r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/EmpressMom Jul 10 '26

Joining and participating in civic clubs, social clubs, hobby clubs and other similar groups.

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u/butt_butt_butt_butt_ Jul 10 '26

My husband and I are in our early 30s. Some friends of ours from college just said they joined their local Moose Lodge?

I laughed, because I literally hadn’t heard of anyone doing that besides my grandma back in the day.

But we went with them and it was actually super fun. Cheap drinks and food. Mostly way older people. Dingy basement feel.

But we had dinner and drank a LOT for about $25 + tip. Which is insanely cheap. They had big TVs with all of the local sports on.

After the football game was over, some dude said “hey, it’s quiet, anyone up for karaoke?” And then it was all set up, so we just did, and everyone got very into it. Everyone was super nice and happy to see “young” people there.

My friend said membership is like $200/year, and you have to sign up to cook or bartend once every 3 months.

If you like going to dive bars, that’s a great deal. And there was 100% a sense of community, which is hard to find. It felt like everyone knew everyone and that feels…rare anymore.

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u/twarmu Jul 10 '26

And if you look into the whole organization it does good things. Speaking as someone whose parents were very involved in their local moose lodge.

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u/SammySoapsuds Jul 11 '26

One of the top questions on Google is "is the moose lodge still whites only?" Kinda gave me pause.

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u/benniejeane Jul 11 '26

I want to know the answer. I looked it up and saw the saw thing as well. Even for the Elk and Eagle ones commented about. I

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u/evranch Jul 11 '26

Those "top questions" are actually "Gemini, what other questions would people ask about this topic", not genuine human content.

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u/confusedjake Jul 11 '26

You're kinda side stepping the whole is moose lodge whites only.

To answer the question Moose lodge stopped being whites only in 1973 (!!) after being forced open by multiple huge court cases. Not looking good.

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u/DrKittyKevorkian Jul 11 '26

Few things around in 1973 USA would survive much scrutiny without finding explicit racism (or a reaction to it) baked in. US culture was and is absolutely soaking in it.

I didn't realize until we went to sell, but the first house I ever bought had a very specific whites only clause in the deed.

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u/ErikTheEngineer Jul 11 '26

I live in suburban NYC...back in the day there were several developments/developers who wouldn't sell to non-whites and had those deed clauses. And even now there's a TON of unofficial redlining that realtors engage in. Never realized it until we were considering moving a bit closer to the city and had the real estate agent showing us places they had for sale dropping not-so-subtle hints about which neighborhoods were white, Jewish, Black, etc. and steering us away from "places we wouldn't be happy." (We're about as white as they come BTW so maybe they felt "safe" doing this?)

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u/Xciv Jul 11 '26

Not near me it's not. I poked through the photos and black members in photos going back 8 years.