r/BeAmazed • u/kennny41 • 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Conversation Pits Were a Popular Home Feature from the 1950s to 1970s, Designed for Social Interaction

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u/beardthatisweird 15d ago

That first one looks like a pain in the ass to clean, but also the perfect spot to sleep

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u/EntryProper580 15d ago edited 14d ago

Big group nap. It's a social activity.

Edit: This comment seems to have gotten out of my control, but thanks. :')

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u/FalseBuddha 15d ago

Cuddle puddle.

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u/PicaDiet 15d ago

Much more genteel than the more common California Fuck Bucket.

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u/Fuckface_Whisperer 15d ago

I don't want to be the one who has to empty the bucket.

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u/Le_Poop_Knife 15d ago

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u/Papayaslice636 15d ago

Fuck, i'm getting old because I never realized how young Mike Myers was in Austin Powers.

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u/sophos313 14d ago

I’m getting old because I realized I’d have trouble getting out of picture #1.

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u/DargyBear 14d ago

It looks so cozy I’d probably just be fine being stuck there.

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u/Trimyr 14d ago

That was seriously my first thought when seeing this :D

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u/blueadept_11 14d ago

Easy if you just use a straw

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u/VoxImperatoris 14d ago

Would be like the poor sap who has to clean the holodecks.

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u/LordBiscuits 14d ago

After Riker has had a big lunch

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u/Savings-Umpire-2245 14d ago

Filling it up, however...

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u/MsPreposition 14d ago

Hey, Fuckface, sounds like you might be the bucket.

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u/Bambajam 14d ago

Still more sanitary than a KFC bucket.

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u/Odd__Detective 14d ago

Finger licking good!

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u/Spear_Ritual 15d ago

Band name. I called it!

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u/xmashatstand 15d ago

Thank you for the first belly laugh I’ve had all day 😂

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u/Egodram 15d ago

I’m laughing so hard I hate it

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u/sensitiveskin82 15d ago

Stop it you woke up my baby from me losing it laughing 

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u/TheMadPhilosophist 14d ago

¿Por que no los dos?

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u/berdulf 14d ago

I had to google that just in case it was a thing. You never can tell with Reddit. I’m a little sad I didn’t find anything.

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u/dmmeyourfloof 14d ago

Surely Floridian Fuck Bucket has a better ring to it.

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u/TEST_PLZ_IGNORE 15d ago

Orgy porgy.

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u/Antsy-Mcgroin 15d ago

Pudding and pie

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u/Littlelanich03 15d ago

Jerked off in his girlfriends eye

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u/driving_andflying 15d ago

When she brought out toys to play,

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u/pukesonyourshoes 14d ago

Orgy porgy came out as gay

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u/Professional_Chair13 14d ago edited 1d ago

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u/sachin571 14d ago

She offered up her butt.

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u/MiserableSkill4 14d ago

You cant have the pudding if you haven't t had your meat!

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u/Mr_Sophokleos 15d ago

Still waiting on my helicopter and soma

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u/grif650 15d ago

Swingers

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u/macthecomedian 15d ago

I'll bring the Soma!

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u/Werbnerp 15d ago

A Swingers Square.

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u/dogWEENsatan 15d ago

Finger dips and finger tips for everyone!

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u/Background-Mud-777 15d ago

And that’s just the start

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u/Cael_NaMaor 15d ago

Back in the day they called it an orgy...

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u/bin-fryin 14d ago

Struggle snuggle? Oh wait that’s different

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u/NonVeggieRaccoon 14d ago

People are laughing but I was part of a group that did cuddle puddles in college and it was honestly wonderful. I still miss it sometimes. I've never felt so safe.

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u/HideSolidSnake 15d ago

Hope you brought the Vicks!

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u/vanillaaaahcreme 15d ago

I love this

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Cuddle puddle for pillow fetish.

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u/BullsOnParadeFloats 15d ago

Yeah. Napping. That's exactly what these were used for.

The keys in the fishbowl were for finding your napping partner.

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u/Alb4t0r 15d ago

House of Cards from Radiohead has this line: "Throw your keys in the bowl; kiss your husband goodnight", and I remember once reading it was a vague reference for swinging, but here after all these years I find someone else referencing the same expression.

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u/Anonymike7 15d ago

You should look up "key parties."

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u/nexusjuan 15d ago

There was an episode of Love American Style where the lead played by Andy Griffith is a hillbilly who somehow ends up at a key party but can't catch on to why everybody's putting keys in a bowl. He thinks they're trading cars he's like oh boy I got a convertible!

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u/TacoCommand 14d ago

Wait like THE Andy Griffith from the cop show?

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u/BearstromWanderer 14d ago

No, Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show.

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u/New_Boysenberry_7998 14d ago

wait until you meet The Man Who Met Andy Griffith.

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u/nexusjuan 14d ago

Yep he played Matlock too. I found the episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMn5c6BTsYE&pp=ygUrYW5keSBncmlmZml0aCBsb3ZlIGFtZXJpY2FuIHN0eWxlIGtleSBwYXJ0eQ%3D%3D I completely mis-remembered it. It's Mike from the Brady Bunch hosting it, and I don't recognize the hillbilly.

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u/naazzttyy 15d ago

Ang Lee’s 1997 The Ice Storm explored the idea of “social interaction” quite well.

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u/Dangerous_Mix_7037 14d ago

With Sigourney Weaver and Christina Ricci - should be a mandatory Reddit watch.

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u/lolslim 14d ago

Nonono I watched Jim Carey how the Grinch stole Christmas, I'm good.

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u/t_scribblemonger 14d ago

You understand Radiohead lyrics?

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u/MersoNocte 15d ago

Unironically, me and the squad used to get together for hangouts during college and start with nap time. It was usually an impromptu thing where you’d show up and a few people had fallen asleep, so you were like “okay cool,” find a comfy spot, and take a nap yourself. 10/10 recommend.

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u/ChargeResponsible112 14d ago

Naps are the best.

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u/11CRT 13d ago

Joey and Ross really loved their naps.

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u/Firm_Ambassador_1289 15d ago

Until you use a black light

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u/typhoidtimmy 15d ago

Dear God, it looks like a Jackson Pollock painting!!!!

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u/BasilSQ 15d ago

That's disgusting Quill

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo 15d ago

God, i hope it's urine.

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u/Skratt79 15d ago

Cumversation Pit

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u/obscure_monke 14d ago

Doesn't actually work. Buy one online, they're pretty cheap, and see for yourself.

It's one of the less harmful urban rumours that came from CSI.

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u/lawnmowertoad 15d ago

Throw your keys in the bowl Jim!

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u/NerdTalkDan 15d ago

The 70s? That puppy was a swing ring

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u/Blurple694201 15d ago

If the squad doesn't cuddle puddle don't invite me

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u/N0S0UP_4U 15d ago

The problem with that activity now is that it requires friends

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u/OmicronNine 15d ago

Uh... yeah...

...it's for... naps... yeah....

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u/Annual_Strategy_6206 15d ago

" social activity" is that what the kids are calling it these days?

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u/ShitShowRedAllAbout 15d ago

Two words: Or. Gee.

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u/Equivalent_Cat_7366 15d ago

Fill it with warm water like a hot tub. Everyone kicks their feet. It's a social activity. 

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u/Gypsyrawr 15d ago

I would rather just have the whole thing to myself

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u/Gunfighter9 14d ago

There was group activity going on but no one was sleeping.

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u/TheSuperBlindMan 14d ago

Unless someone had Taco Bell beforehand. 😉