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> I finally discovered that I hadn’t imagined it—it’s a 1977 public information film called “The Finishing Line,” which was made to deter children from playing near railway lines. The film was screened at my junior school https://youtube.com/watch?v=SXGqwCbeFD8
I know the 1970s were the malaise decade for a lot of places, but the situation in the UK always seemed... malaisier than anywhere else. What was going on then? I see clips of children's shows from 1970s UK and a lot of them are just creepy and not age-appropriate.
Nothing worked reliably due to constant industrial action. We had a low-level civil war due to the IRA, with bombings being almost routine. We felt like we would be the first to go if the cold war went hot, due to the strategic importance of the radar base at RAF Fylingdales and the USAF base at Greenham Common. The decade was underscored by a pervasive fear of total societal collapse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T…
I know the 1970s were the malaise decade for a lot of places, but the situation in the UK always seemed... malaisier than anywhere else. What was going on then? I see clips of children's shows from 1970s UK and a lot of them are just creepy and not age-appropriate.
From the fantastic and anarchic Tiswas to… Jim’s Fix It. Perhaps best as a nation if we collectively never mentioned that part of history again.
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"Modern slavery system" is hilarious, but even more worrying is claim that one might ever lose the modern society's protrection against being enslaved under some conditions.
I'm not saying we are gonna enslave you. Buuut...
My favourite, from almost 4 years ago: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2020/03/social-distancing-laws...
Given how many people are comparing Scarfolk favourably to Look Around You, I think this image highlights why I feel like it falls well short of that comparison. Looking at the dates on the blog posts, this is more "(then) current year politics in the style of 1970s British local authority PSAs" than anything that actually feels rooted in the time period of the style it's using. There's ones about COVID in 2020, ones…
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Nothing worked reliably due to constant industrial action. We had a low-level civil war due to the IRA, with bombings being almost routine. We felt like we would be the first to go if the cold war went hot, due to the strategic importance of the radar base at RAF Fylingdales and the USAF base at Greenham Common. The decade was underscored by a pervasive fear of total societal collapse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T…
We also had the sugar shortage in 1974 https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jul/09/archive-... ... and the cod wars (not a typo), and a potato shortage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars https://rulesfoolsandwisemen.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-1970s-... Both of which hit fish and chip supplies! https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1975/jul/... https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/…
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Quote: “Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors”
Hmm, cute but I think all this talk of wage slavery kind of downplays the horror of the original. I mean I don't like getting up in the morning either, but really?
Sadly the TV show was never made: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/scarfolk/ Scarfolk Merchandise: https://saatchistore.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=scarfolk
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Are you an AI?
I'm thinking of starting a social club for people who have been accused of being an AI on HN. We can have secret meetings, and ice cream on Thursdays ...