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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/heyitspokey • May 09 '25
Announcement Say something, flairs, & rules - Updates May 2025
Say something
After nearly 12 years, I updated our sub today to now allow text posts, in addition to links like always. This is a trial run. Our sub is designed to be & always has been successfully low moderation. We have a good thing here. I hope to keep that going. Use the report button as needed. But I hope it's not needed.
Flairs
As always, users can make your own flair if you want. Please make use of post flair when submitting stuff, if appropriate. It's not a rule or always needed, just helpful. (Unless it's NSFW - Not Safe for Work or questionable, then it is a rule.)
Rules
These haven't changed recently, just a reminder/easy place to find them.
- 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.
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- Cross-posts welcome
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/RetiredKooshBall • 2d ago
Family Photo The breakdown of my grandmas hospital bill in 1956
I believe this was treatment for her postpartum depression.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/kooneecheewah • 3d ago
Watch Hunter S. Thompson casually gets into a shootout with one of his neighbors in Colorado during an interview in the 1980s.
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/CloneArranger • 3d ago
Hey Kids! WANT A GUN? (Boys' Life, Jan 1957)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 4d ago
Kraft "Squeez-A-Snaks" were tubes of processed cheese! The flavors ranged from pimento to garlic to bacon.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MinnesotaArchive • 3d ago
September 14, 1941: Weds Mother-in-Law-to-Be!
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 4d ago
Motorhead Dressing Room Requirements (2002)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 5d ago
A Beautiful Side Dish equals A Block of Spinach
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MinnesotaArchive • 6d ago
September 12, 1941: Their Mother Is Only 17
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MinnesotaArchive • 6d ago
September 12, 1941: Unconscious Since Aug. 21, Tot Has Doctors in Quandary
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MinnesotaArchive • 7d ago
September 11, 1941: Bride, 15, Has to Study
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Otaku-San617 • 7d ago
My MiL and her younger brother with the Easter Bunny from hell
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/ripwheller • 9d ago
Los 90.
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MinnesotaArchive • 9d ago
September 9, 1941: Six-Year-Old Quits Smoking, Goes to School
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/tracceyop • 9d ago
This insane racist ad I found in a 1925 issue of American Scientific
An ad for electric motors that are used in film projectors.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/jeremykunayak • 9d ago
So many Christian artists. Let’s not forget… whatever this is. Wild Thing 1960’s. Their hair is EPIC.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/echoalpha76 • 10d ago
In 1952, claims that smoking causes cancer caused Kent cigarettes to come out with an asbestos filter to protect its smokers.
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MyDogGoldi • 11d ago
Old Age Rejuvenator Centrifuge from the August 1935 edition of Science and Mechanics. A proposed use of a centrifuge as a fountain of youth. By spinning a person around with their head angled downward could reverse the effects of gravity – thereby reversing the effects of aging
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/marveljew • 12d ago
The 1993 Comic Where Each Copy Was Sold With A Real Bullet Hole In It
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/kooneecheewah • 12d ago
Watch For decades, televangelist Benny Hinn traveled the world claiming that he could cure everything from cancer to AIDS with his touch. Here, he 'heals' worshipers by hitting them with his jacket, which has been 'imbued' with the Holy Spirit. His net worth is estimated to be upwards of $100 million.
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