back the excessive colors? I want homes to be brightly colored with absolutely no care whatsoever if anything matches. After many wonderful conments i have decided to decorate my home like a mad combination of a hippie commune and the Seldac ossuary, compleate with a bone chandelier

[@soneil7745]

Honestly, if you like it, do it anyway. It's much better to have a home you like than one that conforms to the most recent issues of decorating magazines.

[@Reverend_Salem]

@@soneil7745 the only issue is i like decorating with skulls and bones, and something about a supercolorful house with a glass casket with an anatomical skeleton in it being used as a coffee table just sounds weird

[@soneil7745]

@@Reverend_Salem Who cares? It'd be YOUR weird. Anyone who gets unnerve doesn't know you. :D

[@5DNRG]

Art Deco dear.

[@thrownaway6020]

It's your house that you're paying for, so decorate it however the heck ya want.

[@ITILII]

The part with chicken/salmonella really goes to show you why the most basic, easiest and important way to stay healthy is to: WASH YOUR HANDS with regular (not antibacterial) soap and water, both sides, between fingers and under the fingernails for a good 20 seconds. "An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure" - Benjamin Franklin

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Or not eat animals lol

[@jennifernorman2000]

Why not antibacterial?

[@no_peace]

@@jennifernorman2000 super germs

[@rosemarydudley9954]

@@no_peace ... lots of dirt gets trapped under rings too...

[@CasDaBean]

@@aleksandralempart8305 you know you can get salmonella from more than just animal products right..? Like lettuce, onions, etc. Just wash ur dirty little hands no matter what you’re eating

[@Itried20takennames]

Carbon monoxide symptoms can mimic flu-cold symptoms, but also have a wide variety of other effects, like hallucinations or memory loss. Several reports of “hauntings” were found to be CO poisoning, with cases of people seeing “ghosts” or finding things moved in their house, with one case finally found when the person posted online that they kept finding sticky notes posted around the house in their own handwriting but that they had no memory of writing and someone recommended a CO monitor (supposedly).

[@chaoticcatartist]

This history series really likes those walking up the stair shops and eerie shadow shots .

[@splatterbrain3788]

1950s kid: Dad, the light went out in the basement. 1950s Dad: just rub the plutonium rod and the uranium rod together.

[@MasthaX]

This is not how any of this works.

[@cpu6850]

@@MasthaX But back in the times...

[@strivingformindfulness2356]

1950s kid yells from the basement: "Hey, dad, it's not wor- 💥🔥☠️

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I grew up in the 1950s. Seeing this, I count myself as very lucky that my father had been a carpenter as a young man and knew about many of these situations that could cause hazards. He made certain that we knew about (and respected) most of them, too.

[@MEQUPWER]

did you eat "Cheap Chicken meat"? @ 33:09

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@@MEQUPWER Possibly, but my parents knew how to cook properly. Nobody ever got sick from food from my mother's kitchen. BTW, if you want to eat meat that has fewer bacteria, try Kosher. It's salted during the kashering process; salt kills gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella.

[@davidolie8392]

My father was a professional contractor and built the house I grew up in with the help of his employees. This was in Nova Scotia in 1961. So for the time it was very safe, but my mother worried about the sharp corners on the living room tables if one of us kids fell. It never happened, but I still have one of those tables and I can imagine it puncturing a skull in a worst-case scenario.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@@davidolie8392 I don't know about puncturing a skull, but I do know that hitting the corner of that kind of table can cause a cut. It happened to one of my daughters when she was small and could have been more than a minor injury if I hadn't forbidden running inside the house in the first place.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@CAVKING19DELTA TEXAS We lived for a few years in a town in Fairfield County, CT where most of the men boarded the train to NYC to work in advertising and the like. I'll take a good, old manual laborer or skilled tradesman any day to that bunch.

[@ragtimebill]

The first house I bought had electrical problems, the one circuit with an outlet was wired with lamp cord, and the two-fuse main box had one of the fuses across the ground! It's a wonder the place had not burned down before we bought it!

[@jr42a1]

I can remember when in the 70's they came out with a pure Styrofoam drop ceiling panel (2 x4) . Not only was it advertised as being cheap and cost effective but it offered insulation value as well. until it caught on fire

[@nelsoncabrera6464]

For everyone complaining of the dark blob over the newspaper articles: This program was broadcast in different languages all over the EU, each newspaper article would have translated white text over the dark blob. This is the original raw version without any white text over the dark area.

[@CraigChristopherSEI]

Well, the voice is 100% in english, and the visible part of every article is 100% english - I believe your assumption is invalid.

[@nelsoncabrera6464]

@@CraigChristopherSEI ... Is that your conclusion... seriously? /facepalm

[@reypatey]

Seems legit, thanks captain. Now fly away!

[@vinylhedgehog5574]

@@CraigChristopherSEI He means that if this program was to be broadcasted in for example Germany, they'd put the German translation of the newspaper article on top of that black blob, and vice versa for different languages. This is the version with no translation since it's all in English, but they forgot to take out the black blobs. Just a case of bad editing.

[@SuperMrgentleman]

Wow, I guess it'd be impossible to just not-darken the English version and have the foreign versions darken AND add subtitles!

