Culturally Acceptable Things At Present Time That Would Probably Horrify People A Hundred Years From Now

For the past centuries, people have absolutely done some things that are unapologetically barbaric, in the name of health, science, safety, or even just for making money. Reading all this weird stuff about how things worked back then completely irks us to the core.

When we look back at history, it's pretty easy to cringe and gross because of the way they unquestionably do things back then, from their ridiculous beauty trends that involve urine as teeth whiteners, down to their ways of killing people. But how can we be sure that the people that would be living a hundred years from now won't do the same to the way we culturally accept things now?

In this developing world, there are plenty of things that people living in their respective cultures agree are all socially acceptable, and there are also a lot of things that are culturally acceptable worldwide. But have you ever thought if these things may still be accepted a hundred years from now?

In plenty of sense, our ways of doing things at present time will probably seem weird to a lot of people in the future, just like how we are weirded out with the things that the human civilizations has done back done. It is even possible that the things we consider acceptable right now would turn out to be morally wrong—just think about the societal issues that were still okay in the 80s and 90s but are considered insensitive now.

That being said, a user with the handle u/lizaloa posted this question on Reddit: What is culturally accepted today that will be horrifying in 100 years? and sure enough, the people delivered. The post has now gathered over 9k comments.

Take a look at the highlights of the thread below!