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/menboss 15d ago

These fell out of style because so many people fell into them when drunk and got hurt. Modern one require railings of guard of some type around the sides

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u/Kundrew1 15d ago

No, they fell out of style because we center most living situations around the tv now

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u/spudart 15d ago

Now with everyone each on their own phone, these conversation pits can come back. They can be called doomscrolling pits.

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u/spudart 15d ago

The center island can be full of outlets to plug in your phone for recharging.

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u/earthlings_all 15d ago

Ah shit y’all are on to something here

Make them dog-friendly somehow since no one is having kids

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u/Soggy_Box5252 15d ago

Look at that first one. That right there is dog bed heaven.

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u/MCM_Airbnb_Host 14d ago

I was imagining curling up in the sun for an afternoon nap with my cats. If I still had dogs that would be great too. Basically I just want a cuddle puddle with lots of soft fluffy creatures.

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u/Grimwald_Munstan 15d ago

It'd be like a hookah den, but instead of inhaling smoke you get sadness, outrage, and cat videos.

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u/HooHooHooAreYou 15d ago

What does a genius like you do for work?

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u/Tranceported 14d ago

Did you say co-working space?

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u/PM-Me_Your_Penis_Pls 15d ago

What is old is new again. With the advent of getting rid of cashiers in fast food, the Automat format could easily return.

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u/Senior-Albatross 15d ago

Just Pits of Despair. That's the perfect name.

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u/conestoga12345 15d ago

They can be called doomscrolling pits.

That's what we call reddit.

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u/HiHoRoadhouse 15d ago

I would just rot away in one of those things. Howard Hughes style 

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u/viper29000 15d ago

😅🤣

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u/jaraket 14d ago

Pits of Despair.

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u/LickingLieutenant 14d ago

And be 1m80x1m80 solo pits.

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u/ChmeeWu 14d ago

Everyone can be together and alone at the same time. 

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u/RhynoD 14d ago

DnD pit, my dude. Roll dice and slay monsters in comfort.

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u/DAOcomment2 14d ago

Antisocial squares.

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u/frostandtheboughs 14d ago

Everyone is saying it's for orgies but tbh this would go so hard for a board game night with friends.

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u/vortextualami 14d ago

aka the pits of despair

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u/Spekingur 13d ago

Just call em napping pits

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u/SourPuss6969 15d ago

Two things can be true

Tvs have definitely become a main focal point but you can't tell me an open pit in the middle of the room isn't a tripping hazard

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u/preflex 15d ago

Don't play VR in that room.

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u/someplasticks 15d ago

"You don't have a TV? What's all your furniture pointed at?"

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u/Suspicious-Map-4409 15d ago

The people who could afford a room dedicated to a conversation pit also had personal home theaters.

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u/VR_Has_Gone_Too_Far 15d ago

Do you know how much money it would take to build a house with a pit like this in it??

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u/MemoriesOfShrek 14d ago

If you can afford this you probably have a dedicated TV room as well.

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u/Ilela 14d ago

Put TV on the ceiling