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re: What’s IN today that would have been very OUT when you were a kid?

Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:14 pm to
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
117054 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:14 pm to
Don't get the apathy about driving/driver's license.

That said, my kids were not afflicted with this.
Posted by Tester1216
South Louisiana
Member since Jul 2018
22149 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:14 pm to
A lot more skin now a days.


Growing up, wouldn’t have been able to walk out the door with some of the things women wear now.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41357 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:21 pm to
Did you miss the mini skirt craze Bella?
Posted by Tester1216
South Louisiana
Member since Jul 2018
22149 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:36 pm to
My mini skirt was just above the knee. Very modest but today’s standards. I couldn’t wear a bikini until I was 17
Posted by EveryoneGetsATrophy
Member since Nov 2017
2907 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:39 pm to
Banging my teacher and then ratting her out.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:45 pm to
Blacks wearing skinny jeans
Posted by Barbellthor
Columbia
Member since Aug 2015
11557 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:45 pm to
quote:

Transgenders

Beat us to it. I’ll put my next bet on “socialism,” please.
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
61774 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 7:51 pm to
Promposals

Gender reveal parties

Ugh
Posted by sabanisarustedspoke
Member since Jan 2007
5956 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 8:03 pm to
The entire premise of the word "Gamers"
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
91545 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 8:05 pm to
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Women with bangs.

Not a fan.


I'm not either, but this was a look for younger girls. Bangs with a ponytail. Most the cheerleaders rocked that.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
61876 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 8:08 pm to
Pants sagging below your butt. We had belts, and didn’t want anyone seeing our tighty whities.
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 8:13 pm to
taking selfies

or as Sebastian Maniscalco calls it, "taking a lonely"
Posted by Knucklehead
Member since Oct 2018
328 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 8:52 pm to
Naps.
Posted by dlambe5
Prairieville
Member since Jul 2009
705 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 8:54 pm to
Male dancers in Mardi Gras parades.
Posted by Jubalie Moe
Member since Feb 2016
112 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:03 pm to
Rolling backpacks
Posted by mmmmmbeeer
ATL
Member since Nov 2014
10189 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:15 pm to
My kids are 23, 18, and 13. They're fricking weird. Like really weird. Especially the middle kid. Not like they're goth, or hipsters, or have weird colored hair and all that. They're just very unique, witty kids.

They're very sarcastic people. Sarcastic in nearly every aspect of life. They're relentless in their mockery of society. Sarcasm wasn't nearly as prevalent when I was a kid. The shite that comes out of their mouths, had it been uttered by me when I was a kid, would've been taken seriously and immediately led to being considered a social outcast. These days, they thrive on sarcasm and their peers understand and appreciate the sarcasm.

So yeah, sarcasm was definitely "out" when I was a kid but very much "in" these days.
Posted by Lookin4Par
Mandeville, LA
Member since Jun 2012
1232 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:15 pm to
Trump as a real presidential contender. Was a joke for so many years and bam, suddenly hero of the free world and the second coming of Reagan.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:17 pm to
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sarcasm was definitely "out"


I can't remember a time sarcasm was out...its always been a thing...
Posted by mmmmmbeeer
ATL
Member since Nov 2014
10189 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:24 pm to
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I can't remember a time sarcasm was out...its always been a thing...


While I appreciate the stalkiness of your downvotes in every thread I post in, you're wrong.

You could point to early SNL as bringing some sense of sarcasm into the mainstream...perhaps some 70's era British comedy, as well. Carlin and Hicks brought some sarcastic commentary to stand-up.

But sarcasm really didn't go completely mainstream until The Daily Show came along. You can't honestly say that mainstream humor isn't holistically more sarcastic these days than it was 30-40 years ago.

Hell, to this day, I can have a straight-faced conversation with someone that is so incredibly sardonic and sarcastic that they think I'm being serious. I try that with a younger person and they immediately catch on.
This post was edited on 2/25/19 at 9:26 pm
Posted by LSUstudent4life
Houston
Member since May 2008
1987 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:26 pm to
Slim or skinny jeans.

Only chicks and gays wore them when I was growing up. Actually it’s the same today.
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