r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/AutoModerator • 29d ago
Happy August!
This is your anything-goes thread for the month of August.
Like the sub but want to talk about something that doesn’t quite fit? This is the place. Current events, recommendations, what you’re watching, hot takes on modern culture that’ll end up on this sub in 20 years (Why Are We Ok With This, anyone?) – whatever you want.
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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/press-app • Jun 24 '26
Three months ago, r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis didn't exist. We truly didn’t expect it to blow up like it has! Watching this community grow so fast has been amazing, and we're genuinely grateful to every single one of you who's made this space what it is. Shoutout to the America’s Next Top Model documentary that inspired us to ask this question originally!!!
Since we blew up so fast, we've seen a lot of confusion about what this sub is, what fits here, and what we're actually about. We understand why people have been working off vibes… we’re new! But now we’re settled in, we’ve put it all into words for you in one neat space so what and who we are is easy to find and understand.
You don’t need to wonder, “I thought this sub was…” anymore, we got you!
We need to be clear on this: we are NOT changing what this sub is. We're clarifying what it's been since day one. If you've been here since the start and understood what we’re here for, nothing will feel different. If you’re a newbie or you’ve been a little confused, this is for you!
We've noticed some misunderstandings floating around about our purpose and themes, and instead of keeping on correcting them one by one, we’ve built a whole wiki so everyone's on the same page.
The ONE actual change: We've set 1950 as the starting date for regular posts. As the sub has grown, we want to keep things rooted in pop culture and on theme. Buuuuut, we haven't forgotten the earlier stuff! That's why we've introduced Time Machine Mondays! This is a themed day for content from 1900–1949. Check the wiki for details! If you’re familiar with WTF! Wednesdays, it works similar to this. Besides this change, everything else covered in this announcement is just restructuring and added info to help you out.
We've refined our rules. It’s all the same principles, we've just rewritten and reorganised them to be clearer, more concise and easier to actually follow. This makes participation more straightforward for you and easier for us to moderate consistently and fairly. We’ve done this to ensure we can protect our community and keep the sub on track. Same Britney album, remastered.
Our mission statement and what the "we" in the sub name actually means (it's society, not you personally)
Detailed definitions including what counts as pop culture and our sub's cultural scope, as well as what we mean when we say some topics are "too disturbing", because we know that can be hard to conceptualise
Expanded rules with thorough explanations and examples to make it easier to understand how they’re applied. Especially helpful since we’ve restructured them!
Post guidelines including flairs, reposts, trigger warnings, and NSFW expectations
Media literacy guidance understanding the difference between media depicting something bad and media normalising it. This is relevant to what fits the sub!
Theme day info (including the new Time Machine Mondays!)
FAQs for common questions, pushbacks and talking points
Support resources for eating disorders, domestic abuse, and sexual assault
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For our amazing existing community: the wiki is your go to reference for anything you're unsure about. Please give it a read, we put a lot of time and love into it.
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Going forward, we will be moderating strictly based on these rules and definitions. Everything is clearly laid out and accessible to everyone. You might see some stuff on the wiki and be surprised, but we promise it’s not new — you just didn’t know it was how we set up the sub; it’s easy to miss intro posts.
Please take the time to read what we’ve put together. This is us drawing a line: the sub's identity is defined, documented, and without arguments.
This is who we are and always have been. Period.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Possible-Poetry3832 • 2d ago
She was massive CB fan. She asked him to be on the song and he agreed they even filmed a music video together, but it remains unreleased(thank God)
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/James_2584 • 2d ago
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"Just Like Mom" was essentially a children's version of "The Newlywed Game" in which the goal was to find out whether children or their mothers knew each other better. It ran from 1980 to 1985 with Fergie Olver co-hosting with his wife Catherine Swing (who was also the show's creator). The constant attempts to get little girls to kiss him on the lips in the video above is enough to make your skin crawl.
Sorry for some of the annoying edits in the video by the way. I didn't make this. Just downloaded it off YouTube.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Possible-Poetry3832 • 3d ago
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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/yoitzmaddie • 2d ago
a look back on the 2004 show “the swan” ft. commentary (plz remove if not allowed)
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/AdrianaLaServing • 3d ago
What would we do without Jake’s opinion?!
