# What currently socially unacceptable things will be innocuous in the future? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247 "2011-04-21T16:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/1 "2011-04-21T16:21:57Z")
I’m reversing the idea for [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605499) thread. Off the bat, I’ll say homo/bisexuality. It may take a 100 years, but eventually, it’ll be perfectly acceptable. It’s getting there now, but both men and women showing their underwear will no longer be shocking. Women won’t sit spread-eagle in a mini-skirt, but they won’t take huge pains to cover up the white cotton, either. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/2 "2011-04-21T16:45:41Z")
Where do you live that, to you, homosexuality is currently _socially unacceptable_? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/3 "2011-04-21T16:50:55Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Where do you live that, to you, homosexuality is currently _socially unacceptable_? Earth. Gay marriage still isn’t legal in many parts. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/4 "2011-04-21T16:52:00Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Where do you live that, to you, homosexuality is currently _socially unacceptable_? While most of the world won’t lock you up for being gay, some places still will. Plenty of places, actually, Even several US states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage…while the average gay person in one of those small, rural towns might not fear for his life, I bet he still feels persecuted and discriminated against. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/5 "2011-04-21T18:27:03Z")
Having children and/or living together outside of marriage. In many areas, HOA or zoning laws forbid people from growing vegetables in their front yard. In other areas, it’s not forbidden but will at least get you a :dubious: from passersby. Let’s hope that will be innocuous and accepted in the near future. Lawns - who needs 'em? (I’d rather eat fresh produce than look at a boring, homogenous, artificially created lawn.) Perhaps: wearing a shirt more than once? Most people I know would be horrified at the idea of doing so, but with the energy and water use associated with laundering … ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/6 "2011-04-21T19:39:01Z")
i agree that lawns will be nixed soon. being fat is being more and more accepted. being spoiled also. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/7 "2011-04-22T12:15:15Z")
Texting and playing with whatever the next Smartphone Of The Future™ is in a social setting. When I’m visiting friends, there’s some that it’s fine to check your phone while they’re around, and some that it seems rude. Invariably my older friends don’t seem to like it as much as the younger ones. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/8 "2011-04-22T15:11:09Z")
Naked ladies on the non-cable TV. (for Americans of course) ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/9 "2011-04-22T15:15:02Z")
Cannibal restaurants. You have to fight the other patrons, winners eat the losers. ---
**Author:** ![uuaschbaer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@uuaschbaer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uuaschbaer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/10 "2011-04-22T15:21:22Z")
Working part-time. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/11 "2011-04-22T16:34:59Z")
> [@uuaschbaer](#): > > Working part-time. That’s socially unacceptable now? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/12 "2011-04-22T16:53:25Z")
Cursing. Eventually people will accept that most (all) people feckin swear. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/13 "2011-04-22T18:24:03Z")
> [@uuaschbaer](#): > > Working part-time. Or not working at all, hopefully. We’re basically at the stage _now_ where automation has made employment largely obsolete. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/14 "2011-04-25T04:42:25Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > Or not working at all, hopefully. We’re basically at the stage _now_ where automation has made employment largely obsolete. The 1930s called; they want their utopian fantasy back. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/15 "2011-04-25T05:02:53Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Cannibal restaurants. You have to fight the other patrons, winners eat the losers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-socially-unacceptable-things-will-be-innocuous-in-the-future/579247/16 "2011-04-25T07:34:53Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Earth. Gay marriage still isn’t legal in many parts. Gay sex is still illegal here … As in Fellatio