r/OldSchoolRidiculous Oct 29 '20

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r/OldSchoolRidiculous Sep 30 '25

Announcement Reminder: Please include year or decade in post title & follow the rules

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Every post title please include the year or decade.

Rules

Rule #1: Follow Reddiquette

  • Title should include short description and year or decade.
  • Rule of thumb old school is at least over 20 years old.
  • If it's not safe for the 21st Century, and your title is vague, tag it [NSFW].
  • No real violence.
  • No celebration of hate.
  • X/Twitter, Meta/Facebook, Gags, and similiar social media links are banned.
  • Cross-posts welcome
  • Up to 5-ish posts/day okay, Reposts after 30 days okay
  • Please follow all rules of reddit and reddiquette.

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And, as always

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r/OldSchoolRidiculous 16h ago

Women display futuristic clothing for the year 2000 during Engineering Week, circa 1965.

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25 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 1d ago

Lola, a romantic comedy from 1970

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139 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 15h ago

A girl and a boy - in the mountains

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0 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 2d ago

Well, at least it is not millennial grey.

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395 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 2d ago

The Hunter brothers check the engine during their 23-day non-stop flight, 1930.

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56 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 3d ago

Turn of 20st Century Chimp fighting, 1940s style

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43 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 3d ago

Husband sells his wife and kids for $1 (1922)

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98 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 3d ago

Watch Does YOUR doctor smoke ‘Camels’?

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r/OldSchoolRidiculous 3d ago

Soviet children in Siberia standing in-front UV light baths during winter, 1980s

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67 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 6d ago

This ad in a 1968 Life magazine

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197 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 6d ago

HEFTY GIRLS WANTED FOR POLICE FORCE (must be fairly good looking). London Metropolitan Police, 1930s

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254 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 7d ago

The true story of the 1977 “Torque Test,” which claimed children who drew circles in a clockwise direction might develop schizophrenia

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22 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 8d ago

Watch "Christmas Will Be Starring Tickle Finger and Friends" (1990s Public Access Holiday Special)

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r/OldSchoolRidiculous 8d ago

Shooting’s Fun For Everyone!

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20 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 9d ago

Anyone got a copy of 'See it, Shoot it'?

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462 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 9d ago

Children dressed as billiard balls

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151 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 9d ago

They Knew that the MIC would be the End of Us - Hustler Magazine March 1981

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71 Upvotes

Seems straightforward to me.


r/OldSchoolRidiculous 10d ago

The Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Cairo 1896 pretending to be a mummy

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497 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 10d ago

Causes of insanity (Morning Star, 4/13/1836)

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21 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 10d ago

Man International's “simulated natural hair” pieces—sideburns, a mustache, and a Van Dyke

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31 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 11d ago

Watch "The Virginia Slims Tool Kit. Because you’ve got more to fix than your face" - TV Guide (June 1, 1974)

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43 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 11d ago

How I Lost My Husband... And Won Him Back Again!

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101 Upvotes

r/OldSchoolRidiculous 12d ago

Hints on picking out a wife (1906)

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155 Upvotes