Beveren_Rabbit posted... -tanning was really popular before people knew that UV rays caused cancer
-drinking and smoking were really popular, but people didn't know how harmful they actually were
-higher grooming and fashion standards. even poor people still walked around in dress pants and button shirted. since people went to church more, it was expected for everyone to know how tie a tie
I'm reminded that during the Civil War, they got men who were wounded drunk to relieve the pain.
"Here we judge you by what you do. Not by who your father was." Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Gettysburg (1993)