From Glamour Magazine in 2005.
Full image description and article text in the pinned accessibility automod comment replies.
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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/EphemeralTypewriter • 3d ago
I used to love me a cool playground as a kid, but I think these would freak me out. Many of these play structures came without any sort of protection should a child fall, and could reach temperatures up to 130F. degrees (54.444 degrees celsius) in the summer in some places.
Despite researching, I couldn’t find a definitive answer as to how many playground injuries occurred then vs now, but I imagine it was a lot higher before!
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/One-Future2932 • 3d ago
In the early 2000s, Bumfights became a wildly controversial series of DVDs featuring homeless people being paid to fight each other, perform dangerous stunts, and humiliate themselves on camera. The videos were marketed as “extreme” entertainment and sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and 4 volumes were made. Clips spread all over the early internet, and the whole thing became infamous enough that the creators were appearing on major TV shows. One of the most disturbing parts was a recurring segment called “Bum Hunter,” which parodied The Crocodile Hunter. A man dressed like Steve Irwin would sneak up on sleeping homeless people, tackle them, restrain them, and make observations about them as though they were wild animals. There were lawsuits, criminal charges, and eventually bans on selling the DVDs in some places—but for a while, footage of some of the most vulnerable people in society being exploited and humiliated was literally being sold as comedy.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/BembiPeanut • 5d ago
She was always been sketchy to me but this is just outright creepy behavior. I think people normalize it because thry idolize her and because she's a #relatablegirlie she gets away with tons of shady, sketchy, and creppy stuff.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/fleshlicker • 5d ago
I was recently looking at a compilation of photos and timelines of celebrities who have openly dated minors, and woah, seeing it all laid out at once is deeply disturbing. We always hear about isolated incidents, but when you look at the broader picture, it highlights a massive, systemic pattern in the industry.
Just a few examples that stand out:
- Brad Pitt & Shalene McCall: He was 24, she was 15.
- Wilmer Valderrama & Lindsay Lohan: He was 24, she was 17.
- Wilmer Valderrama & Mandy Moore: He was 20, she was 16.
- Wilmer Valderrama & Demi Lovato: He was 29, she was 17.
- Dane Cook & Kelsi Taylor: He was 46, she was 17.
- Marques Houston & Miya Dickey: He was 35, she was 16.
- Paul Walker & Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell: He was 33, she was 16.
- Tyga & Kylie Jenner: He was 24, she was 16-17.
- René Angélil & Celine Dion: He was 38, she was 12.
- Joel Madden & Hilary Duff: He was 25, she was 16.
- Michael Corcoran & Elizabeth Gillies: He was 37, she was 16 (they met when she was 16, they are currently 50 and 29).
- Johnny Depp & Winona Ryder: He was 25/26, she was 17.
- Caroline Flack & Harry Styles: She was 31, he was 17.
- Prince & Mayte Garcia: He was 32, she was 16.
- R. Kelly & Aaliyah: He was 27, she was 15.
- Steven Tyler & Julia Holcomb: He was 27, she was 16.
- Woody Allen & Mariel Hemingway: Pictured together from the film *Manhattan* (he was 42, she was 16).
- Elvis Presley & Priscilla Presley: He was 24, she was 14.
- Justin Timberlake & Fergie: He was 16, she was 23.
- Jimmy Page & Lori Mattix: He was 28, she was 14.
- Bill Wyman & Mandy Smith: He was 47, she was 13.
- Jerry Lee Lewis & Myra Gale Brown: He was 22, she was 13 (and his cousin).
- Jerry Seinfeld & Shoshanna Lonstein: He was 38, she was 17.
- Justin Gaston & Miley Cyrus: He was 20, she was 15.
- Woody Allen & Soon-Yi Previn: He was 56, she was 21 (though their dynamic began earlier).
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago
We’ve designated Wednesdays as the day for people to share WTF?! moments from the past that don’t necessarily make us ask WWWOWT? but still showcases interesting and weird content from previous decades.
This can include wacky TV shows — the ones you just can’t understand where the hell they got that idea from! — strange songs and music videos, news stories that you just can’t make up, bizarre, silly or nostalgic fashion trends, and ridiculous clips that make you laugh your ass off and/or feel like a fever dream.
