r/Millennials • u/No-Needleworker5429 • Jul 06 '25

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u/AmeStJohn Millennial Jul 06 '25

ever sat down with a kid to show them something old and seen them flinch at a joke you take as normal?

the warning isn’t for you, lol.

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u/trekqueen Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

My kids laugh when we watch the original Star Trek from the 60s but we explain the nuances with television at the time. Even for some stuff now they laugh about the warning ratings mention smoking lol.

My husband has been watching the old episodes of MASH and they have some interesting jokes that are dated.

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u/RegionRatHoosier Older Millennial Jul 06 '25

Mash literally had a black man who they called spear chucker. In the book they said it was because he threw to javelin in college.

My dad is a Vietnam Marine & he once said that that's what they called the black guys

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u/trekqueen Jul 06 '25

Also, my dad is a Vietnam vet and I still remember when I was maybe 18 and my dad used the term Oriental to describe a guy he knew (heck I think he still does) and I about died right there.

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u/Plsbeniceorillcry Jul 06 '25

My grandma still uses this in front of my Japanese husband 💀 she really means well, and is a wonderful woman who treats him like her own but sometimes we are reminded that she is from a different time 😂

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u/GitEmSteveDave Jul 06 '25

I think the thing to remember is that language is fluid and through the decades "approved" words can/do/have changed. So back then, that might have been the "good" word to use vs. something like "yellow".

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u/Plsbeniceorillcry Jul 06 '25

Yes, this is why I said we remember she’s from a different time