PHOTO BY KAI PILGER

We’ve Come a Long Way

We grew up in the best era ever, or did we?

by Catherine Gannon Taintor

October 2022

THEN Embroidered jeans
NOW Ripped jeans

THEN Fizzies and candy cigarettes
NOW Bertie Bott’s (including vomit flavor)

THEN Transistor radios blaring the top ten
NOW Spotify

THEN White lipstick
NOW Candy colored hair

THEN Tail fins, side vent windows
NOW Power windows, keyless entry

THEN Wood-sided station wagons
NOW SUVs

THEN Pay phones and princess phones
NOW Smart phones

THEN Pin ball machines
NOW Video games

THEN Vinyl records and 45s
NOW Music playlists

THEN Street games (stickball, 123 off)
NOW Traveling soccer

THEN Mom holding out her arm to keep kids safe in a car
NOW Seatbelts

THEN Mitch Miller
NOW Karoke

THEN Passing notes in school
NOW Texting

THEN Autograph books
NOW Facebook

THEN Paper dolls
NOW Stickers

THEN S&H green stamps
NOW Internet coupon codes

THEN Library card catalog cabinet
NOW Search engines

THEN Work in office cubicle
NOW Work at home

THEN Write letters to stay in touch
NOW Stay in touch with Zoom

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