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We grew up in the best era ever, or did we?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n by Catherine Gannon Taintor <\/p>\n\n\n\n October 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019s (including vomit flavor) THEN Transistor radios blaring the top ten NOW Spotify THEN White lipstick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[55],"tags":[139,120,116,117],"class_list":["post-2514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children","tag-and-now-best-era","tag-best-decade-to-grow-up-in","tag-boomers-vs-the-present-day","tag-nostalgia-for-the-past"],"yoast_head":"\n
NOW<\/span>\nRipped jeans\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nFizzies and candy cigarettes\n
NOW<\/span>\nBertie Bott\u2019s (including vomit flavor)\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nTransistor radios blaring the top ten\n
NOW<\/span>\nSpotify\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nWhite lipstick\n
NOW<\/span>\nCandy colored hair\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nTail fins, side vent windows\n
NOW<\/span>\nPower windows, keyless entry\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nWood-sided station wagons\n
NOW<\/span>\nSUVs\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nPay phones and princess phones\n
NOW<\/span>\nSmart phones\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nPin ball machines\n
NOW<\/span>\nVideo games\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nVinyl records and 45s\n
NOW<\/span>\nMusic playlists\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nStreet games (stickball, 123 off)\n
NOW<\/span>\nTraveling soccer\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nMom holding out her arm to keep kids safe in a car\n
NOW<\/span>\nSeatbelts\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nMitch Miller\n
NOW<\/span>\nKaroke\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nPassing notes in school\n
NOW<\/span>\nTexting\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nAutograph books\n
NOW<\/span>\nFacebook\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nPaper dolls\n
NOW<\/span>\nStickers\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nS&H green stamps\n
NOW<\/span>\nInternet coupon codes\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nLibrary card catalog cabinet\n
NOW<\/span>\nSearch engines\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nWork in office cubicle\n
NOW<\/span>\nWork at home\n
\nTHEN<\/span>\nWrite letters to stay in touch\n
NOW<\/span>\nStay in touch with Zoom\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"