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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:11:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL.... no. Rampant alcoholism, drug abuse, rape (incest), infidelity, domestic violence, etc all happened. There is a reason why Prohibition and Big Government Nanny Statism was born at the end of the Wild West and gained full traction as those children of that era became the majority of voters during the early 1900s and solidifying their power in the 1920s. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The books were written by Laura Ingalls (and possibly her daughter) about her childhood and growing up as a pioneer settler. I think most God fearing pioneer families were probably pretty wholesome when compared to today's family. They didn't have as much to get into trouble with. I can watch the show in small doses. I don't think I'd want to binge it. Rampant alcoholism, drug abuse, rape (incest), infidelity, domestic violence, etc all happened. There is a reason why Prohibition and Big Government Nanny Statism was born at the end of the Wild West and gained full traction as those children of that era became the majority of voters during the early 1900s and solidifying their power in the 1920s. Well thanks for bursting my lovely bubble.  
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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:12:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Grandpa Walton was a fooking communist. [Will Geer]  |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:16:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh it was wonderful. Every week a story about a child being crushed under a wagon wheel, losing their dog to rabies, going deaf or blind. Quality family entertainment. You left out drug addiction...do you even Albert, bro?
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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:18:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You should have seen it as it originally aired in 1960   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAb0CG1LT4Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Same thing with The Andy Griffith show. You should have seen it as it originally aired in 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAb0CG1LT4I thought this was it  Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:32:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well thanks for bursting my lovely bubble. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: The books were written by Laura Ingalls (and possibly her daughter) about her childhood and growing up as a pioneer settler. I think most God fearing pioneer families were probably pretty wholesome when compared to today's family. They didn't have as much to get into trouble with. I can watch the show in small doses. I don't think I'd want to binge it. Rampant alcoholism, drug abuse, rape (incest), infidelity, domestic violence, etc all happened. There is a reason why Prohibition and Big Government Nanny Statism was born at the end of the Wild West and gained full traction as those children of that era became the majority of voters during the early 1900s and solidifying their power in the 1920s. Well thanks for bursting my lovely bubble. I would love to see his data points. I realize that TV isn't truth. But "rampant" is a general term. People WERE more moral and God fearing then. Having standards that censored sex and drugs from widespread TV isn't a bad thing. Having these things shown to children at ages they can not properly understand will lead to confusion and psychological issues. Miami JBT always seems to have an axe to grind on certain things. To make a dtat point on moral people.... there was a study that found during WWI, there was zero increase in prostitution profits or visits in Paris, even though many of allies would visit or billeted there before moving to the front. But, in WWII, Paris prostitution exploded after it was re-taken by the allies. I am sure there are other factors and reasons to be extrapolated from that data point. But, removing the fear of God and morality will always change a society. It has nothing to do with "free speech". |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:50:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well thanks for bursting my lovely bubble. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: The books were written by Laura Ingalls (and possibly her daughter) about her childhood and growing up as a pioneer settler. I think most God fearing pioneer families were probably pretty wholesome when compared to today's family. They didn't have as much to get into trouble with. I can watch the show in small doses. I don't think I'd want to binge it. Rampant alcoholism, drug abuse, rape (incest), infidelity, domestic violence, etc all happened. There is a reason why Prohibition and Big Government Nanny Statism was born at the end of the Wild West and gained full traction as those children of that era became the majority of voters during the early 1900s and solidifying their power in the 1920s. Well thanks for bursting my lovely bubble. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 10:55:55 AM EDT
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Great show. We have several seasons on DVD, but no longer have a DVD player. I'm sure it's on one of the streaming services...
eta: It's on Prime. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 11:25:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Many a young adult has rubbed one out thinking about Mary  Nellie Olson... |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 11:35:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You had a maybe two or more generations at the time the show came out that actually lived that type of life in America when they were younger. My grandmother was born in 1894 in Virginia. My my mother was born in 1927 in a one room shack with a dirt floor in West Virginia. They loved that show when it originally ran because that was the life they lived. You had most of the South in the mid 70s being only one generation with electricity and running water. this. My grandfathers parents lived on a homestead is kalama. The shanty house my great grandfather built there has been added onto and improved for the last who knows how many decades now, still standing today. My mom has memories playing in that house, which was so modern by then it had sheets of linoleum laid on the floor (not glued down). One would get too messed up, they'd just throw another sheet down. Cushy floor.
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Posted: 9/30/2021 11:43:19 AM EDT
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First two seasons were gold!
