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/SoVerySleepy81 15d ago

We had these in school except they were called library pits.

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u/FirmEcho5895 15d ago

There's an outdoor one at Palermo University in Italy and, when people are in it, you enter the Uni and it looks like a collection of decapitated heads lying on the ground.

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u/Dairy_Ashford 14d ago

capo di decapitato

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u/CoralBegonia347 15d ago

Outdoor conversation pits are such a cool concept, though. I feel like they make even more sense in public spaces like universities or parks way more social and inviting than the usual cold, rigid benches.

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u/FirmEcho5895 14d ago

I agree. I think it's a fun idea.