[@1953lili]

I was born in 1953 so Boomer One Group. I was into paste up art making “furniture” for my Barbie doll house (shoe box rooms) out of all sorts of materials. I used rubber cement to glue my creations together. One day I was using the rubber cement and my mom had a cigarette burning nearby. My glue brush that I held burst into flames as well as the can of rubber cement! I freaked and threw them into the sink but they continued to burn! My mom smothered the flames with a pot lid and salt. Both my parents smoked and never once connected the fire with a burning cigarette.

[@fiberpoet6250]

Holy shit Ommg

[@juliecuthbert9565]

@@fiberpoet6250 Barbie dolls were not around until 1959

[@dennyj8650]

And into the 60s, seemed like everyone smoked. Older teen sisters had a cig burning in the ashtray as they sprayed huge amounts of hairspray on their heads. It was many years before I realized how lucky we were it didn't all go up in smoke!

[@1953lili]

@@dennyj8650 Yikes, that’s just dumb luck!

[@1953lili]

@@juliecuthbert9565 I was six when I got her; she was a brunette and my little sister got a blonde. My mother used to buy their clothes up on Woodland Ave at a small store that exclusively handled Barbie clothes. Our “Kens” were Dr. Kildare and Dr. Ben Casey; suppose Kens were hard to find. Before Barbie it was my “Tootles” doll; she was a red head with long curly lashes.

[@spacemissing]

A bricklayer wearing a TIE while working??? Wow. Fancy mason, him.

[@artistradio]

Even in the 50's that's considered dangerous.

[@KougajiCalling]

Probably was dressed up because he was being recorded...

[@NarwahlGaming]

Even janitors wore suits to work. Then, they'd change into their coveralls, though We need to bring back those days.

[@deusexaethera]

@@NarwahlGaming: We absolutely do not need to bring back those days. Wearing a suit has nothing to do with a person's competence or professionalism.

[@MrSonny6155]

I might have agreed if weren't so dangerous, especially in these days. Ever had loose clothes or a stray tie get sucked up on a sanding belt? No? Good, and let's keep it that way.

[@Mienarrr]

In 50 years they‘re gonna talk about youtubers vacationing and falling of cliffs.

[@bookmouse770]

taking a selfie nodoubt

[@cthulhugodofdestruction2913]

They are going to laugh about anti-vaxxers

[@palomathereptilian]

I think they would also talk about ppl being electrocuted by phone chargers as well

[@jamit2u]

What about the transsexual movement and self sterilization? Will they even be around?

[@desijrichert]

Stupid is Stupid. It transcends all time.

[@ByWire-yk8eh]

I can't think of a single technology that does not bring risks. Even things like smoke detectors and automobile seat belts can be misused or defective in some way to occasionally cause more harm that good. Just like the 1950's, every decade has its own new technologies that bring new risks. One could easily do a series on this subject with an episode for each decade.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

As kids in the 60s my brother got a chemistry set and we noticed the lack of instructions but “assumed” “hey, no problem. They wouldn’t sell something dangerous to kids would they?” Haha. Luckily since we had no idea what to do, beyond a couple things. and not being very scientific minded, we lost interest. Boy, those were the days.

[@mightyluv]

I had a chem set in ‘74; I set myself up in a closet with a “LAB” sign on the door. I’m so lucky to not have asphyxiated or blown myself up in there☠️

[@liquidgal9867]

​@@mightyluv🤣😂

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@mightyluv yeah but look what you learned!

[@tarstarkusz]

The alleged dangers of all this stuff is HIGHLY exaggerated.

[@janicefredericks7505]

I had a chemistry set also. No gas though in the late 50’s or early 60’s

[@fandyus4125]

I can't believe the presenter woman is actually 41. I genuinely thought she was like 25.

[@rich7447]

That's the advantage of living in a country that gets very little sun.

[@keithrempp1081]

I think She is Beautiful. that's how I got started watching these. Now I'm paranoid about everything.

[@MrPaultopp]

45yrs old everything goes south

[@MrPaultopp]

@@keithrempp1081 oh bless , your a creep with his hands down his pants.....ewww

[@keithrempp1081]

@@MrPaultopp I'm a creep because I see someone is beautiful, you've got problems dude If you're into 400lb women or men (not judging) go for it. Just leave me out of strange habits tor kinks.

[@jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069]

Back before I was born, my Grandpa Hurd made a number of serious efforts in being an inventor. He invented a kitchen sink re-heater that would heat up the dish water again after it cooled off. He got financial backing and spent considerable money to get his heater on the market, of what he did succeed, but tragically and most unfortunately, there was a housewife got electrocuted from faulty insulation and the lawsuit drove Grandpa into destitution, for the rest of his life, and he never did fully recover. He also suffered a shrink-type enormous guilt trip.

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

LLC????????????

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

So much tragedy that invention involves, we take risks…really sorry about your gramps .❤️🌺

[@tangerinefizz11]

It's a good thing the man at the cinema was quick-thinking enough to know to put his jacket on the burning area.

[@Bedoyyk55]

Good thing about a post war society, everyone’s first aid skills are almost paramedic level

[@ghostsandgraveyards2888]

He has the same chemistry set at home and read the instructions.

[@fuzzytron]

I love the videos but I really can't wrap my head around the reason why y'all black out the newspaper excerpts when zoomed in.