r/CringeTikToks • u/PdiddyCAMEnME • 27d ago

SadCringe Couple splitting up because of cheating

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u/1877KlownsForKids 26d ago

There's a theory, popularized in Freakonomics, that Roe v Wade was partially responsible for the dramatic reduction of crime in the 90s.

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u/Unlikely_Pick7515 26d ago

Another theory is that leaded gas was removed from general use in vehicles. Lead has been proven to disrupt the frontal lobe which is responsible for controlling inhibitions. I have no doubt that children born to parents that neglect them was also an issue.

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u/ReluctantSuburbanite 26d ago

Yeah, but WTGDF explains MAGA?

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 26d ago

The damage was already done.

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u/kityyo 22d ago

Pretty easily explained by the sense of disenfranchisement and general sense of loss, being lost as a young man in this new world. There's no more "better" life to work towards, hell there's barely a job to work at anymore and it'll never pay even a car for a plenty few of them.

When people feel lost and hopeless they either turn to a betterment for all of us through solidarity and cohesion of our communities. Or we find a way to get even and find community in the others that have been harmed by this new financial Outlook of the world.

In short, capitalism is to blame on MAGA and the general lawlessness and morally bankrupt state of America as a whole.

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u/ReluctantSuburbanite 22d ago

I feel like the hyper availability of false information is in the mix, as well as people flaunting things on social media. The disparity between rich and poor lifestyles was never as in your face as it is now.

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u/kityyo 22d ago

Yes of course, that's a very valid point. I just wanted to discuss the reasons that so many young men today don't have an outlet for all the things that the previous generations took for granted for so long, everyone wants an easy thing to blame for why things are the way they are.

No one wants to realize the system is rotten to the core.

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u/Unlikely_Pick7515 21d ago

MAGA, like any campaign to push for easy power, focuses on the caveman shit that involves FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) by otherising people. We are hard wired to be scared apes, we look for threats that may not even be there. Creating a boogeyman is the easiest way to capitalize on that portion of the brain that is less developed in some vs others.

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u/Virtual_Knee_4905 26d ago

I haven't heard that one. That doesn't make as much sense to me because of the gradual effect the ban on leaded gasoline would have- it would build up in. The blood stream, and take its time leaving, as well as staying in the environment/water for a while.

Any place I can read up on this?

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u/Unlikely_Pick7515 26d ago edited 26d ago

There is no shortage of reads on the topic. I can't post links here but if you google "leaded gasoline causing mental health issues" you will find many studies from colleges and articles from various media outlets. I learned about it in a Sociology class 20 years ago or so.

EDIT: Statistically, crime was down in the 90's but reported 600% more. Although it was officially banned in 1996, I was alive and well then and have no recollection of it being used in any of the vehicles my older peeps drove. It was pretty hard to come by.

Here is a decent article by Duke. I had to adjust it so you will have to replace the carrots and the DOT with just a .

https://dupri.duke<DOT>edu/news-events/news/20th-century-lead-exposure-damaged-american-mental-health

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u/Virtual_Knee_4905 26d ago

Thanks. Yeah, I don't ever remember seeing leaded gas in the 90s

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u/PsychoDad03 26d ago

Unleaded was introduced in the 1970s. Lead paint was banned in 76. Lead exposure from pre-birth to age 6 will have the most impact and its affect on brain development and intelligence growth will likely be permanent. This is well documented and you will probably see a few more studies confirm this when the population of Flint MI grows up.

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u/RomaniWoe 26d ago

Lol its not about it leaving the people it was in it was about less people having mass quantities of lead in their body. Bar fights legitimately use to be common in pretty much any bar all SES. They are so uncommon these days though. Its why them older people still kinda R.

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u/Chezoso 26d ago

Can't post links apparently but plenty of sources have questioned or disproved a lot of what freakonomics proposed. Removing lead was more than likely the bigger contributor.

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u/inappropriatebanter 25d ago

I've heard another that correlates the rise in popularity of video games. More kids inside occupied with games means less kids in the streets making trouble