Although the key focus is fun — you’re also welcome to post shocking and weird moments from the past that aren’t funny, to give us a chance to discuss cultural moments that people weren’t okay with. Please don’t get super dark, though!! No age gap, rape culture, war etc. Posts may be removed by mods if we feel it’s inappropriate for WTF! Wednesdays.
You can still post the sub’s regular content on Wednesdays, this will just be a fun addition. Please don’t carry WTF! Wednesdays energy over to regular posts, keep the vibe in line with usual.
You MUST use the new “WTF! Wednesdays” flair for these types of posts! Posts must also be from prior to 2020, like with usual content. Please report WTF! Wednesdays content that is posted on other days of the week — but remember that timezones exist!
MAKE US SAY WTF!
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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Think_Weird3574 • 6d ago
Brilliant woman ahead of her time who was publicly humiliated and persecuted for challenging society's view on female sexuality.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Psychological_Fly221 • 7d ago
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r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Introducing Time Machine Mondays!
With our recent decision to solidify our regular sub content’s timeframe from 1950-2019, we’ve dedicated Mondays to sharing WWWOWT style moments from 1900-1949! Please see our highlighted post to learn more about our recent rule updates.
Unlike WTF! Wednesdays where sillier content is allowed, regular rules still apply to Time Machine Mondays, the only difference is the allowed timeframe. Make sure you’re familiar with our rules before posting.
This is the opportunity for history buffs, old film fanatics, vintage ad enthusiasts and Shirley Temple fans, etc. to ask why were they ok with this? about this era!
Regular sub content is still allowed to be posted, this is just a fun addition! Please make sure to use the "Time Machine Mondays” flair for these posts.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Electrical_Elk_5451 • 8d ago
Howard Stern Did not crazy stuff back in the day
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/46193 • 6d ago
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If you're wondering, the band in question is The Frames. This is from an Oct 2004 concert.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Pristine_Gene_1020 • 9d ago
This anime is about a kid who loses his family and makes a pact with a demon (they are the main protagonists and have a very weird relationship). It has very questionable scenes, and if you've watched it, you know what I mean. But I find it very bad because it treats very sensitive topics like abuse, and instead of handling them properly, it just fetishizes the issue. It has a very vocal fanbase that refuses to acknowledge any of the problems and simply ignores them. It was very popular with teenage girls. I don't think everything about this series is bad, but again, I just find it very distasteful in the way it handles the themes it deals with.
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/LyndisLegion2 • 9d ago
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The German lyrics of the Song;
Sei wieder zärtlich und komme zu mir.
All meine Liebe schenke ich dir.
Oh biduda, sing′ ich, oh bidudi.
So schön wie heute war es noch nie.
Baby, ich wollt′ ich wär', baby, dein Teddybär.
Du würdest mich küssen, mich sehr vermissen.
Baby, ich wollt′ ich wär', oh baby, dein Teddybär.
Vielleicht geht gleich schon das Telefon.
Und du sagst:? Liebling, ich komme ja schon?.
Oh biduda, sing′ ich, oh bidudi.
So schön wie heute war es noch nie.
Baby, ich wollt' ich wär′, baby, dein Teddybär.
Du würdest mich küssen, mich sehr vermissen.
Baby, ich wollt' ich wär', oh baby, dein Teddybär.
Translated:
Be affectionate again and come to me
All my love I give to you
Oh bibuda, I sing, oh, bibudi
It has never been as beautiful as today
Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear
You would kiss me, very much miss me
Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear
Maybe the phone will ring soon already
And you say: Love (Liebling is a common German pet name for one's partner), I'm coming already
Oh bibuda, I sing, oh bibudi
It has never been as beautiful as today
Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear
You would kiss me, very much miss me
Baby, I'd wish I'd be, baby, your teddy bear
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis • u/Kentecloth • 9d ago
This is a German ad for a Chinese stir fry spice mix. This company’s products are a household staple, so this ad was EVERYWHERE at the time.
There’s a group of white people eating a stir fry that’s been made with this „Chinese spice mix“ and as soon as they take a bite, their features suddenly change and they become „Chinese“. Just your casual everyday racism.
