Dow Jones, 40 Broad St. New York, New York, USA - 1971 (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 days ago

He doesn't look like an Industrial Average!

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Is ... Is that him?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Wikipedia says the Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published in 1896 by Charles Dow and Edward Jones the co-founders of the Wall Street Journal. But Wikipedia didn't exist in 1971 so a guy named Dow Jones could probably convince a lot of people he invented it.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

I'm guessing you are joking, but in case you are not, Dow Jones was, and is a company where people work:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_%26_Company

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

That dude must have been pulling in some serious tail. It was the 70s, so I can say that, right?

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Well I'm pretty sure both of the photographed women are one step away from literally worshipping him.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago

That's clearly Eddie Burback

[+] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works -6 points 5 days ago

Everything about this is gross. It’s a good post, OP, but today it’s hard being a woman in the US & seeing half the population thinking that this is how it should be.

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

Or it could be a joke picture with some people having fun. Is there some context I'm missing?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In the US, a heavily misogynist candidate recently won the presidential election, along with a heavily misogynist party that has a very "Let's go back to the Good Ol' Days, when Men Were Men and Women Knew Their Place" sort of thinking.

It's a neat photo of the 70s, and it may not even be that any of the participants in the photo meant it in anything but a joking way, but I definitely get why, in context, some may find it... uncomfortable.

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh no, I totally get it. I'm just trying to see some bright spot in these dark times. The vibe of the picture is fun, and I hope the people in it were having fun. I'm overly cynical by nature, so I'm trying to not jump to horrible conclusions with everything I see, because it was really effecting my mental health.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

The people in it were having fun. And I believe the gentleman was a good guy. I’ll get some more context for y’all soon.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Alternate take: We should learn from history, and not pretend it didn't happen. Especially now.

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io -1 points 5 days ago

well, two women hadn't run for president as the democratic nominee, both losing to the same fascist that ripped away women's control of their own bodies yet, but you're right, totally gross. oozing with grossness. so glad it's less gross now.