December 10, 2025British Prime Minister Winston Churchill having a drink with Yugoslavian communist President Josip Broz Tito at 10 Downing st, 1953 (4096×3424)
whitesox-fan on December 9, 2025 5:39 pm Context: In the 1920’s daredevil stunts were big attention seeking mediums. Including flagpole sitting and wing walking. Doing stupid shit for attention isn’t a modern phenomenon at all.
9_of_wands on December 9, 2025 5:54 pm In the 1950s a popular challenge was to try to fit as many people as possible in a phone booth.
DrHolmes52 on December 9, 2025 6:11 pm Riding a barrel over Niagara Falls, base jumping, flying squirrel suits. Humans been trying to see what they could get away with since day one.
barfobulator on December 9, 2025 6:12 pm Not only was pole sitting a thing you could do, but it was also a thing people would show up in person to watch.
ExLuckMaster on December 9, 2025 6:17 pm “Bubble tea challenge on social media is so such a modern thing.” [Random lady in the Victorian era.](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1505911-hands-free-bubble-tea-tapioca-challenge)
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Context:
In the 1920’s daredevil stunts were big attention seeking mediums. Including flagpole sitting and wing walking.
Doing stupid shit for attention isn’t a modern phenomenon at all.
That too with no safety. Do or dead
In the 1950s a popular challenge was to try to fit as many people as possible in a phone booth.
Riding a barrel over Niagara Falls, base jumping, flying squirrel suits. Humans been trying to see what they could get away with since day one.
Not only was pole sitting a thing you could do, but it was also a thing people would show up in person to watch.
“Bubble tea challenge on social media is so such a modern thing.”
[Random lady in the Victorian era.](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1505911-hands-free-bubble-tea-tapioca-challenge)