Being a kid in 1970s Washington meant living in a world where everything was marketed as groovy, even if it was totally pointless. A rock in a box? Cool. Shoes that made you walk downhill all the time? Also cool. Looking back now, half of these fads made no sense at all. But in the…
Society has always had unwritten rules, and some of them now seem downright odd to New Mexicans and Americans as a whole. In the past, people treated certain behaviors as forbidden, even though our modern-day perspective sees them as harmless. These taboos reveal how strict expectations used to be. Today, many of them feel unnecessary…
Forget Google. Playground gossip was the original search engine in the ’60s. If your best friend’s older brother said swallowing a watermelon seed would turn you into a walking garden, you believed it. No questions asked. Looking back, half the things Minnesota kids swore were true sound more like rejected Twilight Zone plots than real…
At the time, everything we did in high school seemed cool, normal, or even groundbreaking. But looking back? A lot of those things were downright embarrassing. Whether you graduated in the ’80s, ’90s, or 2000s, chances are you’ll recognize yourself in at least a few of these. Here are the things Delawareans and Americans across…
Your grandparents didn’t have TikTok hacks, but they sure had plenty of clever tricks up their sleeves. From polishing furniture with kitchen staples to saving a buck by stretching supplies, old-school Alabama households ran like well-oiled machines. A lot of these tricks have slipped through the cracks, but they’re still just as useful today. Vinegar…
Flight attendants see it all. From Virginians fighting over overhead bins to people ordering Bloody Marys at 6 a.m., they’ve witnessed the quirks of air travel more than anyone. And while they smile politely through most of it, there are plenty of behind-the-scenes secrets they wish travelers knew. Here are insider secrets straight from the…
In neighborhoods across North Carolina, kids in the 1980s had their own way of talking. Whether they were watching MTV, playing arcade games, or quoting their favorite teen movies, the slang rolled off their tongues like second nature. These expressions might sound dated now. But in the ’80s, they ruled the playground. “Gag Me With…
It cost exactly zero dollars to have the time of your life in 1960s New York. All you needed was a bike, a few neighborhood kids, and the kind of imagination that could turn a backyard into a universe. Every summer evening ended the same way: dirt on your face, a new story to tell,…
Boomers aren’t against change. They’ve watched more of it than any generation before them and adapted accordingly. But there are some things that changed in directions boomers didn’t vote for and haven’t fully made peace with. Here are 13 of them. 1. The Phone Call Phone calls used to be how you communicated with people…
Once upon a time, life didn’t come with a charging cord. You turned knobs, dialed phones, and ate food that came out of foil instead of an air fryer. It was a world powered by elbow grease, Sears catalogs, and whatever was on The Ed Sullivan Show. These are the everyday items Alabama baby boomers…
