Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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An ad for the 1951 Nash (s3.metapixl.com)

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

There's a reason it's recommended to put kids in the back seat: it simply doesn't have the risks of the front. The other requirements for front safety and rollover have a knock-on effect of making the rest of the vehicle safer (can't improve rollover without improving the strength and energy distribution of the lower half of the car, which means improving impact protection too) . Note that cars have side airbags in the rear, they don't have forward ones because they simply aren't necessary, since there's no dash to impact in a frontal collision.

I'd much rather be in the back seat in any accident.