Even more accurate is to say that he paid the salaries of a large number of animal "house workers" hence their catchphrase "It's a living!" They all earned their living off of that one guy's income
Plus being able to drive implies at least some degree of literacy
Unless Fred was raised by some of those middle of the woods car wizard redneck types that are dangerously close to keeping their vehicles together and running through Waagh energy
On the one hand, you can read it as a parody of late 20th century life - like, haha imagine a caveman clocking into work
but on the other hand, Flinstones and its far future counterpart Jestsons kinda suggest an inability to imagine anything different. Automobile-ized suburban development frequently gets presented an the human 'default'. As though we just default to this, rather than it being one of many ways cities and society could be organized.
I tried watching the Jetsons last year and it was pretty painful. The story moved really slow, the mother was claiming to be overworked pressing a button. Everything was a mildly linear improvement from the 1950s and it had very old ideas. It did not age well
Actually after Pebbles is born Wilma becomes a journalist for the Daily Granite, then becomes a caterer with Betty. Get your Flintstones lore right
"Womenfolk in the workforce? These are strange times, my fellow Water Buffalo!"
she also occasionally worked as a Cigarette Girl. "Cigars! Cigarettes! ... Cigars! Cigarettes! ..."
That was before she married Fred. In fact, that's how they meet, he was a bellhop at the same resort.
LORE
Who are you, so wise in the way of Flintstones lore?
Even more accurate is to say that he paid the salaries of a large number of animal "house workers" hence their catchphrase "It's a living!" They all earned their living off of that one guy's income
do remember that Reaganomics hadn't been invented yet, so wages, income, and all that were MUCH better
Was he actually illiterate? That might have went over my head when I watched it as a kid.
I remember seeing Fred read the news on his stone tablet.
Plus being able to drive implies at least some degree of literacy
Unless Fred was raised by some of those middle of the woods car wizard redneck types that are dangerously close to keeping their vehicles together and running through Waagh energy
Red wood goes fasta
so Red heels go slowa ?
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Kult_of_Speed
But, are they actually driving though? Seems more like...seated running lmao
He was just looking at the hieroglyphs
...isn't that reading?
I'm pretty sure he's read and chiselled stone tablets before
No, he read stuff all the time.
Flintstones was based upon 1950 suburban US culture
On the one hand, you can read it as a parody of late 20th century life - like, haha imagine a caveman clocking into work
but on the other hand, Flinstones and its far future counterpart Jestsons kinda suggest an inability to imagine anything different. Automobile-ized suburban development frequently gets presented an the human 'default'. As though we just default to this, rather than it being one of many ways cities and society could be organized.
I tried watching the Jetsons last year and it was pretty painful. The story moved really slow, the mother was claiming to be overworked pressing a button. Everything was a mildly linear improvement from the 1950s and it had very old ideas. It did not age well
And they had a large pet that ate just as much as the people
And you could afford a rack of ribs big enough to tip over your car.
There’s a conspiracy that he had help making ends meet, in the form of a little green alien friend/slave.
Heavy equipment operators are actually paid pretty well
And yet he couldn't afford shoes
Not to mention all the fancy modern appliances he's got
like some kind of stone-aged George Jetson?!?