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"Over the last week, Kotaku interviewed 12 of Atari’s earliest female employees, in the hopes of hearing their stories—good or bad—about working at Atari in the
by Gargoyle 9y ago
"Over the last week, Kotaku interviewed 12 of Atari’s earliest female employees, in the hopes of hearing their stories—good or bad—about working at Atari in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. The culture they told us about was certainly, as Playboy described it, one of “sex, drugs, and video games,” but one in which all 12 employees say they freely participated, if they participated at all. Many interviewees said it was the best job they ever had, adding that news of Bushnell’s rescinded award struck them as shocking or unfair."
- danieltillett 9y agoI wonder what the activity that seems OK now will be seen as beyond the pale in 20 to 30 years time. Tattoos are all that come to mind.
- nwatson 9y agoEating a burger /s .
- tzar 9y agoThat's a remarkable death prediction for a cultural practice that's been active for many thousands of years.
- danieltillett 9y agoYes but at times they have been considered rather marginal. I was just trying to think of something that is acceptable now that might change in that sort of time frame.
- jerf 9y agoSocial media mobbing would be one good guess. If you're berating someone online, and you have no previous relationship with them, you're more problem than solution. In fact, I'd even suggest that you need some sort of strong relationship with them, not just "I'm one of their 25,000 followers". In general I expect online social mores to be very different than they are today, because they are entirely unsustainable today. Another possibility that comes to mind is today's hard-core helicopter parenting. As more and more stuff comes out about how ultimately damaging it is it's going to be harder and harder to justify. But it will be interesting watching the school systems have to adjust back to allowing boys to rough house and take risks after so many years of inhibiting it. That's going to be a rough transition.
- wlesieutre 9y agoReally? My perception is that it's going the other way; the people who care whether someone else draws on their skin tend to be older generations on the way out. Could be a sampling bias, an old friend's sister is a tattoo artist in Pittsburgh and I know numerous people with tattoos, but I don't see them going anywhere. Quite the opposite, I think they'll become more common in more segments of the population.
- michaelchisari 9y agoEspecially since there's possibly going to be a much easier removal process soon, which means tattoos can be for as long as you want them. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/cipher-pharmaceuticals-acquires-worldwide-rights-to-dalhousie-universitys-investigational-tattoo-removal-cream-577799671.html https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/cipher-pharmaceuticals...
- danieltillett 9y agoIf you were to consider what was acceptable sexual activity in the 1970s and 1980s and the direction of the change you would not have predicted the current thinking. The important thing is not if tattoos will become unacceptable in the future, but trying to think what might change. Porn is another one especially if the pseudo-anonymity aspect is removed. I could certain imagine a future where porn returns to the margins.
- wlesieutre 9y agoPorn could work around that with mocap and CG, I hear they're a forward thinking industry tech-wise. 3D rendered characters works better for VR anyway! I do see your point though. Guess we'll see!
- irrational 9y agoMaybe swearing?
- Grue3 9y agoCircumcision?