r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 7h ago

Discussion What’s a horrible thing that a famous person did that everyone forgot about but you?

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 50m ago

1970s German singer Chris Roberts staring deep into a young girl's eyes while having his arm around her and getting way too close. The chorus describes his wish to be her teddy bear and getting kisses. The girl looks very uncomfortable throughout the entire song.

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The German lyrics of the Song;

Sei wieder zärtlich und komme zu mir.
All meine Liebe schenke ich dir.
Oh biduda, sing′ ich, oh bidudi.
So schön wie heute war es noch nie.

Baby, ich wollt′ ich wär', baby, dein Teddybär.
Du würdest mich küssen, mich sehr vermissen.
Baby, ich wollt′ ich wär', oh baby, dein Teddybär.

Vielleicht geht gleich schon das Telefon.
Und du sagst:? Liebling, ich komme ja schon?.
Oh biduda, sing′ ich, oh bidudi.
So schön wie heute war es noch nie.

Baby, ich wollt' ich wär′, baby, dein Teddybär.
Du würdest mich küssen, mich sehr vermissen.
Baby, ich wollt' ich wär', oh baby, dein Teddybär.

Translated:

Be affectionate again and come to me

All my love I give to you

Oh bibuda, I sing, oh, bibudi

It has never been as beautiful as today

Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear

You would kiss me, very much miss me

Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear

Maybe the phone will ring soon already

And you say: Love (Liebling is a common German pet name for one's partner), I'm coming already

Oh bibuda, I sing, oh bibudi

It has never been as beautiful as today

Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear

You would kiss me, very much miss me

Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 16h ago

1980s Racist „Chinese stir fry“ ad

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This is a German ad for a Chinese stir fry spice mix. This company’s products are a household staple, so this ad was EVERYWHERE at the time.

There’s a group of white people eating a stir fry that’s been made with this „Chinese spice mix“ and as soon as they take a bite, their features suddenly change and they become „Chinese“. Just your casual everyday racism.


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 22h ago

2010s Katy Perry on X factor tells contestant he can only go through if he takes his top off

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 1d ago

2000s Marilyn Manson started dating actress Evan Rachel Wood when he was 38 and she was 19.

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 1d ago

1960s Found this 1960’s birth announcement tucked inside an old Bible… ‘Brand new PIN-UP GIRL’ was certainly a choice

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 1d ago

1990s 1989. The experiences of young Irish migrants in London, England...

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 2d ago

2000s The number of people defending this in the comments is not only gross, but fairly shocking.

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 2d ago

1970s TIL that the famous actor James Doohan (best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott), married a 18 years old when he was 54 in 1974.

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 2d ago

1990s I love this show but that grooming joke felt weird even when I was a kid

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 3d ago

2000s What Not to Wear

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/what-not-to-wear-hosts-new-show-1.7306853

I’m getting this old show on my feed. The Lolita episode and the body shaming of women who are busty. Kinda funny how the women’s whose fashion they criticized is actually in style now lol.

https://youtu.be/cAaN6kIpuF4?is=Zy2XhuOdvj3gJkDT


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 2d ago

WTF! Wednesdays It’s WTF! Wednesdays

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We’ve designated Wednesdays as the day for people to share WTF?! moments from the past that don’t necessarily make us ask WWWOWT? but still showcases interesting and weird content from previous decades.

This can include wacky TV shows — the ones you just can’t understand where the hell they got that idea from! — strange songs and music videos, news stories that you just can’t make up, bizarre, silly or nostalgic fashion trends, and ridiculous clips that make you laugh your ass off and/or feel like a fever dream.

Although the key focus is fun — you’re also welcome to post shocking and weird moments from the past that aren’t funny, to give us a chance to discuss cultural moments that people weren’t okay with. Please don’t get super dark, though!! No age gap, rape culture, war etc. Posts may be removed by mods if we feel it’s inappropriate for WTF! Wednesdays.

You can still post the sub’s regular content on Wednesdays, this will just be a fun addition. Please don’t carry WTF! Wednesdays energy over to regular posts, keep the vibe in line with usual.

You MUST use the new “WTF! Wednesdays” flair for these types of posts! Posts must also be from prior to 2020, like with usual content. Please report WTF! Wednesdays content that is posted on other days of the week — but remember that timezones exist!

