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I think the best example is the PlayStation 2 being discontinued in 2013, as well the PlayStation 1 in 2006

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[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Despite anti-miscegenation laws being banned as a result of Loving v Virginia in 1967, support for interracial marriages only passed 50% in the mid 90's.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In MLB, the National League and American League didn't have unified rules until 2022, when the National League finally adopted the designated hitter rule.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The national league has designated hitters now? I guess I haven't watched much baseball in a while. Oh, fuck Bally's.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I believe it was implemented during covid when everything was weird and then they agreed to just keep it officially.

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[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Up until 1997 rape within a marriage wasn't defined as a crime in Germany. Because it was specifically defined as an act outside of marriage. Our (probably) next chancellor Friedrich Merz voted against the bill that finally made it a crime!

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Women's suffrage was ratified in US constitution 1920. But probably not for much longer.

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