As people, we are often wrong. Take cigarettes, for example: up until 1964, we didn’t know there was a link between smoking and cancer. We’d do it everywhere: in restaurants, next to pregnant women, babies, and even in hospitals. Now that we know how dangerous it was, thinking of these scenarios makes us cringe.
But there are a lot of other things we used to do or think that aged pretty poorly. We here at Bored Panda have compiled a list of the most cringeworthy screenshots from the past that are almost disturbing, given what we know now. Celebrity scandals, outdated science, and generally questionable fails await you below!
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#1 Oof
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#2 Classic Daily Mail
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#3 From An Interview In 2000
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#4 My Mom Is Cleaning Out The Library At The Preschool Where She Works And Sent Me This
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#5 Unfortunate
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#6 Old Visitor Brochures From World Trade Center
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#7 Helping The Less Fortunate, Huh?
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#8 Google Is A Pure Search Engine
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#9 I Think You Guys Already Know
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#10 An Ad From The 1950’s Gives Tips On How To Dispose Of Batteries
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#11 The Back Of My High School Year Book (2007)
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#12 A Book I Found In My Grandpa’s Childhood Collection From 1917 About A “Photo Telephone”
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#13 I’m Really Curious About The Secrets Behind The Success. What Could It Be?
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#14 1970s Cigarettes Can’t Harm Your Throat!
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#15 Time Magazine, May 15, 2017. An Article About The Next Pandemic And “How To Keep The World Safe”
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#16 This Lyric
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#17 Oh God
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#18 An Old Memory Of Mine. Don’t Ask Me For Any Future Advice
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#19 Nobel Prize Winning Economist Paul Krugman
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#20 Message On Climate Change From Katy Perry, Who Was Recently Criticized For Her Needless Trip To Space With Jeff Bezos’ Company
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#21 Sugar As Diet Aid 1971
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#22 From A 1999 Review Of Star Wars Episode I
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#23 From Clickbait To Monster Criminal
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#24 Aunt Becky Staying True To Form
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#25 Rewatching Suits, Noticed This Line
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#26 This T Shirt
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#27 This Book From 1975
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#28 Nailed It. Oh, Wait
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#29 This Aged Well
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#30 This Oil-Disposal Tip
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#31 Guy Regrets A Financial Decision
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#32 Well Then
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#33 1st Edition USSR Guide Book Published Less Than 26 Days Before The USSR Collapsed
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#34 Taylor Swift’s Career Is Over, Declares Australian Mural In 2016
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#35 LOL Nope
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#36 Greatest US Gymnast Shouldn’t Compete
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#37 Video Games In 1977 = Just A Fad
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#38 This Sign Advertising How Nobody Should Spend Four Bucks On Their Morning Latte Didn’t Age Well
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#39 From Politico Magazine March 19, 2020
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#40 I’m Thankful For The Internet
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#41 Found This Gem On Letterboxd
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