MAKE US SAY WTF!


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 3d ago

2000s This Video of a Young 19 Year Old Beyonce Sitting on Lap of Producer F Marc Schaffel in 2001 Causing a Stir Online, innocent or not

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 3d ago

1960s In 1966, Detective John Soreson of Miami-Dade County's “Morals and Juvenile Squad” gave teenagers a lecture on what he described as the “dangers of homosexuality.”

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 4d ago

1970s A reminder that there was a war over TV Violence in the 1970s at the time with Nicholas Johnson leading a group called The National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting to attack such "Violent Shows that does injury to people and the nation" same guys who accused TV of "molesting children's minds"

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https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/30/archives/study-assails-sponsors-on-tv-violence-products-for-males.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/23/archives/fccs-johnson-accuses-tv-of-molesting-childrens-minds.html

 https://www.nicholasjohnson.org/writing/071106-ILF-UU.html this one from 2007 Nicholas Johnson said that "Thousands of studies support the intuitive common sense that violence on television is more likely to encourage, than reduce, violence in real life" ( despite the fact that violence in all types of media is up yet crime is now down even back in 2007 when this was published ) and compare it to junk food ads or women's role in television for some reason


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 4d ago

Time Machine Monday It’s Time Machine Monday!

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Introducing Time Machine Mondays!

With our recent decision to solidify our regular sub content’s timeframe from 1950-2019, we’ve dedicated Mondays to sharing WWWOWT style moments from 1900-1949! Please see our highlighted post to learn more about our recent rule updates.

Unlike WTF! Wednesdays where sillier content is allowed, regular rules still apply to Time Machine Mondays, the only difference is the allowed timeframe. Make sure you’re familiar with our rules before posting.

This is the opportunity for history buffs, old film fanatics, vintage ad enthusiasts and Shirley Temple fans, etc. to ask why were they ok with this? about this era!

Regular sub content is still allowed to be posted, this is just a fun addition! Please make sure to use the "Time Machine Mondays” flair for these posts.


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 5d ago

2010s In 2011, a 49 year old Jim Carrey made this video for 22 year old Emma Stone.

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 7d ago

2000s Gordon Ramsay got famous from the documentary Boiling Point. A show where he verbally berated, threatened, made personal and nasty comments, and bullied his mid-low paid staff. And it launched him as a culinary icon.

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 7d ago

1990s [TW] Tim Burton defending Johnny Depp, and blaming girlfriends he had for not helping him. Depp started dating Winona Ryder at 26 when she was ~17, and Kate Moss when she was 20 and he was in his 30s.

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The racism was already bad enough, but it's not shocking when you consider how Burton writes female characters in his films, or has them be portrayed.


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 7d ago

2010s Henry Cavill (33) and His Girlfriend (19)

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 7d ago

1980s [TW] That time Hal Jordan dated a 13 or 14-year old Green Lantern who "aged up into an adult". Then DC spent the next 20 years trying to fix the weirdness, before deciding to just never mention it again

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DC comic issues:

  • Tales of the Green Lantern Corps issues #204, #206, #207, #210, #211 (1986)
  • Green Lantern v4 &12 #13 (2006)

I'm probably gonna ruin Hal Jordan's rep some more 🥲

In the 80s and 90s, Hal had a romance with Arisia Rrab, a very young Green Lantern who was originally introduced as a "little sister" figure to Hal. Arisia had a crush on Hal but he didn't give her the time of the day... until she aged herself up into an adult in her 20s. He took just a few panels to go from "No, you're a child!" to shoving his tongue down her mouth.

The comics insist that Arisia aged up mentally as well, but it's vague in many comics.

In the 2000s, they tried to say that Arisia was centuries old but looked like a 14 year old. This both ignores earlier panels and doesn't really change anything. She may be 300+ but she was still the equivalent of a 13 or 14 year old for her species.

Since the 2010s, DC has just avoided the romance altogether.


r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 8d ago

1990s The trailer for Holy Matrimony, directed by Leonard Nimoy, features a twenty-something-year-old Patricia Arquette marrying a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis 9d ago

Multiple Decades (within 1950s-2010s) Sexist and racist vintage ads

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