/r/OldSchoolRidiculous
Laughing at the past.
Laughing at the past
Our sub was designed for old reddit. See it in a browser here: old.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolRidiculous
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What is ridiculous? "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it."
-Justice Potter Stewart, Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964
The rules:
- 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 links are BANNED, please be cautious about posting from any social media.
- Cross-posts welcome
- Up to 5-ish posts/day okay, Reposts after 30 days okay
- Please follow all rules of reddit and reddiquette.
All content intended for noncommercial Fair Use purposes only.
More subs like us:
- /r/vintageads
- /r/otr
- /r/AskOldPeople
- /r/RedditForGrownups
- /r/oldschoolcreepy
- /r/VintageSciFi
- /r/TheWayWeWere
- /r/vintagepalooza
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Students from Southern Illinois University hold up the trophies from another successful panty raid circa 1950.
17:59 UTC
Kids these days will never understand the struggle
13:10 UTC
On 21 October 1924, a Budapest hotel confiscated the harem of Ottoman prince Abdul Kadir in order to pay his debts.
03:58 UTC
Weekend Chat: Let's make an Old School Ridiculous music playlist.
What are you adding to our Old School Ridiculous mix tape?
Going to try something new, a weekly chat thread. As long as you're following our sub's rules, anything goes.
23:43 UTC
Kenner's Daddy Saddle (1965)
13:34 UTC
We're joining the ban. No X/Twitter links here. Our sub is anti-Nazi.
Hi everyone! Old School Ridiculous is joining the reddit ban on X/Twitter links. New rule don't post from that site. This is a history adjectent sub afterall. We're here to laugh at the past, not repeat it. If you're looking for a Twitter replacement, check out Bluesky.
After a very long hiatus, I (the original creator/admin) am back to modding, too.
Edit: This is our sub's related rule since the beginning (11 years and counting): No celebration of hate
23:29 UTC
A cartoon about a hypothetical "pocket telephone," from 1919
00:16 UTC
Control a woman
04:55 UTC
"You like." (Betty Crocker's Almond Crème Cake Mix ad from Woman's Day magazine 1965)
03:49 UTC
How to Become a Sensuous Witch
08:20 UTC
Borden Calo Pet Food - Personalized Pet Horoscope - January 1976
05:21 UTC
Emancipation for women… with shredded wheat
21:22 UTC
Old Gold Cigarette ad I found in the walls of a house I'm renovating. Probably from the late 20s or 30s
14:55 UTC
How to Kiss a Girl, 1900s
18:03 UTC
🤘⚔️🤘 MANOWAR! 🤩🫦🤤
14:05 UTC
The trouble with the American woman (1957, in The Atlantic)
00:17 UTC
Bouncing Ball at The London World's Fair (Boston Post 1921)
13:52 UTC
Dealer in brains
10:12 UTC
An 11-year-old girl in Ghor Province, Afghanistan sits beside her fiancé, estimated to be in his late 40s, at their engagement ceremony shortly before the couple’s marriage in 2005.
00:17 UTC
"Circle of Love," Saturday Evening Post Cover, April 8, 1961 by Constantin Alajalo
17:58 UTC
Radioactive drinking water
12:37 UTC
Angel (1983): Honors Student By Day, Hooker By Night
14:52 UTC
"No, that never occurred to us when we named the company. Now that you mention it ..." (1953)
23:14 UTC
A policeman holds up traffic to allow four ‘Egg Chicks’ to cross the road at the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, circa 1966
Definitely one way to publicize the British Egg Marketing Board!
19:51 UTC
Pull my hair and see
13:37 UTC
The Freckle Proof Exposure Mask (Philadelphia Inquirer, 1940)
12:46 UTC
"Sorry I was an hour late for work. I was reading a cereal ad in the morning paper." (1953)
21:20 UTC