Flintstones was based upon 1950 suburban US culture
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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On the one hand, you can read it as a parody of late 20th century life - like, haha imagine a caveman clocking into work
but on the other hand, Flinstones and its far future counterpart Jestsons kinda suggest an inability to imagine anything different. Automobile-ized suburban development frequently gets presented an the human 'default'. As though we just default to this, rather than it being one of many ways cities and society could be organized.
I tried watching the Jetsons last year and it was pretty painful. The story moved really slow, the mother was claiming to be overworked pressing a button. Everything was a mildly linear improvement from the 1950s and it had very old ideas. It did not age well
And you could afford a rack of ribs big enough to tip over your car.
And they had a large pet that ate just as much as the people
There’s a conspiracy that he had help making ends meet, in the form of a little green alien friend/slave.
And yet he couldn't afford shoes
do remember that Reaganomics hadn't been invented yet, so wages, income, and all that were MUCH better
Heavy equipment operators are actually paid pretty well
Not to mention all the fancy modern appliances he's got
like some kind of stone-aged George Jetson?!?
Was he actually illiterate? That might have went over my head when I watched it as a kid.
No, he read stuff all the time.
I'm pretty sure he's read and chiselled stone tablets before
I remember seeing Fred read the news on his stone tablet.
He was just looking at the hieroglyphs
...isn't that reading?
Plus being able to drive implies at least some degree of literacy
Unless Fred was raised by some of those middle of the woods car wizard redneck types that are dangerously close to keeping their vehicles together and running through Waagh energy
But, are they actually driving though? Seems more like...seated running lmao
Actually after Pebbles is born Wilma becomes a journalist for the Daily Granite, then becomes a caterer with Betty. Get your Flintstones lore right
she also occasionally worked as a Cigarette Girl. "Cigars! Cigarettes! ... Cigars! Cigarettes! ..."
That was before she married Fred. In fact, that's how they meet, he was a bellhop at the same resort.
LORE
Who are you, so wise in the way of Flintstones lore?
"Womenfolk in the workforce? These are strange times, my fellow Water Buffalo!"