“I’m so glad it’s no longer common to smoke inside buildings.
Here’s what they had to say:
1.
“Jellies, the shoes.
OMG, they were bad then, and I have no idea why I see them for sale now.
They’re blister factories and stink as an insult to injury.”
jadefishes
2.
“Having to go to the movies without a pre-purchased ticket or assigned seat was a hassle.
buzzmonkey27
3.
“What was with all the feather roach clips in the late ’70s and early ’80s?
lazychef337
4.
“Can we just talk about ’80s frizzy hair for a moment?
It looked good on exactly no one.
Why were we doing so much damage to our hair with all that ratting and crimping?
HOW did it ever become a trend?!
39, Arizona
5.
“Smoking inside buildings.
For a non-smoker, it’s literally one of the worst and most suffocating smells.
So glad I don’t have to smell like an ashtray anymore after visiting a restaurant!”
39, Illinois
“I’m glad about the smoking thing.
I’m glad it’s more controlled these days.”
39, Colombia
6.
They even made a brief comeback a few years ago.
Why, though?”
42, USA
7.
“Something that was very popular in the ’70s was shag carpeting.
I remember my sister had a rake for hers (really!).
I’m so glad it’s not in style now.”
68, Montana
8.
“Casseroles were just gross.
So many moms made these every day.
What a way to waste good ingredients or not a good way to use crappy ingredients.
Why not just put the ingredients in a blender and drink with a straw?
That’s about how appetizing it was.”
46, USA
9.
“Having only one landline phone in the kitchen and being on a party line!
“If not them, someone on the party line was most always listening!
No privacy ever!!!”
Anonymous, North Carolina
10.
“Riding without seatbelts.
I remember being made fun of for always buckling up, even into the mid-’90s.
However, my grandfather was a highway patrolman in rural Wisconsin before all cars had restraints.
Those are the people who literally patrol the rural roads, looking for motorists needing assistance.
like be safe and buckle up.”
39, Texas
11.
“Paper maps that need folding.
52, Wisconsin
12.
“We wore ‘poodle skirts’ with five to six crinolines underneath.
To top off our poodle skirts, we also wore cardigan sweaters buttoned up the back.”
83, Wisconsin
13.
We do because we have pictures of my sister proudly sporting them at school!
They were hair-sprayed almost straight up from the forehead and swept slightly to the side.
They gaveSomething About Maryvibes before that even existed.”
43, USA
14.
“Harvest gold and puke green home colors (furniture, appliances, paint, decor, etc.)
Ugly then and ugly now.”
“Pagers, beepers.
It was kinda neat at first, and then, it just seemed annoying.
It’s so cringey now, LOL.
Glad they are not really a thing anymore.”
47, USA
16.
I absolutely hate that these are making a comeback.
If the G-string peaking out makes a comeback, too, I will freak out.”
42, Maryland
17.
“They were called Earth Shoes.
The soles were configured so that the heel of the shoe was lower than the toe.
I think this was supposed to be better for your back/posture.
I had a pair in seventh grade.
59, Illinois
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