Thursday, 18 January 2018

What’s Your Sign? A Look at the 1970s Zodiac Fad

quote [ The pickup line “Hey babe, what’s your sign?” has become a 1970s cliché; however, the extent to which the whole astrology/zodiac bit permeated western culture is not to be underestimated. From “Age of Aquarius” at the top of the charts to horoscope booklets in every supermarket line, astrology was everywhere. ]

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[by ScoobySnacks@10:59amGMT]

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Hugh E. said @ 2:04pm GMT on 18th Jan [Score:3 Funny]
They rammed that bull down our throats in the 70s. What makes me doubly crabby is the lion's share was simply accepted by people who were innocents on balance. It stings like an arrow that some of the Greatest Of All Time celebrities carried water for this fishy trend.

Fortunately it did not affect my subconscious at all.
Kama-Kiri said @ 11:35pm GMT on 18th Jan
Now we have coffee squirted up our asses, or carry rocks in our vaginas.

I think new-age floo-floo was kinder in the 1970's.
Ankylosaur said[1] @ 12:20am GMT on 19th Jan
Vagina rocks? Might as well use wasp nests like it was 2017. All the truly woke are putting Tide Pods up there.
mechanical contrivance said @ 1:52pm GMT on 19th Jan
I blame Gwyneth Paltrow.
ComposerNate said[1] @ 11:12am GMT on 18th Jan [Score:1 Funny]
I'm personally a big fan of science, which is obvious as a Libra.
arrowhen said @ 5:52pm GMT on 18th Jan
I'm an Aquarius! *Holds up spork*
zarathustra said @ 6:13pm GMT on 19th Jan
I'm a Leo *shows off dick*
Ankylosaur said @ 12:29pm GMT on 18th Jan [Score:1 Funny]
mechanical contrivance said @ 2:01pm GMT on 18th Jan [Score:1 Funny]
Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you but let me give you my assurance that these forecasts and predictions are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence so you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize that every single one of them is absolutely true.
ooo[......7 said @ 5:22pm GMT on 18th Jan
Where was I?
Bruceski said @ 1:11pm GMT on 18th Jan
The newspaper dates are off, I'm actually a Gemini. And the only reason I care about that is because my twin brother is too.
steele said @ 2:11pm GMT on 18th Jan
eggboy said @ 7:27pm GMT on 18th Jan
Kama-Kiri said @ 11:37pm GMT on 18th Jan [Score:1 Insightful]
Without the comma that's only three types.

And I am evil and miscellaneous.
cb361 said @ 9:32pm GMT on 18th Jan
Based on my experience, it's 75% evil.
TM said @ 8:28pm GMT on 18th Jan
I remember reading my mom's Cosmopolitan Bedside Astrologer and thinking, at 9 years old, "this is an amazing amount of poorly-written nonsense."
EvilNinjaX24 said @ 9:26pm GMT on 18th Jan
It baffles me to no end that this Zodiac silliness has made such a big comeback. It annoys me to no end when I see all the bullshit attached to this Zodiac silliness, like "What Ice Cream You Should Be Eating, According to Your Sign." I mean, really, wtf?
mechanical contrivance said @ 9:28pm GMT on 18th Jan
People haven't gotten any smarter since the 70s, so it shouldn't be so surprising.
EvilNinjaX24 said @ 5:22am GMT on 19th Jan
Fair point.
eggboy said @ 5:54am GMT on 19th Jan

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