After that not so much. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 12:45:14 PM EDT
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There was something going on, maybe as others have suggested "a yearning for a simpler time" you had shows like little house on the prarie, the Waltons, a few years earlier the Rifleman and Gunsmoke, Bonanza, etc. As well as movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, the 70's Clint Eastwood Westerns. Idk if it was because of the bicentennial, or because TV was relatively new and Westerns hadn't been played out yet, but people definitely were obsessed with the Wild West, and Pioneer Eras.
My dad has 2 of the build your own black powder kit rifles (I am pretty sure they're 70's CVA kits) that he bought and built at the time. One is smaller caliber I think it is a .45cal and long, and the other is a .50cal Hawken lookalike, the Hawken copy is shorter in length like a mountain rifle. He did 209 primer conversions on both of them. I hated Little House on the Prairie, when I was home sick from school and it came on I would nap or watch one of the Ron Popeil infomercials instead.
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Posted: 9/30/2021 12:49:17 PM EDT
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FPNI
Most shows are shit now |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 12:50:07 PM EDT
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Liked the show, but got tired of that blind girl crap. Poor dad was so stressed he got brain cancer.
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Posted: 9/30/2021 12:53:33 PM EDT
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Nellie Oleson was the reason I watched as a kid…bad girls,
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Posted: 9/30/2021 12:57:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh it was wonderful. Every week a story about a child being crushed under a wagon wheel, losing their dog to rabies, going deaf or blind. Quality family entertainment. LMAO Yes it was a little bit realistic with pioneer living. No safe spaces or kids in bubble wrap. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 1:53:09 PM EDT
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I grew up watching it, it was one of the first foreign TV shows we had.
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Posted: 9/30/2021 1:54:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There was something going on, maybe as others have suggested "a yearning for a simpler time" you had shows like little house on the prarie, the Waltons, a few years earlier the Rifleman and Gunsmoke, Bonanza, etc. As well as movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, the 70's Clint Eastwood Westerns. Idk if it was because of the bicentennial, or because TV was relatively new and Westerns hadn't been played out yet, but people definitely were obsessed with the Wild West, and Pioneer Eras. My dad has 2 of the build your own black powder kit rifles (I am pretty sure they're 70's CVA kits) that he bought and built at the time. One is smaller caliber I think it is a .45cal and long, and the other is a .50cal Hawken lookalike, the Hawken copy is shorter in length like a mountain rifle. He did 209 primer conversions on both of them. I hated Little House on the Prairie, when I was home sick from school and it came on I would nap or watch one of the Ron Popeil infomercials instead. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 2:09:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh it was wonderful. Every week a story about a child being crushed under a wagon wheel, losing their dog to rabies, going deaf or blind. Quality family entertainment. Could have been worse. It didn’t have Arthur Carlson fixing Laura’s bike while making eyes at her friend Dudley’s ass. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 2:09:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And rape. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Oh it was wonderful. Every week a story about a child being crushed under a wagon wheel, losing their dog to rabies, going deaf or blind. Quality family entertainment. Don't forget drug addiction, they had that in there as well. And cholera. And rape. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 3:14:23 PM EDT
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Grew up watching LHotP and The Waltons, but haven't seen either since watching them in the 70s and early 80s.
I do recall enjoying both, but for whatever reason, although I can remember some scenes from LHotP (though not episodes), I can't recall ANYTHING from The Waltons except for them saying goodnight to each other. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 3:29:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You left out drug addiction...do you even Albert, bro? 
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Posted: 9/30/2021 3:56:27 PM EDT
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When Pa was running freight, they always made it seem Mankato was just one town over. Let alone Sleepy Eye.
I also grew up not all that far from "The Little House in the Woods" where it all began. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 4:23:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Same thing with The Andy Griffith show. The kiddos love Little House, Little Men, etc. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 4:25:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quality entertainment full of life lessons. You are a better person for watching, understanding, and putting into practice those lessons. Well done @Tech-Com |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 4:26:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You had a maybe two or more generations at the time the show came out that actually lived that type of life in America when they were younger. My grandmother was born in 1894 in Virginia. My my mother was born in 1927 in a one room shack with a dirt floor in West Virginia. They loved that show when it originally ran because that was the life they lived. You had most of the South in the mid 70s being only one generation with electricity and running water. When I was young there were a lot of 50s eta shows or movies. Now there are 80s. |
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Posted: 9/30/2021 4:28:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was born in the 80’s. I have no idea. I was born in the 70's. There wasn't shit to watch on TV back then. People had low expectations. Looking back on some of the shows I used to watch...
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